My Interview with Jon Colton Barry, from Be Cool Scooby-Doo!

Mr. Barry was kind enough to do an interview with me for my site, i had a blast asking the questions and reading the answers special thanks to him!

Q: What is your favorite part about reinventing Scooby-Doo?

A: Building the Character's personalities and watching them become fully dimensional, evolving, funny human beings.

Q: What is your favorite past Scooby-Doo series?

A: The original series will always be my favorite, though I loved the next guest star years as a kid, too.

Q: What is your creative process when it comes to writing for Be Cool Scooby-Doo?

A: Once i have a structure, it's getting the characters up on the page so they start talking to each other. They take over from there.
Q: How long does it take you to write an episode?

A: I've done it everywhere between one day and five weeks. Somewhere in the middle is typical.

Q: What takes the most time in producing Be Cool Scooby-Doo?

A: There are so many moving parts in an animated show. Getting all the parts in harmony, which creates the show's "voice", took the longest.

Q: How did you get into animation/writing?

A: Dan Povenmire saw a stage show i wrote (Play Things) and gave me a shot writing on his new show "Phineas and Ferb". The rest is a blur.

Q: What are some other series you are currently watching?

A: I don't have time to watch much. I liked "Hellblazer" so i binge watched "Constantine" to check it out. Better than the Keanu movie.

Q: I myself am super excited for Be Cool, i am happy it's a new refreshed incarnation, What caused the series to be so different?

A: I've been asked this a lot. It's an odd question. Different from what? Scooby has changed constantly over 45 years.
We wanted to make a more comedic, character driven Scooby and changed what needed to be changed to make it work for us.

Q: Is it hard making the series, due to the high expectations of some Scooby fans?

A: It's not hard due to fan expectation, it's hard to do ANYTHING really well.

Q: Scrappy?

A: Who?

Q: Any homages to past Scooby series, or just a fresh new slate in it's own universe?

A: We went back to those five characters driving around in a van solving mysteries. Classic Scooby with a totally new, original tone.

Q: I know all of us Scooby fans are very excited for the new series! Any clues to when it airs?

A: I can't just tell you ''clues". That's cheating in mystery solving!

I just want to thank JCB for his time, and good luck on Be Cool Scooby-Doo!