It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Rat Race

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Rat Race
Network	HBO Max
Premiere date	March 17, 2022
Run time	11:18
Starring	Jeff Bergman Jenny Lorenzo Ulka Simone Mohanty Niccole Thurman C.H. Greenblatt Grace Helbig Georgie Kidder Katie Grober Ron Funches Dana Snyder Fajer Al-Kaisi
Music composed by	Ego Plum
Writer(s)	Yotam Perel
Storyboard artist(s)	Yotam Perel
Director(s)	Careen Ingle
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"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Rat Race" is the thirty-first episode of Jellystone! season one. It aired on March 17, 2022 on HBO Max. It was written by Yotam Perel, and directed by Careen Ingle.

Ala Yogi's Treasure Hunt, the town of Jellystone searches for Lippy and Hardy Har Har's treasure.

Memorable quotes

Morocco: Sauna Sweats & Sandwiches: When you're here, you're sweating and eating.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Hardy Har Har	Jenny Lorenzo
Lippy the Lion	Jeff Bergman
Jabberjaw	Niccole Thurman
Loopy De Loop	Ulka Simone Mohanty
Boo Boo Bear	C.H. Greenblatt
Cindy Bear	Grace Helbig
Yogi Bear	Jeff Bergman
Dino (playground equipment)	N/A
Orbitty (playground equipment)	N/A
Yakky Doodle	Katie Grober
Augie Doggie	Georgie Kidder
Shag Rugg	Ron Funches
Snagglepuss Lion	Dana Snyder
Wally Gator	N/A
Hokey Wolf	N/A
Chopper	N/A
Yippee	Unavailable
Yappy	Unavailable
Yahooey	Unavailable
Spooky	N/A
Benny the Ball	N/A
Winnie Witch	N/A
Bobbie Louie	Jenny Lorenzo
Squiddly Diddly	N/A
Peter Potamus	C.H. Greenblatt
Fancy Fancy	N/A
Brak (poster)	N/A
Zorak (poster)	N/A
Atom Ant (poster)	N/A
Secret Squirrel (poster)	N/A
Shazzan	Fajer Al-Kaisi
El Kabong	N/A
Dee Dee Skyes	N/A
Brenda Chance	N/A
Bubi Bear	N/A
Hair Bear	N/A
Square Bear	N/A
Babu (drawing)	N/A
Dirty Dawg	Jeff Bergman
Grape Ape	N/A
Mr. Jinks	N/A
Mildew Wolf	N/A
Maw Rugg	N/A
Morocco Mole	Dana Snyder
Taffy Dare	Grace Helbig
Captain Caveman	N/A
Pixie	N/A
Inch High	Fajer Al-Kaisi

Organizations

• Jellystone Police Department
• Young Adult Angels

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Jellystone
      • Magilla's
      • Jellystone Hospital
      • Jellystone News Studio
      • Jely
      • Potamus residence
      • Boardwalk
      • Sauna Sweats & Sandwiches
      • Jellystone Town Hall
• The Sun (portrait)

Objects

• Sad Man Ramen
• Moist-o-meter
• Balloon-chan
• Audible Slapstick!
• Yum

Vehicles

• Cindy's motorcycle
• Crane

Production

Development

In early storyboards, the Brokeback Mountain parody was more clear and Captain Caveman and Cavey Jr. went to the movie theater instead of El Kabong and Bobbie Louie.

Music

The music was composed by Ego Plum.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: March 17, 2022 on HBO Max
• United Kingdom and Ireland: July 14, 2022 at 6:30 pm on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

• The episode's title and plot are inspired by the 1963 film It's a Mad Mad Mad World, and the 2001 film Rat Race (the latter starring Rowan Atkinson, Whoopi Goldberg, Seth Green, Wayne Knight, and Kathy Najimy).
• HBO Max lists this episode as a season two episode.
• This episode has the most cameos in the entire season:
  • Dino and Orbitty as playground equipment.
  • Brak and Zorak on a poster for Bradbuk Peak.
  • The first Jellystone! appearance of Secret Squirrel and Morocco Mole. The former appears in a movie poster for The Blow-ening.
  • Atom Ant appears on a movie poster for Oh No!
    • The poster itself is a reference to the film Brokeback Mountain, a reference to their friendship in the Adult Swim show The Brak Show, but also has homosexual implications given the story in Brokeback Mountain.
  • Among the caricature drawings Dirty Dawg is selling, one of them is Babu.
    • This was likely put in as reference to Greenblatt originally wanting to have Babu in the series, but was unable to due to the Jeannie trademark being under Columbia's rights rather than Warner Bros.'s rights.
  • Inch High from Inch High, Private Eye makes his first Jellystone appearance as well.
• The slogan for Sauna Sweats and Sandwiches is a reference to the slogan of the Italian restaurant Olive Garden: "When you're here, you're family."
• Grape Ape picks up a water tower that has the series logo on it.

Everlasting influence

In "Jellystone Noir," Morocco also makes sandwich deliveries on a bicycle.

Errors

• The face on the treasure was drawn, but Yogi wipes it off as if it was glued on.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Spanish	Es una Loca Loca Loca Carrera	It's a Crazy Crazy Crazy Race