Wacky Racers

OK, I have NO idea about the backstory, but these things just wallow in awesome:

Real life cartoon cars?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wacky_Races

NYG95GA wrote: Real life cartoon cars?

Yep. "Wacky Races"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wacky_Races

(They show it on the Boomerang network)

Dr. Seuss meets Goodwood.....

I smell another Challenge catagerey

Mental wrote: I smell another Challenge catagerey

From Wiki:

"Life-size working replicas of the vehicles have been built in the UK and appear annually at the Goodwood Festival Of Speed, with new additions being added each year. 2008 sees the last of the cars (the Anthill Mob in the Bulletproof Bomb 07) added to the collection thereby becoming the complete set."

Awesome. I watched that show a few times when I was little.

George Barris and Dr Seuss were getting high one day when........

It strikes me as a child-friendly, animated version of Death Race 2000.

I saw those cars at Goodwood a few years ago.

Ooh, Penelope Pitstop

No Mutsly...rackin frackin drackin......

Those are so cool!

A few months ago, when I started building my Austin A35 Teapot "Top-Hat / Goodwood Vintage" replica, a friend sent me a birthday card with this picture on it:

Stig is a Slag brother?!

Carson wrote: Stig is a Slag brother?!

Well, some say he is fluent in Caveman as well as Morse Code...

Carson wrote: Stig is a Slag brother?!

Which explains:

From wikipedia:

The Gruesome Twosome in the Creepy Coupe, hold the record for the most third places, with six. However, the Slag Brothers score the highest overall score, with 28, followed by the Buzzwagon with 25, and the Bulletproof Bomb with 24. According to FIA's Formula One pointscoring systems for the current years of the show, the final standings would be exactly the same, scoring 9 points to 1st place, 6 to 2nd and 4 to 3rd, the Slag Brothers would finish with 87 points, followed by the Buzzwagon with 79, and the Bulletproof Bomb with 74.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-0dbP6SwCQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3kcCFTadYQ

Oh, yah..almost forgot!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt3IROvTM1o&feature=related

The Slag Bros. were the Wacky Races champions? All my childhood dreams are dirt.

David S. Wallens wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wacky_Races

I remember watching it as a kid. Awesome that they did real re-creations of them.

I laugh like Mutley at times, FWIW.

friedgreencorrado wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-0dbP6SwCQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3kcCFTadYQ Oh, yah..almost forgot! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt3IROvTM1o&feature=related The Slag Bros. were the Wacky Races champions? All my childhood dreams are dirt.

you have effectively distracted me from my pre-work run lol....great stuff

After looking at the pictures, I'm just surprised to see this isn't a Japanese phenomenon. I suppose the Brits are close behind in terms of vehicular madness. Or is that the Russians...?

This was a GREAT cartoon series. It inspired many basement Wacky Racer-type projects by kids in our neighborhood, not too mention many rainy-day pretend Wacky Racer sessions in the basement. I'd say the lower age cutoff for remembering this series in its initial run is about 47.

I am 38 and I remember watching it.. a lot. Along with the other show with dastardly and mutley as they tried to catch the pigeon

I can still sing the theme song.

Where's Dick Dasterdly?

Jerry From LA wrote: I'd say the lower age cutoff for remembering this series in its initial run is about 47.

I'm guessing that's right. I'm 25 and the last I remember seeing a repeat was ~1990. That being said, when my blonde 3yo daughter recieved a pink Barbie Power Wheels from my FIL for her birthday, all I could think of was Penelope Pitstop.