Joseph "Joe" Ruby (born 1933) is an American television writer, creator of cartoons and producer. He is known for being the creator of the series Scooby-Doo, Josie and the Gatimelódicas and Jabberjaw. Together with his good friend Ken Spears, he is co-founder of the production company Ruby-Spears Productions. Scooby Doo!
Many additional interventions to the Scooby Doo series came before the current series, such as the new mysteries of Scooby Doo and Scrappy. There is a new Scooby Doo movie which premiered on Cartoon Network titled Scooby-Doo and the Curse of the Lake Monster. The first series of Scooby Doo was successful, but it only had two seasons. Ruby also created the Scooby-esque Captain Caveman series.
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