Jan 21 2025 136 mins 5
This week's pick has been on our Matty Lilly Birthday Episode Wish List for years — and now it's finally time for Scooby-Doo (2002) to have its day on Spooky Island. A live-action flick with an iconic cast that brings one of television's most famous cartoons to the big screen, this movie went through about a million different tweaks and rewrites before it finally made its debut. Not only was it toned down from an R-rated adult comedy to a PG that still managed to be pretty provocative (or, as Scoob might say, ruhrohcative), it also got a lot less gay. Not totally no gay, though — and given that it's got a full, feature-length, starring-role dose of Matthew Lillard, we're pretty sure this is going to be one of our most special installments of Spooky Tuesday so far.
References:
https://screenrant.com/scooby-doo-r-rated-cut-deleted-scenes-details/
https://www.tiktok.com/@fredagainagain/video/7194934369138543878?_r=1&_t=ZT-8t7jKlKPg1m
https://people.com/tv/sarah-michelle-gellar-freddie-prinze-jr-relationship-timeline/
Historical Evidence that Velma is LESBIAN!!!!
https://www.reddit.com/r/Scoobydoo/comments/1emrega/its_unlikely_anyone_expected_scooby_to_bring_up/
Deleted Scenes: https://youtu.be/dIgLWY7fF24?si=Uw37tNhBMP3FjPyA
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052490/?ref_=tt_mv_close
