Scott Innes (voice of Scooby-Doo)
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Scott Innes, known as the voice of Scooby-Doo, joins Mark to discuss his career. He shares the unique story of how he secured the role of the beloved cartoon character. Innes also touches on his radio show and a parody song he created.
Scott Innes (voice of Scooby-Doo)
About Scott Innes (voice of Scooby-Doo)
Scott Innes is an American voice actor born in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, best known for voicing Scooby-Doo and Shaggy Rogers from 1998 to 2001 and sporadically since 2010. He has also voiced classic cartoon characters including Scrappy-Doo, Popeye, Fred Flintstone, Barney Rubble, Yogi Bear, and Bugs Bunny. A radio personality, Innes won the CMA Award for Air Personality of the Year in 1998 and the Marconi Award in 1999. He wrote the song "Handprints on the Wall," recorded by Kenny Rogers in 2003.
In this interview
- Explains how he hosted a radio show called Cartoons in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Recalls creating a parody song called "Shaggy on the Boulevard" based on Alabama's hit
- Describes mixing Scooby and Shaggy voices into the parody song
- Discusses how a listener's persistence helped him land the Scooby-Doo role
“I do a radio show myself down in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. And I got a show called Cartoons.”— Scott Innes (voice of Scooby-Doo), in this interview
Since this interview
Since 2010, Innes has continued voicing Scooby-Doo and Shaggy for commercials, toys, theme park attractions, and Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi's Scooby-Doo! The Museum of Mysteries. He has also published and authored Hug Magazine since 2010.
