Cartoon Resource entry #214 - Wacky Races (1968)

WACKY RACES

ORIGINAL AIRDATES: Sep 14, 1968-Sep 5, 1970 on CBS
RERUNS: 1976-1982 in syndication as part of ‘The Funny World of Hanna-Barbera’
1992-2000 on Cartoon Network
Apr 5, 2000-present on Boomerang
EPISODES: 17
ANIMATION BY: Hanna-Barbera
DISTRIBUTED and OWNED BY: Warner Bros. and Turner Entertainment

SUMMARY
A group of Wacky Racers complete to cross the finish line in their wacky and wild vehicles.

WACKY RACERS
#00 Dick Dastardly and Muttley in The Mean Machine
#1 Rock and Gravel - The Slag Brothers in The Boulder Mobile
#2 Big and Little Gruesome Twosome in The Creepy Coupe
#3 Professor Pat Pending in The Convert-A-Car
#4 Red Max in The Crimson Haybailer
#5 Penelope Pitstop in The Compact Pussycat
#6 Sergeant Blast and Private Meekly in The Army Surplus Special
#7 The Ant Hill Mob in The Bulletproof Bomb
#8 Lazy Luke and Blubber Bear in The Arkansas Chugabug
#9 Peter Perfect in The Turbo Terrific
#10 Rufus Ruffcut and Sawtooth in The Buzz Wagon

Two spin-off series aired the following year included: The Perils of Penelope Pitstop and Dastardly and Muttley In Their Flying Machines

EPISODE GUIDE
#01 (09.14.1968)
See Saw To Arkansas
Creepy Trip To Lemon Twist

#02 (09.21.1968)
Why Oh Why Wyoming
Beat the Clock To Yellow Rock

#03 (09.28.1968)
Idaho a Go Go
Mish Mash Missouri Dash

#04 (10.05.1968)
The Baja-Ha-Ha Race
Real Gone Ape

#05 (10.12.1968)
Scout Scatter
Free Wheeling To Wheeling

#06 (10.19.1968)
By Rollercoaster To Upsan Downs
The Speedy Arkansas Traveler

#07 (10.26.1968)
The Zippy Mississippi Race
Traffic Jambalya

#08 (11.02.1968)
Hot Race To Chillicothe
The Wrong Lumber Race

#09 (11.09.1968)
Rhode Island Road Race
The Great Gold Rush Race

#10 (11.16.1968)
Wacky Race To Ripsaw
Oils Well That Ends Well

#11 (11.23.1968)
Whizzin’ To Washington
The Dipsy Doodle Desert Derby

#12 (11.30.1968)
Eeny, Miny Missouri Go!
The Super Silly Swamp Sprint

#13 (12.07.1968)
The Dopey Dakota Derby
Dash To Delaware

#14 (12.14.1968)
Speeding For Smogland
Race Rally To Raleigh

#15 (12.21.1968)
Ballpoint Penn. Or Bust!
Fast Rack To Hackensack

#16 (12.28.1968)
The Ski Resort Road Race
Overseas Hi-Way Race

#17 (01.04.1969)
Race To Racine
The Carlsbad Or Bust Bash

VOICE ACTORS
Daws Butler (1916-1988) as Big Gruesome, Peter Perfect, Red Max, Rock Slag and Rufus Ruffcut
Don Messick (1926-1997) as Dum Dum, Gravel Slag, Little Gruesome, Muttley, Pockets, Professor Pat Pending, Ring-A-Ding, Snoozy and Zippy
John Stephenson (1923-2015) as Blubber Bear, General and Luke Bear
Janet Waldo (1919-2016) as Penelope Pitstop
Dave Willock (1909-1990) as the Narrator


Paul Winchell (1922-2005) as Clyde and Dick Dastardly

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