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21 June 1970 (Netherlands)
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The participants of an unusual car race compete around America. full summary
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(Series Cast [6]) | Daws Butler | ... | Big Gruesome / ... (6 episodes, 1968) |
 | Don Messick | ... | Gravel Slag / ... (6 episodes, 1968) |
| John Stephenson | ... | Blubber Bear / ... (6 episodes, 1968) |
| Janet Waldo | ... | Penelope Pitstop (6 episodes, 1968) |
| Dave Willock | ... | Narrator (6 episodes, 1968) |
| Paul Winchell | ... | Clyde / ... (6 episodes, 1968) |
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Argentina:30 min | USA:20 min (34 episodes)
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This was one of several cartoon shows cancelled during the late-1960s/early-1970's (Hanna-Barbera's "Fantastic Four" was another) due to parental protests about excessive violence in children's programming.
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Referenced in The 100 Greatest Cartoons (2005) (TV)
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You had the Flintstones, which was essentially an animated version of the Honeymooners, and you had the Jetsons, which was essentially a futuristic version of the Flintstones. You had Bugs and Daffy, Tom and Jerry, Woody Woodpecker and Popeye and Bluto, but nothing comes close to the Wacky Races for originality.
For the uinitiated, each week there is a "wacky race" to determine the "world's wackiest racer." A dozen cars participate, each with a unique characteristic. There's Dick Dastardly, and his sidekick, Muttley; Penelope Pitstop and her compact-on-wheels; Peter Perfect and his turbo-charged (and "symbolic") long-nosed racing car, and a host of other "Wackos" who became like an extended family of crazy uncles to a generation of youngsters.