The Grape Race

The Grape Race
Premiere date	September 27, 1975
Starring	Bob Holt Marty Ingels John Stephenson Paul Winchell
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Tom Dagenais Joel Kane Jack Mendelsohn Ray Parker Duane Poole Dick Robbins
Director(s)	Charles A. Nichols
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"The Grape Race" is the first part of episode four of The Great Grape Ape Show season one. It aired on September 27, 1975 on ABC. It was directed by Charles A. Nichols.

Grape Ape and Beegle enter a car racing race.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
The Really Grand Prix announcer	Unavailable
Rowdy Roadster driver	N/A
Piston Pirate driver	N/A
Jimdandy Jet driver	N/A
Grape Ape	Bob Holt
Beegle Beagle	Marty Ingels
Zoomeringy	Unavailable
Mr. Wheeler	Unavailable
Bob	John Stephenson
Hinchly	Paul Winchell

Locations

• Earth
  • Race car track

Vehicles

• Beegle's car
• Rowdy Roadster
• Monster Mobile
• Piston Pirate
• Turnpipe Turna
• Jimdandy Jet
• Triple X Double Whammy 8
• Phantom Flimber

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 27, 1975 on ABC

Behind the scenes

• Aspects of the episode were inspired by the 1965 film The Great Race, such as the episode's title, and Bob and Hinchly acting as parodies of Professor Fate and Maximillian Mean, respectively.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• Not available. 😢