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January 8, 2007
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Iwao Takamoto, 81, the Animation Artist Who Created Scooby-Doo, Dies
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Iwao Takamoto, the artist who created the mystery-solving Great Dane, Scooby-Doo, among many other indelible cartoon characters, died on January 8, 2007 in Los Angeles. He was 81. The cause was a heart attack, suffered at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He was in the hospital for another ailment.
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http://www.nytimes.com/
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December 18, 2006
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Joseph Barbera Dies at 95
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Joseph "Joe" Barbera, half of the Hanna-Barbera animation team that produced Scooby-Doo, died on December 18, 2006. He was 95. Barbera died of natural causes at his home with his wife Sheila at his side.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16272684/
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August 2, 2006
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Zoiks! the Mystery Machine is voted children's favourite car
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Scooby-Doo's Mystery Machine has been voted the best screen motor of all time - ahead of the Batmobile, 007's gadget-laden Aston Martin and Del Boy's Reliant Robin. The vehicle - based on a 1968 Chevrolet Sportvan - made its TV debut in 1969.
Over the years the flower power cartoon cruiser has spawned copies around the world with fans painting their Chevrolet Sportvans blue and green.
The van came top of a poll of 3,000 children conducted by Toys "R" Us in conjunction with the launch of Disney Pixar's new film Cars. It revealed that Herbie, the No 53 Love Bug, takes second place as the most memorable fictional car.
The Beetle, which has a life of its own, has appeared in five movies.
Third place went to comic book superhero Batman's Batmobile whose original 1966 model began life as a Lincoln Futura concept car.
Family favourite Chitty Chitty Bang Bang flew in at fourth place.
A spokeswoman for Toys "R" Us said: "We know fictional cars are incredibly popular, because when any new film is launched, sales of related car merchandise go through the roof."
(c)2006. Associated Newspapers Ltd.. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company. All rights Reserved.
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4153/is_20060802/ai_n16657350
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December 31, 2005
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Scooby-Doo ranked 49th
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Scooby-Doo ranked 49th in the UK network Channel 4's 2005 list of the "100 Greatest Cartoons of All Time."
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http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/cartoons/
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December 29, 2005
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Cardellini keen for Scooby Doo 3
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Though the Prinze-Gellarrs aren't answering calls, Scooby Doo star Linda Cardellini says sheell gladly plonk Velmaas wig back on for a third outing.
The Brokeback Mountainn star tells MTV that she "had the time of my life making those movies," she grinned. "Every six months or so, I hear a whisper or a murmur that there will be another [sequel]."
The latest is that most of the folks involved in the first two Scoobyy movies - including Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr, Matthew Lillard and writer James Gunn - arennt coming back for another, so the whispers in the corridors of Warner have it that they might be continuing the series as a direct-to-video franchise. Does Cardellini still want in?
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http://www.moviehole.net/news/20051229_cardellini_keen_for_scooby_doo.html
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