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Home > Illustrations > Presentation board for the "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!" television series

Presentation board for the “Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!” television series

By Iwao Takamoto | Created: 1969

Presentation board for the “Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!” television series
Medium
  • Mixed media
Support
  • Paper
Illustration Size
  • 20 x 27.5 in.
Collection
  • Warner Bros. Archives

©Warner Bros.

Takamoto’s design is the final artwork that sold the series to CBS. But where did the name Scooby-Doo originate? There is an oft-quoted story of CBS executive Fred Silverman having an epiphany while flying to a meeting. When listening to music on the airplane’s headset, Silverman heard Frank Sinatra sing the standard Strangers in the Night. Sinatra’s final line of “dooby-dooby-doo” gave Silverman the idea to name the dog Scooby-Doo and the rest is history.

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  • Moving Image
  • Animation
  • Concept Art
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  • Asia
Related Time Periods
  • The Decade 1960-1970 The Decade 1960-1970

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