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Actress and acting coach Vernee Watson-Johnson is mainly popular for playing Will Smith’s mother Viola "Vy" Smith in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. But other than this iconic character, she has also shown her versatility in many character roles, a large part of which also showcased her voice acting skills.

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She found initial fame in the '70s with the sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter. In the realm of animation, she started out with the Hannah-Barbara classic Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, in which she voiced Dee Dee Sykes. Her more recent guest appearances include roles in Young Sheldon and General Hospital.

So, in the mood for another feature-length doc on the “mouse house”? I’m referring to Mickey’s home base, the cartoon factory that is the Walt Disney Studios. It’s comprehensive archives have provided terrific stories in recent years, all informative and very entertaining. Let’s see, there’s Walt & El Grupo, about the Ww II South American trip. And The Boys: The Sherman Brothers’ Story spotlighting that song-writing duo. Oh, and Waking Sleeping Beauty, which focuses on the late 1980’s revitalization of the feature animation department, is a must see. Only a few weeks ago, audiences were moved by the story of the Suskind family in Life, Animated. Now, here’s another terrific addition to that revered roster. The talented directing team of Michael Fiore and Erik Sharkley introduce us to a fascinating man well known to the world of cartooning, but now the general public will meet...

The world of Guardians of the Galaxy is an elaborate one with all kinds of strange and obscure creatures. Even before Star-Lord and the gang joined up, the original lineup was way different. Though we couldn.t imagine the film now without the likes of the foulmouthed Rocket Raccoon and the tree-of-few-words Groot, director James Gunn shared an image over Facebool of his characters imagined as figures from Hanna-Barbera Productions. Now this is an alternate lineup we can get behind! Dubbed Hanna Barbardians of the Galaxy, the spoof remolds our intergalactic team of misfits into the best cartoon that was never made: Gamora as Pebbles from The Flintstones, Star-Lord presumably as Bam Bam, Rocket as Muttley of Wacky Races, Drax as Captain Caveman of Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, and Groot as Grape Ape from The Great Grape Ape Show. So now I guess his catchphrase is "I am...

In the 1960s, super-heroics were such the rage that ever era seemed to inspire a masked champion for Saturday morning fare. We had the Mighty Mightor who could been seen as an ancestor to his comedic counterpart, Captain Caveman, which also reflects the shift from dramatic fun to slapstick comedy (also showing how parents boxed in the animators).

Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels was created for Hanna-Barbera, shortly before they split to form their own outfit. It ran from 1977 through 1980 in ABC and the complete 40 episode series is now available on a three-disc set from Warner Archive. The series started off sandwiched as a part of Scooby’s All-Star Laff-a-Lympics and Scooby’s All-Stars before gaining their own thirty minute slot. Brenda, Dee Dee and Taffy, the erstwhile angels, found a caveman frozen in a block of ice and thawed him back to life. Now, Cavey and the girls...

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

Scooby-Doo Created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears

Scooby-Doo Mystery Incorporated series produced and written by Mitch Watson

Scooby-Doo Mystery Incorporated series Showrunners (Supervising Producers) Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone

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One of the best procedurals currently on television is a half-hour cartoon that has been on television in one form or another since 1969 and was a major inspiration for what many (myself included) believe was the greatest serial drama in the history of television. The irony is that Scooby-Doo was solidly mediocre until the debut of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated last summer.

The reason that Scooby-Doo was mediocre for decades was that it was designed to protect children from violence on children’s television. When it debuted in 1969, it was intended to be a safer replacement for its more violent predecessors like Jonny Quest and Space Ghost. The series was formulaic to a...

I made the mistake last Saturday night of dialing up my Twitter account during Comic-Con's fever pitch, around the time that the full Avengers cast -- including Mark Ruffalo (The Hulk) and Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye) were lining up on stage with Joss Whedon for the first time. I'll grant that it must have been an exciting and even exhilarating moment for the people in attendance, and like most of them, I'm very much looking forward to what I hope will be a satisfying all-star geek-friendly cast (although, at times, the idea of The Avengers movie recalls in my mind Hanna Barbera's Laff-a-Lympics, with Grape Ape, Captain Caveman, and Huckleberry Hound, et. al.).

What I saw on Twitter from the convention floor was about what I'd expected to see: Essentially, conventioneers treating this event -- seven or eight people lined up on stage -- how a 16-year-old Twilight fan-girl would...