Wacky Races (2017 TV series) explained

Theme Music Composer:Hoyt Curtin
Country:United States
Language:English
Num Seasons:2
Num Episodes:78
List Episodes:List of Wacky Races (2017 TV series) episodes
Executive Producer:Sam Register
Editor:Craig Paulsen
Runtime:11 minutes
Company:Warner Bros. Animation
Network:Boomerang
Last Aired:[1]

Wacky Races is an American animated television series developed by Rebecca Himot and Tramm Wigzell. It is a reboot/revival series, but serves as a sequel to the 1968–69 Hanna-Barbera animated series of the same name. The show debuted in 2017 on Boomerang's video on demand service in the United States.[2] [3] Wacky Races was picked up for a second season.[4]

Summary

The series features the return of some of the characters from the original Wacky Races program: Dick Dastardly, Muttley, Penelope Pitstop, Peter Perfect and the Gruesome Twosome. More than half of the original characters do not return.[5] Several new characters were introduced, including new racer I. Q. Ickly, announcer Brick Crashman, racing sponsor P. T. Barnstorm, and Penelope's twin sister Pandora Pitstop.

While the reboot is based on the original series, it also focuses on the Racers' personal lives; storylines are added and there usually is no actual winner or loser at the end of each race. There is also meta-humor and fourth wall breaking.

Characters

Main

Secondary

Racers

Non-racers

Guest stars

Episodes

See main article: List of Wacky Races (2017 TV series) episodes.

Broadcast

Wacky Races premiered internationally in 2017. The first episode was released on Boomerang's SVOD service in the United States on August 14, 2017. The other 11 episodes were released on August 31, 2017.

The series was first shown on television in the United States on the Boomerang channel, with the episode "Under the Rainbow" airing on Boomerang as a preview on February 22, 2018,[6] and the series officially premiering on the Boomerang channel on May 21, 2018, alongside another show from Boomerang's SVOD service, Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz.

The series aired as a repeat on Cartoon Network on August 13, 2018.[7]

Home video

Start Your Engines!, a DVD release containing the first 10 episodes of the series, was released on April 24, 2018.[8]

Notes and References

  1. 1072930347933790208. Not that I know of. The three shows I know were canceled were all the Boomerang App Exclusive Shows. Wacky Races, Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs, and Dorothy and the Wizard Of Oz, which I was on. willterrell. December 12, 2018. December 9, 2019.
  2. Web site: Boomerang Schedule – Cartoon Network. 22 February 2018. 26 March 2018. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20180222154909/http://www.adultswim.com/adultswimdynsched/servlet/BoomerangServlet?action=selectBMDay. 22 February 2018.
  3. Web site: Todd Spangler . March 7, 2017 . Turner, Warner Bros. to Launch Boomerang Cartoon Streaming-Subscription Service for $5 Monthly . March 24, 2017 . Variety.
  4. Web site: Google Photos. photos.google.com. 19 September 2017.
  5. https://screen-connections.com/2018/04/26/dvd-review-wacky-races-start-your-engines-season-1-volume-1-now-available-on-dvd-digital-from-warner-bros/ (DVD Review) ‘Wacky Races: Start Your Engines! – Season 1, Volume 1’
  6. Web site: Boomerang Schedule - Cartoon Network. https://web.archive.org/web/20180222154909/http://www.adultswim.com/adultswimdynsched/servlet/BoomerangServlet?action=selectBMDay. 2018-02-22. 22 February 2018. 22 May 2018.
  7. Web site: Archived copy . cnschedulearchive.tumblr.com . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180521145852/https://cnschedulearchive.tumblr.com/ . 21 May 2018 . dead.
  8. Web site: Wacky Races DVD news: Press Release for Season 1, Vol. 1: Start Your Engines! - TVShowsOnDVD.com. www.tvshowsondvd.com. 26 March 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20180209063224/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Wacky-Races-Season-1-Volume-1/23937. 9 February 2018.