Wacky Races (1968 TV series)

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Wacky Races
Wacky Races Logo.jpg
Written by
Directed by
Voices of
Narrated by Dave Willock
Composer Hoyt Curtin
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes17 (34 segments)
Production
Producers
Editors
  • Richard Allen
  • Milton Krear
Running time21 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network CBS
ReleaseSeptember 14, 1968 (1968-09-14) –
January 4, 1969 (1969-01-04)
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Wacky Races is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in association with Heatter-Quigley Productions. It aired on CBS as part of its Saturday-morning schedule from September 14, 1968, to January 4, 1969 and then reruns the next season. [1] The series features 11 different cars racing against each other in various road rallies throughout North America, [2] with all of the drivers hoping to win the title of the "World's Wackiest Racer". [3] The show was inspired by the 1965 comedy film The Great Race . [4] This was the only non-game show produced by Heatter-Quigley; the show was intended as a game show in which children would guess the winner of each race, and those who answered correctly would win prizes, but CBS dropped these elements during development. [5]

Contents

The cartoon had many regular characters, with 23 people and animals on the 11 race cars. After its network run on CBS, Wacky Races ran in syndication from 1976 to 1982. Seventeen 20-minute episodes were produced, with each of them featuring two 10-minute segments.

The series spawned numerous spin-offs featuring Dick Dastardly through the years, the most similar in theme being Fender Bender 500 in 1990.

In 2017, the series was remade as a reboot airing on Boomerang. It aired on Cartoon Network on August 13, 2018.

Plot

The cartoon revolves around several racers with various themes who are each allowed to use strange gimmicks to compete against other racers in many races across North America as the race announcer (voiced by Dave Willock) talks about the race while interacting with the racers.

The racers consist of:

Voice cast

Episodes

No.TitleOriginal air dateProd.
code
1a"See-Saw to Arkansas"September 14, 1968 (1968-09-14)35–1
The Wacky Racers undertake a grueling zig-zag race to Mustard Spread, Arkansas. Also, the Ant Hill Mob escapes a pursuing police officer by donning disguises as the Seven Dwarfs.
1b"Creepy Trip to Lemon Twist"September 14, 1968 (1968-09-14)35–2
The Wacky Racers encounter ghosts in the abandoned town of Spookane on the way to Lemon Twist, Nevada.
2a"Why Oh Why Wyoming"September 21, 1968 (1968-09-21)35–3
The Wacky Racers roar across the desert, dashing toward Rock Springs, Wyoming. Meanwhile, Dick Dastardly teams up with Indian chief Crazy Buffalo in an attempt to stop the racers in their tracks.
2b"Beat the Clock to Yellow Rock"September 21, 1968 (1968-09-21)35–4
At Yellow Rock Park whilst racing toward Well Digger, Wyoming, Dastardly attempts to disguise the Old Faithful geyser as part of the road, and later tries to ensure that Lazy Luke and Blubber Bear do not leave the park together after discovering that the park's bears keep trying to escape.
3a"Mish Mash Missouri Dash"September 28, 1968 (1968-09-28)35–6
Dastardly discovers an irate hillbilly determined to protect his land from trespassers—including the Wacky Racers!
3b"Idaho a Go Go"September 28, 1968 (1968-09-28)35–5
The racers embark on a lap to a little town in Idaho, while Dastardly tries to entrap Penelope Pitstop with a "Little Red Riding Hood" ploy.
4a"The Baja-Ha-Ha Race"October 5, 1968 (1968-10-05)35–11
In Mexico, Dick Dastardly and Muttley try to slow the other drivers by using a herd of cow-shaped balloons to block the road and later try to keep them stuck in a mudhole.
4b"Real Gone Ape"October 5, 1968 (1968-10-05)35–8
Dick Dastardly hypnotizes a giant gorilla in an attempt to win the race.
5a"Scout Scatter"October 12, 1968 (1968-10-12)35–7
The Ant Hill Mob escapes the police by posing as Wood Scouts.
5b"Free Wheeling to Wheeling"October 12, 1968 (1968-10-12)35–10
Dick Dastardly makes use of heavy machinery to stop the Wacky Racers.
6a"By Rollercoaster to Upsan Downs"October 19, 1968 (1968-10-19)35–9
The Wacky Racers travel by roller coaster when Dick Dastardly diverts them into a closed amusement park.
6b"The Speedy Arkansas Traveller"October 19, 1968 (1968-10-19)35–12
Racing to Noah's, Arkansas, Dastardly and Muttley hilariously pose as army officers to harass the Army Surplus Special, but find themselves scrambling from actual army officers!
7a"The Zippy Mississippi Race"October 26, 1968 (1968-10-26)35–15
Dastardly diverts the rest of the racers onto a Mississippi riverboat. He then tricks a Southern colonel into thinking the other racers are Yankee trespassers.
7b"Traffic Jambalaya"October 26, 1968 (1968-10-26)35–17
From Ankle Ache, Alabama to Shin Splint, Louisiana. Dastardly uses more tricks to slow down the other racers including switching road signs and laying down a bouncy road. He also sends several racers into searching for a "harmless" gorilla, who is actually Dastardly in disguise, at a wild animal park.
8a"Hot Race at Chillicothe"November 2, 1968 (1968-11-02)35–16
On the way to Chillicothe, Ohio, Dastardly steals a police car and chases the Ant Hill Mob into a baseball park. Then in order to evade the police officer, they play a game in the Itty-Bitty League. Some of the other racers join in.
8b"The Wrong Lumber Race"November 2, 1968 (1968-11-02)35–18
From Sawdust, Saskatchewan to Short Stump, Oregon, in the rugged lumber country, Dick Dastardly tries to use falling trees and spinning saw blades to stop the racers.
9a"Rhode Island Road Race"November 9, 1968 (1968-11-09)35–19
On the way to Rocky Road, Rhode Island, they go into a big city. Dastardly diverts the Boulder Mobile and the others onto a construction site and they end up in the girders of an unfinished skyscraper.
9b"The Great Cold Rush Race"November 9, 1968 (1968-11-09)35–13
From Frostbite, British Columbia to Cold Cuts, Quebec, on a trans-Canadian race, Dastardly disguises himself as an Abominable Snowman.
10a"Wacky Race to Ripsaw"November 16, 1968 (1968-11-16)35–20
From Elbow Grease, Ohio to Ripsaw, Arkansas. To prevent Penelope from coming in first place, Dastardly creates a roadside beauty parlor to lure her into stopping and later literally jacks up the Army Surplus Special after diverting them into a garage.
10b"Oils Well That Ends Well"November 16, 1968 (1968-11-16)35–21
From Oil Can, Oklahoma to Grease Gun, Texas. The Wacky Racers are once again beset by Dick Dastardly's deviously dirty tricks as they race across oil drilling country.
11a"Whizzin' to Washington"November 23, 1968 (1968-11-23)35–22
On the way to Tubba, Washington. When the Ant Hill Mob zooms past Dick Dastardly, he directs a police officer to chase them, whereupon the Mob disguise themselves as trapeze artists.
11b"The Dipsy Doodle Desert Derby"November 23, 1968 (1968-11-23)35–24
From downtown Death Valley to uptown Dune Town, the Wacky Racers make their way across the desert country. Dick Dastardly finds a genie in a bottle and tries to use his powers to win the race.
12a"Eeny, Miny Missouri Go!"November 30, 1968 (1968-11-30)35–14
The racers head to Eeny, Miny, Missouri. Dick Dastardly plots to have an aquarium whale swallow the rest of the contestants!
12b"The Super Silly Swamp Sprint"November 30, 1968 (1968-11-30)35–23
From Sappysota Springs to Squishy Squash City. Dastardly and Muttley unleash a squadron of mechanical mosquitoes to wreak havoc on the other cars. He later dresses as an alligator.
13a"The Dopey Dakota Derby"December 7, 1968 (1968-12-07)35–27
Speeding from Cactus City to Gopher Gulch in the Badlands, Dick Dastardly disguises himself as "Deadweed Dick," an outlaw that he sees on a Wanted poster that looks much like him.
13b"Dash to Delaware"December 7, 1968 (1968-12-07)35–26
Speeding to Wott-Will, Delaware, Dick Dastardly sprays cake icing on the road, sending Penelope Pitstop and Peter Perfect into a bakery, where he turns them into wedding cake toppers.
14a"Speeding for Smogland"December 14, 1968 (1968-12-14)35–28
During the race, Dick Dastardly lures the other racers toward a castle façade for a King Arthur movie, hoping to drop the portcullis on one of them.
14b"Race Rally to Raleigh"December 14, 1968 (1968-12-14)35–25
Dick Dastardly lures the other racers onto a farm, where chaos ensues.
15a"Ballpoint, Penn. or Bust!"December 21, 1968 (1968-12-21)35–30
Speeding toward Ballpoint, Pennsylvania, Dick Dastardly sets up a fake train crossing, but the train comes out of the screen and runs over him.
15b"Fast Track to Hackensack"December 21, 1968 (1968-12-21)35–29
Speeding to Hackensack, New Jersey, Dick Dastardly changes a speed limit sign so The Ant Hill Mob are arrested by the sheriff of a town called Law and Order for speeding.
16a"The Ski Resort Road Race"December 28, 1968 (1968-12-28)35–33
Speeding from Mush-Mush, Michigan to Iceandsnow, Idaho, Dick Dastardly causes an avalanche. He uses a ski jump for his own getaway, but the other cars follow him.
16b"Overseas Hi-Way Race"December 28, 1968 (1968-12-28)35–34
Speeding across a series of bridges from Key Largo to Key West, Florida, Dick Dastardly tries to blow the other racers off course by using a giant wind machine to create an artificial hurricane.
17a"Race to Racine"January 4, 1969 (1969-01-04)35–31
Speeding to Racine, Wisconsin, Dick Dastardly uses various tactics such as blinding Penelope Pitstop with a camera flash and using a large mechanical eggbeater to turn the Army Surplus Special the wrong way.
17b"The Carlsbad or Bust Bash"January 4, 1969 (1969-01-04)35–32
Dick Dastardly digs a pit to trap some drivers, Penelope Pitstop powders her nose and blinds Red Max, and the Turbo Terrific speeds into first place. Dastardly tries to overheat The Arkansas Chug-a-Bug, but it just propels itself into first place from the extra steam. Dastardly has Muttley place a fake "Bridge Out" sign to stop the racers, but Dastardly discovers too late that the bridge really is out. At Carlsbad Caverns, Dastardly attacks them with a caveman and a boulder, but Professor Pat Pending cues it back at him as the other racers make it out.

Race results

The show gave the results of each race at the end of each episode (the first, second, and third placings are given by the narrator, and the narrative sometimes saw some or all of the other cars cross the finish line) as well as what happened with Dick Dastardly after his last scheme's failure. The show never indicated a particular scoring system or way to determine who won the Wacky Races as a whole. The cumulative totals for first-, second-, and third-place finishes for each contestant are presented below: [6]

ContestantsCar nameCar no.1st2nd3rdTop 3
The Slag BrothersThe Boulder Mobile138314
Rufus Ruffcut and SawtoothThe Buzzwagon1036413
The Gruesome TwosomeThe Creepy Coupe233612
The Ant Hill MobThe Bulletproof Bomb745211
Penelope PitstopThe Compact Pussycat542511
The Red MaxThe Crimson Haybaler434310
Professor Pat PendingThe Convert-A-Car332510
Lazy Luke and Blubber BearThe Arkansas Chuggabug84149
Peter PerfectThe Turbo Terrific94228
Sergeant Blast and Private MeeklyThe Army Surplus Special63104
Dick Dastardly and MuttleyThe Mean Machine000000
Grand totals343434102

Standings

1. The Boulder Mobile2. The Creepy Coupe3. The Convert-A-Car4. The Crimson Haybaler5. The Compact Pussycat6. The Army Surplus Special7. The Bulletproof Bomb8. The Arkansas Chuggabug9. The Turbo Terrific10. The Buzzwagon00. The Mean Machine
1aSee-Saw to Arkansas2nd1st3rd4th
1bCreepy Trip to Lemon Twist2nd1st3rdDQ
2aWhy Oh Why Wyoming2nd1st8th7th6th5th10th3rd9th4th11th
2bBeat the Clock to Yellow Rock5th3rd7th10th9th6th4th1st8th2nd
3aMish-Mash Missouri Bash3rd1st4th2nd
3bIdaho a Go-Go1st3rd2nd
4aThe Baja-Ha-Ha Race1st5th4th3rd7th6th2nd9th8th10th11th
4bReal Gone Ape9th5th7th2nd6th1st4th10th8th3rd
5aScout Scatter2nd4th3rd5th1st
5bFree Wheeling to Wheeling5th4th6th3rd7th1st2nd
6aBy Rollercoaster to Upsan Downs2nd1st3rd
6bThe Speedy Arkansas Traveler1st4th2nd3rd
7aThe Zippy Mississippi Race7th6th5th8th3rd10th2nd9th1st4th
7bTraffic Jambalaya3rd1st2nd
8aHot Race at Chillicothe3rd2nd1st
8bThe Wrong Lumber Race9th3rd6th8th7th4th2nd10th5th1st
9aRhode Island Road Race2nd1st3rd
9bThe Great Cold Rush Race4th5th1st7th3rd2nd6th8th11th
10aWacky Race to Ripsaw3rd2nd1st
10bOils Well That Ends Well10th6th1st4th5th2nd9th7th8th3rd11th
11aWhizzin' to Washington7th5th2nd6th4th3rd1st
11bThe Dipsy Doodle Desert Derby4th3rd5th1st2nd
12aEeny, Miny Missouri Go!5th1st3rd2nd4th
12bThe Super Silly Swamp Sprint5th4th3rd1st6th2nd
13aThe Dopey Dakota Derby9th8th2nd3rd4th6th1st5th7th10th
13bDash to Delaware3rd1st2nd
14aSpeeding for Smogland2nd3rd1st4th
14bRace Rally to Raleigh2nd4th5th1st3rd
15aBallpoint, Penn. or Bust!4th9th10th2nd1st8th3rd7th5th6th
15bFast Track to Hackensack2nd3rd1st
16aThe Ski Resort Road Race8th9th3rd5th7th1st10th6th4th2nd
16bOverseas Hi-Way Race2nd8th6th5th3rd9th4th10th1st7th
17aRace to Racine2nd1st3rd10th4th6th9th7th5th8th
17bThe Carlsbad or Bust Bash3rd6th2nd1st4th5th

Spin-offs and similar series

In 1969, Dick Dastardly and Muttley were given a spin-off series, titled Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines . The series is sometimes mistakenly known as Stop the Pigeon, after the show's working title and theme song. In the same year, Penelope Pitstop and the Ant Hill Mob were spun off into another animated series, titled The Perils of Penelope Pitstop . Both series ran for a season each.

In 1977, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels debuted. The titular Captain Caveman was modeled after the Slag Brothers.

In 1990, a cartoon segment in Wake, Rattle and Roll named Fender Bender 500 was produced. The show followed the same premise as Wacky Races, but had racers drive monster trucks and races took place on various parts of the world. Only Dick Dastardly and Muttley returned from among the original Wacky Races cast; all other racers were from other Hanna-Barbera shows such as Yogi Bear and Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy . Unlike in Wacky Races, here Dastardly and Muttley were able to actually win at least one race.

In 2006, the animated short for a spin-off series titled Wacky Races Forever was produced for Cartoon Network. [7] The series depicted a roster of both new and returning racers competing against each other. Penelope Pitstop and Peter Perfect had married and created Perfect Industries, the corporate sponsor of the new Wacky Races, whereas their children Parker and Piper competed in the race. Other characters included the Slag Brothers, Professor Pat Pending (depicted here with a mad scientist personality), a teenage version of the Gruesome Twosome, and Dick Dastardly and Muttley (working for a new villain named Mr. Viceroy, who sought to steal Perfect Industries). The series was not picked up by Cartoon Network.

In 2016, DC Comics launched a comic series called Wacky Raceland . It was a dark and gritty reimagining of the series set after the Apocalypse in a similar vein to the Mad Max franchise. [8] The comic ran for six issues from May to December 2016.

A reboot and sequel—also produced by Hanna-Barbera (in-name-only)—was released on Boomerang's SVOD service in 2017. [9] It also aired on the Boomerang channels around the world starting later in the year. [10]

On June 15, 2022, it was announced a stop-motion Wacky Races series produced by Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe was in production and would have aired on Cartoon Network. [11] The project was later cancelled with only a short pilot being completed. [12]

In 2024, a supposed plot intro of a Japanese anime intro made by AC-bu with music from PASOCOM MUSIC CLUB and chelmico, later was found that a series of shorts called Wacky Races: Japan Tour was under production. [13] [14]

Films

Hanna-Barbera cinematic universe

Scoob! (2020)

Dick Dastardly (voiced by Jason Isaacs) and Muttley (voiced by Billy West and archived laugh recordings by Don Messick) made an appearance as the main villains in the animated Scooby-Doo feature film, Scoob! , released on May 15, 2020. Rock and Gravel Slag made cameo appearances during the prehistoric gladiator scene.[ citation needed ] Various drawings of the Wacky Racers cameo on Dick Dastardly's prison cell on the wall during the credits.[ citation needed ] Penelope Pitstop was to appear physically as a main character interacting with Scooby and Shaggy according to concept art, but she instead makes a brief cameo on a video game cabinet themed around her.[ citation needed ]

In 2018, an animated film based on Wacky Races was reported to be in development by Warner Animation Group. [15]

Video games

The main plot of Wacky Races, in which characters racing on unusual fictional vehicles and using various over-the-top "weapons" to hinder their opponents, would later go on to inspire the kart racing video game genre in the 1990s. Wacky Races eventually has its own video game series since 1991, preceding Nintendo's Super Mario Kart , which was considered as the foremost game of this kind. Various video games based on the series have been produced.

In 1993, Sega released a medal game based on the series, exclusively in Japan. It was a racing game, but the outcome of the race depended entirely on luck. The PS2 game Wacky Races: Starring Dastardly and Muttley is notable for allowing players to have Dick Dastardly finally win a race. The narrator is taken aback or disgusted and Dastardly is happy and surprised at winning a race. [16] In 2007, Heiwa released a pachinko game titled Kenken Aloha de Hawaii. [17] Later in 2007, another game called Wacky Races: Mad Motors for the PlayStation 2 was released by Blast Entertainment on June 12. A new video game for the Wii and Nintendo DS consoles titled Wacky Races: Crash and Dash was released on June 27, 2008. This game was developed by Eidos. [18] In 2009, another arcade game was released by Banpresto, which was a more traditional racing game. It ran on the Taito Type X2, and was released internationally by Gamewax.

Figures

Konami releases a 11 candy toy figures based on the animated series Wacky Races.

Home video

A three-disc DVD release of the complete series was made available in Japan on August 10, 2001, and had both English and Japanese audio. In Great Britain, Warner released a three-disc set with no extra features, which was only available in Virgin Megastores. The complete box set of Wacky Races was released on July 31, 2006, as an HMV exclusive but is essentially the standard Volumes 1–3 with no extras. The Australian release of Volume 1 and 2 was made available in 2005 and Volume 3 released in 2007.

Warner Home Video released the entire series, with commentaries and other extras, in a DVD box set on October 19, 2004.

A two-and-a-half-hour VHS video was made available in 1996.

All 34 episodes can be purchased on the iTunes Store.

DVD nameEpisode #Release dateAdditional information
Wacky Races: The Complete Series34October 19, 2004

On February 14, 2017, Warner Archive re-released Wacky Races: The Complete Series on DVD in region 1 as part of their Hanna-Barbera Classic Collection as a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release. [19]

The cars and characters in other media

Life-size working replicas of the vehicles have been built in the U.K. (where the show was very popular) and appear annually at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, with new additions each year. The year 2008 saw the last of the cars (the Ant Hill Mob in the Bulletproof Bomb #7) added to the collection, making a complete set. [20]

The Digimon Frontier episode "Trailmon vs. Trailmon" paid tribute to the show.

In 2006, the car manufacturer Vauxhall launched a television commercial for the British market, parodying Wacky Races with a similar setup featuring Corsa cars. The commercial made several references to the cartoon as well as utilizing the show's theme music and Muttley's iconic snicker. [21]

The English adult comic Viz had a one-off parody strip called "Wacky Racists" with David Irving as Dick Dastardly, Unity Mitford as Penelope Pitstop, Eugène Terre'Blanche as Lazy Luke, Oswald Mosley as Muttley, and comedian Bernard Manning in the "Fatcuntmobile". [22]

In 2013, the car manufacturer Peugeot launched a TV commercial for the Brazilian market (and later used in Spain and Turkey), featuring the cartoon characters in a real-life universe. [23] [24]

Wacky Races was also seen in the South Park episode "Handicar".

Dick Dastardly and Muttley made a cameo in the Uncle Grandpa episode "Uncle Grandpa Retires".

The Buzz Wagon appeared in the OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes episode "Crossover Nexus".

Dick Dastardly, Muttley, and Penelope Pitstop appear in Space Jam: A New Legacy as part of the spectators of the big game, and Penelope is the Compact Pussycat the whole time. Dastardly and Muttley also appear in their Scoob! forms.

The Army Surplus Special appeared in the Jellystone! episode "My Doggie Dave".

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Wacky Races is a racing video game developed by Appaloosa Interactive for PC and PlayStation and by Velez & Dubail for the Game Boy Color. It was published by Infogrames in 2000.

<i>Wacky Raceland</i>

Wacky Raceland is a comic book series that re-imagines the cast of Wacky Races competing in a desert wasteland, reminiscent of the Mad Max film series, full of obstacles, towards a single goal, Utopia, mankind's last safe haven. It is also one of four comic books introduced by DC Comics in 2016 as part of the comic book initiative Hanna-Barbera Beyond, along with Scooby Apocalypse, Future Quest and The Flintstones.

Wacky Races is an American animated television series developed by Rebecca Himot and Tramm Wigzell. It is a reboot/revival series, but serves as a sequel to the 1968–69 Hanna-Barbera animated series of the same name. The show debuted in 2017 on Boomerang's video on demand service in the United States. Wacky Races was picked up for a second season.

Wacky Races is a media franchise containing five animated series, several video games, and a comic book, with most centered on the theme of various Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters primarily engaged in auto racing, usually in odd vehicles and with absurd plot developments.

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