Trivia / The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries

• Creator Backlash: Tom Ruegger was unhappy with how "The Nutcracker Scoob" turned out:
  The lousy "proscenium arch" staging of "The Nutcracker Scoob" storyboard was a turning point for me at H-B. When I went to the series producer George Singer with my suggestions on how to fix the storyboard — which was almost entirely in long shots — he told me to keep my nose out of his business. He made zero effort to improve the storyboard.
  If you watch this episode, you'll see that it's virtually a stage play, with no character coming within 30 feet of the camera. (It was also painted with an early version of H-B's computer coloring process which rendered lots of shots on soft focus.) So the episode looks pretty bad. For me, "The Nutcracker Scoob" was a huge disappointment, since the cartoon could have been a great holiday episode if it had been done with an iota of care.
• Rereleased for Free: The whole series is free to watch on Tubi as of May 2023.

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