Identify this cartoon - blast from the past!

[PresterJohn]

i was talking with a co-worker today and we need some help identifying a cartoon.

i remember watching it back in the 70's, but like many cartoons it might actually have been been produced earlier than that.

anyways, it starred a bunch of characters who flew those WWI biplanes. the head of villians was a guy (i think he also had a moustache) who had a scrufy-looking dog that would always laugh at him when his schemes went wrong.

that's about all i can remember for now.

does anyone here know what i'm talking about?!?

[geeraff]

dude, are you thinking of Dick Dasterdly and Mutley?

I don't know the name of the original cartoon they were in, but they were also in, I believe it was called "the international race of champions" against other cartoon characters from other shows.

[PresterJohn]

Originally posted by geeraff
dude, are you thinking of Dick Dasterdly and Mutley?

damn but you're good...that was it, all right.

thanks a bunch.

[John Prophet]

I sort of rememebr the all star race thing...it had Penelope Pitstop..and two caveman dudes who would hit each other over the head with clubs as their means of propulsion, lol.

Of course Penelope had her own show "The Perils of Penelope Pitstop"

[jman01pa]

Wacky Races was the original series which had these characters then it produced 2 spin offs which were "Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines" and "The Perils of Penelope Pitstop".

The show ran from 1968 to 1970.

Read more here

http://www.dfcom.freeserve.co.uk/hbw/wacky/

[John Prophet]

ahhh, if u click along the bottom u can see the cars....car1 is the one I remember....the "bouldermobile"

[Brainchild]

I remember them from the LAff Olympics,which was cool.68 is a bit early for me being born in 65.Boomerang is It plays all those old cartoons,which are way better than the BS they show on the Cartoon Network

[PresterJohn]

Originally posted by jman01pa
it produced 2 spin offs which were "Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines" and "The Perils of Penelope Pitstop".

yep..."Dastardly and Muttley in their flying machines" was the cartoon i was thinking about. man, i loved that cartoon! always had a hoot hearing Muttley snicker every time Dastardly screwed up. the whole Vulture Squadron was a laff!

i wonder if hanna barbara ever re-released the footage in vhs or dvd? i'll have to do some searching...