Editing Scooby-Doo (section)

==Five College folklore==
	
A popular [[urban legend]] among [[Five College Consortium|Five College]] students holds that the characters on ''Scooby-Doo'' represent the five colleges.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mikkelson|first=Barbara|title=Scooby-Doo, What is You?|url=http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/scoobydoo.asp|work=[[Snopes|Snopes.com]]|date=May 4, 2006 |access-date=19 October 2013}}</ref> The legend has Velma representing Smith College and Daphne as Mount Holyoke College (or vice-versa), Fred as Amherst College, Shaggy as Hampshire College, and Scooby as UMass Amherst. [[Hanna-Barbera Productions]], [[CBS]] executive [[Fred Silverman]], and [[Mark Evanier]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Evanier |first1=Mark |author-link1=Mark Evanier |title=Another Stupid Thing on Wikipedia… |url=http://www.newsfromme.com/2014/02/20/another-stupid-thing-on-wikipedia/ |website=News from ME |access-date=2016-07-16 |date=2014-02-20}}</ref><ref>[http://www.newsfromme.com/2014/02/21/from-the-e-mailbag-208/ From the E-Mailbag...]. News From ME (2014-02-21). Retrieved on 2014-04-12.</ref> one of the show's writers, have stated that the legend is false.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20020619040432/http://halogen.note.amherst.edu/~bgjohnson/wwwfaq.html#trivia.scooby The scoop on Scooby]" from The Unofficial Amherst College WWW FAQ</ref> Moreover, ''Scooby-Doo'' creators [[Joe Ruby]] and [[Ken Spears]] have been explicit in the cartoon show being based on the radio program ''[[I Love a Mystery]]'' and the TV sitcom ''[[The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis]]'',<ref name="STUEP1" /> with the four teenagers being based directly on characters from ''Dobie Gillis''.<ref name="MEvanierSD">[[Mark Evanier|Evanier, Mark]]. (July 10, 2002).[http://povonline.com/2002/News060902.htm Post] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060514004226/http://www.povonline.com/2002/News060902.htm |date=May 14, 2006}} on "News from Me" blog for ''Povonline.com''. Retrieved on March 27, 2006. Excerpt: "Fred was based on Dobie, Velma on Zelda, Daphne on Thalia and Shaggy on [[Maynard G. Krebs|Maynard]]."</ref> In addition, ''Scooby-Doo'' made its television debut in 1969, one year before Hampshire College opened.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mikkelson |first1=David |title=Scooby-Doo, What is You? |url=http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/scoobydoo.asp |website=Snopes.com |access-date=2016-07-16 |date=2006-05-22}}</ref>