The Zippy Mississippi Race

The Zippy Mississippi Race
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Network	CBS
Premiere date	October 26, 1968
Starring	Paul Winchell Don Messick Janet Waldo Daws Butler Dave Willock
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Director(s)	William Hanna
Voice director(s)	Joseph Barbera
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"The Zippy Mississippi Race" is the first part of the seventh episode of Wacky Races season one, and the thirteenth episode overall. It aired on October 26, 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
Dick Dastardly	Paul Winchell
Muttley	Don Messick
Announcer (voice only)	Dave Willock
Sawtooth	N/A
Rufus Ruffcut	Daws Butler
Professor Pat Pending	N/A
Clyde	Paul Winchell
Ring-a-Ding	N/A
Willy	N/A
Danny	N/A
Kurby	N/A
Rug Bug Benny	N/A
Mac	N/A
Sergeant Blast	Daws Butler
Private Meekly	Paul Winchell
Peter Perfect	N/A
Penelope Pitstop	Janet Waldo
Slag Brothers	Don Messick Daws Butler
Big Gruesome	N/A
Little Gruesome	N/A
The Red Max	Daws Butler
Lazy Luke	N/A
Blubber Bear	N/A
Gruesome Twosome's dragon	N/A
Colonel Cornpone	Don Messick

Organizations

• Ant Hill Mob

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Mississippi

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 26, 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.
  • 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.