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
Children of the Corn (film series) Children of the Corn (film series) The Children of the Corn film series began with "Children of the Corn", released in 1984 by New World Pictures. After the release of "" (1992) and the series' acquisition by Dimension Films, the subsequent installments were released directly to video, and bore little to no narrative continuity, beginning with "" (1995). In 2009, a television remake of the original film aired on the Syfy network, via Fox 21 Television. A sequel to "" and tenth overall, titled "Children of the Corn: Runaway", was released on March 13, 2018. Based on the short story