See-Saw to Arkansas

See-Saw to Arkansas
Premiere date	September 14, 1968
Director(s)	William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
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"See-Saw to Arkansas" is the first episode 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.

Characters

In order of appearance:

Mentioned and non-speaking characters are in italics

• Commentator (Dave Willock)
• Slag Brothers
• Big Gruesome
• Little Gruesome
• Red Max
• Professor Pat Pending
• Private Meekly
• Sergeant Blast (Daws Butler)
• Lazy Luke
• Blubber Bear
• Peter Perfect
• Dick Dastardly (Peter Winchell)
• Muttley (Don Messick)
• Gruesome Twosome's dragon
• Penelope Pitstop (Janet Waldo)
• Clyde (Peter Winchell)
• Ring-a-Ding (Don Messick)
• Highway officer (Don Messick)
• Snow White
• Rufus Ruffcut (Daws Butler)
• Referee

Organizations

• Ant Hill Mob
• Seven Dwarfs

Locations

• Arkansas
  • Seven Dwarf's cottage
• Los Angeles
  • La Brea Tar Pits

Vehicles

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

Production

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

• 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.

In other languages

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