Product Description Wacky Races: The Complete Series (DVD)START YOUR ENGINES! Diabolical do-badder Dick Dastardly, his snickering canine cohort Muttley and their Mean Machine take on you and all comers for all the fast and furious fun of the complete animated series Wacky Races. GEAR UP to keep pace with this dimwitted duo as well as their rivals: Peter Perfect in his Turbo Terrific, Luke and Blubber Bear in the Arkansas Chugga-Bug, the Ant Hill Mob in the Bulletproof Bomb and glamorous Penelope Pitstop in her pink Compact Pussycat. FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS for all 34 original episodes plus Hilarious, High-Speed Extras that will keep you awake at the wheel straight through TO THE FINISH LINE!]]> .com Mix The Great Race with the slapstick humor of Road Runner cartoons and the wildly inventive minds of Hanna-Barbera, and you've got the 1968 animated series Wacky Races. You remember the lineup: the Slag brothers in the Boulder-Mobile; the Gruesome Twosome in the Creepy Coupe, with a dragon in its belfry; Prof. Pat Pending (ha ha) in the Convert-a-Car; Red Max in the Crimson Haybailer biplane; Sergeant Blast and Private Meekly in the tank-like Army Surplus Special; the Ant Hill Mob in the Bullitt-Proof Bomb; Lazy Luke and Blubber Bear in the Arkansas Chugga-Bug; Rufus Ruffcut and Sawtooth the beaver in the Buzz Wagon; the Belle of the Brickyard, Penelope Pitstop, in the Compact Pussycat; Peter Perfect in the Turbo Terrific; and our hissable villains, Dick Dastardly and his snickering muttering dog, Muttley ("Sassa frassin'...") in the Mean Machine. In each 11-minute episode, the physics-defying cars compete in different areas of the country ("See-Saw to Arkansas," "Rhode Island Road Race," "The Carlsbad or Bust Bash"), so evenly matched that any car has a chance to win despite the evil schemes of Dastardly and Muttley, who always seem to come to a Wile E. Coyote-type end (writer Mike Maltese worked on both series). There's never really a plot, but just a string of situations and gags before someone finally crosses the finish line to earn the checkered flag. The DVD set contains all 34 episodes of the series, looking reasonably good. Four members of the original creative team appear on a commentary track on four different episodes, and their discussion is less interesting for what they have to say about Wacky Races ("What was that car again?") than for their memories of working for Hanna-Barbera ("we did things off the top of the head"). There's also pop-up factoids on two episodes, a 20-minute recap of the series' history, and a look at the two spinoff series, Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines and The Perils of Penelope Pitstop. That a relatively short-lived series could inspire two spinoffs, toys, comic books, a CD-ROM game, and other souvenirs is a testament to its ability to capture the Saturday-morning imagination and create a lot of fond memories. --David Horiuchi
P**R
Love the oldies
Loved watching these as a kid. Now I can share the oldies with my kids
A**R
everything
excellent condition!!! love it!!!!
A**R
:)
Driver put it at the wrong doorThe case is in a nice conditionthe discs are beautiful nice and clean
C**P
House hold necessity
Glad my daughter gets to grow up with my old cartoons too! Perfect for saturday mornings:-)
R**Y
Good stuff
Great collection. Brought me back to my childhood. Very fun to watch.
E**E
Wacky Races
Enjoy watching old cartoons and now want to share them with my kids. Growing up as a kid in the early 80's there was clean, funny characters with leaning lessons. Cheaters don't win....The option for Closed caption would been great...
J**S
Classic Hanna-Barbera Animation
October 19 brings a promising release of Wacky Races, the series where many different characters compete in races in their custom cars. Sadly I dont think Cartoon Network plays these shows anymore so many kids may not know what this is. Adults will remember it though and it certainly is a show the entire family can enjoy. The characters:Luke and Blubber Bear in the Arkansas ChugabugThe Slag Brothers, Rock and Gravel, in the Boulder MobileThe Gruesome Twosome in the Creepy CoupeProfessor Pat Pending in the Ring-A-Ding Covert-A-CarThe Red Max in the Crimson HaybailerThe Sarge and Private Meekly in the Army Surplus SpecialThe Ant Hill Mob in the Bulletproof BombPeter Perfect in the Turbo TerrificPenelope Pitstop in the Compact PussycatRufus Ruffcut and Sawtooth in the BuzzwagonDick Dastardly and Muttley in the Mean MachineThe show follows a similar pattern: Dick Dastardly and Mutley cheat every way they can to win but never do, and Muttley always laughs about it. Different riders would win on each episode, often with dilemmas within the race (mostly caused by Dick Dastardly/Muttley). It is a simple but fun show that I loved watching and I am glad we are getting the complete series of 34 episodes on dvd. There look to be good extras included on here, and each episode has been remastered to look better than ever before. Amazon's price of $[...] is a steal for what you get so I encourage fans of 60s/70s animation as well as first-time fans to pick this bargain up. It is fun for the whole family, old or young. Episodes listing of the show:1 See Saw To Arkansas2 Creepy Trip to Lemon Twist3 Why Oh Why Wyoming4 Beat the Clock To Yellow Rock5 Mish Mash Missouri Dash6 Idaho A Go-Go7 Scout Scatter8 Free Wheeling to Wheeling9 The Baja-Ha-Ha Race10 Real Gone Ape11 By Rollercoaster To Upsans Downs12 The Speedy Arkansas Traveller13 Rhode Island Road Race14 The Great Cold Rush Race15 Eeny Miny Missouri Go16 The Super Silly Swamp Sprint17 The Zippy Mississippi Race18 Traffic Jambalaya19 Hot Race At Chillicothe20 The Wrong Lumber Race21 Wacky Race To Ripsaw22 Oils Well That Ends Well23 Whizzin' To Washington24 The Dipsy Doodle Desert Derby25 Speeding for Smogland26 Race Rally to Raleigh27 The Dopey Dakota Derby28 Dash to Delaware29 Ballpoint Penn. Or Bust30 Fast Track to Hackensack31 Race to Racine32 The Carlsbad or Bust Bash33 The Ski Resort Road Race34 Overseas Hi-Way RaceHope this convinces you to buy this set, it looks to be a great release of some classic animation from the 60's and 70's.
S**S
Love it
Great version of the full series. Has always been one of my favorite cartoons!
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