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[[File:WR 1968 title card.png|thumb|300px|On-screen title card.]]
[[File:WR 1968 title card.png|thumb|300px|On-screen title card.]]
17 episodes of ''[[Wacky Races (1968 TV series)|Wacky Races]]'' were aired on [[CBS]] between 1968 and 1969.
'''''Wacky Races''''' is an animated racing television series produced by [[Hanna-Barbera|Hanna-Barbera Productions]] and [[Heatter-Quigley|Heatter-Quigley, Inc.]] for [[CBS]]' Saturday morning children's programming. It ran from 1968 and 1969, airing 17 episodes. Despite only lasting one season, it proved popular enough for two spin-offs, which were ''[[The Perils of Penelope Pitstop]]'' and ''[[Dick Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines]]''.


==Season one==
The series has been revived a couple of times by [[Warner Bros. Animation]]. In 2006, there was a five-minute pilot pitch called ''[[Wacky Races Forever]]'', which acted as a sequel, but was not picked up. The second was a comparatively more successful reboot/quasi-sequel once again called ''[[Wacky Races (2017 TV series)|Wacky Races]]'', which lasted between 2017-2019 on the [[Boomerang]] VSOD service.
# "[[See-Saw to Arkansas]]" / "[[Creepy Trip to Lemon Twist]]" - September 14, 1968
# "[[Why Oh Why Wyoming]]" / "[[Beat the Clock to Yellow Rock]]" - September 21, 1968
# "[[Mish-Mash Missouri Bash]]" / "[[Idaho a Go-Go]]" - September 28, 1968
# "[[The Baja-Ha-Ha Race]]" / "[[Real Gone Ape]]" - October 5, 1968
# "[[Scout Scatter]]" / "[[Free Wheeling to Wheeling]]" - October 12, 1968
# "[[By Roller Coaster to Upsan Downs]] / "[[The Speedy Arkansas Traveller]]" - October 19, 1968
# "[[The Zippy Mississippi Race]]" / "[[Traffic Jambalaya]]" - October 26, 1968
# "[[Hot Race at Chillicothe]] "[[The Wrong Lumber Race]]" - November 2, 1968
# "[[Rhode Island Road Race]] / "[[The Great Cold Rush Race]]" - November 9, 1968
# "[[Wacky Race to Ripsaw]]" / "[[Oils Well That Ends Well]]" - November 16, 1968
# "[[Whizzin' to Washington]] / "[[The Dipsy Doodle Desert Derby]]" - November 23, 1968
# "[[Eeny, Miny Missouri Go!]] / "[[The Super Silly Swamp Sprint]]" - November 30, 1968
# "[[The Dopey Dakota Derby]] / "[[Dash to Delaware]]" - December 7, 1968
# "[[Speeding to Smogland]]" / "[[Race Rally to Raleigh]]" - December 14, 1968
# "[[Ballpoint, Penn, or Bust!]]" / "[[Fast Track to Hackensack]]" - December 21, 1968
# "[[The Ski Resort Road Race]]" / "[[Overseas Hi-Way Race]]" - December 28, 1968
# "[[Race to Racine]]" / "[[The Carlsbad or Bust Bash]]" - January 4, 1969


==See also==
==Production==
* [[List of Wacky Races (2017 TV series) episodes]]
===Development===
[[Category:Episode lists]]
 
==Music==
 
==Episodes==
{| class="wikitable"
! Episode
! Number
! Air date
|-
| "[[See-Saw to Arkansas]]" / "[[Creepy Trip to Lemon Twist]]"
| 1x01
| September 14, 1968
|-
| "[[Why Oh Why Wyoming]]" / "[[Beat the Clock to Yellow Rock]]"
| 1x02
| September 21, 1968
|-
| "[[Mish-Mash Missouri Bash]]" / "[[Idaho a Go-Go]]"
| 1x03
| September 28, 1968
|-
| "[[The Baja-Ha-Ha Race]]" / "[[Real Gone Ape]]"
| 1x04
| October 5, 1968
|-
| "[[Scout Scatter]]" / "[[Free Wheeling to Wheeling]]"
| 1x05
| October 12, 1968
|-
| "[[By Roller Coaster to Upsan Downs]] / "[[The Speedy Arkansas Traveller]]"
| 1x06
| October 19, 1968
|-
| "[[The Zippy Mississippi Race]]" / "[[Traffic Jambalaya]]"
| 1x07
| October 26, 1968
|-
| "[[Hot Race at Chillicothe]] "[[The Wrong Lumber Race]]"
| 1x08
| November 2, 1968
|-
| "[[Rhode Island Road Race]] / "[[The Great Cold Rush Race]]"
| 1x09
| November 9, 1968
|-
| "[[Wacky Race to Ripsaw]]" / "[[Oils Well That Ends Well]]"
| 1x10
| November 16, 1968
|-
| "[[Whizzin' to Washington]] / "[[The Dipsy Doodle Desert Derby]]"
| 1x11
| November 23, 1968
|-
| "[[Eeny, Miny Missouri Go!]] / "[[The Super Silly Swamp Sprint]]"
| 1x12
| November 30, 1968
|-
| "[[The Dopey Dakota Derby]] / "[[Dash to Delaware]]"
| 1x13
| December 7, 1968
|-
| "[[Speeding to Smogland]]" / "[[Race Rally to Raleigh]]"
| 1x14
| December 14, 1968
|-
| "[[Ballpoint, Penn, or Bust!]]" / "[[Fast Track to Hackensack]]"
| 1x15
| December 21, 1968
|-
| "[[The Ski Resort Road Race]]" / "[[Overseas Hi-Way Race]]"
| 1x16
| December 28, 1968
|-
| "[[Race to Racine]]" / "[[The Carlsbad or Bust Bash]]"
| 1x17
| January 4, 1969
|}
 
==Cast==
* [[Paul Winchell]] as [[Dick Dastardly]], [[Private Meekly]], [[Clyde (Ant Hill Mob)|Clyde]]
* [[Don Messick]] as [[Muttley]], [[Pat Pending|Professor Pat Pending]], [[Slag Brothers|Gravel Slag]], [[Gruesome Twosome|Little Gruesome]], [[Ring-a-Ding]], [[Sawtooth]]
* [[Janet Waldo]] as [[Penelope Pitstop]]
* [[Daws Butler]] as [[Slag Brothers|Rock Slag]], [[Gruesome Twosome|Big Gruesome]], the [[Red Max]], [[Sergeant Blast]], [[Peter Perfect]], [[Rufus Ruffcut]]
* [[John Stephenson]] as [[Lucky Luke]], [[Blubber Bear]]
* [[Dave Willock]] as commentator/narrator
 
==References==
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[[Category:TV series]]

Revision as of 16:57, 31 May 2020

On-screen title card.

Wacky Races is an animated racing television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Heatter-Quigley, Inc. for CBS' Saturday morning children's programming. It ran from 1968 and 1969, airing 17 episodes. Despite only lasting one season, it proved popular enough for two spin-offs, which were The Perils of Penelope Pitstop and Dick Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines.

The series has been revived a couple of times by Warner Bros. Animation. In 2006, there was a five-minute pilot pitch called Wacky Races Forever, which acted as a sequel, but was not picked up. The second was a comparatively more successful reboot/quasi-sequel once again called Wacky Races, which lasted between 2017-2019 on the Boomerang VSOD service.

Production

Development

Music

Episodes

Episode Number Air date
"See-Saw to Arkansas" / "Creepy Trip to Lemon Twist" 1x01 September 14, 1968
"Why Oh Why Wyoming" / "Beat the Clock to Yellow Rock" 1x02 September 21, 1968
"Mish-Mash Missouri Bash" / "Idaho a Go-Go" 1x03 September 28, 1968
"The Baja-Ha-Ha Race" / "Real Gone Ape" 1x04 October 5, 1968
"Scout Scatter" / "Free Wheeling to Wheeling" 1x05 October 12, 1968
"By Roller Coaster to Upsan Downs / "The Speedy Arkansas Traveller" 1x06 October 19, 1968
"The Zippy Mississippi Race" / "Traffic Jambalaya" 1x07 October 26, 1968
"Hot Race at Chillicothe "The Wrong Lumber Race" 1x08 November 2, 1968
"Rhode Island Road Race / "The Great Cold Rush Race" 1x09 November 9, 1968
"Wacky Race to Ripsaw" / "Oils Well That Ends Well" 1x10 November 16, 1968
"Whizzin' to Washington / "The Dipsy Doodle Desert Derby" 1x11 November 23, 1968
"Eeny, Miny Missouri Go! / "The Super Silly Swamp Sprint" 1x12 November 30, 1968
"The Dopey Dakota Derby / "Dash to Delaware" 1x13 December 7, 1968
"Speeding to Smogland" / "Race Rally to Raleigh" 1x14 December 14, 1968
"Ballpoint, Penn, or Bust!" / "Fast Track to Hackensack" 1x15 December 21, 1968
"The Ski Resort Road Race" / "Overseas Hi-Way Race" 1x16 December 28, 1968
"Race to Racine" / "The Carlsbad or Bust Bash" 1x17 January 4, 1969

Cast

References

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