
Wacky Races is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera that originally aired in 1968. The show is a parody of traditional car races, featuring a variety of eccentric characters and their outlandish vehicles, all racing across different terrains in a madcap competition for first place. The series is centered around a group of 11 racers, each with their own unique vehicle and distinct personality. The main characters include Dick Dastardly and his dog Muttley, who are always trying to cheat and sabotage the other competitors, although they never succeed. Other notable racers include Penelope Pitstop, the glamorous but tough driver; the adventurous Red Max; and the lovable duo, the Slag Brothers, who drive a massive, rock-like car.
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Air Date: 1968-09-14
On their way to Mustard Spread Arkansas, all the racers get caught up. Penelope Pistop & Ant Hill Mob get lost. Dick ...
Air Date: 1968-09-14
On their way to Lemon Twist Nevada, the Wacky Racers run into a deserted town and wonder into a bar where they find g...
Air Date: 1968-09-21
The Wacky Racers roar across the desert, dashing toward Rock Springs, Wyo. Meanwhile, Dick Dastardly teams up with In...
Air Date: 1968-09-21
On their way to Yellow Rock, the racers are stopped by a ranger to search for missing bears hiding in their trunks. B...
Air Date: 1968-09-28
Dick Dastardly dresses up as a Southener. Luke finds his cousin Elmer.
Air Date: 1968-09-28
The racers embark on a lap to a little town in Idaho, while Dastardly tries to entrap Penelope Pitstop with a "Little...
Air Date: 1968-10-05
In Mexico, Dick Dastardly and Muttley try to slow the other drivers by using a herd of cow-shaped balloons to block t...
Air Date: 1968-10-05
Dick Dastardly hypnotizes a gorilla to stop the other racers. The other racers find away around him and again Dick Da...
Air Date: 1968-10-12
The Anthill Mob disguises themselves as Wood Scouts to evade the police.
Air Date: 1968-10-12
On their way to Wheeling, WV, Dick Dastardly uses construction cars (bulldozer, steamroller, a crane) to stop the rac...
Air Date: 1968-10-19
Dick Dastardly leads the racers into an abandoned amusement park on their way to Upsan Downs.
Air Date: 1968-10-19
On their way to Noah's Ark, AK, Dick Dastardly leads the racers into the War Games right in th middle of the race.
Air Date: 1968-10-26
The Wacky Races gang competes in The Zippy Mississippi Race, a wild river race filled with gators, whirlpools, and ou...
Air Date: 1968-10-26
The Wacky Races crew takes on the Traffic Jambalaya, a chaotic race through the bustling, maze-like streets of New Or...
Air Date: 1968-11-02
Heading to Chillicothe, OH, Dick Dastardly steals a Police car. The Anthill Mob disguises themselves as a little leag...
Air Date: 1968-11-02
Dick Dastardly uses trees, logs, and saws to win the race.
Air Date: 1968-11-09
Dick Dastardly desperatedly tries to win this race and almost does. He tries a construction site detour, Subway stati...
Air Date: 1968-11-09
Dick Dastardly dresses up as a snow monster to scare everyone away.
Air Date: 1968-11-16
Today, the Wacky Racers are zooming up the track from Elbowgrease, Ohio to Ripsaw, Arkansas.
Air Date: 1968-11-16
The next race sees the racers wending their wacky way westward from Oilcan, Oklahoma to Greasegun, Texas.
Air Date: 1968-11-23
The Wacky Racers pass by with a thunderous hue and cry on their way to Washington.
Air Date: 1968-11-23
From downtown Death Valley to uptown Doomstown, the Wacky Racers compete in the Desert Derby - trying to get a fracti...
Air Date: 1968-11-30
Clear the road, step aside and watch those Wacky Racers ride all the way to Eeny Meeny, Missouri.
Air Date: 1968-11-30
The next race takes place from Sandy Soda Springs to Squishy Squash City.
Air Date: 1968-12-07
The Wacky Racers roar out of Cactus City on the way to Gopher Gulch in the Badlands. Dick Dastardly tries to hold up ...
Air Date: 1968-12-07
Through the valley and over the dale, the Wacky Racers hit the trail to far off Wott-Will, Delaware. Dick Dastardly s...
Air Date: 1968-12-14
Today, we find the Wacky Racers speeding through the mountains toward Jollywood, California.
Air Date: 1968-12-14
Roaring down the highway, the Wacky Racers relentlessly roll along to the finish line at Raleigh.
Air Date: 1968-12-21
The cars are strung out on the first lap of today's Wacky Race, with the finish line in far-off Ballpoint, Pennsylvania.
Air Date: 1968-12-21
The racers hurtle toward their next destination in Hackensack.
Air Date: 1968-12-28
Today's Wacky Racers are slipping and sliding through ski resort country from Mush-Mush, Michigan to Iceandsnow, Idaho.
Air Date: 1968-12-28
Today, our Wacky Race takes place over water, as our Wacky Racers are island-hopping in Florida on their way from Key...
Air Date: 1969-01-04
There they go on another wild and wacky race to Racine. Early race favourites include Professor Pat Pending, the Grue...
Air Date: 1969-01-04
And here they are, folks, warming up their cars for the hottest race ever to Carlsbad. Early race favourites include ...