I just told my kids that Scooby-Doo has a speech defect. But now I’m not sure.
Even though the dog speaks and functions in a very human way, is he not still essentially a dog? And given that, should we not therefore judge him as some sort of super-freak dog speech genius, relative to the dog-normal-speaking-ability curve???
If I spoke Chinese as well as Scooby speaks English, compared to how most dogs speak English (eg: not at all), let’s just say: I’d speak really good Chinese.
Perhaps the so-called “defect” lies not in Scooby’s speech, but in our hearts and their collective inability to judge things relative to a dog-normal-speaking-ability curve.
Scooby can’t really talk. It’s just that Shaggy smokes too much herb. All the gang’s adventures take place inside his dope-addled cranium. Didn’t you know that? The show makes no damn sense otherwise.
Exactly e. There are smart dogs and dumb dogs. SD is not smart. But to say he has a speech impediment? Isn’t that like politiclly incorrect or something? 🙂
article in the Chronicle, 1/9/07 breaks the news that Iwao Takamoto, the animator who created Scooby-Doo has died at age 81. Takamoto has explained his concept for Scooby-Doo. He spoke with breeders of Great Danes who “showed me some pictures and talked about the important points of a Great Dane, like a straight back, straight legs, small chin and such. I decided to go the opposite and gave him a hump back, bowed legs, big chin and such. Even his color is wrong.” I expect that his aversion to the true nature of the dog carried over even into speech patterns.
from the department of meta, ruh roh division: this would be such an interesting debate to have IF HE WERE REAL.
e: respectfully, I don’t even know what you’re talking about. I’ve seen him with my own eyes. On the TV for crying out loud!
-Cecil
get a ball, a bat, a kite, get outside for christs sake, we are having the best weather in a million years….
Uncle Lee
Scooby can’t really talk. It’s just that Shaggy smokes too much herb. All the gang’s adventures take place inside his dope-addled cranium. Didn’t you know that? The show makes no damn sense otherwise.
kitty just texted–“all dogs talk; s-d’s problem? doofus, zero impulse control.”
Exactly e. There are smart dogs and dumb dogs. SD is not smart. But to say he has a speech impediment? Isn’t that like politiclly incorrect or something? 🙂
article in the Chronicle, 1/9/07 breaks the news that Iwao Takamoto, the animator who created Scooby-Doo has died at age 81. Takamoto has explained his concept for Scooby-Doo. He spoke with breeders of Great Danes who “showed me some pictures and talked about the important points of a Great Dane, like a straight back, straight legs, small chin and such. I decided to go the opposite and gave him a hump back, bowed legs, big chin and such. Even his color is wrong.” I expect that his aversion to the true nature of the dog carried over even into speech patterns.