"The Wedding Witch of Wainsley Hall" was an immensely enjoyable episode on the whole, especially for the setting, the atmosphere and one of 'Scooby Doo and Guess Who's' most interesting villains. Of all the show's episodes, this was one of the standout episodes of a much more settled and consistent second half to Season 1 (which took some time to find its feet). Was also intrigued in seeing how Jeff Foxworthy would fare in a Scooby Doo episode, being someone who one doesn't associate with family friendly fare.
Rewatching it, "The Wedding Witch of Wainsley Hall" is one of the best episodes of Season 1, with very little to criticise. The couple of flaws that it has are relatively minor and the many good things are mostly outstanding. Especially the things that stood out on first watch that have been mentioned in the above paragraph. As well as one of the best, "The Wedding Witch of Wainsley Hall" is also one of the scariest and most interesting (especially the villain on both counts).
Starting with the not so good things, the country boys gag was overused and got rather irritating relatively quickly. Kate Micucci is still too abrasive as Velma.
Also felt that Foxworthy was a little subdued at times, due to his trademark redneck one liners having to be toned down.
On the whole though, he was a decent guest star and amusing and charming. Especially shining in his interaction with the ever delightful Shaggy and Scooby, and did appreciate that he didn't dominate the episode and that it never became too much of the Jeff Foxworthy show like it has been with some other guest stars (i.e. Steve Urkel). The animation has a lot of atmosphere, rich colour and even richer attention to detail. The music is dynamic and groovy, also loved the modern spin on the iconic classic theme tune for 'Scooby Doo Where are You', although it is too short. A vast majority of the voice acting is very good, with Matthew Lillard nailing it as Shaggy.
Furthermore, the setting is one of the show's creepiest and most inspired, very Mrs Havisham-like. Even creepier is the nightmare inducing villain (especially the freaky design and how she tricks into eating the pie), one of the show's scariest but also one of the most interesting with her being one of the few villains of the show, the only one up to this point, to have a backstory/lore. And an interesting and plausible one it is too.
Mystery-wise, the episode delivers especially in the atmosphere. The denouement was not an obvious or over simple one which was appreciated. The humour on the whole works, primarily with Shaggy and Scooby. The decades old buffet is enough to make the stomach churn, but it is classic food joke humour and a Scooby Doo episode is not the same without at least one food joke.
Concluding, very well done and immensely enjoyable. 8/10.
