Welcome back for another exciting episode of Laff-A-Lympics. Our games start in the wonderful country of Wales before we return stateside for a big conclusion in Texas.
As our teams prepare for competition—the Yogi Yahooeys, the Scooby Doobies, and the Really Rottens—we take you to our on-site reporters: Snagglepuss and Mildew Wolf.
"Hello again, everyone," Mildew said. "I can't believe we picked such a picturesque place for our games."
"Cardiff is a cool place, Mildew, for some crazy competition, even," Snagglepuss replied.
"I can hardly wait. We're here at Bute park for our first event: the blindfolded obstacle course."
"I could do that with my hands duct taped behind my back," Dread Baron stated.
Mumbly snicked in agreement.
"The course may be simple, but you'd have to see it to believe it, even," Snagglepuss told everyone.
Everyone present groaned in disgust.
"Oh well, it was funny in the rehearsal. Let's meet our contestants. For the Yogis, we have that wonderful woman, Cindy Bear."
"Pshaw! Flattery may get you somewhere, but it certainly won't help with this little old race... wherever it is," Cindy replied as she felt around, trying to get her bearings.
"For the Scoobies, we have the guy that's most used to darkness, Shaggy."
"Zoiks! Don't say the word 'dark.' It gives me the heebie jeebies," Shaggy answered. "What I'd like to know is who volunteered me for such a creepy contest? I can't see a thing."
"That's the idea. Finally, for the Rottens, we have The Great Fondoo."
Despite being blindfolded, Fondoo managed to reach up and briefly doff his top hat.
As always, first place nets our contestants 25 important points. Fifteen points is the reward for second place. And, our last place team gets 10—assuming there was no cheating. Whomever has the most points after four events wins the day's highly-coveted Laff-A-Lympics Gold Medal.
At the sound of Welsh Bagpipes, Mildew said, "OK, you crazy creatures, there's your signal. So, let's get this done and over with."
As our race begins, Shaggy has the early lead.
"Wow, this wasn't so bad after—" Shaggy said before he tripped over a sawhorse.
"Where am I going?" Cindy asked out loud as she tried to feel her way through the beginning of the course.
Fondoo, thinking he had the advantage, started to run through the course until he tripped over Shaggy.
The Magic Rabbit, also wearing a blindfold, popped out of Fondoo's hat and said, "Brack!"
"Oh, save it," Fondoo replied.
As we watch the race, Shaggy and Fondoo get back up. Shaggy unknowingly takes a wrong turn down a dead end.
"Dead?!" Shaggy asked with a loud gulp. "Get me out of here!"
Shaggy then turned around and sprinted back to the original part of the course.
Meanwhile, Fondoo made it to where a rope net blocked the course.
"Observe, The Great Fondoo has a spell to cope with the rope. Abracadabra, abra cahope. Put me away from the climbing rope."
With a loud explosion and a puff of smoke, Fondoo disappeared. As everyone looked for him, he reappeared at the starting line.
"You and your mangled magic strike again, Fondoo!" Daisy Mayhem called out.
"Brack!" the Magic Rabbit added.
Cindy continued to feel her way through the course. She nearly tangled herself in the climbing rope as Shaggy caught up to her.
It looks like Shaggy and Scoobies have the lead as we reach the home stretch. Let's hope Shaggy keeps his eyes open for those last obstacles.
Shaggy missed a 90-degree turn in the course and ran into one of the ropes designating the course. Before he could react, he found himself thrown backwards in the air until he hit the climbing rope and hit the ground.
"Oh, snap!" Shaggy groaned before he slowly stood back up to try again.
Cindy continued to feel her way through the course. Amazingly, she made the correct turn and walked across the finish line. The sound of applause confused her.
"Why is everyone cheering? Did someone win already? Am I even close to finishing?" she asked.
A moment later Shaggy finally crossed the finish line and removed his blindfold. Seeing that Cindy already finished shocked him.
"How did you finish so fast?" he asked her.
Cindy removed her blindfold and looked around. "You mean I finished that course already? How'd I do that?"
"That's what I'd like to know."
With our places set, let's update the scoreboard. Cindy's unexpected first place finish gives the Yogis an early lead with 25 points. The Scoobies get 15 for Shaggy's second place performance, while the Rottens get 10 for Fondoo's failed effort.
The rest of the Rottens rained catcalls towards the course.
"We're here in Barry for our next event: one bowl cricket," Snagglepuss told everyone.
"If that doesn't get everyone chirping, Snag, nothing will," Mildew replied.
"You should leave the puns to a professional, Mildew. Anyways, Garan—a member of the country's joint cricket team with England—will bowl once to each player while his teammates play defense. Whomever scores the most runs wins the event and 25 points, even."
"For the Yogis, I'm here with Hokey Wolf," Mildew said.
The rest of the Yogis cheered their teammate.
"Over here, we have the superhero of sportsmanship, Blue Falcon, representing the Scoobies."
"Thanks, Mildew. I can only hope I can set a good example, no matter how I do on the field—err, pitch," the Blue Falcon answered.
"And over here for the Rottens, we have Dirty Dalton."
"Mark my words, Mildew, we'll make a clean sweep of this event," Dirty stated.
"We'll see about that."
As we join the action on the cricket pitch, Garan prepares and runs up and bowls the ball towards Hokey.
Hokey swung with all his might and missed. Meanwhile, the ball hit one of the bails and dislodged.
"Sorry, Hokey, you're out," Snagglepuss informed him.
"I'll be the laughingstock of my peers with such a major failure," Hokey replied.
With Hokey out with no runs, we now watch Garan bowl to Blue Falcon.
Garan's attempt to take Blue Falcon by surprise failed. Blue Falcon hit the ball and put it into play. He easily ran to the next wicket and decided to return to his original wicket. Fortunately, he beat the throw back to that spot.
The Scoobies have two runs scored. The Rottens will need to match that total for a share of first place, or score three to win.
As they watched Dirty prepare to bat, Dread Baron asked Mr. Creepley, "Did you do it, Creepley?"
"Don't I always, Dread," he replied. "I secretly replaced the ball with one so light, Dirty will score so many runs, everyone will eat his dust."
Both men snickered evilly.
Here's the next bowl by Garan. Dirty takes a step and hits the ball. Look at it go... it's going to go over the fence for six runs. The Rottens appear to have taken first place.
"Hold it. Hold it!" Mildew interjected. "Anything that easy for the Rottens has to be suspicious. I demand a recount."
"We'll review everything, Mildew. No need for the ado, even," Snagglepuss replied. "Let's play the slow motion tape."
As we review the tape, we see Mr. Creepley replace the regulation cricket ball with one that is much lighter.
Caught cheating once again, the Rottens booed loudly.
"For their attempted cricket trick-it, the Rottens will be disqualified," Snagglepuss announced.
Here's our updated scoreboard. The Scoobies get 25 points for winning the event. That moved them up to 40. The Yogis, recipient of 15 consolation points, move into a tie with 40 points as well. The Rottens get no points for their disqualification and a 10 point penalty, leaving them with nothing.
"As we leave Wales, we invite you to stay tuned for the rest of our show. See you in Texas."
Welcome back for the second half of our Laff-A-Lympics competition. Join us for terrific events including tin can shooting and the always-challenging chili cook-off.
Before we continue, let's recap the scoreboard. The Yogis and the Scoobies each have 40 points. The Rottens currently hold last place all by themselves with no points.
"Brack!" the Magic Rabbit replied.
We're ready for our next event. Take it away, Snagglepuss and Mildew.
"Welcome back, everyone. We're here outside the Alamo for our next event," Mildew stated.
"It's an old fashioned shootout, Mildew, but not with each other, with tin cans," Snagglepuss replied.
"Each team's player will have six shots to shoot six cans. The shooter hitting the most cans wins."
"For the Yogis, we have Quick Draw McGraw."
"The fastest shot in the west!" Quick Draw called out.
"Right. We'll soon find out. For the Scoobies, we have Dee Dee Sykes."
The rest of the Scoobies cheered the Teen Angel.
"And for the Rottens, we have Dastardly Dalton. You better not live up to your name either."
"No worries, Mildred, we can't afford to cheat at this point," Dastardly answered.
"Here is the shooting range. At the sound of the shotgun, start shooting... the cans that is."
Everyone drew their guns. Both Quick Draw and Dastardly impressed the crowed twirling their guns before opening fire on the tin cans.
Look at them shoot. As the smoke clears, Snagglepuss will check the results.
"Quick Draw may be a quick shooter, but he only managed to shoot just one can," Snagglepuss told the audience.
"I could have sworn I did better. Maybe my name isn't Quick Draw McGraw," he replied.
"Dee Dee didn't do too bad, but she only shot two cans."
"Yay! I have the lead!" Dee Dee exclaimed.
"And for the Rottens, Dastardly shot two, too. I can only hope he didn't cheat."
"He didn't, the Blue Falcon was watching him like a hawk," Mildew said.
"I guess that concludes our event. Let's see how this plays out on the scoreboard."
The Scoobies and the Rottens each get 25 points for their first place tie, giving them 65 and 25 respectively.
The Rottens cheered to finally have points again.
The Yogis get 15 for second place and move up to 55.
Snagglepuss looked around before he realized everyone waited for him to speak next. He then said, "We're here in Austin for an awesome closing event. It's our first-ever chili cook-off."
All 45 competitors and the assembled spectators cheered.
"Because cooking chili is no easy task, it will take time—and a qualified judge. Joining us for the latter task is the best burro in the business, Baba Looey"
"Si, Snag, I'm so glad to be your honored guest," Baba replied in a noticeable Mexican accent.
"Once everyone finishes cooking their chili creations, you will be the sole judge as to whose tastes best."
"In addition to the usual points, the most unusual chili will receive a bonus of an additional 25 points."
"Don't forget, we have two rules for our contestants: all ingredients must be edible, and no cheating allowed."
"Where's the fun in that?" Dread Baron asked rhetorically.
Mumbly snickered in reply.
"The best part is, all team members get to participate. You have an hour to come up with something, so good luck... and break a taste bud even," Snagglepuss told everyone.
All three teams separated and gathered by their respective cookware and basic ingredients.
Yogi immediately dumped all the beans and tomato sauce into the pot.
"Are you sure, that's a good idea, Yogi?" Boo Boo asked.
"Of course it is," Yogi replied. "Once we get this cooked, I can add the stuff that gives off an aroma that would wake someone from a coma."
"That's what I'm afraid of."
Elsewhere, Shaggy and Scooby worked on their chili.
"One cup chili peppers," Shaggy said.
"One cup," Scooby replied back as he ate a couple.
"A few Scooby Snacks."
"I ate those."
"Scoob, you were supposed to save those for the chili. How are we supposed to get the bonus points?"
"Sorry."
Over at the Rottens station, everyone had their own suggestion for ingredients.
"You should use spider webs and ant antennas," Mr. Creepley stated.
"Those aren't edible," Dread Baron answered.
"Sure they are. I eat them once a week."
"That explains a lot."
Sooey oinked loudly.
"No, we can use your slop vegetables," Daisy told Sooey. "If we make the judge sick, we lose. We can't have that."
As everyone debated what else to put in the pot, Dinky Dalton dropped an unknown item into the pot.
With time slowly running out, our teams continue to simmer their spicy creations. We can only wonder what they all came up with.
"Hey, Scoob, didn't we make more than this?" Shaggy asked.
Scooby licked his chops instead of answering.
"I hate to be the bearer of bad news, Shaggy, but it appears your two canine connoisseurs have been sampling our chili for themselves," Blue Falcon stated.
Shaggy looked over to the side. Sure enough, Scooby Doo and Scooby Dum briefly belched.
"You guys! You were supposed to save it for the judges, not yourselves!" Shaggy yelled.
"Sorry," Scooby Dum replied.
Meanwhile, Orful pulled the Rottens' pot of chili off their portable stove. It continued to bubble.
"Is it supposed to do that, darling?" Mrs. Creepley asked.
"I don't know. I put everything in you guys suggested, so I have no idea," Dread Baron answered.
Mumbly snickered.
"Is supposed to smell like sweaty gym clothes?" Dinky Dalton asked.
"It's too late to worry about that now. We're down to less than a minute," Dread replied.
Elsewhere, the Yogis prepared their chili.
"Are you sure this is what you wanted?" Huckleberry Hound asked Yogi.
"Of course it is. I know exactly what I was doing. I'm smarter than the average bear."
"If you say so, but we put so much meat in there it's more like a stew than chili."
"It's chili, and it's stew, too."
Cindy giggled at the conversation.
With time expired, Baba Looey will sample each team's chili and make his ruling.
Baba took a bowl of chili from the Yogis and took a bite. He gasped a bit and then caught his breath.
"It's a bit dry, and there's more meat in here than I'd like, but it's OK otherwise," he said.
The Yogi teammates smiled after hearing the largely positive feedback.
Baba walked over to the Scoobies and looked at the coffee mug full of their chili. He did his best to eat what was there.
"Are you sure that's it?" he asked.
Shaggy nodded, saying in reply, "I'm afraid so."
"Very well. It's going to be hard to judge your chili since there's too little of it to sample."
Shaggy shot an icy glare over at Scooby Doo and Scooby Dum.
Baba then went over to the Rottens and took a sample of their Chili. He gasped, grabbed his throat and asked for a glass of milk.
"See, you ninny, I told you he'd hate our chili with all the crazy stuff we put in it," Daisy told her teammates.
As they began to bicker, Baba interrupted them, saying, "Actually, I like my chili spicy. It's so hot, I think I sprouted more fur from it... my kind of meal. I don't know what you all put in there, but this is the best batch of the bunch. Not only do you win, but you also get the bonus points."
The Rottens cheered, except for Dinky Dalton; he looked troubled.
"What's wrong?" Dirty Dalton asked.
"I thought I had dropped in a slab of Canadian Bacon, but I just found it over here," Dinky told his brother.
"So what did you put in the chili?"
"Well, little brother, I think I dropped in my pair of sweat socks by mistake."
Dirty's face suddenly contorted in disgust. "I..." he said before he ran off with a sickened look.
In spite of the rather rotten revelation, let's get today's final results. The Rottens somehow got 50 points for what they passed off as chili. That moves them up to 75 points. The Yogis get 15 points for second place, giving them 70 overall. The Scoobies settle for 10 points and finish with 75. That means we have a tie between the Scoobies and the Rottens for today's gold medal.
Dread Baron and Shaggy stood together on the podium's top level with their gold medals. Hokey Wolf accepted the Yogis' silver medal.
"Well, Mildew, that wraps up another crazy competition," Snagglepuss said.
"You can say that again, Snag. I can only wonder what weird events we'll have next time—perhaps a quilting bee?"
"That would certainly get the fans buzzing, wouldn't it?"
"On that note, I'm out of here. See you next time, sports fans."
Mock Social Media Update
Official LAL Bogus Chirper Feed – The Scoobies and the Rottens tie for first in today's #Laff-A-Lympics. Who knew sweat socks were edible?
Rottens Stumbler Account – Dinky Dalton's dirty laundry helped us win a chili cook-off and tie for first today. Can you believe that? We can't, either. Like and reblog us for more rotten news.
Updated Team Standings
Yogi Yahooeys, 4, 2, 1, 590
Scooby Doobies, 3, 2, 2, 530
Really Rottens, 2, 3, 2, 415
