Product ReviewsWacky Races - The Complete Series (DVD, 2004, 3-Disc Set)

Whacky Races!

Finally a DVD with the good ol' cartoons from the '60s! All the episodes, featuring Perfect Pete, Penelope Pitstop, the Slag Brothers, Professor Pat Pending, and, of course, Dick Dastardly and Muttley. I had a great evening with my kids, reminiscing of my days as a kid. Don't know when this one was produced, but it's a new DVD, not a film transfer, so the picture is clear, the music is, well, 60's cartoon music, but as originally recorded. The box has a faux cartoon cell on the cover, nicely done, with good pictures of the characters throughout. Three disks total. Worth every penny, enjoying these old classics! Now if I could just find Super Chicken ...Read full review...

Not As Good As I Remembered, But Not Bad

When I was a kid, I couldn't wait on Saturday mornings for the Wacky Races to come on. My sentimental favorite was the ConvertaCar driven by Professor Pat Pending and my pet hate was Peter Perfect's Turbo Terrific - but I harbored a sneaking admiration for the Double-Zero Mean Machine driven by Dick Dastardly and Muttley the Snickering Hound. The absurd road rallies the Wacky Racers ran in lent themselves to rule-bending and cheating, and not merely by the show's villainous duo in the Mean Meachine. As with his avatar Wile E. Coyote, Dastardly would go to extremes in an attempt to win by cheating using ingenious plots and bizarre devices worthy of the master, and of course would never win.

Except for the times that he actually did. In the pilot episode, he crossed the finish line and won by a nose in a photo finish and a cloud of dust if you view the finish in frame advance mode; but as aired, the show's version of the finish had him advancing the Mean Machine's nose with a scissors extender. Personally, I think Dick got robbed. And there was the time he decided to race honestly while everyone ELSE cheated like mad, and he STILL lost because the judges wouldn't call the rest of the Racers on their actions! Okay, the premise doesn't work as well if the bad guy wins sometimes, but still...

This series, like The Great Race before it, is a forerunner of the cult classic racing movie The Gumball Rally and the horrid Cannonball Run movies it inspired. The animation is 1960s Hanna-Barbera simple, sometimes Tom Terrific simple it feels like, not in it with what Warner Brothers and Disney were doing and nowhere near as spohisticated as the current state of the art. But if you want to while away a few hours with an enduring, endearing villain and a bunch of the screwiest racing cars ever conceived, Wacky Races will keep you nicely entertained.Read full review...

Wacky is right

An animated depiction of those Manificent Men in their Junt up Jelopies.
Styreotipical characters racer their way acrossed rural America at the chance for the title of the "Worlds Wackiest Racer". As Dick Destardly comes up with diabolical scemes to eliminate the other racers instead of racing them. Proving again that cheaters never win. The over played Styreotyped characters are halirious; as Penelope Pitstop is the damsel in distress, Peter Perfect is the spoiled rich well mannered hero, Dick Destardly as the Destardly sneaky cheater, and other character depicting all corners of society. These short run versions are fun to watch and keeps you wondering what will be next and who will win this time.Read full review...

Wacky Races

Wacky Races is a blast from the past with lots of great childhood memories. My niece Lauren and nephew Andrew really enjoyed it as well! Everybody loves Muttley. The color and animation are great. While this does have lots of characters they are easy to learn for children and not confusing. A fun way to watch the races are to pick a favorite driver and cheer for them to win every race just like you would a NASCAR race. Just don't pick Dick Dastardly,
he comes up short every race.Read full review...

classic

this is definitely classic cartoon
where are cartoons like this today ?
as a kid would wake up every saturday morning
and watch cartoons like this...funny and entertaining..
thanks for bringing back some childhood memories
will go into mancave nicelyRead full review...

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Thumbs-up

I bought this for my husband. I didn't remember how funny it was until I saw a few episodes on YouTube. This is all true Hanna-Barbera classic I had to recommend it for everyone

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No need to miss those Sat. am cartoons of 40 years ago!

Wackey Races, the complete series in one dvd package. Are youy over 40 and miss all those great Saturday morning cartoons? Well, grab your cup of coffee, a bowl of Captin' Crunch and your favorite amusement aid and start living in the past. This was when art, heart and soul was involved in making Saturday morning interesting. Don't forget to look for all those double-sided jokes inserted purposely for audult entertainment, too!Read full review...

wacky races - the complete series

This was a favorite of mine growing up in 70's & have always loved the charecter muttley the dog, I spoke about these charecters with my 6 yr old daughter and she wanted to see the wacky races, so I bought the entire series on DVD.. she loves it !! and it brings back fond memories for me as I rewatch the series many years later, it's great fun, entertaining, pure laughs unlike some of the cartoons of today that are way too complicated and violant ect..Read full review...

Wacky races complete series 2004 3 DVDs

This is a great cartoon that my wife and I used to watch when we were younger so we thought we would get it for our 5 year old grandson because he loves to watch cartoons and he really enjoys watching the cartoons that we watched when we were younger like fat Albert the smurfs the flintstones now he has this great cartoon 3 DVD complete series to add to his collection of older cartoonsRead full review...

WACKY RACES! ...THE 1960'S INSPIRATION FOR MARIO KART? LOL....

Fun colorful cartoon racers, hilariously sabotaging each other to win, cheating with short-cuts and sneaky tactics and careening into laugh-out loud crashes! Wacky Races was ahead of it's time in more ways than one. THE ADVENTURES OF PENELOPE PITSTOP, DASTARDLY AND MUTTLEY, and CAPTAIN CAVEMAN AND THE TEEN ANGELS are all spin-off cartoon shows from this one very cool cartoon show!Read full review...

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