A great episode, Ebenezer and his Great-Great-Great-Grandaughter are haunting an under construction skyscraper (the reason for this was actually very clever) and Ebenezer's old house. The way they wrap up the mystery I felt was the strongest part of the episode, very well done indeed. I like also how they went with Spectre rather than Ghost, they always called everything a ghost in the early seasons. The Creeper for example, who was clearly a solid being who couldn't pass through walls, and wasn't even implied to be undead was called a ghost, but finally someone is correctly labeled not as a ghost but as a spooky spectre!
The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (TV Series)
High Rise Hair Raiser (1976)
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It's the Spector...
coti-095537 September 2017
Right before the everyone Hyde episode there is the high rise hair riser of the Scooby doo show (good show I'll say)
When a construction crew(workers) start seeing and experiencing happenings of a spector that is haunting a construction site and scared off all the workers except a few(3) and does not have a motive yet.
Scooby and the gang are at the pizza place waiting for the food all except shaggy and Scooby who are waiting for that mouth watering pizza mmm yum yum yum that's what I'd say anyways after they come across the site looking for jobs when they encounter the Spector.
Skipping to the end...
This was a good episode like all the others if you enjoy Scooby doo and the gang and like mouthwatering pizzas(like shaggy and Scooby) then this is the episode for you.
Enjoy!
When a construction crew(workers) start seeing and experiencing happenings of a spector that is haunting a construction site and scared off all the workers except a few(3) and does not have a motive yet.
Scooby and the gang are at the pizza place waiting for the food all except shaggy and Scooby who are waiting for that mouth watering pizza mmm yum yum yum that's what I'd say anyways after they come across the site looking for jobs when they encounter the Spector.
Skipping to the end...
This was a good episode like all the others if you enjoy Scooby doo and the gang and like mouthwatering pizzas(like shaggy and Scooby) then this is the episode for you.
Enjoy!
A hair raiser alright
TheLittleSongbird28 August 2020
People may scoff at me giving such a high rating to a Scooby Doo episode and think that to me it's comparable to other films, episodes (of other shows), cartoons etc given this highest possible rating. That is actually not my way of thinking. My ratings are based on how much something fares on its own without comparing it to anything else or thinking that it's on par with any other same-rated films etc rated and reviewed. 'The Scooby Doo Show' was one of my favourite shows as a child and am still fond of it.
"High Rise Hair Raiser" was one of my favourite episodes of 'The Scooby Doo Show'. Twenty plus years on, it still is. There are admittedly some episodes of the show that have gone down in my estimations (so not as good through adult eyes), some where the same opinion is held and a few that didn't ever do an awful lot for me ("Diabolical Disc Demon" for instance). Then there are episodes that not only hold up extremely well but are even better now, with more to appreciate. "High Rise Hair Raiser" is one such episode.
Am aware that a good deal of people don't consider the animation quality great in the older 'Scooby Doo' incarnations. To me though, it has never bothered me massively, even if the less than smooth drawing and recycling is obvious by today's standards (having seen far worse today despite animation styles being more varied and advanced). "High Rise Hair Raiser" is one of the better looking 'The Scooby Doo Show' episodes, especially in the case of Ebeneezer Crabbe and the interiors of his old house. The music never felt discordant from the action and reminds one very fondly of anything who loves the original 'Scooby Doo Where are You?' (puts hand up here). The theme song is the second catchiest of the 'Scooby Doo' franchise, the original of course being the most memorable.
The writing is never less than entertaining, all the best lines belonging to Shaggy, and intriguing. Some of it, like the Scooby and Shaggy interaction (and there is some classic moments here, like on the high rise and the effects of when they're reading the book), is goofy but endearingly so. The story is always compelling, with a clever mystery, one of the most interesting backstories of any villain for the show and nice interactions within the gang like at the start. There are a fair share of memorable moments, like the effects of Shaggy and Scooby reading the book, the entertaining and nail-biting climax and Ebeneezer on the car (heart-attack moment that).
Ebeneezer Crabbe is one of the show's creepiest and most creative villains. Netty also gives the creeps. It didn't matter to me that the truth of who was behind all of it was not that much of a surprise, though other episodes did that worse, but the plan, how it was all done (not obvious until late in) and the lengths gone into making them successful were very clever. Shaggy and Scooby bring a smile to the face and the episode even includes another one of their disguises scenes involving a birthday cake.
Voice acting is very strong, Casey Kasem and Don Messick are still unequalled and it is amazing at how Frank Welker is still voicing Fred and has shown no signs of being long in the tooth. Heather North will always be the best Daphne and while more mature-sounding than Nicole Jaffe Patricia Stevens fits Velma well. John Stephenson, in multiple roles but at his best as Ebeneezer, and Virginia Gregg gives one the creeps as the Crabbes.
In conclusion, one great hair raiser. 10/10
"High Rise Hair Raiser" was one of my favourite episodes of 'The Scooby Doo Show'. Twenty plus years on, it still is. There are admittedly some episodes of the show that have gone down in my estimations (so not as good through adult eyes), some where the same opinion is held and a few that didn't ever do an awful lot for me ("Diabolical Disc Demon" for instance). Then there are episodes that not only hold up extremely well but are even better now, with more to appreciate. "High Rise Hair Raiser" is one such episode.
Am aware that a good deal of people don't consider the animation quality great in the older 'Scooby Doo' incarnations. To me though, it has never bothered me massively, even if the less than smooth drawing and recycling is obvious by today's standards (having seen far worse today despite animation styles being more varied and advanced). "High Rise Hair Raiser" is one of the better looking 'The Scooby Doo Show' episodes, especially in the case of Ebeneezer Crabbe and the interiors of his old house. The music never felt discordant from the action and reminds one very fondly of anything who loves the original 'Scooby Doo Where are You?' (puts hand up here). The theme song is the second catchiest of the 'Scooby Doo' franchise, the original of course being the most memorable.
The writing is never less than entertaining, all the best lines belonging to Shaggy, and intriguing. Some of it, like the Scooby and Shaggy interaction (and there is some classic moments here, like on the high rise and the effects of when they're reading the book), is goofy but endearingly so. The story is always compelling, with a clever mystery, one of the most interesting backstories of any villain for the show and nice interactions within the gang like at the start. There are a fair share of memorable moments, like the effects of Shaggy and Scooby reading the book, the entertaining and nail-biting climax and Ebeneezer on the car (heart-attack moment that).
Ebeneezer Crabbe is one of the show's creepiest and most creative villains. Netty also gives the creeps. It didn't matter to me that the truth of who was behind all of it was not that much of a surprise, though other episodes did that worse, but the plan, how it was all done (not obvious until late in) and the lengths gone into making them successful were very clever. Shaggy and Scooby bring a smile to the face and the episode even includes another one of their disguises scenes involving a birthday cake.
Voice acting is very strong, Casey Kasem and Don Messick are still unequalled and it is amazing at how Frank Welker is still voicing Fred and has shown no signs of being long in the tooth. Heather North will always be the best Daphne and while more mature-sounding than Nicole Jaffe Patricia Stevens fits Velma well. John Stephenson, in multiple roles but at his best as Ebeneezer, and Virginia Gregg gives one the creeps as the Crabbes.
In conclusion, one great hair raiser. 10/10
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