By Rollercoaster to Upsan Downs

By Rollercoaster to Upsan Downs
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Joined with	The Speedy Arkansas Traveller
Network	CBS
Premiere date	October 19, 1968
Starring	Paul Winchell Don Messick Daws Butler John Stephenson Dave Willock
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Director(s)	William Hanna
Voice director(s)	Joseph Barbera
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"By Rollercoaster to Upsan Downs" is the first part of the sixth episode of Wacky Races season one, and the eleventh episode overall. It aired on October 19, 1968 on CBS. It was directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

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Memorable quotes

Lazy Luke: Yep, and it only costs me peanuts to run!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Penelope Pitstop	N/A
Lazy Luke	John Stephenson
Blubber Bear	John Stephenson
Announcer (voice only)	Dave Willock
Slag Brothers	Daws Butler Don Messick
Professor Pat Pending	Don Messick
Dick Dastardly	Paul Winchell
Squirrel	Don Messick
Big Gruesome	N/A
Little Gruesome	N/A
Muttley	Don Messick
Sergeant Blast	Daws Butler
Private Meekly	Paul Winchell
Sawtooth	N/A
Rufus Ruffcut	Daws Butler
The Red Max	Daws Butler
Clyde	Paul Winchell
Ring-a-Ding	Don Messick
Willy	N/A
Danny	N/A
Kurby	N/A
Rug Bug Benny	N/A
Mac	N/A
Peter Perfect	Daws Butler
Gruesome Twosome's ghost	Unavailable
House of Horrors monster	Unavailable
Gruesome Twosome's dragon	Unavailable

Organizations

• Ant Hill Mob

Locations

• Earth
  • United States

Vehicles

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

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 19, 1968 on CBS
• United Kingdom and Ireland:

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
  • August 12, 1996: First Independent Films releases Wacky Races: Bumper Edition on VHS.
  • July 13, 1998: First Independent Films releases Wacky Races: Bumper Edition on VHS.
  • July 31, 2006: Warner Home Video releases Wacky Races: The Complete Series on DVD.
• In the United States:
  • October 26, 2004: Warner Home Video releases Wacky Races: The Complete Series on DVD.
  • February 14, 2017: Warner Archive Collection releases Wacky Races: The Complete Series on DVD.
  • June 6, 2017: Warner Home Video releases Wacky Races: The Complete Series (Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection edition) on DVD.