Wacky Races is an American animated television series from Hanna-Barbera Productions, about a group of 11 different cars racing against each other in various road rallies, with each driver hoping to win the title of the "World's Wackiest Racer." The cartoon was unusual in the large number of regular characters, twenty-three in total.

The series was inspired by the movie The Great Race. The series ran on CBS from September 14, 1968 to September 5, 1970. Seventeen episodes were produced with each episode featuring two different races for a total of 34 races in all.

Attempting to foil the racers' efforts was the show's resident stereotyped villain Dick Dastardly and his sidekick, Muttley the dog. Dastardly would gain a large lead then, like Wile E. Coyote in the Road Runner cartoons, execute all sorts of elaborate schemes to trap, divert, blow up or stop the other racers, only to see them backfire spectacularly. The intended object lesson may have been that Dastardly had what was arguably one of the fastest cars in the series and might have won several races had he only kept his mind on the race and off dirty-tricks. Like Wile E Coyote, Dastardly never saw victory. Many of Dastardly's plots look suspiciously similar to those used in Road Runner episodes, which might be explained by the fact that Mike Maltese was a scriptwriter on both series.

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@CocaBeenSlinky I'm going to upload somemore to my laptop now! I'll email you some out takes! It was like wacky races! Lol
julesey10 (julie aka@julesey1) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:32:16 -0000
@CocaBeenSlinky I'm going to upload somemore to my laptop now! I'll email you some out takes! It was like wacky races! Lol
Wacky Wolves: This evening Wolverhampton provided a really interesting finish to my week. In several races the .. http://bit.ly/7cfkJD
HorseracingUK (Horseracing UK) Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:33:56 -0000
Wacky Wolves: This evening Wolverhampton provided a really interesting finish to my week. In several races the .. http://bit.ly/7cfkJD
Wacky Races Dick Dastardly & Mutley nutcracker- OOAK! http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=31769194
nmtombari (Nicole M. Tombari) Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:35:51 -0000
Wacky Races Dick Dastardly & Mutley nutcracker- OOAK! http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=31769194
Don't think I've ever been so behind Man City. Chelsea are seeing this out like it were an episode of Wacky Races. Dastardly. #mancity
colbyrne (colbyrne) Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:24:35 -0000
Don't think I've ever been so behind Man City. Chelsea are seeing this out like it were an episode of Wacky Races. Dastardly. #mancity
@ScarlettVasquez odd :o Sounds like something from the Wacky Races!
the_pete (Pete Luckhurst) Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:38:28 -0000
@ScarlettVasquez odd :o Sounds like something from the Wacky Races!
@lilFRESHBEP wacky races!!! Ah ur fricken tight hun! LOL
Arden_Blake (Arden Blake) Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:44:42 -0000
@lilFRESHBEP wacky races!!! Ah ur fricken tight hun! LOL

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