See-Saw to Arkansas

See-Saw to Arkansas
Penelope thinks she's meeting the Seven Dwarfs.
Premiere date	September 14, 1968
Starring	Paul Winchell Don Messick Janet Waldo John Stephenson Daws Butler Dave Willock
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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"See-Saw to Arkansas" is the first part of episode one of Wacky Races season one, and the first episode overall. It aired on September 14, 1968 on CBS. It was directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

The Wacky Racers navigate through Arkansas, where the Ant Hill Mob play a trick on the other racers by pretending to be the Seven Dwarfs.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

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

Organizations

• Ant Hill Mob
• Seven Dwarfs (mentioned)

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Arkansas
      • Seven Dwarf's residence
      • Mustard Spread
    • California (indirectly mentioned)
      • Los Angeles (indirectly mentioned)
        • La Brea Tar Pits (mentioned)

Vehicles

• Boulder Mobile
• 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.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 14, 1968 on CBS

Behind the scenes

• The Seven Dwarfs are friends of Snow White in the 1812 German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, but more popularly known by their appearances in Walt Disney's 1937 film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
• 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

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.