"Night of the Living Doo" is an American animated short film from 2001 written and directed by Kelly and Olsen. The voice cast includes some familiar names (like Welker most of all), but the most known here are of course the late Gary Coleman, Arrested Development's David Cross and of course Mark Hamill from Star Wars all playing animated versions of themselves. It's a special for Halloween and runs for approximately 15 minutes only, not counting credits, which makes it still shorter than a regular Scooby Doo episode (the old ones) or basically all of the more recent TV specials. Story-wise with the focus on the trio of actors plaxing themselves, it is also not just another generic Scooby Doo episode. I must say it was a nice idea and it would be solid to make episodes like this with famous guest stars on a regular basis, like what about a Scooby Doo Ozzy Osbourne episode for example. Anyway, the comedy and jokes also take a completely new direction as a consequence like for example Cross' uncomfortable hugging of the nerdy gang member near the end. And still there are several aspects that make it enjoyable to check out for bigger fans than myself of the old show because the animation is very retro for example. A nice choice by the Annies to hand this some awards recognition here, even if it is of course difficult to compete with a legend like Harryhausen. Another thing I want to say finally is that there wasn't a single weakly executed component here and this refers to voice acting, animation, story, comedy and other production values in the center of it all. Maybe not best of the year material, but a creative idea executed with precision. A definite thumbs-up from me. One example of how Scooby and the bunch are still very relevant in the 21st century. Go see it.