Rhode Island Road Race

Rhode Island Road Race
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Joined with	The Great Cold Rush Race
Network	CBS
Premiere date	November 9, 1968
Starring	Paul Winchell Don Messick Janet Waldo Daws Butler John Stephenson Dave Willock
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Director(s)	William Hanna
Voice director(s)	Joseph Barbera
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"Rhode Island Road Race" is the first part of the ninth episode of Wacky Races season one, and the seventeenth episode overall. It aired on November 9, 1968 on CBS. It was directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

Detailed summary

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Memorable quotes

Clyde: Alright you mugs, pardon the expression, but we gotta hang together!
Ring-a-Ding: Don't worry boss, I got the car right here, in this hand!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

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

Organizations

• Ant Hill Mob

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • New England
      • Rhode Island

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: November 9, 1968 on CBS
• United Kingdom and Ireland:

Legacy

• Pat Pending's blimp power and the Slag Brothers' pterodactyl power would later be used for one of each of their power-ups in the 2008 Wacky Races: Crash & Dash video game.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
  • August 18, 1997: First Independent Films releases Wacky Races: Bumper Edition: Dash to Delaware 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.