Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines

Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines is a cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for CBS. Originally the series was broadcast as a Saturday morning cartoon, airing from September 13, 1969 to January 3, 1970. The show focuses on the efforts of Dick Dastardly and his canine sidekick Muttley to catch Yankee Doodle Pigeon, a carrier pigeon who carries messages. The cartoon was a combination of Red Baron Snoopy, Wacky Races, which featured Dastardly and Muttley in a series of car races, and the film Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines. Dick Dastardly and Muttley the main villains also return in the cartoon show after the Wacky Races. The show is widely known as Stop the Pigeon based on the show's original working title and the show's theme song, written by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.

The cartoon show had only two voice actors: Paul Winchell as Dick Dastardly and the indistinctly heard General, and Don Messick as Muttley, Yankee Doodle Pigeon, and two of the Vulture Squadron pilots Zilly and Klunk.

Wacky Races

Wacky Races is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera. The series, inspired by the 1965 slapstick comedy film The Great Race, features 11 different cars racing against each other in various road allies throughout North America, with each driver hoping to win the title of the "World's Wackiest Racer." The cartoon had a large number of regular characters, with 23 people and animals spread among the 11 cars. Wacky Races ran from September 14, 1968 to January 4, 1969. 17 episodes were produced, with each episode featuring two different races.

The Slag Brothers drive in Bouldermobile #1. The Gruesome Twosome drive in Creepy Coupe#2. Professor Pat Pending drives in Covert-a-Car#3. Red Max drives in Crimson Haybailer$4. Penelope Pitstop drives in Compact Pussycat#5. Sergeant Blast and Private Meekly drive in Army Surplus Special#6. The Ant Hill Mob drive in Bulletproof Bomb#7. Luke and Blubber Bear drive in Arkansas Chuggabug#8. Peter Perfect drives in Turbo Terrific#9. Rufus Ruffcat and Sawtooth drive in Buzzwagon#10. And Dick Dastardly and Muttley in Mean Machine who always cause troubles and wanted to be the first winners.

The cartoon show features the voices of Daws Butler as Rock Slag, Big Gruesome, Red Max, Sergeant Blast, Peter Perfect, and Rufus Ruffcut, Don Messick as Muttley, Gravel Slag, Little Twosome, Professor Pat Pending, Ring-a-Ding, and Sawtooth. John Stephenson as Luke and Blubber Bear. Janet Waldo as Penelope Pitstop. Dave Willock as the narrator. And Paul Winchell as Dick Dastardly, Private Meekly, and Clyde.