The Riverbed 5000

The Riverbed 5000
Does this race even have rules???
Premiere date	September 24, 1977
Run time	9:25
Starring	Lennie Weinrib Sheldon Allman Marvin Kaplan Don Messick Ginny McSwain Susan Silo
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Bill Ackerman Haskell Barkin Barry Blitzer Tom Dagenais Karl Geurs Orville Hampton Don Jurwich Jon Kubichan Joan Maurer Ray Parker Howard Post Dick Robbins Jerry Winnick
Director(s)	Charles A. Nichols
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"The Riverbed 5000" is the third episode of Heyyy, It's the King! season one, and came as a segment of CB Bears. It aired on September 24, 1977 on NBC. It was directed by Charles A. Nichols.

The King and his friends compete in the Riverbed 5000 to not only win the cash prize, but also so the King can get a kiss from Raquel Wrench.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
The King	Lennie Weinrib
Yuka Yuka	Lennie Weinrib
Skids	Marvin Kaplan
Clyde	Don Messick
Big H	Sheldon Allman
Announcer	Don Messick
Lars Limburger	Unavailable
Mario Spumoni	Unavailable
Fumes Finnegan	Unavailable
Zelda	Susan Silo
Sheena	Ginny McSwain
Starter	N/A
Man giving trophy	Unavailable
Ice cream man	Unavailable
Raquel Wrench	Unavailable
Poodle	Unavailable

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Highway
    • Track
• Sweden (mentioned)
• Italy (mentioned)

Vehicles

• Skids's car
• Highway cars
• Ice cream truck

Music

The score was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 24, 1977 on NBC

Behind the scenes

• Mario Spumoni is a parody of Mario Andretti.
• Raquel Wrench is a parody of actress Raquel Welch.

Errors

• The race seems to have no rules as Fumes Finnegan sabotages the other cars without getting in trouble, as well as Clyde being allowed to push King's car to the finish.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• Not available yet. 😢