See-Saw to Arkansas

"See-Saw to Arkansas" is the first episode (part one) of Wacky Races season one. It aired on September 14, 1968 on CBS. It was directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

The Wacky Racers navigate through Arkansas, where the Ant Hill Mob play a trick on the other racers by pretending to be the Seven Dwarfs.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Announcer (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Dave Willock
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Slag Brothers
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Big Gruesome
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Little Gruesome
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| The Red Max
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Professor Pat Pending
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Private Meekly
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sergeant Blast
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Lazy Luke
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| John Stephenson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Blubber Bear
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Peter Perfect
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dick Dastardly
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Paul Winchell
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Muttley
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Gruesome Twosome's dragon
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Penelope Pitstop
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Janet Waldo
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Clyde
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Paul Winchell
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Ring-a-Ding
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Willy
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Danny
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Rug Bug Benny
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mac
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Kurby
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Highway officer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Snow White
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Rufus Ruffcut
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sawtooth
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Referee
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Danny
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Rug Bug Benny
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mac
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Kurby
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Highway officer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Snow White
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Rufus Ruffcut
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sawtooth
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Referee
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Rufus Ruffcut
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sawtooth
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Referee
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Referee
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A

Organizations

 * Ant Hill Mob
 * Seven Dwarfs (mentioned)

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Arkansas
 * Seven Dwarf's residence
 * Mustard Spread
 * California (indirectly mentioned)
 * Los Angeles (indirectly mentioned)
 * La Brea Tar Pits (mentioned)

Vehicles

 * Boulder Mobile
 * Creepy Coupe
 * Crimson Hayballer
 * Convert-a-Car
 * Army Surplus Special
 * Arkansas Chuggabug
 * Turbo Terrific
 * Mean Machine
 * Compact Pussycat
 * Bulletproof Bomb
 * Buzz Wagon

Development
Four writers are given a series group credit, so it isn't known who specifically wrote what. They include Larz Bourne, Tom Degenais, Mike Maltese, and Dalton Sandifer.

Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: September 14, 1968 on CBS

Behind the scenes

 * The Seven Dwarfs are friends of Snow White in the 1812 German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, but more popularly known by their appearances in Walt Disney's 1937 film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
 * The train passing through has the initials "H.B." on every cart.

Errors

 * When Dick is first looking through his binoculars, Muttley is sitting next to him, but when the camera switches to a close up of Dick, Muttley is between his arms.

Home availability

 * In the United Kingdom & Ireland:
 * August 12, 1996: First Independent Films releases Wacky Races: Bumper Edition on VHS.
 * July 13, 1998: First Independent Films releases Wacky Races: Bumper Edition on VHS.
 * July 31, 2006: Warner Home Video releases Wacky Races: The Complete Series on DVD.
 * In the United States:
 * October 26, 2004: Warner Home Video releases Wacky Races: The Complete Series on DVD.
 * February 14, 2017: Warner Archive Collection releases Wacky Races: The Complete Series on DVD.
 * June 6, 2017: Warner Home Video releases Wacky Races: The Complete Series (Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection edition) on DVD.