The Scooby-Doo Show

Keep at it, men. We're way behind schedule.

lt's the specter again.

lt's the specter.

Like, my favorite indoor sport: eating.

Like, mine too.

Jinkies, a flying pizza.

A runaway pizza.

Hey, listen to this.

''Another in a rash of mysterious safe burglaries.

lnvestigators are baffled as none of the safes were broken into.''

''All were done as though the burglars knew the combinations.''

Well, l'm more interested in getting the combination to a job.

Good idea, Shag. We're running out of money.

See anything in the ''Help Wanted'' columns?

Here's one.

''Construction workers needed. No eperience necessary.

Apply anytime.''

That's for us. Come on, Scoob.

We've got a job.

Yeah. Like, we gotta earn some dough...

...before we can buy any more bread.

Hey, Scooby, here's a slice of pizza for you.

Guess he's not hungry.

Can't let it go to waste.

People are starving, namely me.

Well, there should be plenty of work here.

Right. All they have up so far is the skeleton.

Skeleton? Where? Where?

Rela, Shag. Velma's talking about the building.

Yep, l've got jobs for you two. Are you willing to work night shift?

-We sure are. -Be glad to.

Can't seem to keep any men on the night shift.

How come?

lt's account of that specter that's been creeping around here.

Specter?

That's a new one.

A building being haunted before it's even built.

There used to be an old, old house here that folks said was haunted.

-Haunted? -Yep.

But we moved it away.

l guess somebody forgot to tell the specter, huh?

Yeah.

Well, are you fellas still game to work the night shift?

Sure.

Like, it's been nice knowing you, Mr. Doherty.

So long.

So long.

Hold it, Shag.

Don't let that spooky specter be a spoilsport.

We need a job, remember?

Besides, there's a mystery here that needs to be solved.

Yeah, you're fright.

l mean, right.

Listen, Velma. While Shag and l are working...

...you and Daphne get down to the newspaper library...

...and find out all you can about this building site.

Look for clues to eplain why it's being haunted.

We're on our way.

This is Jim Rivets, one of the few men brave enough to stay on the job.

He'll tell you what to do.

Come on, boys. l'll show you around.

Thanks, Mr. Rivets.

Where will be working, sir?

You'll be working on the 19th and 20th floors.

-Nineteenth? -And 20th floor?

Way up there?

Yeah, Scoob, way up there.

-l don't feel so good. -Me neither.

-Mr. Rivets, sir? -Yeah?

Maybe there's something we could do a little lower down?

-Like what? -Like dig a basement?

l hope you boys don't scare easy.

That specter has cost us a lot of good men.

Oh, don't worry, sir.

While we're working, we'll keep our eyes open for him.

Whose eyes are open?

Not mine.

Fred, you get off here.

Okay, Mr. Rivets. See you later, Shag.

-Hold it. You're working at the top. -The top?

l thought when you're new on the job you started at the bottom.

Top floor, all out.

Red Sparks is your foreman. He'll tell you what to do.

-Where is he? -Over there.

-Gulp. -And double gulp.

-Come on, fellas. Get a move on. -Right now?

-Right now. -Yes, sir.

The things we have to do to solve a mystery.

You got the hang of it now?

Yes, sir, Mr. Sparks.

All right. You're on your own.

Thanks.

This is hard work. Give me a towel, Scooby.

Got it.

-Thanks, Scoob. -You're welcome.

Scooby, how did you get there when you were just there?

l don't know.

Oh, probably just my imagination.

Yeah, imagination.

l'm running out of rivets, Scoob. Get me a bucketful.

Okay.

Specter. Specter. Specter.

Louder, Scooby, l can't hear you.

Specter. Specter.

That's funny. l thought l heard him say ''specter.''

-Did you say ''specter,'' Scoob? -Yeah, yeah.

-Where? -There. There.

Oh, you're seeing things, Scooby.

Nothing there but a bucket of rivets.

Now, let me have the bucket and hoist up another one.

Don't go away.

Specter. Specter.

Scooby's right. lt's the specter.

Help.

Scooby, do something.

Shaggy?

Shaggy, l thought you were a goner.

l thought you were a goner too, Scoob.

Now let's both be long goners.

What the--? Are you guys goofing off?

No. We're taking a 10-minute fright break.

That speedy specter's been chasing us all over the building.

-Specter? Where is he? -There.

-Where? -There.

-He's gone. -Good riddance.

Oh, boy. l hope the girls are doing better at solving this mystery than we are.

l wonder if they've found anything.

Jinkies, l think l've found something, Daphne.

-What? -Listen to this:

''The house that was removed from the haunted house site...

...was built in 1820 by a young man named Ebenezer Crabbe.

His neighbors suspected him of practicing witchcraft...

...because during the net 50 years...

...he never seemed to grow older.''

Wow, he would have made a fortune in the cosmetic business.

So, what happened to him?

He disappeared about 60 years ago.

And get this:

''Legend has it that Ebenezer is still alive...

...and returns to his home every 20 years...

...to make himself young again.''

Why, that would mean that he's about 180 years old.

Right. We better get back and tell Fred about this.

A hundred and eighty years old?

Ebenezer sure moves fast for a guy that old.

-Did you see him? -Did we see him? Tell her, Scoob.

We know where they moved the original house to...

...and l'm for checking it out. Any volunteers?

-l'll go with you. -Me too.

Okay, you three investigate the old house...

...while Daphne and l look for clues around here.

Smart move, eh, Scoob?

Nothing could be scarier than this place, right?

Right.

That's Ebenezer's house?

lt's worse. Let's go back to the other place.

Oh, Shaggy, this is no time to get scared.

Any time is a good time to get scared.

Are you two going to sit there while l go in myself?

Now, you know we won't just sit here, Velma.

We're gonna hide.

ln that case, l'll leave you both out there alone.

We decided you couldn't handle it by yourself, Velma.

Yes?

lt's that old geezer, Ebenezer.

Oh, l'm not Ebenezer.

l'm his great-great-great-granddaughter, Nettie Crabbe.

-Do come in. -Thank you.

We're interested in your great-great-great-grandfather, Ms. Crabbe.

May we have a look around this lovely old home?

Why, we'd be delighted.

-We? -Ebenezer and l.

-We? -He comes back every 20 years, you know.

He may show up any minute now.

Any minute?

His room is upstairs.

You're welcome to look around.

Thanks, Ms. Crabbe.

Ebenezer's hobby was black magic, you know.