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Wacky Races : Season 1
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Air date: 14 Sep '68 - 34 episodesWacky Races is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera. The series, inspired by the 1965 slapstick comedy film The Great Race, features 11 different cars racing against each other in various road rallies throughout North America, with each driver hoping to win the title of the "World's Wackiest Racer." Wacky Races ran on CBS from September 14, 1968, to January 4, 1969. Seventeen episodes were produced, with each episode featuring two different races. The cartoon had an unusually large number of regular characters, with twenty-three people and animals spread among the 11 race cars. Reruns of the series currently air several times a day on Cartoon Network's classic animation network Boomerang.
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List of Episodes (34)
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1. See-Saw to Arkansas/Creepy Trip to Lemon Twist
14 Sep '68On their way to Mustard Spread Arkansas, all the racers get caught up. Penelope Pistop & Ant Hill Mob get lost. Dick Dastardly falls and sinks into mud. Everyone else gets caught up in traffic.
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2. Why Oh Why Wyoming/Beat the Clock to Yellow Rock
14 Sep '68On their way to Lemon Twist Nevada, the Wacky Racers run into a deserted town and wonder into a bar where they find ghosts.
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3. Why Oh Why Wyoming
21 Sep '68On their way to Handsprings, Wyoming, the racers come across Native Americans.
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4. The Baja-Ha-Ha Race/Real Gone Ape
21 Sep '68On their way to Yellow Rock, the racers are stopped by a ranger to search for missing bears hiding in their trunks. Blubber Bear is mistaken for a runaway so Luke tries hiding him until he gets past the ranger. A bunch of bears take over the Ant Hill Mob and Dick Dastardly's cars.
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5. Scout Scatter/Free Wheeling to Wheeling
28 Sep '68Dick Dastardly dresses up as a Southener. Luke finds his cousin Elmer.
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6. Idaho a-Go-Go
28 Sep '68The cars have a chain reaction car crash. Penelope Pitstop falls for Dickk Dastardly's little red riding hood scheme.
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7. The Zippy Mississippi Race/Traffic Jambalaya
05 Oct '68Dick Dastardly uses a mud hole to try and stop everyone.
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8. Hot Race at Chillicothe/The Wrong Lumber Race
05 Oct '68Dick Dastardly hypnotizes a gorilla to stop the other racers. The other racers find away around him and again Dick Dastardly finishes last.
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9. Rhode Island Road Race/The Great Cold Rush Race
12 Oct '68The Anthill Mob disguises themselves as Wood Scouts to evade the police.
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10. Wacky Race to Ripsaw/Oils Well That Ends Well
12 Oct '68On their way to Wheeling, WV, Dick Dastardly uses construction cars (bulldozer, steamroller, a crane) to stop the racers.
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11. Whizzin' to Washington/The Dipsy Doodle Desert Derby
19 Oct '68Dick Dastardly leads the racers into an abandoned amusement park on their way to Upsan Downs.
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12. Eeny, Meeny Missouri Go!/The Super Silly Swamp Sprint
19 Oct '68On their way to Noah's Ark, AK, Dick Dastardly leads the racers into the War Games right in th middle of the race.
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13. The Zippy Mississippi Race
26 Oct '68On their way to Zippy, MS, the racers run into an angry plantation owner, with a shotgun.
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14. Traffic Jambalaya
26 Oct '68While headed towards Shinsplint, LO, Dick Dastardly convinces the racers there is a tame gorilla on the loose and a $50,000 reward for his safe return. But the racer find an untame bear instead of a gorilla.
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15. Hot Race at Chillicothe
02 Nov '68Heading to Chillicothe, OH, Dick Dastardly steals a Police car. The Anthill Mob disguises themselves as a little league baseball team and play Baseball against Dick Dastardly and Muttley.
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16. The Wrong Lumber Race
02 Nov '68Dick Dastardly uses trees, logs, and saws to win the race.
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17. Rhode Island Road Race
09 Nov '68Dick Dastardly desperatedly tries to win this race and almost does. He tries a construction site detour, Subway station, Hot sauce, and expanding his wheels.
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18. The Great Cold Rush Race
09 Nov '68Dick Dastardly dresses up as a snow monster to scare everyone away.
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19. Wacky Race to Ripsaw
16 Nov '68Today, the Wacky Racers are zooming up the track from Elbowgrease, Ohio to Ripsaw, Arkansas.
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20. Oils Well That Ends Well
16 Nov '68The next race sees the racers wending their wacky way westward from Oilcan, Oklahoma to Greasegun, Texas.
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21. Whizzin' to Washington
23 Nov '68The Wacky Racers pass by with a thunderous hue and cry on their way to Washington.
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22. The Dipsy Doodle Desert Derby
23 Nov '68From downtown Death Valley to uptown Doomstown, the Wacky Racers compete in the Desert Derby - trying to get a fraction of traction in the sand.
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23. Eeny, Meeny Missouri Go!
30 Nov '68Clear the road, step aside and watch those Wacky Racers ride all the way to Eeny Meeny, Missouri.
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24. The Super Silly Swamp Sprint
30 Nov '68The next race takes place from Sandy Soda Springs to Squishy Squash City.
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25. Dopey Dakota Derby
07 Dec '68The Wacky Racers roar out of Cactus City on the way to Gopher Gulch in the Badlands. Dick Dastardly tries to hold up the Wacky Racers, disguising himself as the same outlaw that he sees on a "Wanted" poster.
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