Creepy Trip to Lemon Twist

"Creepy Trip to Lemon Twist" is episode one's second segment of Wacky Races, which only lasted one season. It aired on September 14, 1968 on CBS. It was directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, co-founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

The Wacky Racers have to ride through the ghostly town of Spookane.

Memorable quotes
Commentator: Uh-oh, we forget Double-O, the bad news twins.

Characters
In order of appearance:

Non-speaking characters are in italics


 * Slag Brothers (Don Messick, Daws Butler)
 * The Red Max
 * Penelope Pitstop (Janet Waldo)
 * Clyde (Paul Winchell)
 * Ring-a-Ding
 * Professor Pat Pending (Don Messick)
 * Private Meekly (Paul Winchell)
 * Sergeant Blast (Daws Butler)
 * Big Gruesome (Daws Butler)
 * Little Twosome
 * Commentator (Dave Willock)
 * Peter Perfect (Daws Butler)
 * Lazy Luke (John Stephenson)
 * Blubber Bear (John Stephenson)
 * Rufus Ruffcut (Daws Butler)
 * Sawtooth
 * Gruesome Twosome's dragon
 * Dick Dastardly (Paul Winchell)
 * Muttley (Don Messick)
 * Boris's friend
 * Boris

Organizations

 * Ant Hill Mob

Locations

 * Nevada
 * Lemon Twist
 * Spookane
 * Spookane Bar and Ghoul

Objects

 * Koo Koo Kola

Vehicles

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

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.

Behind the scenes

 * Spookane is a parody of Spokane.
 * Koo Koo Kola is a parody of Coca-Cola.

Errors

 * When Dick comments to Muttley on the bad things they could do in Spookane, Muttley's ears have changed from black to beige, the same as the rest of his body.