Scooby-Doo’s brains Velma gets her own show on HBO
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HBO has greenlit
Velma, an “adult, animated comedy series” exploring the origins of the Scooby-Doo gang’s top sleuth. Mindy Kaling will voice the title character, in a series following Velma Dinkley from her meddling childhood to crime busting fame, as she and the gang unmask land swindlers and insurance fraudsters. Related
A news release from HBO on Wednesday touted Velma as “the unsung and underappreciated brains of the Scooby-Doo Mystery, Inc. gang.” From 1969 to 1976, Velma was the pivotal member of a freelance investigative force comprising cannabis enthusiast Norville “Shaggy” Rogers, swingers Daphne Blake and Fred Jones, and their anthropomorphic great dane, Scooby-Doo.
Auld acquaintance may be forgot, but the annual quiz isn t: 20 questions for 2020
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Zane and Aidan Fisher-Paulson underneath the Christmas tree.Courtesy of Kevin Fisher-Paulson
The Feast of Good King Wenceslas came and went, and we’ve not yet done the talling of the boys, so it must be time for a Chronicle tradition.
Five years ago, I wrote to longtime Chronicle columnist Jon Carroll and made the impudent request that he resurrect the trivia non-contest. He was, of course, gracious enough to reply: “Oh, you know, it’s just a quiz. … Remember that the answer isn’t really the point, it’s the cool facts you learn on the way to the answer. And with that,