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Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines

★ 7.1 4K votes 1969–1970 1 season · 17 episodes Ended CBS
SlapstickBroad, physical comedy.This show: 9/10Kids & familyGenuinely watchable for and with children.This show: 9/10Family-safeNothing to worry about with anyone in the room.This show: 9/10EpisodicSelf-contained episodes you can watch in almost any order.This show: 9/10Easy watchingLow-demand television where half your attention is enough.This show: 8/10CampyKnowingly over the top and enjoying every minute of its own excess.This show: 7/10NostalgicTrades on longing for a past era, in the story or around it.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Don MessickPaul Winchell
Starring
Don MessickPaul Winchell
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
020406080

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About

"Slapstick aviation chaos with a laughing dog sidekick"

This 1969 Hanna-Barbera cartoon follows bumbling WWI-era aviator Dastardly and his snickering dog Muttley as they chase a plucky carrier pigeon across the skies, forever foiled by their own gadgets and greed. Each short is a breezy slapstick chase built on sight gags, exploding contraptions, and Muttley's wheezy laugh. It's fast, silly, and unapologetically repetitive, more concerned with visual gags than plot. Nostalgic charm carries it more than sophistication, and it plays best in small doses rather than a full binge, especially for viewers who grew up with Saturday morning cartoons.

Watch it for

the gleeful slapstick timing and Muttley's iconic snickering laugh carrying every short.

Maybe skip if

you need plot progression rather than repetitive gag-based chase cartoons.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 11969
7.11K176h 13m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Fur Out Furlough/Barn Dance/Hot Soup/Muttley on the Bounty/Sappy Birthday7.1
7222 min
▶2Follow That Feather/Barber/Empty Hangar/What's New Old Bean/Operation Anvil7.0
6322 min
▶3Sky Hi-IQ/Prop Wash/Carpet/The Marvelous Muttdini/A Plain Shortage of Planes7.4
6222 min
▶4Barnstormers/Arnold/Pineapple Sundae/The New Mascot/The Bad Actor/Shape Up or Ship Out7.2
6022 min
▶5Stop That Pigeon/Grease Job/Robot/The Big Topper/Zilly's a Dilly7.1
6022 min
▶6The Cuckoo Patrol/Automatic Door/Airmail/Runway Stripe/The Masked Muttley/Pest Pilots7.3
6022 min
▶7The Swiss Yelps/Eagle Beagle/Deep Reading/Shell Game/Slightly Loaded/Movie Stuntman7.4
6222 min
▶8Fly by Knights/There's No Fool Like a Re-Fuel/Springtime/Dog's Life/Strange Equipment/Coonskin Caper7.1
5922 min
▶9Movies Are Badder Than Ever/Home Sweet Homing Pigeon/The Elevator/Obedience School/The Aquanuts7.2
5722 min
▶10Lens a Hand/Vacation Trip Trap/Parachute/Real Snapper/Leonardo De Muttley6.9
5622 min
▶11Stop Which Pigeon?/Ceiling Zero Zero/Fast Freight/Home Run/Start Your Engines7.0
5922 min
▶12Who's Who/Operation Birdbrain/Bowling Pin/Shrink Job/Ship Ahooey7.1
5722 min
▶13Medal Muddle/Go South Young Pigeon/The Window Washer/Beach Blast/Admiral Bird Dog7.3
5721 min
▶14Too Many Kooks/Ice See You/Echo/Rainmaker/Professor Muttley7.1
5822 min
▶15Balmy Swami/Camouflage Hop-Aroo/Mop Up/Left Hanging/Wild Mutt Muttley7.2
5822 min
▶16Have Plane Will Travel/Windy Windmill/Tough Break/The Ice Cream Tree/Astromutt6.9
5522 min
▶17Plane Talk/Happy Bird Day/Boxing/Runaway Rug/Super Muttley7.2
5722 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Don Messick Klunk, Muttley, Zilly
Paul Winchell Dick Dastardly, The General, Clockmaker

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