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Mackenzie

Old Brightonian
Nov 7, 2003
34,029
East Wales
Dick Darstadly was an idiot, he quite clearly had the best car all he needed to do was drive it normally. He never won a race.

:nono:


On a similar theme I'd have loved Wile E Coyote to have a roadrunner dinner just once, although with all the cash he spent at Acme he could have picked up a roadrunner steak and a decent bottle of red at Waitrose.

Frustrating.
 


Herr Tubthumper

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Jul 11, 2003
62,763
The Fatherland
Muttley. Bloody love him. Only 17 episodes in total were made!

Agree. His laugh was excellent.

As an aside I had a pair of Wacky Races boxer shorts when I was a student (Yes, I know.)
 




Luke93

STAND OR FALL
Jun 23, 2013
5,092
Shoreham
Dick Darstadly was an idiot, he quite clearly had the best car all he needed to do was drive it normally. He never won a race.

:nono:


On a similar theme I'd have loved Wile E Coyote to have a roadrunner dinner just once, although with all the cash he spent at Acme he could have picked up a roadrunner steak and a decent bottle of red at Waitrose.

Frustrating.

He actually won once, but got unfairly disqualified by the commentator.

He's quite similar to Derby County. Gets really far ahead then decides to stand still to set up traps, only to slowly slip down the standings XD
 










Raleigh Chopper

New member
Sep 1, 2011
12,054
Plymouth
Loved Wacky races but Clunk in Stop The Pigeon was fantastic.
Very impressed with everyones in depth knowledge of these two classics.
Muttley was so famous that whenever people come down to visit us in Plymouth they always laugh when they see the signs to Mutley.
 


AmexRuislip

Retired Spy 🕵️‍♂️
Feb 2, 2014
34,787
Ruislip
So who was your favourite?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESi7uGMNaMs

I always liked to Army Surplus Special.

Me.......... Rufus Ruffcut & Sawtooth:)


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Questions

Habitual User
Oct 18, 2006
25,517
Worthing
Did Peter Perfect ever shag Penelope Pitstop in any of the episodes ? I'm sure he did.
 






Questions

Habitual User
Oct 18, 2006
25,517
Worthing
Yes he did, from behind if memory serves me right.
I remember Penelope commenting on the size of his helmet.

Yes you're right it's all coming back now. He loved her car and often commented on her pink bumpers.
 


Brovion

In my defence, I was left unsupervised.
NSC Patron
Jul 6, 2003
19,888
Today's useless bit of trivia: Paul Winchell, the man who was the voice of Dick Darstadley, had been a medical student and became an inventor. Whislt working as a voice artist he also had time to patent over 30 devices, including an artificial heart. He also helped breed some sort of fish that could survive in brackish waters and could thus act as a source of food in areas without fresh or flowing water.

EDIT: Just checked this on Wikipedia and found that he also patented a disposable razor, a blood plasma defroster, a flameless cigarette lighter, an "invisible" garter belt, a fountain pen with a retractable tip, and battery-heated gloves!
 








KZNSeagull

Well-known member
Nov 26, 2007
21,105
Wolsingham, County Durham
My youngest was watching the Perils of Penelope Pitstop the other day on some channel or other. He thoroughly enjoyed it, as did I. Stop the Pigeon was on recently too, but not Wacky Races. Shame.
 


Gwylan

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
31,840
Uffern
My youngest was watching the Perils of Penelope Pitstop the other day on some channel or other. He thoroughly enjoyed it, as did I. Stop the Pigeon was on recently too, but not Wacky Races. Shame.

WR was on about six or seven years ago: my daughter used to watch it. It took me right back, that did. Amazed there were only 17 made, seemed to be a feature of my childhood
 


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