Halloween Countdown: A Scooby-Doo Halloween (2002)

I went to the KISS concert at Madison Square Garden this past Saturday night. I know that wasn't Ace and Peter...you don't think I know that wasn't Ace and Peter?! I know they're imposters...stop giving me a hard time!! They were free tickets...box seats...so I couldn't say no!!! (Actually, it was a good show, even without Ace and Peter.)

KISS has always been associated with Halloween for obvious reasons (see KISS on The Paul Lynde Halloween Special...here) so the band showing up on a Scooby-Doo Halloween special is expected. Actually, it's just Paul Stanley who supplied his voice for this episode, but the rest of KISS is represented in animated form. Usually Gene's the one who does these extra curricular "Hollywood" type things, but in this case it's Paul...good for you Paul.

Check out Ace's close-up below. He's somehow missing half his costume...
I didn't even know they were still making Scooby-Doo cartoons? It wasn't till I had a kid that I noticed. You'd think since every episode is basically the same episode – the gang comes to town...the gang runs from a ghost...the gang catches the ghost...the gang unmasks the ghost – the show would've gotten stale and abandoned decades ago. But no...it's still going strong. And Casey Kasem is still supplying the voice of Shaggy – though he sort of has that old man whistling of his "S's" thing going on.

Anyway, here's KISS' scene (performing "Shout It Out Loud") from A Scooby-Doo Halloween...



What's New, Scooby-Doo? "A Scooby-Doo Halloween"
Original Air Date: 24 May 2002 (Season 1, Episode 14)

Casey Kasem - Shaggy
Frank Welker - Fred / Scooby-Doo
Mindy Cohn - Velma
Grey DeLisle - Daphne
Stacy Keach - The Mayor
Julia Sweeney - Aunt Meg
Jenny McCarthy - Marcy
Rhea Perlman - Agnes
Paul Stanley - Himself