Car 2: The Creepy Coupe. Driven by the Gruesome Twosome
(Big & Little Gruesome) A couple of monster types in a car with
a belfry containing bats, ghosts & ghouls.
Wacky Races was a cartoon series from Hanna-Barbera productions
about a group of 11 different cars racing against each other with
each driver hoping to win the title of the "World's Wackiest
Racer.” The series was inspired by the movies, Monte Carlo or Bust
(AKA Those Daring Young Men in their Jaunty Jalopies) and The Great
Race. The series debuted in 1968 and ran until 1970. Seventeen
episodes were produced, each featuring two different races, for a
total of 34 races in all.
The racers included, Dick Dastardly and Muttley in The Mean
Machine, The Slag Brothers in The Bouldermobile, The Gruesome
Twosome in The Creepy Coupe, Professor Pat Pending in The
Convert-a-car, Red Max in The Crimson Haybailer, Penelope Pitstop
in The Compact Pussycat, Sergeant Blast & Private Meekly in The
Army Surplus Special, The Ant Hill Mob in The Bulletproof Bomb,
Luke & Blubber Bear in The Arkansas Chuggabug, Peter Perfect in
The Turbo Terrific, and Rufus Ruffcut and Sawtooth in The Buzz
Wagon.
Attempting to foil the racers' efforts was the show's villain
Dick Dastardly and his sidekick Muttley the dog. Dastardly would
come up with all sorts of crazy schemes to stop, wreck, or blow up
the other racers, only to see them backfire spectacularly. In fact
many of Dastardly's plots look very similar to those used by the
Coyote in the Warner Bros. Road Runner episodes.
Hopefully Dastardly and Muttley won’t foil your plans to reach
the finish line, for it is Dastardly and Muttley you must find to
get the coordinates to the finish line and the Wacky Races, “Trophy
Cache!”
To find the Coordinates to Wacky Races “Dastardly and
Muttley” You must visit the other 10 racers’ caches in this series
and write down the number on the back of the Photo Card. (Not the
Number on the car!)
PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THE PHOTO CARD!
Remember where you found each number, as you will need that
information to put the numbers in the right order. One of the 10
racers’ along the series has the information you need to put the
coordinates in the right order to find Wacky Races, “Dastardly and
Mutlley.” Once there you will be given coordinates to the “Trophy
Cache.”
Good Luck and Drive Safely!