Hanna-Barbera is the studio that is responsible for producing the animated television series Wacky Races, which airs in the United States. The series was influenced by the slapstick comedy film The Great Race, which was released in 1965. It follows 11 different cars as they compete against each other in various road rallies held across North America. Each driver is vying for the title of "World's Wackiest Racer," which is awarded to the racer who exhibits the most outrageous driving style. The first episode of Wacky Races aired on CBS on September14,1968, and it continued until January4, 1969. There were seventeen episodes created, and each one featured a different racial minority. The cartoon had a disproportionately high number of recurring characters for its medium, with twenty-three humans and animals dispersed across its eleven race cars. Boomerang, the classic animation channel on Cartoon Network, is now airing repeated episodes of the show multiple times each day.
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Hanna-Barbera is the studio that is responsible for producing the animated television series Wacky Races, which airs in the United States. The series was influenced by the slapstick comedy film The Great Race, which was released in 1965. It follows 11 different cars as they compete against each other in various road rallies held across North America. Each driver is vying for the title of "World's Wackiest Racer," which is awarded to the racer who exhibits the most outrageous driving style. The first episode of Wacky Races aired on CBS on September14,1968, and it continued until January4, 1969. There were seventeen episodes created, and each one featured a different racial minority. The cartoon had a disproportionately high number of recurring characters for its medium, with twenty-three humans and animals dispersed across its eleven race cars. Boomerang, the classic animation channel on Cartoon Network, is now airing repeated episodes of the show multiple times each day.
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