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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Turner
EAN: 0014764246321
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Subtitled, Animated, NTSC
Label: Turner Home Ent
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 MonoEnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitled
Manufacturer: Turner Home Ent
MPN: HBRDH2463D
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Turner Home Ent
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 26, 2004
Running Time: 30 minutes
Studio: Turner Home Ent
Theatrical Release Date: 1968
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Studio: Hanna Barbera Release Date: 10/19/2004 Run time: 408 minutes Rating: Nr
Amazon.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
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What a fun series, this was. I grew up watching these cartoons and they're still just as fun now as they were then. Gotta love the bad guys sometimes.
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Very repetitive as every episode is a slightly different theme for racing. Not my favourite. Great quality though
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My daughter loves it. Thanks for such a great product. Now she can watch "Wacky Races" anytime that she wants to instead of just 30 minutes a day. Thank you so much!
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Wacky Races is still the greatest cartoon ever released and now that it is available on DVD it now lives on forever as a classic toon!! Such lines as from Dick Dastardly "Drats and Double Drats" and Muttley's snickering to the Convert-O-car of Pat Pending and the pristine Penelope Pitstop, Peter Perfect etc. are relived on this 3DVD set. Get yourself a copy, highly recommended, and you too will become a wayout Wacky racer!!
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When I found out that "Wacky Races" was out on DVD, I was thrilled with delight, because I haven't seen those cartoons in decades, so I ordered my own copy of it! I like all of the drivers & their cars, including Dick Dastardly & Muttley and the Mean Machine, especially when they cheat & something bad happens to Dastardly and Muttley laughs about it. I also like the creative names of the episodes (See-Saw to Arkansas, The Great Cold Rush Race, etc.). I also enjoy the special bonus features, especially ... Read More
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