Those Meddling Kids, Part 2

This afternoon, I got to watch an adult movie. (Wait, that sounds wrong. No, it wasn't that kind of movie. Just a movie the under 10 crowd doesn't go for. Really, it was The Devil Wears Prada. Not The Devil Does Debby Does Dallas.)

So, when the boys insisted on watching something else, I started flipping channels, and landed on a cartoon channel. After an episode of Tom and Jerry, I fell asleep, and awoke to What's New, Scooby Doo? I hadn't seen this updated version of one of my childhood faves. (It was my favorite in third grade. I watched it before school every day, and literally kissed the TV at the end when a big picture of Scooby came on after the show ended. I hated it when they showed those f'ed up episodes with annoying Scrappy-Doo, though!)

What's New was pretty similar, but the kids were kicking it '02 style. The episode featured the gang on vacation in Hawaii, where a troubling sea monster happens to be wreaking havoc. Shaggy was still sporting the voice of Casey Kasem, and Scooby was as lovable as ever, though I had no desire to kiss the TV this time. Guess I've outgrown that little crush on an animated dog.

What really threw me about the show was when I heard the opening bars of the Ramones singing "Rockaway Beach." Surely not, I thought. But sure enough, it was Rockaway Beach, playing to a scene of the gang, wearing scuba gear, being chased by a sea monster. As Shaggy might say, "Whoa!" Or as Velma might say, "Jenkies!"

I slowed down the credits to make sure it was really the Ramones. It was. Some more surprises: Velma was voiced by Mindy Cohn, who you may remember as Natalie from the Facts of Life. What? You don't remember that? OK... And Daphne was voiced by Grey DeLisle, who is the voice of Emily Elizabeth on Clifford, the Big Red Dog, among others. Oh, and I just found out that she sings, too! Have to check that out.

Dinner time. And it won't be Scooby Snacks.