The Scooby-Doo Show (1976) s01e01 Episode Script

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Keep at it, men.
We're way behind schedule.
lt's the specter again.
lt's the specter.
Like, my favorite indoor sport: eating.
Like, mine too.
Jinkies, a flying pizza.
A runaway pizza.
Hey, listen to this.
''Another in a rash
of mysterious safe burglaries.
lnvestigators are baffled
as none of the safes were broken into.''
''All were done as though the burglars
knew the combinations.''
Well, l'm more interested
in getting the combination to a job.
Good idea, Shag.
We're running out of money.
See anything in
the ''Help Wanted'' columns?
Here's one.
''Construction workers needed.
No eperience necessary.
Apply anytime.''
That's for us. Come on, Scoob.
We've got a job.
Yeah. Like, we gotta
earn some dough
before we can buy any more bread.
Hey, Scooby,
here's a slice of pizza for you.
Guess he's not hungry.
Can't let it go to waste.
People are starving, namely me.
Well, there should be
plenty of work here.
Right. All they have up so far
is the skeleton.
Skeleton? Where? Where?
Rela, Shag.
Velma's talking about the building.
Yep, l've got jobs for you two.
Are you willing to work night shift?
-We sure are.
-Be glad to.
Can't seem to keep
any men on the night shift.
How come?
lt's account of that specter
that's been creeping around here.
Specter?
That's a new one.
A building being haunted
before it's even built.
There used to be an old, old house here
that folks said was haunted.
-Haunted?
-Yep.
But we moved it away.
l guess somebody forgot
to tell the specter, huh?
Yeah.
Well, are you fellas still game
to work the night shift?
Sure.
Like, it's been nice knowing you,
Mr. Doherty.
So long.
So long.
Hold it, Shag.
Don't let that spooky specter
be a spoilsport.
We need a job, remember?
Besides, there's a mystery here
that needs to be solved.
Yeah, you're fright.
l mean, right.
Listen, Velma.
While Shag and l are working
you and Daphne get down
to the newspaper library
and find out all you can
about this building site.
Look for clues to eplain
why it's being haunted.
We're on our way.
This is Jim Rivets, one of the few men
brave enough to stay on the job.
He'll tell you what to do.
Come on, boys.
l'll show you around.
Thanks, Mr. Rivets.
Where will be working, sir?
You'll be working on
the 19th and 20th floors.
-Nineteenth?
-And 20th floor?
Way up there?
Yeah, Scoob, way up there.
-l don't feel so good.
-Me neither.
-Mr. Rivets, sir?
-Yeah?
Maybe there's something we could do
a little lower down?
-Like what?
-Like dig a basement?
l hope you boys don't scare easy.
That specter has cost us
a lot of good men.
Oh, don't worry, sir.
While we're working,
we'll keep our eyes open for him.
Whose eyes are open?
Not mine.
Fred, you get off here.
Okay, Mr. Rivets. See you later, Shag.
-Hold it. You're working at the top.
-The top?
l thought when you're new on the job
you started at the bottom.
Top floor, all out.
Red Sparks is your foreman.
He'll tell you what to do.
-Where is he?
-Over there.
-Gulp.
-And double gulp.
-Come on, fellas. Get a move on.
-Right now?
-Right now.
-Yes, sir.
The things we have to do
to solve a mystery.
You got the hang of it now?
Yes, sir, Mr. Sparks.
All right. You're on your own.
Thanks.
This is hard work.
Give me a towel, Scooby.
Got it.
-Thanks, Scoob.
-You're welcome.
Scooby, how did you get there
when you were just there?
l don't know.
Oh, probably just my imagination.
Yeah, imagination.
l'm running out of rivets, Scoob.
Get me a bucketful.
Okay.
Specter. Specter. Specter.
Louder, Scooby, l can't hear you.
Specter. Specter.
That's funny. l thought
l heard him say ''specter.''
-Did you say ''specter,'' Scoob?
-Yeah, yeah.
-Where?
-There. There.
Oh, you're seeing things, Scooby.
Nothing there but a bucket of rivets.
Now, let me have the bucket
and hoist up another one.
Don't go away.
Specter. Specter.
Scooby's right. lt's the specter.
Help.
Scooby, do something.
Shaggy?
Shaggy, l thought you were a goner.
l thought you were a goner too, Scoob.
Now let's both be long goners.
What the--?
Are you guys goofing off?
No. We're taking
a 10-minute fright break.
That speedy specter's
been chasing us all over the building.
-Specter? Where is he?
-There.
-Where?
-There.
-He's gone.
-Good riddance.
Oh, boy. l hope the girls are doing better
at solving this mystery than we are.
l wonder if they've found anything.
Jinkies, l think
l've found something, Daphne.
-What?
-Listen to this:
''The house that was removed
from the haunted house site
was built in 1820 by a young man
named Ebenezer Crabbe.
His neighbors suspected him
of practicing witchcraft
because during the net 50 years
he never seemed to grow older.''
Wow, he would have made
a fortune in the cosmetic business.
So, what happened to him?
He disappeared about 60 years ago.
And get this:
''Legend has it that Ebenezer
is still alive
and returns to his home
every 20 years
to make himself young again.''
Why, that would mean
that he's about 180 years old.
Right. We better get back
and tell Fred about this.
A hundred and eighty years old?
Ebenezer sure moves fast
for a guy that old.
-Did you see him?
-Did we see him? Tell her, Scoob.
We know where they moved
the original house to
and l'm for checking it out.
Any volunteers?
-l'll go with you.
-Me too.
Okay, you three investigate
the old house
while Daphne and l
look for clues around here.
Smart move, eh, Scoob?
Nothing could be scarier
than this place, right?
Right.
That's Ebenezer's house?
lt's worse.
Let's go back to the other place.
Oh, Shaggy, this is no time
to get scared.
Any time is a good time to get scared.
Are you two going to sit there
while l go in myself?
Now, you know we won't
just sit here, Velma.
We're gonna hide.
ln that case, l'll leave you both
out there alone.
We decided you couldn't handle it
by yourself, Velma.
Yes?
lt's that old geezer, Ebenezer.
Oh, l'm not Ebenezer.
l'm his great-great-great-granddaughter,
Nettie Crabbe.
-Do come in.
-Thank you.
We're interested in your
great-great-great-grandfather, Ms. Crabbe.
May we have a look around
this lovely old home?
Why, we'd be delighted.
-We?
-Ebenezer and l.
-We?
-He comes back every 20 years, you know.
He may show up any minute now.
Any minute?
His room is upstairs.
You're welcome to look around.
Thanks, Ms. Crabbe.
Ebenezer's hobby was black magic,
you know.
Black magic?
l'm sure you'll find his room
full of surprises.
Not me.
l guess his room is down this hallway.
Help. lt's that geezer, Ebenezer.
Oh, Shaggy. That's only a statue.
Statue? Hey, you're right.
Now, come in Ebenezer's room,
and let's look for clues.
Here's old Eb's black magic book.
Listen to this mumbo jumbo:
lt's supposed to turn
people into monsters.
A crow goes caw
A toad goes beep
Hocus-pocus, you're a creep
lsn't that ridiculous?
Yeah. Ridiculous.
The antidote is even kookier. Listen.
Lemonade in the cellar
Cookies on the shelf
Come on, feller
Turn back to yourself
Boy, only a real dumbbell
would believe that.
Yeah. A real dumbbell.
Well, nothing in this old closet.
Nothing up here, either.
You chickens can come down
off the roost now
and help me
look through this old trunk.
What's in the bo?
Beats me. lt's locked.
Let me try.
Maybe this button will open it.
Oh, Shaggy, they're only paper bats.
You can come down again,
if you're not too scared.
Us? Scared?
That's ridiculous.
Hey, l think l found a clue.
-What is it?
-lt's a--
Someone's coming.
lt's almost time for Ebenezer to show up.
Would you care for a cup of tea
while we wait?
No, thanks.
We're just leaving.
-Any luck?
-You bet.
We looked around
Ebenezer's old house
and talked to his
great-great-great-granddaughter, Nettie.
But that's impossible.
lmpossible? Why?
Nettie Crabbe
has been dead for 50 years.
Maybe we ought to go back and tell her.
-You mean Nettie is a ghost?
-Wow, what a family.
We also found this in an old trunk
in Ebenezer's room.
What is it?
lt's a receipt for a very epensive
telescopic lens.
Let's have a look, Velma.
Why, this was made out to Ebenezer Crabbe
only a couple of months ago.
Right. l wonder why he bought it.
Only one place to find out.
Optical Lens Company, here we come.
Yes?
-Could we talk to you a moment, sir?
-About a telescopic lens.
Do come in.
l am Mr. Speck, owner of this company.
Now, what's this about a telescopic lens?
Thank you for seeing us.
Will you take a look at this receipt?
Certainly.
Ah, yes.
lt's for an electronic spotter
telescope lens.
-Spotter telescope lens?
-Correct.
There's one more like it in the shop.
-May l see it?
-You may.
Doesn't look very unusual.
That's odd.
lt seemed to make the room brighter.
-Try looking out the window.
-Okay.
-Wow, it turned night into day.
-Eactly.
lt's a special light-gathering lens
for seeing things in the dark.
l've got a feeling there's a connection
between this lens
and the trouble
at the construction site.
Me too.
Could we borrow this lens
to take it to the police?
Well, certainly.
lf you will sign this receipt.
What's the matter, Shaggy?
l'm still feeling creepy.
Like that specter was
still hanging around somehow.
lt's all in your mind, Shag. Rela.
Well, you're probably right, Fred.
l just imagined l heard the specter growl.
That's funny, l just imagined it again.
Only louder.
Oh, no.
He's after Shaggy and Scooby.
Come on.
ln here, Scoob.
-Zoinks, it's him.
-We're trapped.
Trapped is right.
Us chickens are sitting ducks.
Keep shivering, Scoob.
We're vibrating the door open.
Look, Scoob. A bakery.
Yeah, a bakery.
He's still after us.
We gotta do something.
l got it.
Happy birthday, old Ebenezer
Happy birthday to you
Now blow out your candles
and make a wish, geezer--
Ebenezer.
He's gone, Scoob.
But look, so's the lens.
Shaggy, Scoob,
are you guys all right?
Yeah, we're okay.
-What happened?
-Oh, plenty.
Like, l'll tell you over a pizza.
And when he blew the candles out,
he took off with the lens.
Didn't even eat a piece
of his birthday cake.
But why would he want the lens?
When we know that,
we've got the mystery solved.
Wait a minute, gang.
There's been another safe robbery.
And look at this.
The haunted building
where Fred and Shaggy work
is in the center
of all the robbery locations.
Right. That must tie in
with the mystery somehow.
And l bet we can untie it
if we capture the specter.
Capture the specter?
That's what he said.
All right, gang. Here's what we do.
Shaggy, you get the specter
to chase you.
-Chase me?
-Right.
He'll follow you along that beam
trip over the nylon line
causing that plastic bucket
of quick-drying cement to fall on him.
Wow, that ought to slow him up.
Yeah. Like, freeze him in his tracks.
What do we do, Fred?
Zoinks, it's him.
And he's on the wrong beam.
The plan won't work.
Shaggy, try to get him
to run under the pail.
Okay.
He didn't fall for it, Scoob.
He's after Fred and the girls.
Hold it.
Oh, no. They're trapped.
We gotta do something, Scooby.
The quick-drying cement.
Good thinking, Scoob.
We'll dump it onto the specter ourselves.
Hurry, Scoob. Step on it.
He stepped on it, all right.
So, you nosy kids
set a trap for me, huh?
And now l have you trapped.
What the--?
Hang on.
We're headed for that penthouse.
What--? What's going on?
Why, it's Nettie.
Hey, look.
They're trapped in the quick-drying cement.
Now let's see who
these two characters really are.
First, we unmask the specter.
lt's Red Sparks. Hi, boss.
-Meddling kids.
-Now to get the mask off old Nettie.
Jim Rivets.
-Red Sparks and Jim Rivets? Safe burglars?
-That's right.
-Can you kids prove that?
-Yes, sir.
You'll notice this penthouse faces all the
buildings where the robberies took place.
By using a powerful telescope
with a special light-gathering lens
they were able to see the owner
opening their safes.
And copy down the combinations.
Yeah, look.
Well, what do you know?
The Mahoney Baloney Company.
That's the safe
that was robbed last night.
-lngenious.
-But why did they haunt my building?
Because it was high enough
to obstruct their view.
They had to slow down construction
by scaring off the workers.
Now if we could only find
the stolen money.
Yeah, where could it be?
-Money.
-You mean, stolen money.
Good job, Scooby.
You've wrapped up the case for us.
lt was nothing.
The officers wanted you
to have a special reward, Scooby.
And here it comes now.
Out of sight.
lt says, ''Honorary Police Dog.''
That's too pretty to eat,
isn't it, Scooby?
You wouldn't forget your old buddy,
would you, Scoob?
-Thanks a lot.
-You're welcome.
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