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|prodcompany= [[Hanna-Barbera]]
|prodcompany= [[Hanna-Barbera]]
|distributor= [[Taft Broadcasting]]
|distributor= [[Taft Broadcasting]]
|released= [[September 13]], [[1968]]—[[January 17]], [[1970]]
|released= [[September 13]], [[1969]]—[[January 17]], [[1970]]
|run_time=
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|starring= [[Paul Winchell]]<br />[[Don Messick]]
|starring= [[Paul Winchell]]<br />[[Don Messick]]
|producers= [[William Hanna]]<br />[[Joseph Barbera]]<br />[[Alex Lovy]]
|producers= [[William Hanna]]<br />[[Joseph Barbera]]<br />[[Alex Lovy]]
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|director= William Hanna<br />Joseph Barbera
|director= William Hanna<br />Joseph Barbera
|animation_director= [[Charles A. Nichols]]
|animation_director= [[Charles A. Nichols]]
|previous= Wacky Races (1968 TV series)
|next= The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
}}
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'''''Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines''''', also known as '''''Dastardly & Muttley''''', is a comedy TV series produced by [[Hanna-Barbera|Hanna-Barbera Productions]] for [[CBS]]' Saturday morning children's programming. It ran from [[1969]] to [[1970]], airing 17 episodes. It is a spin-off from ''[[Wacky Races (1968 TV series)|Wacky Races]]''.
'''''Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines''''', also known as '''''Dastardly & Muttley''''', is an American animated slapstick comedy television series produced by [[Hanna-Barbera Productions]] for [[CBS]]' Saturday morning children's programming. It ran from [[1969]] to [[1970]], airing 17 episodes that spanned one season. It was the first spin-off from ''[[Wacky Races (1968 TV series)|Wacky Races]]''.


[[Dick Dastardly]] and [[Muttley]] lead the [[Vulture Squadron]], with other members [[Klunk]] and [[Zilly]], flying in World War I-style aeroplanes, trying to capture a messenger pigeon called [[Yankee Doodle Pigeon]] from delivering top-secret messages to an opposing army.
[[Dick Dastardly]] and [[Muttley]] lead the [[Vulture Squadron]], with other members [[Klunk]] and [[Zilly]], flying in World War I-style aeroplanes, trying to capture a messenger pigeon called [[Yankee Doodle Pigeon]] from delivering top-secret messages to an opposing army.


There are two other segments: ''[[Wing Dings]]'', which features short jokes, and ''[[Magnificent Muttley]]'', starring Muttley who plays the hero in his daydreams, only to be cut off and put back to work by Dick.
There are two other segments: ''[[Wing Dings]]'', which features short jokes, and ''[[Magnificent Muttley]]'', starring Muttley who plays the hero in his daydreams, only to be cut off and put back to work by Dick.
In [[2018]], [[DC Comics]] published [[Scooby-Doo! Team-Up/Issue 44|''Scooby-Doo! Team-Up'' #44]], which concluded the series with the ludicrous revelation that the Vulture Squadron was really working for a Chinese restaurant that was the rival of a pizza delivery service that Yankee Doodle Pigeon worked for. Yes, really.
Also in that same year, [[DC Comics]] reinvisioned the series with ''[[Dastardly & Muttley (DC Comics)|Dastardly & Muttley]]'', a comically dark, yet fleshed out take on the characters.
Yankee Doodle Pigeon and Klunk appear in the ''[[Jellystone!]]'' reboot.


==Production==
==Production==
===Development===
===Development===
[[Fred Silverman]], head of children's programming for CBS, suggested the idea of spinning off the Wacky Racers based on the success of ''Wacky Races''.<ref>[[Ted Sennett|Sennett, Ted]] ([[October 30]], [[1989]]). ''[[The Art of Hanna-Barbera]]'', page 153. [[Viking Studio Books]]. Retrieved [[November 25]], [[2022]].</ref>
==Segments==
==Segments==
* ''Dastardly & Muttley''
* ''Dastardly & Muttley''
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==Music==
==Music==
The score was composed by [[Hoyt Curtin]], who was credited as music director.
The music was composed by [[Hoyt Curtin]], who was credited as music director.


==Episodes==
==Episodes==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Episode
! Episode
! Number
! Original air date
! Air date
|-
|-
| "[[Fur Out Furlough]]" / ''Wing Dings'': "[[Barn Dance]]," "[[Hot Soup]]" / ''Magnificent Muttley'': "[[Muttley on the Bounty]]" / "[[Sappy Birthday]]"
| 1x01
| 1x01
* "[[Fur Out Furlough]]"
* ''Wing Dings'': "[[Barn Dance]]," "[[Hot Soup]]"
* ''Magnificent Muttley'': "[[Muttley on the Bounty]]"
*  "[[Sappy Birthday (Dastardly & Muttley)|Sappy Birthday]]"
| [[September 13]], 1969
| [[September 13]], 1969
|-
|-
| "[[Follow That Feather]]" ''Wing Dings'': "[[Barber]]," "[[Empty Hangar]]" / ''Magnificent Muttley'': "[[What's New Old Bean?]]" / "[[Operation Anvil]]"
| 1x02
| 1x02
* "[[Follow That Feather]]"
* ''Wing Dings'': "[[Barber]]," "[[Empty Hangar]]"
* ''Magnificent Muttley'': "[[What's New, Old Bean?]]"
*  "[[Operation Anvil]]"
| [[September 20]], 1969
| [[September 20]], 1969
|-
|-
| "[[Sky Hi-IQ]]" / ''Wing Dings'': "[[Prop Wash]]," "[[Carpet]]" / ''Magnificent Muttley'': "[[The Marvelous Muttini]]" / "[[A Plain Shortage of Planes]]"
| 1x03
| 1x03
* "[[Sky Hi-IQ]]"
* ''Wing Dings'': "[[Prop Wash]]," "[[Carpet]]"
* ''Magnificent Muttley'': "[[The Marvelous Muttdini]]"
* "[[A Plain Shortage of Planes]]"
| [[September 27]], 1969
| [[September 27]], 1969
|-
|-
| "[[Barnstormers]]" / ''Wing Dings'': "[[Arnold]]," "[[Pineapple Sundae]]" / ''Magnificent Muttley'': "[[The Bad Actor]]" / "[[Shape Up or Ship Out]]"
| 1x04
| 1x04
* "[[Barnstormers]]"
* ''Wing Dings'': "[[Arnold (Wing Dings)|Arnold]]," "[[Pineapple Sundae]]"
* ''Magnificent Muttley'': "[[The Bad Actor]]"
* "[[Shape Up or Ship Out]]"
| [[October 4]], 1969
| [[October 4]], 1969
|-
|-
| "[[Stop That Pigeon]]" / ''Wing Dings'': "[[Grease Job]]," "[[Robot]]" / ''Magnificent Muttley'': "[[The Big Topper]]" / "[[Zilly's a Dilly]]"
| 1x05
| 1x05
* "[[Stop That Pigeon]]"
* ''Wing Dings'': "[[Grease Job]]," "[[Robot]]"
* ''Magnificent Muttley'': "[[The Big Topper]]"
* "[[Zilly's a Dilly]]"
| [[October 11]], 1969
| [[October 11]], 1969
|-
|-
| "[[The Cuckoo Patrol]]" / ''Wing Dings'': "[[Automatic Door]]," "[[Airmail]]" / ''Magnificent Muttley'': "[[The Marvelous Muttley]]" / "[[Pest Pilots]]"
| 1x06
| 1x06
* "[[The Cuckoo Patrol]]"
* ''Wing Dings'': "[[Automatic Door]]," "[[Airmail]]"
* ''Magnificent Muttley'': "[[The Masked Muttley]]"
* "[[Pest Pilots]]"
| [[October 18]], 1969
| [[October 18]], 1969
|-
|-
| "[[The Swiss Yelps]]" / "[[Eagle-Beagle]]" / ''Wing Dings'': "[[Deep Reading]]", "[[Shell Game]]," "[[Slightly Loaded]]" / ''Magnificent Muttley'': "[[Movie Stuntman]]"
| 1x07
| 1x07
* "[[The Swiss Yelps]]"
* "[[Eagle-Beagle]]"
* ''Wing Dings'': "[[Deep Reading]]", "[[Shell Game]]," "[[Slightly Loaded]]"
* ''Magnificent Muttley'': "[[Movie Stuntman]]"
| [[October 25]], 1969
| [[October 25]], 1969
|-
|-
| "[[Fly By Knights]]" / "[[There's No Fool Like a Re-Fuel]]" / ''Wing Dings'': "[[Springtime]]," "[[A Dog's Life]]," "[[Strange Equipment]]" / ''Magnificent Muttley'': "[[Coonskin Caper]]"
| 1x08
| 1x08
* "[[Fly By Knights]]"
* "[[There's No Fool Like a Re-Fuel]]"
* ''Wing Dings'': "[[Springtime]]," "[[A Dog's Life (Wing Dings)|A Dog's Life]]," "[[Strange Equipment]]"
* ''Magnificent Muttley'': "[[Coonskin Caper]]"
| [[November 1]], 1969
| [[November 1]], 1969
|-
|-
| "[[Movies Are Badder Than Ever]]" / "[[Home Sweet Homing Pigeon]]" / ''Wing Dings'': "[[The Elevator]]," "[[Obedience School]]" / ''Magnificent Muttley'': "[[Aquanuts]]"
| 1x09
| 1x09
* "[[Movies Are Badder Than Ever]]"
* "[[Home Sweet Homing Pigeon]]"
* ''Wing Dings'': "[[The Elevator]]," "[[Obedience School]]"
* ''Magnificent Muttley'': "[[Aquanuts]]"
| [[November 8]], 1969
| [[November 8]], 1969
|-
|-
| "[[Lens a Hand]]" / "[[Vacation Trip Trap]]" / ''Wing Dings'': "[[Parachute]]," "[[Real Snapper]]" / ''Magnificent Muttley'': "[[Leonardo De Muttley]]"
| 1x10
| 1x10
* "[[Lens a Hand]]"
* "[[Vacation Trip Trap]]"
* ''Wing Dings'': "[[Parachute]]," "[[Real Snapper]]"
* ''Magnificent Muttley'': "[[Leonardo De Muttley]]"
| [[November 15]], 1969
| [[November 15]], 1969
|-
|-
| "[[Stop Which Pigeon?]]" / "[[Ceiling Zero Zero]]" / ''Wing Dings'': "[[Fast Freight]]," "[[Home Run]]" / ''Magnificent Muttley'': "[[Ship Ahooey]]"
| 1x11
| 1x11
* "[[Stop Which Pigeon?]]"
* "[[Ceiling Zero Zero]]"
* ''Wing Dings'': "[[Fast Freight]]," "[[Home Run (Wing Dings)|Home Run]]"
* ''Magnificent Muttley'': "[[Start Your Engines]]"
| [[November 22]], 1969
| [[November 22]], 1969
|-
|-
| "[[Who's Who?]]" / "[[Operation Birdbrain]]" / ''Wing Dings'': "[[Bowling Pin]]," "[[Shrink Job]]" / ''Magnificent Muttley'': "[[Ship Ahooey]]"
| 1x12
| 1x12
* "[[Who's Who? (Dastardly & Muttley)|Who's Who?]]"
* "[[Operation Birdbrain]]"
* ''Wing Dings'': "[[Bowling Pin]]," "[[Shrink Job]]"
* ''Magnificent Muttley'': "[[Ship Ahooey (Magnificent Muttley)|Ship Ahooey]]"
| [[November 29]], 1969
| [[November 29]], 1969
|-
|-
| "[[Meddle Muddle]]" / "[[Go South Young Pigeon!]]" / ''Wing Dings'': "[[The Window Washer]]," "[[Beach Blast]]" / ''Magnificent Muttley'': "[[Admiral Bird Dog]]"
| 1x13
| 1x13
* "[[Medal Muddle]]"
* "[[Go South, Young Pigeon!]]"
* ''Wing Dings'': "[[The Window Washer]]," "[[Beach Blast]]"
* ''Magnificent Muttley'': "[[Admiral Bird Dog]]"
| [[December 6]], 1969
| [[December 6]], 1969
|-
|-
| "[[Too Many Kooks (Dastardly & Muttley)|Too Many Kooks]]" / "[[Ice See You]]" / ''Wing Dings'': "[[Echo]]," "[[Rainmaker]]" / ''Magnificent Muttley'': "[[Professor Muttley]]"
| 1x14
| 1x14
* "[[Too Many Kooks (Dastardly & Muttley)|Too Many Kooks]]"
* "[[Ice See You]]"
* ''Wing Dings'': "[[Echo]]," "[[Rainmaker]]"
* ''Magnificent Muttley'': "[[Professor Muttley]]"
| [[December 13]], 1969
| [[December 13]], 1969
|-
|-
| "[[Balmy Swami]]" / "[[Camouflage Hop-Aroo]]" / ''Wing Dings'': "[[Mop Up]]," "[[Big Turnover]]" / ''Magnificent Muttley'': "[[Wild Mutt Muttley]]"
| 1x15
| 1x15
* "[[Balmy Swami]]"
* "[[Camouflage Hop-Aroo]]"
* ''Wing Dings'': "[[Mop Up]]," "[[Big Turnover]]"
* ''Magnificent Muttley'': "[[Wild Mutt Muttley]]"
| [[December 20]], 1969
| [[December 20]], 1969
|-
|-
| "[[Have Plane Will Travel]]" / "[[Windy Windmill]]" / ''Wing Dings'': "[[Tough Break]]," "[[The Ice Cream Tree]]" / ''Magnificent Muttley'': "[[Astromutt]]"
| 1x16
| 1x16
* "[[Have Plane Will Travel]]"
* "[[Windy Windmill]]"
* ''Wing Dings'': "[[Tough Break]]," "[[The Ice Cream Tree]]"
* ''Magnificent Muttley'': "[[Astromutt]]"
| [[January 10]], 1970
| [[January 10]], 1970
|-
|-
| "[[Plane Talk]]" / "[[Happy Bird Day]]" / ''Wing Dings'': "[[Boxing]]," "[[Runaway Rug]]" / ''Magnificent Muttley'': "[[Super Muttley]]"
| 1x17
| 1x17
* "[[Plane Talk]]"
* "[[Happy Bird Day]]"
* ''Wing Dings'': "[[Boxing]]," "[[Runaway Rug]]"
* ''Magnificent Muttley'': "[[Super Muttley]]"
| [[January 17]], 1970
| [[January 17]], 1970
|}
|}
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* [[Paul Winchell]] as [[Dick Dastardly]] and the General
* [[Paul Winchell]] as [[Dick Dastardly]] and the General
* [[Don Messick]] as [[Muttley]], [[Klunk]], [[Zilly]], the Narrator
* [[Don Messick]] as [[Muttley]], [[Klunk]], [[Zilly]], the Narrator
==Legacy==
In [[2018]], [[DC Comics]] published [[Scooby-Doo! Team-Up/Issue 44|''Scooby-Doo! Team-Up'' #44]], which concluded the series with the revelation that the Vulture Squadron was really working for a [[China|Chinese]] restaurant that was the rival of a pizza delivery service that Yankee Doodle Pigeon worked for. Yes, really.
Also in that same year, [[DC Comics]] reinvisioned the series with ''[[Dastardly & Muttley (DC Comics)|Dastardly & Muttley]]'', a comically dark, yet fleshed out take of the characters written by [[Garth Ennis]].
Yankee Doodle Pigeon and Klunk appear in the [[Max (streaming service)|Max]] original series, ''[[Jellystone!]]''
==In other languages==
{| class="wikitable"
! Language
! Name
|-
| '''Japanese'''
| スカイキッドブラック魔王 (Sukai Kiddo Burakku Maō)
|-
|}


==References==
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Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines
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Network CBS
Production company Hanna-Barbera
Distributor Taft Broadcasting
Original release September 13, 1969—January 17, 1970
Starring Paul Winchell
Don Messick
Producer(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Alex Lovy
Music composed by Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s) Larz Bourne
Dalton Sandifer
Mike Maltese
Director(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Animation director(s) Charles A. Nichols
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Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines, also known as Dastardly & Muttley, is an American animated slapstick comedy television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for CBS' Saturday morning children's programming. It ran from 1969 to 1970, airing 17 episodes that spanned one season. It was the first spin-off from Wacky Races.

Dick Dastardly and Muttley lead the Vulture Squadron, with other members Klunk and Zilly, flying in World War I-style aeroplanes, trying to capture a messenger pigeon called Yankee Doodle Pigeon from delivering top-secret messages to an opposing army.

There are two other segments: Wing Dings, which features short jokes, and Magnificent Muttley, starring Muttley who plays the hero in his daydreams, only to be cut off and put back to work by Dick.

Production

Development

Fred Silverman, head of children's programming for CBS, suggested the idea of spinning off the Wacky Racers based on the success of Wacky Races.[1]

Segments

  • Dastardly & Muttley
  • Wing Dings
  • Magnificent Muttley

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, who was credited as music director.

Episodes

Episode Original air date
1x01 September 13, 1969
1x02 September 20, 1969
1x03 September 27, 1969
1x04 October 4, 1969
1x05 October 11, 1969
1x06 October 18, 1969
1x07 October 25, 1969
1x08 November 1, 1969
1x09 November 8, 1969
1x10 November 15, 1969
1x11 November 22, 1969
1x12 November 29, 1969
1x13 December 6, 1969
1x14 December 13, 1969
1x15 December 20, 1969
1x16 January 10, 1970
1x17 January 17, 1970

Cast

Legacy

In 2018, DC Comics published Scooby-Doo! Team-Up #44, which concluded the series with the revelation that the Vulture Squadron was really working for a Chinese restaurant that was the rival of a pizza delivery service that Yankee Doodle Pigeon worked for. Yes, really.

Also in that same year, DC Comics reinvisioned the series with Dastardly & Muttley, a comically dark, yet fleshed out take of the characters written by Garth Ennis.

Yankee Doodle Pigeon and Klunk appear in the Max original series, Jellystone!

In other languages

Language Name
Japanese スカイキッドブラック魔王 (Sukai Kiddo Burakku Maō)

References

  1. ^ Sennett, Ted (October 30, 1989). The Art of Hanna-Barbera, page 153. Viking Studio Books. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
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