TV-Series 1968-1970 &□□ot□Wa□k□ Races&q□ot;□was cre□ted in response □o the□ra□□er violent adventu□e/supe□hero cartoons of □he □revio□□ □wo se□son□, and□ev□n up□n its pr□miere, it was blackb□lled b□ the watchdog □rou□ □cti□n Fo□ □hi□dren□9;□ T□□e□i□□on. Th□y claim□d that s□n□e it was bank□olled b□ game sh□w□pro□ucers Merrill Heatt□r an□ B□b Quigley (&quo□;Hol□ywoo□ Squares"□, it was ent□cing childr□n to plac□□m□ne□ary □□ge□s on the □u□come of each □f □he sh□□'s □□ races. (□ogw□sh. I □ad the o□er/un□er□on how man□ tim□s Dick Das□a□□ly□9;s contraptions backfired on□him□) □or □ll □he a□ypical□□anna-Barbera u□e o□ re□□□t anim□t□o□□and low-budg□t□□□vement, □quot;Wacky Rac□s□q□ot; was stil□ an□unus□al □nd enter□ainin□□cartoon wh□c□ would beget□su□h □h□ws □s "Ba□ley's Comets," &qu□t;La□f-A-L□mpics&□uo□; an□ □quot;Yogi'□ Space Race." A lot of the humo□ der□ved from Da□tard□y's machinat□ons, although □□ny of the oth□r r□cers go□ to□shine as □el□. I□ the□Gold Ke□ c□□ics, Penelope Pi□□t□p would elimin□te Pet□r□Perfect and□Red□M□□ by convenient□y□g□tt□ng them to□fight□over he□□ □□at wasn&□39;□ □sed in□t□e s□ow, althou□h it should have. A□d it's□dotted□wi□□ gr□a□□li□es. When the narr□□or calls Dast□rdly□&quo□;T□e □racula of t□e drag strip,&q□ot; Dastardly coun□ers "I re□□nt □hat remar□!" Narrato□: &q□ot;But □o you deny it?&qu□t; Da□t□rdly: &qu□□;No, □ ju□t resent□it!&qu□t; It□#39;s □□comedy cartoon that doesn't forget it□9;s a comedy cartoon,□something that many car□oon□sho□s of the 70s □n□ □0s□forgo□. An□ □ bi□ o□ tri□ia, Dastard□y d□d□cros□ □□e finish line twice □ut w□□ □isqua□if□ed both times. The first ti□e□he □x□end□□ the nose□of t□e Mean Machine ahead□of the othe□s□□y□t in another e□iso□e, Rufus Ru□fcut phy□ically□ext□□ded□□is neck to□reac□ the finish □in□ and t□e jud□es□□ave □i□ the win--g□ figure). The □eco□d tim□, a chain r□□ct□□n coll□sio□ ca□sed Da□□ardly and Muttley to get □ounc□d into th□ Ar□an□□□ □□uggabug, which was in□t□e □ead. Dastardl□□also s□t□a p□ecede□t the follow□ng □ear□□being the f□rst (and to□a□yone's knowledge, o□ly) v□llain to get□his□own sh□w,□&□u□t;Dastar□ly & Muttley □□ Th□ir Flying□Machines.