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 binders were also made for the "Postcards" series (the first with a red cover and the second with a yellow cover) and one three-ring binder was made for the "Halloween Postcards" series. One of the biggest draws of the "Postcards" and "Halloween Postcards" series was the inclusion of artist sketch cards, which feature original drawings by popular "Wacky Packages" artists such as Neil Camera, Smokin' Joe McWilliams, Sam Gambino and Brent Engstrom. "Wacky Packages Postcards" and "Wacky Halloween Postcards" were both sold exclusively through the Topps Online Store, but no new series of either one have been released since 2013.