Wacky Races (1968 TV series) In 2006, the car manufacturer Vauxhall launched a TV commercial for the British market, parodying "Wacky Races" with a similar setup featuring Corsa cars. The commercial made several references to the cartoon as well as utilizing the show's theme music and Muttley's iconic laugh. The English adult comic Viz had a one-off parody strip called "Wacky Racists" with David Irving as Dick Dastardly, Unity Mitford as Penelope Pitstop and comedian Bernard Manning as Muttley. In 2013, the car manufacturer Peugeot launched a TV commercial for the Brazilian market (and later used in Spain and Turkey), featuring the cartoon characters in
Wacky Packages has been, and continues to be, produced by both Topps and by third-party companies ever since the initial success of "Wacky Packages" in 1973. Examples of recent licensed merchandise include a line of T-shirts from 10 Again Clothing, two coffee table art books from Abrams Books (the first book, called "Wacky Packages" (2008; second printing 2009), containing "Series 1"–"7" and the second book, called "Wacky Packages New New New" (2010, one printing only), containing "Series 8"–"14" ("Series 15" and "16" currently remain unpublished in book form)) with each book containing a cellophane-wrapped package of four chase cards adhered to the