Why Oh Why Wyoming

Why Oh Why Wyoming
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Joined with	Beat the Clock to Yellow Rock
Network	CBS
Premiere date	September 21, 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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"Why Oh Why Wyoming" is the first part of the second episode of Wacky Races season one, and the third episode overall. It aired on September 21, 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
Big Gruesome	N/A
Little Gruesome	N/A
Slag Brothers	Don Messick Daws Butler
Announcer (voice only)	Dave Willock
Peter Perfect	Daws Butler
The Red Max	N/A
Penelope Pitstop	Janet Waldo
Clyde	Paul Winchell
Ring-a-Ding	Unavailable
Danny	Unavailable
Rug Bug Benny	Unavailable
Willy	Unavailable
Kurby	Unavailable
Mac	Unavailable
Sergeant Blast	N/A
Private Meekly	N/A
Professor Pat Pending	Don Messick
Sawtooth	N/A
Rufus Ruffcut	N/A
Lazy Luke	N/A
Blubber Bear	N/A
Dick Dastardly	Paul Winchell
Muttley	Don Messick
Chief Crazy Buffalo	Unavailable
Gruesome Twosome's snake	Unavailable
Gruesome Twosome's dragon	N/A

Organizations

• Ant Hill Mob

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Wyoming

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: September 21, 1968 on CBS
• United Kingdom and Ireland:

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
  • August 18, 1997: First Independent Films releases Wacky Races: Bumper Edition: Dash to Delaware 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.