Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines
| Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines | |
|---|---|
 On-screen title card. | |
| Network | CBS |
| Production company | Hanna-Barbera |
| Distributor | Taft Broadcasting |
| Original release | September 13, 1968—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 |
Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines, also known as Dastardly & Muttley, is a comedy TV series produced by 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.
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.
In 2018, DC Comics published 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, a comically dark take, yet fleshed out the characters.
Production
Development
Segments
- Dastardly & Muttley
- Wing Dings
- Magnificent Muttley
Music
The score was composed by Hoyt Curtin, who was credited as music director.
Episodes
Cast
- Paul Winchell as Dick Dastardly and the General
- Don Messick as Muttley, Klunk, Zilly, the Narrator
