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Is Wacky Races coming back?

Wacky Races (1968–1969) — comedy · children on CBS

The answer: Concluded January 4, 1969.
Wacky Races poster
Genre
Comedy · Children
Network / streamer
CBS
Premiered
September 14, 1968
Ended
January 4, 1969
Runtime
~15 min per episode
TVMaze rating
7.6 / 10
1season
34episodes
7.6/ 10

About Wacky Races

The show ended on January 4, 1969, after its first season aired on CBS. There are no upcoming episodes scheduled for this series.

Wacky Races was a comedy and children's animated series that originally premiered in 1968. It depicted a series of car races where participants used a variety of creative and unconventional vehicles, often engaging in antics and tactics like shortcuts and combat, with rules that were intentionally lax. The series followed a group of racers, including the recurring villains Dick Dastardly and his dog Muttley, who were always trying to cheat their way to victory in their own ineffectual manner.

The show featured voice performances by Paul Winchell as Dick Dastardly, Private Meekly, and Clyde, and Don Messick as Muttley, Professor Pat Pending, Gravel Slag, Bella Gruesome, and Ring-a-Ding. It was a short-form series with each episode lasting about 15 minutes, and it has an average rating of 7.6 on TVMaze.

Wacky Races episode schedule

34 aired

Aired · 34

DateEp.Title
January 4, 1969 S1·E34 The Carlsbad or Bust Bash
January 4, 1969 S1·E33 Race to Racine
December 28, 1968 S1·E32 Overseas Hi-Way Race
December 28, 1968 S1·E31 The Ski Resort Road Race
December 21, 1968 S1·E30 Fast Track to Hackensack
December 21, 1968 S1·E29 Ballpoint, Penn. or Bust
December 14, 1968 S1·E28 Race Rally to Raleigh
December 14, 1968 S1·E27 Speeding for Smogland
December 7, 1968 S1·E26 Dash to Delaware
December 7, 1968 S1·E25 Dopey Dakota Derby
November 30, 1968 S1·E24 The Super Silly Swamp Sprint
November 30, 1968 S1·E23 Eeny, Meeny Missouri Go!
November 23, 1968 S1·E22 The Dipsy Doodle Desert Derby
November 23, 1968 S1·E21 Whizzin' to Washington
November 16, 1968 S1·E20 Oils Well That Ends Well
November 16, 1968 S1·E19 Wacky Race to Ripsaw
November 9, 1968 S1·E18 The Great Cold Rush Race
November 9, 1968 S1·E17 Rhode Island Road Race
November 2, 1968 S1·E16 The Wrong Lumber Race
November 2, 1968 S1·E15 Hot Race at Chillicothe
October 26, 1968 S1·E14 Traffic Jambalaya
October 26, 1968 S1·E13 The Zippy Mississippi Race
October 19, 1968 S1·E12 The Speedy Arkansas Traveler
October 19, 1968 S1·E11 By Roller Coaster to Upsan Downs
October 12, 1968 S1·E10 Free Wheeling to Wheeling
October 12, 1968 S1·E9 Scout Scatter
October 5, 1968 S1·E8 Real Gone Ape
October 5, 1968 S1·E7 The Baja-Ha-Ha Race
September 28, 1968 S1·E6 Idaho a-Go-Go
September 28, 1968 S1·E5 Mish Mash Missouri Dash
Show 4 earlier episodes
September 21, 1968 S1·E4 Beat the Clock to Yellow Rock
September 21, 1968 S1·E3 Why Oh Why Wyoming
September 14, 1968 S1·E2 Creepy Trip to Lemon Twist
September 14, 1968 S1·E1 See-Saw to Arkansas

Wacky Races cast

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