I don't meant to bring up this topic here but this TV show was one of my favorites growing up and so when I became a young adult I went back through it and noticed the vile elements (elements which were later verified by the show's creators). This show of course first started in 1969-1970 and of course was supportive of the new counter-culture tasking place at that time.

Anyway if you have not seen the show you have four teenage kids and a dog solve mysteries. The characters themselves show the growing 1960's counter-culture movement. You have Velma with the short, bobbed hair with a sweater and skirt who shows no interest in men but simply "studies" which shows the growing feminist movement. Her lack of interest in guys (at least during the early show anyway) also shows the growing lesbian movement active during that time.

Shaggy clearly shows the new hippie teenager with his very laid-back fashion and lingo, and clearly shows marijuana use, with his constant hunger and "far-out experiences."

Also, it is quite obvious that considering Fred and Daphne disappear with eachother, almost to the end of the episode, they epitomise the new "sɛҳuąƖ revolution" of being lovers.

Our children have taken to the Three Stooges lately (and no, I don't mean Kasper, Wuerl, and Dolan).

Shaggy clearly shows the new hippie teenager with his very laid-back fashion and lingo, and clearly shows marijuana use, with his constant hunger and "far-out experiences."

A lot of people do not know this, but the great Casey Kasem of American Countdown was the voice of Shaggy.

As a kid watching SD I loved Shaggy as an interesting and likeable character, never associated him with drug use.

Isn't this kind of petty and reaching, Sherlock ?

Why is that everyone here seems to be trying to destroy everything I love ?

I don't meant to bring up this topic here but this TV show was one of my favorites growing up and so when I became a young adult I went back through it and noticed the vile elements (elements which were later verified by the show's creators). This show of course first started in 1969-1970 and of course was supportive of the new counter-culture tasking place at that time.

Anyway if you have not seen the show you have four teenage kids and a dog solve mysteries. The characters themselves show the growing 1960's counter-culture movement. You have Velma with the short, bobbed hair with a sweater and skirt who shows no interest in men but simply "studies" which shows the growing feminist movement. Her lack of interest in guys (at least during the early show anyway) also shows the growing lesbian movement active during that time.

Shaggy clearly shows the new hippie teenager with his very laid-back fashion and lingo, and clearly shows marijuana use, with his constant hunger and "far-out experiences."

Also, it is quite obvious that considering Fred and Daphne disappear with eachother, almost to the end of the episode, they epitomise the new "sɛҳuąƖ revolution" of being lovers.

Why can't Velma just be a studius young lady who has her personal priorities straight? (i.e. study first; boys and marriage later)
Shaggy may be avant guard and laid back, but why does that have to mean marijuanna use? Every young man that age is almost always hungry. Sometimes I think they could be compared to a human vacuum cleaner when it's time to eat.    
As far as the other two why can't they just be side kicks. They are not the stars of the show so of course you don't see as much of them as Shaggy and Velma.
 

I just looked it up, Shaggy went on to get a Phd in theology then went to seminary, in 1978 he was ordained a priest in SSPX and is still active running a chapel and a monastery in South Dakota.

He used the experience he gained working for Hannah Barbera to become one of the most respected exorcists ever.

Unfortunately, Scooby Doo died and was eaten by some Vietnamese people.

Haha. Now there's a show I would watch. Father Shaggy..

I loved Scooby Doo as a kid. My parents didn't think it was a good idea to watch it, so I had to sneak it when they weren't in the room. As a boy I found Shaggy's hunger to be relatable and simply thought Velma was an intelligent person. It wasn't until about a year ago that I rewatched a couple episodes and realized how much went over my head.

I can see what the OP means and can agree that for many, it helped promote feminism, occult, drugs etc., because it did - if in no other way than passively.

I remember reading (here on CI I think) that Gilligan's Island was modeled after the Seven Deadly Sins, i.e Gilligan = sloth, Ginger = lust, Skipper = Gluttony, Thurston Howell III = greed and etc.

Did / do all these shows affect us in some conspiratorial way? I think so, they just affect some people differently than others.  

I think the series "24", which far as I know, was the only series ever that had a very admirable president who was, of all things, black, certainly paved the way for Obama.

Isn't this kind of petty and reaching, Sherlock ?

Why is that everyone here seems to be trying to destroy everything I love ?

You act as if I never watched this show myself when I was a kid haha.

No it is not petty and far-reaching. You have to remember this time-period here glorified marijunana use and drug use in general ("turn on, tune in, and drop out"). And so we have to realize that since he epitomises the usual hippie kid during that time period his behavior and mannerisms promote secret drug use. As I said his behavior and mannerisms obviously show he is on marijuana.

It is kind of like that awful movie "Platoon" which glorifies Taylor and the other soldiers smoking marijuana, even though marijuana caused many Marines and soldiers to be ambushed by making them leave reality, while the redneck Barnes is considered a violent drunk because he drinks alcohol. So in that movie marijuana is okay but alcohol is evil.

Some of the postings on this forum could be straight from The Onion.

The only thing they lack is satire.