The Scooby-Doo Show (1976) s01e14 Episode Script
The Ghost That Sacked the Quarterback
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It's the closing minutes of play,
and the capacity crowd is going wild.
The score is
Hawks: Zero, Cougars: Zero.
And we have only one minute
and eight seconds remaining in the game.
Let's go, Hawks.
Let's go, Hawks.
Hey, Scoob, how about
leading us in a yell?
Okay. Go, Hawks. Go, Hawks.
Go, go, go, Hawks. Go--
Hey, here's our big chance.
They're sending Flash Granger
in the game.
Yeah, like, he's the Hawks' star player.
Come on, Flash. You can do it.
Shaggy, Shaggy.
Like, knock it off, Scoob.
Flash is gonna carry the ball.
Ghost, ghost. Over there.
The double malt, four hot dogs
and si pizzas are finally getting to him.
There goes Flash.
That's the final gun.
And with a point after
the Hawks win it seven to nothing.
We won. We won.
There's the Hawks' mechanical mascot.
And look, they're carrying
Flash off the field like a hero.
l can't see a thing with all that smoke.
They're coming out of it now.
Oh, no. Flash is gone.
He's disappeared.
But how?
You will all pay.
-Creepers, a ghost.
-That's what l said.
He vanished.
And the police couldn't find a thing.
Why did the ghost show up?
lt must've had something to do
with Flash Granger's disappearance.
The only way to find out
is to solve the mystery.
And the first step is to see
the owner of the Hawks, Mr. Prentice.
Here we go again.
And according to the legend
it was back in the '30s
that a player called Rambling Ghost
laid a curse on the stadium
after the crowd booed him
off the field.
-What became of him?
-He disappeared.
After uttering the curse
he was never seen again
until tonight.
He's got to be the ghost
that's haunting the stadium.
Like, we'd better ramble
before the Rambler gets us.
Why would the ghost take Flash?
Because without him playing
it'll be impossible for us to win.
That's quite a story, Mr. Prentice.
Well, the fans are really frightened.
lt has to hurt the ticket sales
for the Wonder Bowl game.
lt could wipe me out.
We'll do everything we can
to solve the mystery.
Well, l appreciate your concern.
Unless we--
Help. The ghost got me.
Don't worry, Mr. Prentice.
lf that ghost tries anything funny
at tomorrow night's
practice session, we'll be there.
lt was right about here
that Flash disappeared.
lf l were you kids, l'd get out of here
with that ghost running around.
-You heard the man. Let's get out of here.
-Yeah.
Not so fast, you two.
We've got a mystery to solve.
Ecuse me, Coach Bater,
who is that player?
Well, that's Crunch Connors.
He's replacing Flash Granger.
Replacing Flash? Very interesting.
Let's go talk to him.
Jeepers, he just disappeared.
-Look.
-Zoinks and double zoinks.
-lt's the Rambling Ghost.
-lt's the Rambling Ghost.
Hey, you.
Where's your ticket?
Nice going, Scoob.
What makes you think he needs a ticket?
Faster, Scoob. Like, he's after us.
No.
Like, look out below.
Somebody, get us out of this.
Like, with pleasure.
Where did that galloping creep go?
Like, he went thataway.
So we went thisaway.
Let's split up and see
what we can find out.
Like, this is the training room.
Come on.
We're safe, Scoob. Not a ghost in sight.
-You check the lockers.
-Okay.
Nothing in here.
Nothing in here.
Nothing.
Nothing.
Nothing in here either.
Nothing in here.
And nothing in here.
Nothing.
No. lt couldn't be.
Hey, Scoob, like, l think l found a clue.
Like, stop this thing.
Shaggy, look out.
The paper.
lt's the phantom.
We'll lose him in the steam room.
Yikes, it's cold.
Yikes, he spotted us.
What a place to put a whirlpool bath.
-Help.
-Help.
-What happened?
-What didn't happen?
We started in the gym,
found a newspaper clue
the ghost jumped us
and we ran for it and here we are.
That might have been the ghost
we saw run inside the scoreboard.
Yeah? Well, like, see you later.
-Yeah.
-What are you guys? Babies?
lt's no use, you two.
Now grow up and get going.
Scooby, stick your nose in there
and check around.
There's a man in there.
A man? Come on.
Are you okay?
-l think so.
-What happened, Mr?
Ellsworth. l'm the scoreboard operator.
l came in to work, and suddenly
the Rambling Ghost grabbed me
and that's all l remember.
We saw him come in here.
He can't be far away.
lt's him.
lt's the phantom.
lt's Bulldog Kratowski.
What are you doing here?
l came up here to make sure the scoreboard
operator spelled my name right in the game.
l saw the phantom, so l ducked in here.
This mystery is getting
more and more mysterious.
We'd better get down to the field
and find out what's going on.
Now that we're here, why are we here?
We're going to reconstruct
the disappearance of Crunch Connors.
Then we might find out
what happened to him.
And who's gonna be dumb enough
-to be Crunch?
-Yeah, who?
Hiya, Crunch.
Sorry, Scooby. You're it.
Now, run through those tires
just like Crunch did.
And then tackle the tackling dummy.
Scooby-Doo.
Help.
Zoinks, he disappeared.
He's back.
He's gone.
Like, he's back again.
A trap door.
Hey, Scooby, what's down there?
-Me.
-Like, she means besides you, Scoob.
-A tunnel.
-A tunnel?
Well, that figures. Mr. Prentice said
the new stadium was built over the old one.
-Let's check it out.
-Like, can't we say we did, and don't?
Move.
Hey, there are two tunnels.
We'll have to split up.
Daphne and l will take this one.
And we'll take this one.
Ladies first.
''Ladies first''? What are you?
A scaredy-cat?
Meow, meow, meow.
Okay, come on.
Like, it sure is dark and scary.
-A dead end.
-Well, l guess we might as well turn back.
-Right, Scoob?
-Yeah, right.
Wrong.
There's a ladder that leads up the wall.
-She would have to notice that.
-Check it out.
Wouldn't you know it? We've come out
of the creepy into the creepier.
Rela. lt's only the old
Greats of the Gridiron Hall of Fame.
-Remember?
-Greats of the Gridiron Hall of Fame?
They closed it down years ago
when they built the new stadium.
Look.
The Rambling Ghost.
That's the same newspaper
he had before.
lt could be a valuable clue.
One of us will have to try
and sneak up and get it.
Wait a minute.
You aren't suggesting that l do it?
No, you don't.
We'll do this fairly.
We'll play Odds and Even.
Well, okay.
One, two, three.
Don't pull that, Scoob. You lost.
Shucks.
Get going, Scooby.
Be careful.
l've got the paper.
Like, wait for me.
He's gaining on us.
Help.
Like, now what's old skull face up to?
Another trap.
Now what will we do?
lt's no use, kids. You're trapped.
Flash Granger and Crunch Connors.
-Flash, how did you get down here?
-l don't know.
l remember being carried along
on the shoulders of my teammates
-and suddenly everything went black.
-l blacked-out too.
Right after l fell in that trap door
on the field.
There's no way out of here
ecept up there.
We're doomed.
l'm too young to be doomed.
Wait a minute.
There might be a way up.
-Like, how?
-One canvas bag
one Scooby in the bag
one air pump
and one hairpin.
Scooby-Dooby-Doo.
We got this old newspaper
away from the Rambling Ghost.
Does it mean anything to you,
Mr. Prentice?
lt's our old coaching staff.
There's Bater and myself.
But we haven't seen the others
for 10 years.
Looks like we'll never solve this mystery
unless we capture the ghost himself.
l've got an idea to lure him into the open
at the practice session tomorrow night.
Hey, wait a minute.
Where are you two guys going?
Like, when you think up a plan
we know what that means.
Good, then you two don't mind being
the bait to catch that fearsome phantom.
''Vanished players return.''
''Owner claims publicity stunt.''
''Last practice tonight.''
lf that doesn't lure the phantom back
to strike again, nothing will.
And what a great idea to have
Shaggy and Scooby play
disguised in the uniforms
of Flash Granger and Crunch Connors.
Yes, but where are they?
That's what l'd like to know.
l've looked everywhere.
Like, hi, Fred.
l was just getting dressed.
lnside the locker?
Come on, Shaggy, the other players
are already on the field.
You too, Scoob.
Now, look, you two, this is a trap.
Yeah, and, like, we're in it.
This is a trick football.
lt's self-inflating.
When the phantom shows up
to grab you two, just stuff it in his shirt.
lt'll blow up like a big balloon,
and we'll have him.
Okay, now
let's try those passes.
They're lining up for the first play.
Keep your fingers crossed.
Fourteen, 92, 17, 76.
-Get going.
-Oh, yes, sir.
Sorry about that.
Foul, interference.
Zoinks, the phantom.
Quick, Scooby. The football.
To the lawn mower, Scooby.
Hang on, Scoob.
-Watch it.
-Look out.
We're losing him.
He'll never catch us now.
The phantom.
He got Shaggy and Scooby.
Look out.
-Stop this thing.
-l can't.
A shark float.
Yeah, a shark float.
And, like, we're gonna land right in it.
What'll we do?
Like quick, Scoob.
The trick football.
Look. That float is
chasing the phantom.
And l'll bet anything
that Shaggy and Scooby are inside it.
He's no match for us now, Scoob.
Congratulations, you got him.
Like, wow.
lt's Mr. Ellsworth,
the scoreboard operator.
Not quite, Shaggy
but it's someone
Mr. Prentice will remember.
Buck Bender
one of my old coaches.
He was in the newspaper picture
the phantom had.
l fired Buck Bender years ago.
And l swore l'd get even.
And l would have if it hadn't been
for these nosy kids and that dog.
Then Bulldog Kratowski
really did see the phantom.
Right. Bender ducked inside the scoreboard
room, disguised himself as Ellsworth
and pretended he'd been
jumped by the phantom.
But how did Bender make Flash Granger
disappear in front of a stadium full of fans?
That was his cleverest touch.
Using the touchdown fireworks
to fill the end zone with smoke
the phantom had the
remote-controlled Hawk mascot
swoop down and pick Flash up
unseen by anyone.
l can never thank you kids enough.
But l'll start with free tickets on the
50 yard line for tomorrow's Wonder Bowl.
Like, terrific.
What a battle it's been today.
No score. Only 10 seconds left to play
and the Hawks have the ball
on the Sharks' 10 yard line.
The ball is snapped to Flash Granger.
Go, Flash, go.
We won, we won.
And look at that scoreboard.
lt says:
''Wonder Bowl Champs, the Hawks.''
''With special thanks to,'' us.
Like, let's celebrate, Scooby.
Have a hot dog.
That scoreboard's right, Crunch.
l ought to give the game ball to Scooby.
Good idea.
Scooby-Dooby-Doo.
[ENGLlSH]
It's the closing minutes of play,
and the capacity crowd is going wild.
The score is
Hawks: Zero, Cougars: Zero.
And we have only one minute
and eight seconds remaining in the game.
Let's go, Hawks.
Let's go, Hawks.
Hey, Scoob, how about
leading us in a yell?
Okay. Go, Hawks. Go, Hawks.
Go, go, go, Hawks. Go--
Hey, here's our big chance.
They're sending Flash Granger
in the game.
Yeah, like, he's the Hawks' star player.
Come on, Flash. You can do it.
Shaggy, Shaggy.
Like, knock it off, Scoob.
Flash is gonna carry the ball.
Ghost, ghost. Over there.
The double malt, four hot dogs
and si pizzas are finally getting to him.
There goes Flash.
That's the final gun.
And with a point after
the Hawks win it seven to nothing.
We won. We won.
There's the Hawks' mechanical mascot.
And look, they're carrying
Flash off the field like a hero.
l can't see a thing with all that smoke.
They're coming out of it now.
Oh, no. Flash is gone.
He's disappeared.
But how?
You will all pay.
-Creepers, a ghost.
-That's what l said.
He vanished.
And the police couldn't find a thing.
Why did the ghost show up?
lt must've had something to do
with Flash Granger's disappearance.
The only way to find out
is to solve the mystery.
And the first step is to see
the owner of the Hawks, Mr. Prentice.
Here we go again.
And according to the legend
it was back in the '30s
that a player called Rambling Ghost
laid a curse on the stadium
after the crowd booed him
off the field.
-What became of him?
-He disappeared.
After uttering the curse
he was never seen again
until tonight.
He's got to be the ghost
that's haunting the stadium.
Like, we'd better ramble
before the Rambler gets us.
Why would the ghost take Flash?
Because without him playing
it'll be impossible for us to win.
That's quite a story, Mr. Prentice.
Well, the fans are really frightened.
lt has to hurt the ticket sales
for the Wonder Bowl game.
lt could wipe me out.
We'll do everything we can
to solve the mystery.
Well, l appreciate your concern.
Unless we--
Help. The ghost got me.
Don't worry, Mr. Prentice.
lf that ghost tries anything funny
at tomorrow night's
practice session, we'll be there.
lt was right about here
that Flash disappeared.
lf l were you kids, l'd get out of here
with that ghost running around.
-You heard the man. Let's get out of here.
-Yeah.
Not so fast, you two.
We've got a mystery to solve.
Ecuse me, Coach Bater,
who is that player?
Well, that's Crunch Connors.
He's replacing Flash Granger.
Replacing Flash? Very interesting.
Let's go talk to him.
Jeepers, he just disappeared.
-Look.
-Zoinks and double zoinks.
-lt's the Rambling Ghost.
-lt's the Rambling Ghost.
Hey, you.
Where's your ticket?
Nice going, Scoob.
What makes you think he needs a ticket?
Faster, Scoob. Like, he's after us.
No.
Like, look out below.
Somebody, get us out of this.
Like, with pleasure.
Where did that galloping creep go?
Like, he went thataway.
So we went thisaway.
Let's split up and see
what we can find out.
Like, this is the training room.
Come on.
We're safe, Scoob. Not a ghost in sight.
-You check the lockers.
-Okay.
Nothing in here.
Nothing in here.
Nothing.
Nothing.
Nothing in here either.
Nothing in here.
And nothing in here.
Nothing.
No. lt couldn't be.
Hey, Scoob, like, l think l found a clue.
Like, stop this thing.
Shaggy, look out.
The paper.
lt's the phantom.
We'll lose him in the steam room.
Yikes, it's cold.
Yikes, he spotted us.
What a place to put a whirlpool bath.
-Help.
-Help.
-What happened?
-What didn't happen?
We started in the gym,
found a newspaper clue
the ghost jumped us
and we ran for it and here we are.
That might have been the ghost
we saw run inside the scoreboard.
Yeah? Well, like, see you later.
-Yeah.
-What are you guys? Babies?
lt's no use, you two.
Now grow up and get going.
Scooby, stick your nose in there
and check around.
There's a man in there.
A man? Come on.
Are you okay?
-l think so.
-What happened, Mr?
Ellsworth. l'm the scoreboard operator.
l came in to work, and suddenly
the Rambling Ghost grabbed me
and that's all l remember.
We saw him come in here.
He can't be far away.
lt's him.
lt's the phantom.
lt's Bulldog Kratowski.
What are you doing here?
l came up here to make sure the scoreboard
operator spelled my name right in the game.
l saw the phantom, so l ducked in here.
This mystery is getting
more and more mysterious.
We'd better get down to the field
and find out what's going on.
Now that we're here, why are we here?
We're going to reconstruct
the disappearance of Crunch Connors.
Then we might find out
what happened to him.
And who's gonna be dumb enough
-to be Crunch?
-Yeah, who?
Hiya, Crunch.
Sorry, Scooby. You're it.
Now, run through those tires
just like Crunch did.
And then tackle the tackling dummy.
Scooby-Doo.
Help.
Zoinks, he disappeared.
He's back.
He's gone.
Like, he's back again.
A trap door.
Hey, Scooby, what's down there?
-Me.
-Like, she means besides you, Scoob.
-A tunnel.
-A tunnel?
Well, that figures. Mr. Prentice said
the new stadium was built over the old one.
-Let's check it out.
-Like, can't we say we did, and don't?
Move.
Hey, there are two tunnels.
We'll have to split up.
Daphne and l will take this one.
And we'll take this one.
Ladies first.
''Ladies first''? What are you?
A scaredy-cat?
Meow, meow, meow.
Okay, come on.
Like, it sure is dark and scary.
-A dead end.
-Well, l guess we might as well turn back.
-Right, Scoob?
-Yeah, right.
Wrong.
There's a ladder that leads up the wall.
-She would have to notice that.
-Check it out.
Wouldn't you know it? We've come out
of the creepy into the creepier.
Rela. lt's only the old
Greats of the Gridiron Hall of Fame.
-Remember?
-Greats of the Gridiron Hall of Fame?
They closed it down years ago
when they built the new stadium.
Look.
The Rambling Ghost.
That's the same newspaper
he had before.
lt could be a valuable clue.
One of us will have to try
and sneak up and get it.
Wait a minute.
You aren't suggesting that l do it?
No, you don't.
We'll do this fairly.
We'll play Odds and Even.
Well, okay.
One, two, three.
Don't pull that, Scoob. You lost.
Shucks.
Get going, Scooby.
Be careful.
l've got the paper.
Like, wait for me.
He's gaining on us.
Help.
Like, now what's old skull face up to?
Another trap.
Now what will we do?
lt's no use, kids. You're trapped.
Flash Granger and Crunch Connors.
-Flash, how did you get down here?
-l don't know.
l remember being carried along
on the shoulders of my teammates
-and suddenly everything went black.
-l blacked-out too.
Right after l fell in that trap door
on the field.
There's no way out of here
ecept up there.
We're doomed.
l'm too young to be doomed.
Wait a minute.
There might be a way up.
-Like, how?
-One canvas bag
one Scooby in the bag
one air pump
and one hairpin.
Scooby-Dooby-Doo.
We got this old newspaper
away from the Rambling Ghost.
Does it mean anything to you,
Mr. Prentice?
lt's our old coaching staff.
There's Bater and myself.
But we haven't seen the others
for 10 years.
Looks like we'll never solve this mystery
unless we capture the ghost himself.
l've got an idea to lure him into the open
at the practice session tomorrow night.
Hey, wait a minute.
Where are you two guys going?
Like, when you think up a plan
we know what that means.
Good, then you two don't mind being
the bait to catch that fearsome phantom.
''Vanished players return.''
''Owner claims publicity stunt.''
''Last practice tonight.''
lf that doesn't lure the phantom back
to strike again, nothing will.
And what a great idea to have
Shaggy and Scooby play
disguised in the uniforms
of Flash Granger and Crunch Connors.
Yes, but where are they?
That's what l'd like to know.
l've looked everywhere.
Like, hi, Fred.
l was just getting dressed.
lnside the locker?
Come on, Shaggy, the other players
are already on the field.
You too, Scoob.
Now, look, you two, this is a trap.
Yeah, and, like, we're in it.
This is a trick football.
lt's self-inflating.
When the phantom shows up
to grab you two, just stuff it in his shirt.
lt'll blow up like a big balloon,
and we'll have him.
Okay, now
let's try those passes.
They're lining up for the first play.
Keep your fingers crossed.
Fourteen, 92, 17, 76.
-Get going.
-Oh, yes, sir.
Sorry about that.
Foul, interference.
Zoinks, the phantom.
Quick, Scooby. The football.
To the lawn mower, Scooby.
Hang on, Scoob.
-Watch it.
-Look out.
We're losing him.
He'll never catch us now.
The phantom.
He got Shaggy and Scooby.
Look out.
-Stop this thing.
-l can't.
A shark float.
Yeah, a shark float.
And, like, we're gonna land right in it.
What'll we do?
Like quick, Scoob.
The trick football.
Look. That float is
chasing the phantom.
And l'll bet anything
that Shaggy and Scooby are inside it.
He's no match for us now, Scoob.
Congratulations, you got him.
Like, wow.
lt's Mr. Ellsworth,
the scoreboard operator.
Not quite, Shaggy
but it's someone
Mr. Prentice will remember.
Buck Bender
one of my old coaches.
He was in the newspaper picture
the phantom had.
l fired Buck Bender years ago.
And l swore l'd get even.
And l would have if it hadn't been
for these nosy kids and that dog.
Then Bulldog Kratowski
really did see the phantom.
Right. Bender ducked inside the scoreboard
room, disguised himself as Ellsworth
and pretended he'd been
jumped by the phantom.
But how did Bender make Flash Granger
disappear in front of a stadium full of fans?
That was his cleverest touch.
Using the touchdown fireworks
to fill the end zone with smoke
the phantom had the
remote-controlled Hawk mascot
swoop down and pick Flash up
unseen by anyone.
l can never thank you kids enough.
But l'll start with free tickets on the
50 yard line for tomorrow's Wonder Bowl.
Like, terrific.
What a battle it's been today.
No score. Only 10 seconds left to play
and the Hawks have the ball
on the Sharks' 10 yard line.
The ball is snapped to Flash Granger.
Go, Flash, go.
We won, we won.
And look at that scoreboard.
lt says:
''Wonder Bowl Champs, the Hawks.''
''With special thanks to,'' us.
Like, let's celebrate, Scooby.
Have a hot dog.
That scoreboard's right, Crunch.
l ought to give the game ball to Scooby.
Good idea.
Scooby-Dooby-Doo.
[ENGLlSH]