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 Races (1968 TV series) – was released on Boomerang's SVOD service in 2017. It also aired on the Boomerang channel in June 2017. "Wacky Races" was also seen in the "South Park" episode Handicar. Various video games based on the series have been produced. Later in 2007, another game called "" for the PlayStation 2 was released by Blast Entertainment on June 12. A new video game for the Wii and Nintendo DS consoles titled "" was released on June 27, 2008. This game was developed by Eidos. A three-disc DVD release of the complete series was made available in Japan on August 10,