Casey Kasem's Shaggy and His Dog Tale
by Vera H-C ChanJul 7, 2009
The name of Casey Kasem—who retires after 39 years of counting down the hits—is synonymous with Top 40. Voiceover fans though already honor him as Norville Rogers, AKA Shaggy, AKA Scooby Doo's best pal and best buddy.
Time magazine's Fast Facts salute to Kasem buries that one about halfway, along with the trivia that the vegetarian announcer briefly abandoned Shaggy rather than do a Burger King spot. Back in 2004, Slate pointed out that the jockey has been speaking Shaggy's lines longer than counting down the Top 40.
IMDB has more trivia than you can ever need about Shaggy, like the fact that the goateed, ravenous teen was based on a character played by Maynard Krebs from the TV show called "The Many Lives of Dobie Gillis." The actor who played Krebs later took on a role about a sailor named Gilligan. So if there's ever a "Gilligan's Island" remake, Kasem might have a shot. Zoiks!