Jerry Reed and Scooby Doo. What can go wrong? The only negative is that Jerry played just one song in the episode, but I can't really complain. It's super cool to see Jerry in Scooby Doo. 10 stars from me!
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The Phantom of the Country Music Hall (1972)
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Two of my favorite things in one episode
BigfootsFriend16 January 2020
Was one of my least favourite episodes when younger, still is
TheLittleSongbird27 August 2016
Although 'The New Scooby Doo Movies' was a patchy and inconsistent show it is also interesting and fun.
There are some great episodes, especially "Wednesday is Missing", "The Dynamic Scooby Doo Affair", "The Caped Crusader Caper" and "Scooby Doo Meets Laurel and Hardy". Also really enjoy "The Frickert Fracas" and "The Ghost of the Red Baron", while there are a couple of episodes that have been better on re-watch such as "The Spooky Fog of Juneberry" and others that haven't fared quite as well such as "The Secret of Shark Island" and "The Haunted Horseman in Hagglethorn Hall" (still like both episodes though).
Having said that, there have also been episodes that have never done much for me. "The Phantom of the Country Music Hall" is one of them, along with "Sandy Duncan's Jekyll and Hyde" it is the weakest episode of the first episode. Starting with things that are done well, the theme tune is catchy and infectious and the music in general is haunting and full of energy. While repetitive, though for a reason, the Jerry Reed song is a nice addition and sung well.
Shaggy and Scooby are still likable and fun, their friendship still charms immensely as well. Some of the writing is amusing as well, and the voice acting is good, very good in the cases of Don Messick and Casey Kasem.
On the other hand, the rest of the gang don't have as much to do as they should have done, and Velma's somewhat condescending attitude here is also a turn-off. The animation continues to be less than great, colourful and atmospheric sometimes but also flat and crude. The setting is one of the series' least atmospherically effective, more could have been done with it.
Jerry Reed himself is so underused and so bland here that it is so easy to forget he's there, like the likes of Davy Jones he is swamped and lost within the story except even worse. Remember absolutely nothing about the villains either, easily among the show's worst. "The Phantom of the Country Music Hall" is one of few 'The New Scooby Doo Movies' episode where the story is a mess, not just dull and stretched feeling, but also aimless and because the episode has a run-out-of-ideas and made-up-as-they-go-along vibe a lot of the second half feels confusing, none of the previous episodes had that problem.
In summary, didn't care for this when younger and still don't. 5/10 Bethany Cox
There are some great episodes, especially "Wednesday is Missing", "The Dynamic Scooby Doo Affair", "The Caped Crusader Caper" and "Scooby Doo Meets Laurel and Hardy". Also really enjoy "The Frickert Fracas" and "The Ghost of the Red Baron", while there are a couple of episodes that have been better on re-watch such as "The Spooky Fog of Juneberry" and others that haven't fared quite as well such as "The Secret of Shark Island" and "The Haunted Horseman in Hagglethorn Hall" (still like both episodes though).
Having said that, there have also been episodes that have never done much for me. "The Phantom of the Country Music Hall" is one of them, along with "Sandy Duncan's Jekyll and Hyde" it is the weakest episode of the first episode. Starting with things that are done well, the theme tune is catchy and infectious and the music in general is haunting and full of energy. While repetitive, though for a reason, the Jerry Reed song is a nice addition and sung well.
Shaggy and Scooby are still likable and fun, their friendship still charms immensely as well. Some of the writing is amusing as well, and the voice acting is good, very good in the cases of Don Messick and Casey Kasem.
On the other hand, the rest of the gang don't have as much to do as they should have done, and Velma's somewhat condescending attitude here is also a turn-off. The animation continues to be less than great, colourful and atmospheric sometimes but also flat and crude. The setting is one of the series' least atmospherically effective, more could have been done with it.
Jerry Reed himself is so underused and so bland here that it is so easy to forget he's there, like the likes of Davy Jones he is swamped and lost within the story except even worse. Remember absolutely nothing about the villains either, easily among the show's worst. "The Phantom of the Country Music Hall" is one of few 'The New Scooby Doo Movies' episode where the story is a mess, not just dull and stretched feeling, but also aimless and because the episode has a run-out-of-ideas and made-up-as-they-go-along vibe a lot of the second half feels confusing, none of the previous episodes had that problem.
In summary, didn't care for this when younger and still don't. 5/10 Bethany Cox
The Phantom of the Country Music Hall
Michael_Elliott27 December 2013
The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972)
"The Phantom of the Country Music Hall"
Jerry Reed invites the gang to his grand opening but when they arrive there for the rehearsal the country star is no where to be found. The gang starts to investigate and wonder if his disappearance might have some connection to a bank robbery. The New Scooby-Doo Movies featured some very poorly written episodes but this one here is rather confusing because it doesn't make much sense and especially when you consider that not too much really happens. The entire thing just seems as if someone quit writing it and they just made up everything as they went along. The setting of the old country hall isn't all that entertaining and there's nothing especially good done with it. Even worse is the fact that the villains are without question the worse I've seen in any Scooby episode up to this point. I would even say the regular characters are poorly handled as none of them do anything interesting and we're just treated to things we've seen countless times before. Reed and that terrific voice are always fun to listen to but he doesn't appear enough here to really make an impact.
Episode: C
"The Phantom of the Country Music Hall"
Jerry Reed invites the gang to his grand opening but when they arrive there for the rehearsal the country star is no where to be found. The gang starts to investigate and wonder if his disappearance might have some connection to a bank robbery. The New Scooby-Doo Movies featured some very poorly written episodes but this one here is rather confusing because it doesn't make much sense and especially when you consider that not too much really happens. The entire thing just seems as if someone quit writing it and they just made up everything as they went along. The setting of the old country hall isn't all that entertaining and there's nothing especially good done with it. Even worse is the fact that the villains are without question the worse I've seen in any Scooby episode up to this point. I would even say the regular characters are poorly handled as none of them do anything interesting and we're just treated to things we've seen countless times before. Reed and that terrific voice are always fun to listen to but he doesn't appear enough here to really make an impact.
Episode: C
2nd Worst in the Series
jacobstaggs21 June 2019
The pacing in this episode is awful. Velma has a terrible attitude in this. I felt sorry for Shaggy and Scooby.
Jerry Reed is not a very interesting guest star and he butchers the song Pretty Mary Sunlight from Where are You. The villains are extremely unmemorable. I watched this very recently and can't remember anything about them.
One positive was Shaggy and Scooby doing a reference to "When You're Hot, You're Hot.,"
Otherwise, this episode is mostly a pointless addition to the Scooby franchise.
Pretty Mary Sunshine!
richard.fuller126 March 2006
Warning: Spoilers
Like Sandy Duncan's, this adventure is usually voted as one of the worst Scooby movies, perhaps because Jerry stayed out of so much of the adventure.
In fact, that was a good part of the plot; the gang having to find Jerry by his singing.
And he sang. Over and over.
"Pretty Mary Sunshine" which is in the Wax Phantom adventure of the first Scooby Doo episodes.
Or maybe it was Velma's utterly condescending way she keeps talking to Jerry Reed, calling him "Mis-ter REED." Well, my sister likes it.
A hip-hop remix of Scooby words and phrases I obtained on a cd has several lines from this episode, Mystery Mask Mix Up and the Redbeard episode, referring to a xylophone.
This IMDb listing isn't complete. There is no listing for either of the 3 Stooges adventures, nor is the Laurel & Hardy adventure listed.
In fact, that was a good part of the plot; the gang having to find Jerry by his singing.
And he sang. Over and over.
"Pretty Mary Sunshine" which is in the Wax Phantom adventure of the first Scooby Doo episodes.
Or maybe it was Velma's utterly condescending way she keeps talking to Jerry Reed, calling him "Mis-ter REED." Well, my sister likes it.
A hip-hop remix of Scooby words and phrases I obtained on a cd has several lines from this episode, Mystery Mask Mix Up and the Redbeard episode, referring to a xylophone.
This IMDb listing isn't complete. There is no listing for either of the 3 Stooges adventures, nor is the Laurel & Hardy adventure listed.
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