Penelope Pitstop Penelope Pitstop Penelope Pitstop is a fictional character who appeared in the Hanna-Barbera animated series "Wacky Races", and starred in the spin-off "The Perils of Penelope Pitstop", voiced by Janet Waldo. In "Wacky Races", Penelope Pitstop drives the Compact Pussycat, a pink, stereotypically feminine car. Consistent with this theme, she has blonde hair tied into a ponytail and wears a bright pink racing uniform with white gloves, maroon tights, and white go-go boots. She is described by the race announcer as the "Glamour Gal of the Gas Pedal". As "Wacky Races" is inspired by "The Great Race", Penelope is inspired
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Packages New New New" (2010, one printing only), containing "Series 8"–"14" ("Series 15" and "16" currently remain unpublished in book form)) with each book containing a cellophane-wrapped package of four chase cards adhered to the