Wacky Races premiered on CBS on September 14, 1968. Taking their cue from madcap mid-'60s films like The Great Race and Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines, Hanna-Barbera broke from tradition with Wacky Races. Instead of a few leading characters in a single setting, the show featured a multitude of zany characters competing cross-country in equally crazy souped-up racing contraptions. Shifty Dick Dastardly and his dog Muttley constantly attempt to thwart the good guys. The show was very successful and spawned two spin-offs: The Perils Of Penelope Pitstop and Dastardly And Muttley In Their Flying Machines.
Voice Cast
Character
Actor
Dick Dastardly/Private Meekly
Paul Winchell
Penelope Pitstop
Janet Waldo
Red Max/Rufus Ruffcut/Rock Slag/Gravel Slag
Daws Butler
Peter Perfect/The Sarge/Big Gruesome
Daws Butler
Rock/Muttley Sawtooth/Ring-A-Ding
Don Messick
Little Gruesome/Professor Pat Pending
Don Messick
Luke Bear/Blubber Bear/General
John Stephenson
The Ant Hill Mob
Mel Blanc
Narrator
Dave Willock
Episodes
Season 1 (1968-1969)
(17 Episodes In Season 1)
See Saw To Arkansas/Creepy Trip To Lemon Twist
Why Oh Why Wyoming/Beat The Clock To Yellow Rock
Mish Mash Missouri Dash/Idaho A-Go-Go
The Baja-Ha-Ha Race/Real Gone Ape
Scout Scatter/Free Wheeling To Wheeling
By Rollercoaster To Upsans Downs/The Speedy Arkansas Traveler
The Zippy Mississippi Race/Traffic Jambalayan
Hot Race At Chillicothe/The Wrong Lumber Race
Rhode Island Road Race/The Great Cold Rush Race
Wacky Race To Ripsaw/Oils Well That Ends Well
Whizzin' To Washington/The Dipsy Doodle Desert Derby
Eeny, Meeny Missouri Go!/The Super Silly Swamp Sprint