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Wacky Races

★ 7.5 9K votes 1968–1969 1 season · 17 episodes Ended CBS
Kids & 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: 9/10SlapstickBroad, physical comedy.This show: 8/10Easy 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: 7/10Chaotic energyLoud, frenetic and gleefully anarchic.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Paul WinchellJohn StephensonJanet WaldoDon MessickDaws ButlerDave Willock
Starring
Paul WinchellJohn StephensonJanet WaldoDon MessickDaws ButlerDave Willock
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"Cartoon chaos where cheating is the whole point"

A rotating cast of oddball racers competes in a cross-country road rally, each driving a wildly customized car and scheming to win by any means necessary. Among them is the mustachioed villain Dick Dastardly, who always tries to cheat and sabotage rivals rather than actually win fairly, aided by his snickering dog Muttley. Each short episode is a self-contained race with slapstick gags, cartoonish contraptions, and simple gotcha humor. It's fast, silly, and repetitive by design, built for kids and nostalgic adults rather than anyone wanting depth or continuity.

Watch it for

the gleeful, scheming villainy of Dick Dastardly and Muttley stealing every episode.

Maybe skip if

you want continuity or stakes beyond gag-based, race-of-the-week slapstick.

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

All Seasons

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Season 11968
7.22K176h 39m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1See-Saw to Arkansas/Creepy Trip to Lemon Twist7.5
18422 min
▶2Why Oh Why Wyoming/Beat the Clock to Yellow Rock7.2
14723 min
▶3Mish Mash Missouri Dash/Idaho a-Go-Go7.1
13222 min
▶4The Baja-Ha-Ha Race/Real Gone Ape7.4
12222 min
▶5Scout Scatter/Free Wheeling to Wheeling7.3
12122 min
▶6By Rollercoaster to Upsan Downs/The Speedy Arkansas Traveller7.4
11222 min
▶7The Zippy Mississippi Race/Traffic Jambalaya7.4
11030 min
▶8Hot Race to Chillicothe/The Wrong Lumber Race7.3
10622 min
▶9Rhode Island Road Race/The Great Cold Rush Race7.3
10930 min
▶10Wacky Race to Ripsaw/Oils Well That Ends Well7.1
11022 min
▶11Whizzin' to Washington/The Dipsy Doodle Desert Derby7.2
10922 min
▶12Eeny Miny Missouri Go/The Super Silly Swamp Sprint7.2
10722 min
▶13Dopey Dakota Derby/Dash to Delaware7.1
10622 min
▶14Speeding for Smogland/Race Rally to Raleigh7.1
10322 min
▶15Ballpoint, Penn., or Bust/Fast Track to Hackensack7.0
10022 min
▶16The Ski Resort Road Race/Overseas Hi-Way Race7.1
10030 min
▶17Race to Racine/The Carlsbad or Bust Bash7.0
9922 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Paul Winchell Clyde, Dick Dastardly, Pvt. Meekley
John Stephenson Blubber Bear, Luke
Janet Waldo Penelope Pitstop
Don Messick Gravel Slag, Little Gruesome, Muttley
Daws Butler Big Gruesome, Peter Perfect, Red Max
Dave Willock Narrator

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