Scooby-Doo's creator dies aged 81 (1 Viewer)

[Saintlybum]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6243717.stm


With all the wars and the like here is some truly sad news. In bad times people tend to search for comfort in simple things and the creator of one those has passed away.

 

[SharonT]

I didn't know this!

Informal training

The dog breeder showed him pictures and "talked about the important points of a Great Dane, like a straight back, straight legs, small chin and such", Mr Takamoto explained.

"I decided to go the opposite [way] and gave him a hump back, bowed legs, big chin and such. Even his colour is wrong."


Mr Takamoto also created Fred, Velma, Shaggy and Daphne
The character was named after a scat-style phrase at the end of Frank Sinatra's song Strangers in the Night, which contained the phrase "dooby-doo".

Mr Takamoto - who also co-directed the 1973 film Charlotte's Web - was born in Los Angeles in 1925.

He received informal training in illustration techniques from fellow Japanese-Americans in a prison camp, where he spent part of World War II.

 

[SaintRob]

Like, zoinks! That makes me hungry!

Rest in Reace, rister Rakaroto.

Jinkies! I had calculated him to live at least 4.37 more years.

Gang, let's split up and look for clues. I suspect foul play!

I'm going to look great in this dress for his funeral!

 

[Sandman]

I loved Scooby Doo. It was really neat when my daughter discovered the show and liked it, too.

 

[Inkspot47]

Best.Cartoon.Ever.

 

[hammernnails]

Scooby Doo Theme Songs - Scooby Doo Lyrics





Scooby Dooby Doo,Where are you
We got some work to do

Scooby Dooby Doo,Where are you
We need some help from you now

Come on,Scooby Doo,I see you
pretending you got a sliver

But you're not foolin' me,cause I can see
the way you shake and shiver

You know we got a mystery to solve and Scooby Doo,be
ready for your act
Don't hold back!

And Scooby Doo if you come through you're gonna have
yourself a
Scooby Snack!

Scooby Dooby Doo,where are you
You're ready and you're willing

If we can count on you Scooby Doo
I know you'll catch that villian


Good Bye Mr Scooby Doo... go catch that big villan in the sky

 

[Superfan]

Unfortunately they puled the mask off him to reveal he was the south park creator.

 

[Frank The Rat]

Like, zoinks! That makes me hungry!

Rest in Reace, rister Rakaroto.

Jinkies! I had calculated him to live at least 4.37 more years.

Gang, let's split up and look for clues. I suspect foul play!

I'm going to look great in this dress for his funeral!

Somebody's been watching for too much Scooby Doo

 

[SaintRob]

Somebody's been watching for too much Scooby Doo

Sometimes you gotta watch what the 8 year old watches.

 

[Doobsdemons]

And he'd still be alive,too,if it weren't for that meddlin' Grim Reaper.

 

[RiverCitySaint]

Ruuuuh Rooooooooo !

RIP man. And thanx for the cool cartoons !

 

[Frank The Rat]

Sometimes you gotta watch what the 8 year old watches.

I guess I can understand that. I have had to deal with some of the shows that Justin has liked over the years. Old Godzilla Movies