The Speedy Arkansas Traveller

The Speedy Arkansas Traveller
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Joined with	By Rollercoaster to Upsan Downs
Network	CBS
Premiere date	October 19, 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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"The Speedy Arkansas Traveller" is the second and final part of the sixth episode of Wacky Races season one, and the twelfth episode overall. It aired on October 19, 1968 on CBS. It was directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

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Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

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

Organizations

• Ant Hill Mob

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Arkansas

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: October 19, 1968 on CBS
• United Kingdom and Ireland:

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.
  • March 27, 2000: Warner Home Video releases Wacky Races: Volume 1 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.