The History of Wacky Races

[@theq4602]

I grew up watching this on boomerang in the 2000's. It was awesome.

[@MrOzair78]

And on Cartoon Network in da 90’s

[@taylorthorpe1875]

I did remember watching Hanna-Barbera in years of 2001 I think 😍😍😍😍❤❤❤❤

[@arturootoya8914]

@@taylorthorpe1875 0:31 A tnt explodes from the spin-off.

[@starlord2112]

I saw it first time around in the late sixties/early seventies... Showing me age now...

[@batterymakermarkii2654]

Heh...I watched it in 1969 when it was NEW...LOL

[@vincentfranklin17]

RIP, Janet Waldo, the voice of Penélope Pitstop, Judy Jetson, Granny Sweet, and Josie.

[@dariowiter3078]

Yes, indeed. Rest in peace, Janet. 😃

[@samuraifighterchick1456]

(I will remember youuuuuuu) Honestly, I got so sad when I searched her up and found that she died. Rest In Peace, Janet, you are gone but never forgotten.

[@TrinovanteTrading]

Vincent Frankli

[@mechasaurus]

God bless her soul.

[@pauljones476]

Vincent Franklin j

[@BrandonKohout]

Janet Waldo will always be Penelope Pitstop and Judy Jetson in our hearts.

[@h0stI13]

Got cable TV installed in 93, I was 8, grew up with these cartoons, learned English from them, developed my sense of humor from them...I am these cartoons. I can't believe the impact they had on so many lives

[@bartkasper4172]

My childhood! This was what Saturday mornings was all about!!

[@johnjames9121]

The little dance what muttley does absolutely killed me!

[@DaveWollenberg]

'Drrat, and, DOUBLE drat!'

[@Blossom44100]

(muttley laughs)

[@alworkedup]

Dick Dastardly was like the Coyote, the comic villain who keeps getting destroyed. Both of them also would look at the "camera" in the seconds before they would meet their doom.

[@thatchbuster]

I`ve got two dogs at the moment and one of them is called Mutley. I grew up with this show in the 60s. Love it.

[@EngineerRiff]

How is your dog now?

[@boobzac]

I'm very surprised there was no mention of the movie 'The Great Race'. That is obviously where they got the general idea for this cartoon from. I remember getting a whacky racer car in Quisp & Quake cereals. I ate a LOT of cereal back then!

[@robbiewalker2831]

3:12: I think this is proof enough that they were basing the show on something? They did say that they're not trend senders.

[@northwoodsmanbybobolink336]

Do you remember a cereal that was actually based on this cartoon with the character’s as well? I remember it tasted just like the 70s and 80s era cereal (Golden Grams) a gram cracker flavored cereal.

[@trappenweisseguy27]

These kind of depicted situations go back at least as far as the Keystone Kops....and they probably ripped off the ideas from somewhere else.

[@mattchase6719]

...OR: "Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines Or How I Flew From London To Paris In 25 Hours 11 Minutes"...ANOTHER 1965 flick

[@jocaleb0236]

@@mattchase6719 also Monte Carlo or bust which is similar

[@colinwood1023]

I remember watching Wacky Races back in 1968 as a young child, and I still love it now in my 60s

[@michaelfisher7170]

Same here!

[@ZedVonCarstein]

I loved this show, but I remember thinking that Dastardly would probably win if he would just race normally. He is always getting ahead of the other racers and even has time to lay traps that backfire.

[@MarkEdwardMarkCanioI]

Favorite cartoons of our Children missed all thuse Saturdays Morning cartoons to start the Day!!😂😂❤❤❤

[@BarryH1701]

Dick Dastardly reminds me of Jack Lemmon as Professor Fate in the 1960s movie, The Great Race.

[@TheBeatlesShow]

That's because he was indeed based on him. Dick was also based on British actor Terry Thomas.

[@iconicshrubbery]

​Absolutely. My first pre-school taste of dastardliness (and fantastic vehicles) was indeed in The Great Race with said Terry Thomas,Lemmon and Peter Falk (Colombo). It was an education about the nasty world out there ahead. @@TheBeatlesShow

[@daviekuklatv]

Best cartoon out there......Im still hoping to see a film one day with them all in it

[@amitm5034]

I saw dis cartoon first time in d early 90s when i was 7yrs old, little did i know dat it was made in the 60s. I would like to thank all d artists, chracter designers and produces for giving out such wonderful works. i cannot imagine a childhood without wacky racers or any of the Hana Barbera cartoons. All my creativity today has its roots down to these incredible cartoons ever made.

[@only257]

Saw this cartoon when I was 11 in 1995 on Cartoon Network 🍰

[@arturootoya8914]

@@only257 I having a reboot on Boomerang

[@starlord2112]

Dat? You mean That.

[@MisterGravelrama]

At 6:58 I teared up a little. "Hear that music & come running out with your bowl of cereal.".... Although the general consent these days is that the world is going to ****, I guess I'd rather enjoy golden moments like remembering what this made me feel like as a kid. I can't imagine what my grandparents would think of the world today, but I know they enjoyed watching this with me & it gave us all smiles. I hope anyone who had anything to do with this that's still around knows that there are those of us still out there who appreciate it.

[@anicadejager9996]

I love this show as a kids use to watch it every time when it come on

[@andre3ndosorio454]

Dee Gravelrama nap.🎟️🏜️🍆🥝🦁

[@mikehunt8997]

Bowl of cereal or pop-tarts.

[@zelmo7330]

In my country Hungary all of these characters spoke rhyming like short poems, and it was even more hilarious.

[@teddy-xj2yk]

I didn't even grow up with this show, my dad showed it to me because he watched it as a kid and I love the show

[@rafalvreuls7677]

Big thanks to u all❤ i stil try to watch this amazing nostalgic

[@pinkdisney4ever]

I am a 90s kid and I loved this show sooo much ! I still do

[@andyleclerc3600]

Even though the game show format never came to fruition, Merrill Heatter and Bob Quigley (HOLLYWOOD SQUARES) still got mentioned in the credits...they were going to produce the game side of the series.

[@shijudevarajan143]

i saw this cartoon in 93s ...i didnt understand any dialogues at that time...but i love it...and watch regularly in cartoon network..even i didnt know its name till i search to find this in youtube by typing "car racing cartoon network"...loved it so much...like you my childhood memories dear wacky races...and really surprising to know that it was made in 60s.

[@luizhenriquesouzasilva970]

Rip Janet Waldo, the voice of Penelope Pistop (1920-2016)

[@mikehunt8997]

One of my classmates use to draw all those WR vehicles. He was a very tallented kid at age 10. and it came to him naturally. Wow, I sure miss those days of being a kid.

[@MikeJones-rh4xk]

This show and a big ass bowl of cereal on a saturday morning was my childhood.

[@fredflintstone7943]

I had childhood asthma and remember my Mother running in from the kitchen to see if I was alright because she heard Muttley's laugh and thought I was wheezing.

[@TSPH1992]

Muttley is the best cartoon dog

[@happyslapsgiving5421]

This needs a modern remake.

[@buzter8135]

There was this middling reboot they made in 2017, but it wasn't nearly as good and relied on Meta humor to freshen up the concept, in my opinion there was a way better concept called "Wacky races forever" that seemed to have been putting way more effort into actually faithfully continuing the original Toon, sadly it seems it never made it past the test footage phase, you can find the pilot right here on KZbin if you're curious.

[@ericfischer8295]

“Wacky Raves Forever” was a perfect reboot… and it didn’t get green lit

[@TheTonybudd]

~love to see a live action movie version of this . . .

[@bencarroll5442]

15:45 They're right to compare Dick Dastardly's attempts at stopping other racers to Wile E. Coyote trying to catch the Road Runner. Wacky Races does remind me of the Road Runner cartoons.

[@namelessdork2256]

Fun fact, a good chunk of the team responsible for the Coyote shorts worked in Wacky Races.

[@TheMonyarm]

I love these cartoons, i watched them between 1st and 5th grade (they stopped airing them afterwards and began airing mostly new cartoons). Im currently in the 11th grade.

[@evfist]

KZbin: Recommends a twenty minute long documentary of some hanna barbara show i have never even seen me: Hell yeah dude

[@lee120458]

RIP Janet Waldo. You,ll be missed!

[@rudymalone1]

Lies lies lies! 😂

[@pianicata4]

@@rudymalone1 uhh,its true,shes gone its not a lie lol

[@rudymalone1]

@@pianicata4that's because you believe everything you read on the internet!

[@pianicata4]

@@rudymalone1 what do ya mean,she really did passed out in 2016

[@rudymalone1]

How many times do I have to that Janet waldo's still alive according to DirecTV you idiot/knucklehead! Now stop believing everything you read on the internet before I shut down your KZbin account!!

[@PieFights]

Wacky Races first premiered on CBS Saturday September 14 1968 till January 4 1969 source Wikipedia

[@gridvid]

I watched this show every Saturday morning on German television 📺

[@DebarshiChatterjee]

i m 90s kid...............and love to see this Wacky Races ..............old memories .......awsm

[@designimpact5402]

I love it so much I always remembered my younger years watching wacky races, i never missed it..

[@tonycanabal1659]

Captain Caveman's design was based on the Slag Bros.

[@michaelhyde-parker6344]

I loved the wacky races, I watched it along with the rest of the Hanna Barbara cartoons which were pretty much the mainstay of the best cartoons in the 60s/70s.

[@ced1106]

1:00 : Too much violence in kid's cartoons, so has a car fall on him. 😅😅😅 thanks for the video!!!

[@BrandonKohout]

Sneaking along last is that Mean Machine with those double-dealing do-badders, Dick Dastardly and his sidekick, Muttley. Even now, they’re up to some dirty trick.

[@TheBundychick82]

I loved muttley he was cute and his laugh hehehehehe the wacky races was one of those shows you loved it was about 14 years before I was born but loved watching it when I was younger I was born in 1982 but grew up watching the wacky races In Australia where I live all of them were good this was a fun show ty:)

[@susanfit47]

Fun fact: Wacky Races was inspired by the 1965 comedy film The Great Race. This was the only non-game show produced by Heatter-Quigley; the show was intended as a game show in which children would guess the winner of each race, and those who answered correctly would win prizes, but CBS dropped these elements during development.

[@whatsthebigidea8157]

I fully expected them to reference the great race. I am glad people see the parrallels

[@alworkedup]

I loved Wacky Races so much when I was a kid. I'm so glad I found this :)

[@alexisdiva9]

Which race was it where Dick Dastardly almost won but didn't because he stopped just before the finish line to give Muttley his autograph?

[@TheRichardSpearman]

A superb programme, which i enjoyed in 1 January 2018... a good start to the year. My favourite car - the Buzz Wagon, as occasionally Ruffus Ruffcut would help a fellow competitor.

[@ftlcaptain2417]

My favourite show as a kid, still is actually. My favourite car was the Arkanas Chugabug. I also always thought that an eskimo could have raced as well.

[@joinmarch76]

FTL Captain I'm more partial to the Anthill Mob's Bulletproof Bomb and Patton Pending's Convert-a-Car.

[@rgd963]

ereFTL Captain LOL Here comes Eskimo Joe Driving his dog powered Yukon cruiser .sled with wheels , with big strong female dogs ,which would be a running gag with Muttley

[@joinmarch76]

rgd963 Ooh, a fellow OC driver, eh? Mine's the Russian driver Rolf D. Ingenbottom and his shovel-weaponed Son of a Shepherd.

[@rgd963]

joinmarch76 lol

[@anselford3753]

+FTL Captain: As a kid, I had the off-the-wall idea of adding The Batmobile and K.I.T.T. just to mess with Dick Dastardly and Muttley.

[@cmartin_ok]

Watching this and I look down and see I'm wearing a Dastardly & Muttley tee shirt! Old enough to remember when this was first on TV. One of the first programmes we saw on a colour TV set at home

[@TonySimpson-f9t]

WACKY RACES WAS SINCERELY A TOP 2 CARTOON OF MY CHILDHOOD ❤😅

[@louiemorgan3169]

The Wacky Races Is A Real Piece Of Our History As it Represented Alot Of People in Time " Back in Time An Future in Time " Makes it A One Of A Kind "

[@eliaspuppet9973]

Hanna-Barbera gets this from that 1965 movie The Great Race. it come out on July 1, 1965 and Wacky Races come out on September 14, 1968.

[@Spind0k]

thanks for uploading this !

[@racheldoesacrylic4089]

timeless cartoon brings back many happy times as a kid loved mutley x

[@marksitts2290]

This cartoon i want to see rebooted for today's kids

[@arturootoya8914]

A Wacky Races animated movie coming in 2024

[@Team-Dr-Jekyll]

Wait really

[@AsYm-PtOtiC]

where have my youth gone... those carefree child age where I wanted to grow up in a day.. ill give all.. to go back to those wonderful 70s

[@ThePogger]

Anyone else remember the intro, where Penelopes car is shown and she moves the lever? There is an option for vibrator. Lol

[@jacobisworld9516]

Why was the ant Hill mob the two guys? Why did they call him rug bug? Benny and ring a ding

[@matthewseligman5470]

The mention of the Japanese resurgence makes me wonder if Waluigi was inspired by Dick Dastardly.

[@silhouettoofaman2935]

It certainly wouldn't surprise me. Their resemblance is uncanny!

[@andrewcrumb8027]

My favorite racers are: 1. the Gruesome Twosome in the Creepy Coupe #2, because this race car is Halloween related. 2. Penelope Pitstop in the Compact Pussycat #5, because she is a very beautiful, sweet and cute Southern belle. And 3. Peter Perfect in the Turbo Terrific #9, because he's Penelope's hero. I think Peter and Penelope are made for each other.

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

Andrew Crumb I think they did a pilot for a revival, and in the pilot, Penelope Pitstop and Peter Perfect we're married and had two kids! I think it was called Wacky Races Forever!

[@andrewcrumb8027]

That's right. And I saw that myself.

[@redd605]

The thing I liked was when he was up to something , the commontator , butt's in and he talks to him and explain at any point in the cartoon. ,

[@TonySimpson-f9t]

ODDLY MUTLEY CHASIN PIT STOP AND ANDVILL MOB WITH DARSTLY STICK IN MIND. SERIOUSLY TOP 2 CARTOON FAVOURITES OF CHILDHOOD ❤ 16:01

[@1701echopapa]

Funny. Every other spotlight talked about the driver(s) and their car. Dastardly and Muttley's spotlight didn't mention their car at all.

[@agatenby41]

oh the memories, i am so glad there was no reboot, of this it was a classic.

[@TsuladanGaming]

No reboot? Check again, starting in 2017 there was/is a reboot of it. Not overly bad, the writing and voices stay pretty true to form, BUT I find it sad they cut it down to only half the original characters/cars, that kind of killed it for me since most of my favorites were the ones to vanish. (The Slag Brothers, Pat Pending, Red Max, Sergeant Blast, Ant Hill Mob, Lazy Luke, and Rufus Ruffcut were all removed for some reason.)

[@alexisdiva9]

@@TsuladanGaming I can't speak regarding the other characters but Lazy Luke would have been removed since he was driving the Arkansas Chug-a-Bug and would have been demeaning to people from there, especially since in the 1990's in the US we had a President from there.

[@TsuladanGaming]

@@alexisdiva9 Not sure I follow how that would be demeaning. Stereotypes and parody have been used to great effect for comedy and aren't always insulting, it depends a lot on context and whether it's used in a harmful manner.

[@stevencharleston5546]

I loved the Ant Hill mob and Muttley especially 😂

[@TheMikester307]

And to top it all off; the show had the flavor of a reality TV show , about twenty years before the fact!

[@freesalad]

That’s rude

[@hectorheathcote9495]

Loved the Wacky Races. I remember getting the toys out of cereal boxes as a kid.

[@northwoodsmanbybobolink336]

This was my favorite cartoon as a child‼️❤️👍👍

[@BladeStar-uq6xe]

Proving that I am a Geek and a Nerd, I will break down the results using the Racing Points System; Champions: The Slag Brothers Car 1; Slag Brothers: 3 Wins, 8 second, 3 thirds; Total 28 points Car 10; Rufas Ruffcut and Sawtooth: 3 Wins, 6 second, 4 thirds; Total 25 points Car 7; Ant Hill Mob: 4 Wins, 5 second, 2 thirds; Total 24 points Car 5; Penelope Pitstop: 4 Wins, 2 second, 5 thirds; Total 21 points, Tie with Car 2 Car 2; Big Gruesome and Little Gruesome: 3 Wins, 3 second, 6 thirds; Total 21 points, Tie with Car 5 Car 4; Red Max: 3 Wins, 4 second, 3 thirds; Total 20 points Car 9; Peter Perfect: 4 Wins, 2 second, 2 thirds; Total 18 points, Tie with Car 8 and Car 3 Car 8; Chuggabug Luke and Blubber Bear: 4 Wins, 1 second, 4 thirds; Total 18 points, Tie with Car 9 and Car 3 Car 3; Professor Pat Pending: 3 Wins, 2 second, 5 thirds; Total 18 points, Tie with Car 9 and Car 8 Car 6; Sgt. Blast and Pvt. Meekly: 3 Wins, 1 second; Total 11 points Car 00; Dick Dastardly and Muttley: 0, 0, 0; Total 0 points And there are your official standings of the Wacky Races!

[@Chebva]

Saturday morning. "After these messages....... we'll be right back!" Time for wacky races.

[@luisreyes1963]

The most hilarious Hanna-Barbera cartoon I saw as a kid on TV, Wacky Races. Never could recall if Dick Dastardly & Muttley ever won a race, though. 😁

[@panpan1414]

OMG I first watch this about 20 years ago back in China. This was my favorite. Really took me a while to find the English version name.

[@kenyacarter7425]

Bullet Proof bomb had the most wins! Ant Hill Mob for the win!

[@ryanhogge8]

H-B cartoons had the coolest art style. I know it was done in the name of saving money, but the line work was always good, and I'm into line work.

[@BadWolf....]

Great artistic job,great characters and a super lovely Muttley!

[@michaelgentry9289]

I remembered watching this a whole lot. They made a new series but I just don't watch it because nothing can replace the original

[@MTTT19]

Anyone else hope that one day there will be a Wacky Races Movie? But who would play which characters? Here are a few ideas: Anna Faris as Penelope Pitstop Christopher Lloyd as Professor Pat Pending Jim Carrey or Steve Carell as Dick Dastadley.

[@joinmarch76]

Matt Thornton Actually, I thought about that. But instead of just having it be a movie, how about an animated movie in the style of the show. Here's how I see it: Charlie Adler as Lazy Luke, Private Meekly and Dick Dastardly Frank Welker as Muttley, Sawtooth, Blubber Bear and Gravel Slag John DiMaggio as Rock Slag and Rufus Ruffcut Tress MacNiel as Penelope Pitstop Rick May as Sgt. Bash Bill Farmer as Patton Pending and Ring-a-Ding Dan Castellanetta as Clyde (the above Ring-a-Ding and Clyde are part of the Anthill Mob) Jeff Bennett as the Narrator and Peter Perfect

[@MadvilleDynasty1]

+Matt “Spider-Matt” Thornton I like that idea. But in the spirit of the show, i think every actor/ess should have to play all the characters thatre linked by original voice actor

[@alworkedup]

+Matt “Spider-Matt” Thornton That would be so great to have a Wacky Races movie! Let's pray real hard that it will happen but I doubt it will because the original show was on for such a short time and may not be considered a classic.

[@luiszuniga8132]

it's not a movie but a reboot of wacky races is coming, I betcha it's going to crap and gonna be ruined. Good thing its only on boomerang but still they're gonna ruin it!

[@mcbragg3779]

and whoopi goldberg as Mutley

[@EmmaBonn96]

YES! MY FIRST SHIP IS CONFIRMED!

[@CaptainColdyron222]

Professor Pat Pending and the Convert-a-car.

[@anselford3753]

Wait'll Professor Pat Pending gets a load of The Autobots!

[@boobzac]

The original transformer!

[@Blossom44100]

Penelope Pitstop was my favorite!!

[@arturootoya8914]

And Hot!

[@Team-Dr-Jekyll]

Same here

[@RandomAsRob]

This took me back to childhood.

[@andrewcrawford4635]

Yessss, the Wacky Races!!!! Awesome cartoon. Hot Wheels were the newest, coolest racing cars, I believe Cheerios had racing logos/stickers inside the box and Sugar Chex had a plastic racing car inside their box with a chance to get a racetrack for them with 10 box tops. Seems like racing was getting alot of attention at the time. I didn’t really care for the ‘cartoon spin off’ , The perils of Penelope pitstop, although it was cool to have the ant hill mob different characters and voices.

[@Lugolinski]

I'd be really grateful if you could bring us Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch :O)

[@TheRecordSaver]

Too bad that Heatter/Quigley (of "Hollywood Squares" fame) weren't mentioned.. They were the ones who came up with what was meant to be the game show element of the show before it was scrapped.. But now I can see why it was discarded..

[@joecab1]

I thought that omission was very odd too. Maybe it's some weird legal reason they left that out.

[@vincentfranklin17]

Let's face it. ... Muttley was the REAL star of The Wacky Races! Lol!

[@paganjew0108]

He he he he he!

[@Keith-rk4td]

My dog Kibble reminds me of Muttley😂

[@67nairb]

I had a Wacky Races board game.

[@MrVariant]

3:00 lol didn't know Muttley had a railgun :)

[@markcutts383]

Monte Carlo Or Bust - It's a Mad Mad World - this the cartoon follow on and its charm was it was character driven and the cars reflected the characters. My favourite ( apart from Dick Dastardly and Muttly) was ' The Creepy Coup With the Gruesome Twosome ' And the Anthill Mob's crying Gangster. If only Dastardly ( Terry Thomas ? ) had played it straight - he would have won. Great fun and for us kids that's what we wanted.

[@Joeykm1972]

OMG. I didn't know the voice of Dick Dastardly was also the voice of Gargamel.

[@paymydues]

Really,it's pretty obvious.Paul Winchell was also the original Tigger too.woo hoo hoo hoo

[@roddyteague6246]

I also never realised that Dick Milhous Dastardly was based on Nixon!

[@ryandawson8513]

Wacky Races A Hanna Barbera Production And A Heatter Quigley Inc 1968-2017 And Cartoon Network Studios/ Cartoon Network Logo A Hanna Barbera Production A Heatter Quigley Inc Turner Entertainment Co Warner Bros Television

[@alworkedup]

I think my favorite character was Professor Pat Pending. At 8 years old I understood what that name meant :)

[@jellymcmichaels4240]

Same lol

[@jsp1324]

I loved the Arkansas Chuggabug

[@AlexGreeneHypnotist]

My favourite was always Professor Pat Pending, even though I think he only won ONE race, ever, in the entire 34 episode run.

[@matthwe3468]

He won 3 actually.

[@Blizzard-kf3qm]

With the exception of Dastardly, every racer came in 1st at least three times.

[@GlennJHallara]

the original mario kart

[@redgreen09]

well yes just fun to see will have get the DVDs

[@cassandrawilliams7340]

Love these cartoons😍😍😍😍😍😍😍This is what you call a blast from the past man I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@devb02]

Magnificent Muttley Catch the Pigeon Top Cat Josie and the Pussy Cats in Space Peter Potamus & SoSo Wally Gator Quick Draw McGraw Huckleberry Hound Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy Magilla Gorilla Bird Man maaaaan I miss the 90s and not to mention the airing of The Swat Kats The Centurions The Sky Commanders Space Ghost The Galaxy Trio Mightor The Herculoids. Miss the old Boomerang and Power Zone!! Nothing can replace these .

[@tnaoro]

Do the history if penopey pitstop!

[@NascarNick2488]

6:32 YIKES!!!!!😂😂😂