The History of Wacky Races

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10 жыл бұрын

A substantial behind the scenes look at how WACKY RACES was developed. This documentary features many clips and insightful interviews from the likes of some of the animators who worked on the series. This segment is taken from the WACKY RACES DVD box set which is available at Amazon.com for under $15. What are you waiting for?

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@theq4602 6 жыл бұрын

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

@MrOzair78 4 жыл бұрын

And on Cartoon Network in da 90’s

@taylorthorpe1875 3 жыл бұрын

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

@arturootoya8914 3 жыл бұрын

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

@starlord2112 3 жыл бұрын

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

@batterymakermarkii2654 3 жыл бұрын

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

@vincentfranklin17 8 жыл бұрын

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

@dariowiter3078 8 жыл бұрын

Yes, indeed. Rest in peace, Janet. 😃

@samuraifighterchick1456 7 жыл бұрын

(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 7 жыл бұрын

Vincent Frankli

@mechasaurus 7 жыл бұрын

God bless her soul.

@pauljones476 7 жыл бұрын

Vincent Franklin j

@BrandonKohout Жыл бұрын

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

@h0stI13 Жыл бұрын

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 8 жыл бұрын

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

@johnjames9121 3 жыл бұрын

The little dance what muttley does absolutely killed me!

@DaveWollenberg 8 жыл бұрын

'Drrat, and, DOUBLE drat!'

@Blossom44100 4 жыл бұрын

(muttley laughs)

@alworkedup 8 жыл бұрын

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 8 жыл бұрын

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.

@riffraff7942 Жыл бұрын

How is your dog now?

@boobzac 6 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

...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 Жыл бұрын

@@mattchase6719 also Monte Carlo or bust which is similar

@zelmo7330 Жыл бұрын

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

@TSPH1992 7 жыл бұрын

Muttley is the best cartoon dog

@ZedVonCarstein Жыл бұрын

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.

@BarryH1701 Жыл бұрын

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

@TheBeatlesShow Жыл бұрын

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

@daviekuklatv 9 жыл бұрын

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

@andyleclerc3600 Жыл бұрын

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.

@pinkdisney4ever 4 жыл бұрын

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

@dickdastardly3340 Жыл бұрын

Dastardly did win a race from a wacky races comic book from the mid-90s. Penelope became a secret agent and helped Dick win the race so he'd take the prize to his headquarters and Penelope stowed away in it.

@amitm5034 8 жыл бұрын

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 8 жыл бұрын

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

@arturootoya8914 4 жыл бұрын

@@only257 I having a reboot on Boomerang

@starlord2112 3 жыл бұрын

Dat? You mean That.

@mikehunt8997 Жыл бұрын

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.

@teddy-xj2yk 6 жыл бұрын

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

@fredflintstone7943 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@MisterGravelrama 7 жыл бұрын

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 5 жыл бұрын

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

@andre3ndosorio454 5 жыл бұрын

Dee Gravelrama nap.🎟️🏜️🍆🥝🦁

@mikehunt8997 Жыл бұрын

Bowl of cereal or pop-tarts.

@TheTonybudd 6 жыл бұрын

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

@bencarroll5442 9 жыл бұрын

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 4 ай бұрын

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

@evfist 5 жыл бұрын

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

@gridvid Жыл бұрын

I watched this show every Saturday morning on German television 📺

@MikeJones-rh4xk 3 жыл бұрын

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

@shijudevarajan143 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@stevencharleston5546 Жыл бұрын

I loved the Ant Hill mob and Muttley especially 😂

@louiemorgan3169 Жыл бұрын

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 "

@lee120458 8 жыл бұрын

RIP Janet Waldo. You,ll be missed!

@rudymalone1 3 жыл бұрын

Lies lies lies! 😂

@pianicata4 3 жыл бұрын

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

@rudymalone1 2 жыл бұрын

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

@pianicata4 2 жыл бұрын

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

@rudymalone1 2 жыл бұрын

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 KZfaq account!!

@arturootoya8914 3 жыл бұрын

A Wacky Races animated movie coming in 2024

@wolfmanimpure 3 жыл бұрын

Wait really

@MarkEdwardMarkCanioI 11 ай бұрын

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

@PieFights 8 жыл бұрын

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

@alworkedup 8 жыл бұрын

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

@ThePogger 6 жыл бұрын

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

@TheMonyarm 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@eliaspuppet9973 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@vincentfranklin17 8 жыл бұрын

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

@paganjew0108 5 жыл бұрын

He he he he he!

@ryankane7177 Жыл бұрын

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.

@matthewseligman5470 6 жыл бұрын

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

@silhouettoofaman2935 5 жыл бұрын

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

@rafalvreuls7677 11 ай бұрын

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

@kenyacarter7425 8 жыл бұрын

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

@DebarshiChatterjee 8 жыл бұрын

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

@BrandonKohout Жыл бұрын

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.

@designimpact5402 6 жыл бұрын

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

@luizhenriquesouzasilva970 10 ай бұрын

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

@user-pw2fj2rq3f 10 ай бұрын

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

@TheBundychick82 9 жыл бұрын

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:)

@Lugolinski 9 жыл бұрын

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

@marksitts2290 Жыл бұрын

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

@EmmaBonn96 9 жыл бұрын

YES! MY FIRST SHIP IS CONFIRMED!

@redd605 Жыл бұрын

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. ,

@TheRichardSpearman 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@northwoodsmanbybobolink336 2 жыл бұрын

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

@BadWolf.... 9 жыл бұрын

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

@cmartin_ok 6 жыл бұрын

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

@67nairb 8 жыл бұрын

I had a Wacky Races board game.

@andrewcrumb8027 7 жыл бұрын

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 7 жыл бұрын

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 7 жыл бұрын

That's right. And I saw that myself.

@RandomAsRob 2 жыл бұрын

This took me back to childhood.

@MTTT19 9 жыл бұрын

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 9 жыл бұрын

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 8 жыл бұрын

+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 8 жыл бұрын

+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 6 жыл бұрын

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 6 жыл бұрын

and whoopi goldberg as Mutley

@1701echopapa Жыл бұрын

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

@NascarNick2488 4 жыл бұрын

6:32 YIKES!!!!!😂😂😂

@TheMikester307 7 жыл бұрын

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

@freesalad 6 жыл бұрын

That’s rude

@Chebva 6 жыл бұрын

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

@racheldoesacrylic4089 4 жыл бұрын

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

@CaptainColdyron222 9 жыл бұрын

Professor Pat Pending and the Convert-a-car.

@anselford3753 6 жыл бұрын

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

@boobzac 6 жыл бұрын

The original transformer!

@StygiaN-WeB Жыл бұрын

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

@MrVariant 5 жыл бұрын

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

@redgreen09 6 жыл бұрын

well yes just fun to see will have get the DVDs

@user-pw2fj2rq3f 10 ай бұрын

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

@panpan1414 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@professor1966 5 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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

@ftlcaptain2417 9 жыл бұрын

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 9 жыл бұрын

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

@rgd963 9 жыл бұрын

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 9 жыл бұрын

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

@rgd963 9 жыл бұрын

joinmarch76 lol

@anselford3753 6 жыл бұрын

+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.

@davidthomas283 6 жыл бұрын

I wonder if the creators of the "Cannonball Run" films got some ideas from Wacky Races?

@michaelgentry9289 5 жыл бұрын

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

@radhikas8063 8 жыл бұрын

can someone tell me where i can download all the 90's cartoons???

@Youbarkimeow 5 жыл бұрын

Fascinating the cartoon and it's history.

@cassandrawilliams7340 6 жыл бұрын

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

@CrashBandicoot1990 7 жыл бұрын

Do anyone know who was music producer or names of soundtracks used in cartoon ?

@AndrewTiffin 9 жыл бұрын

What is the name of the music playing in the background at 14:36?

@Blossom44100 8 жыл бұрын

Penelope Pitstop was my favorite!!

@arturootoya8914 4 жыл бұрын

And Hot!

@wolfmanimpure 3 жыл бұрын

Same here

@Joeykm1972 7 жыл бұрын

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

@paymydues 5 жыл бұрын

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

@roddyteague6246 4 жыл бұрын

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

@alworkedup 8 жыл бұрын

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

@jellymcmichaels4240 2 жыл бұрын

Same lol

@alexisdiva9 Жыл бұрын

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?

@tnaoro 5 жыл бұрын

Do the history if penopey pitstop!

@CaptainOvide 9 жыл бұрын

When Will We see the Fender Bender 500 Cartoons?

@markcutts383 Ай бұрын

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.

@agatenby41 6 жыл бұрын

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

@TsuladanGaming 6 жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

@@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 Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@wilfgilmour2090 8 жыл бұрын

Where can you get the merchandise

@imthedorf1964 8 жыл бұрын

I keep seeing there was a reference to Wacky Racers in South Park. Which episode was it?

@chioma8289 7 жыл бұрын

imthedorf1964 south park season 3 handicar

@anthonytaylor7928 2 жыл бұрын

I remember getting the action figures out of the cereal box

4 жыл бұрын

"Drat! Drat! And double drat!"

@IainShepherd1 4 ай бұрын

I am curious why it only ran one season in this format? did they think it was played out already? (I know there were spinoffs)

@kalebnolan8343 5 жыл бұрын

2019 and still dopeasfuck

@shayZero 6 жыл бұрын

What cereal are you eating? Ill start. Golden Grahams.

@AlexGreeneHypnotist 8 жыл бұрын

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

@matthwe3468 8 жыл бұрын

He won 3 actually.

@Blizzard-kf3qm 2 жыл бұрын

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

@BrandonKohout 2 жыл бұрын

Wacky Races is the Hanna-Barbera version of NASCAR and the Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote cartoons.

@kae4466 5 жыл бұрын

how many of these characters did h.b borrow from their other shows ? lie like the cameo apperance of the racers in jelleystone park. :)