In Wacky Races, Penelope Pitstop drives the Compact Pussycat, a pink, stereotypically feminine car. Consistent with this theme, she also wears a bright pink racing uniform with white gloves, maroon tights, and white go-go boots. She is called by the race announcer as the "Glamour Gal of the Gas Pedal". As Wacky Races is inspired by The Great Race, Penelope is inspired by the Maggie DuBois character (played by Natalie Wood in the film).
According to Iwao Takamoto, Penelope was an afterthought in the development of Wacky Races. Joseph Barbera requested that a woman be added among the racers, so Takamoto and Jerry Eisenberg designed Penelope and her car in about two hours.
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop, a spinoff from Wacky Races which features Penelope as the lead character, is set in the 1920s. Penelope is a traditional "damsel in distress" stock character as in the old serial The Perils of Pauline. Her catchphrase is "Help, help!" (spoken in an affected non-rhotic upper-class U.S. South accent, and pronounced "HAY-ULP"). She displays a curious combination of ingenuity and helplessness. She often figures out clever ways to get out of perils and is very athletic; if any sport happens to be mentioned, it is revealed that she was the women's champion in said sport in college. Nonetheless, when her nemesis The Hooded Claw, voiced by Paul Lynde (who, unknown to her, is her guardian Sylvester Sneekly) grabs her, she is somehow incapable of doing anything other than yelling for help. She will occasionally flee from his clutches, running in an unusual goose-stepping stride. Also in the background helping her out of her perils are the minuscule Ant Hill Mob and trusty old classic car Chuggaboom (which is actually based on another team from Wacky Races).
Perils of Penelope Pitstop | Three Cheers for Penelope | Boomerang Official
Penelope has always been the real hero of her own story💪👸
ABOUT PERILS OF PENELOPE PITSTOP:
Young, beautiful and deliciously daring heiress and competitive driver Penelope Pitstop zooms to glory all over the world in her bright pink race car. Whether plummeting to earth with a sabotaged parachute or strapped to a runaway stagecoach on a direct collision course with a train, Penelope is always hurtling into danger because her guardian, Sylvester Sneekly, is actually the Hooded Claw, an arch villain determined to inherit her fortune. But it's lucky Penelope is so plucky and always back for another adventure.
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published: 24 Jan 2019
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop - Original Intro
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop - Original Intro. It is recorded from Boomerang Central Europe.
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that premiered on CBS on September 13, 1969. The show lasted two full seasons, with a total of 17 half-hour episodes produced and released, the last first-run episode airing on January 17, 1970. Repeats aired until September 4, 1971. It is a spin-off of the Wacky Races cartoon, reprising the characters of Penelope Pitstop and the Anthill Mob. This show airs reruns on Cartoon Network classic channel Boomerang.
Note: I do not own this video. The Copyright goes to Boomerang, Warner Bros. & Hanna-Barbera.
published: 02 Jul 2012
Wacky Races - The Ski Resort Road Race
Speeding from Mush-Mush, Michigan to Iceandsnow, Idaho, Dick Dastardly causes an avalanche. He uses a ski jump for his own getaway, but the other cars follow him.
published: 04 Sep 2022
Penelope Pitstop Barefoot, Removes Her Boots
Simply a clip I haven't seen on the tube before. I don't know why it's so interesting with a fictional characters feet for some of us, but what are you gonna do? :P
published: 20 Feb 2009
Wacky Races (intro) 1968
Wacky Races is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Heatter-Quigley Productions. The series was possibly inspired by the 1965 slapstick comedy The Great Race, with each driver hoping to win the title of the "World's Wackiest Racer". The cartoon had a large number of regular characters, with 23 people and animals spread among the 11 race cars. The show ran on CBS from September 14, 1968, to January 4, 1969. 17 episodes were produced, with each episode featuring two different races.
published: 19 Jun 2016
The Perils Of Penelope Pitstop - Penelope Pitstop Is Captured By The Hooded Claw
published: 09 Oct 2023
Later and Next - Penelope Pitstop (Europe Remaster)
Penelope has always been the real hero of her own story💪👸
ABOUT PERILS OF PENELOPE PITSTOP:
Young, beautiful and deliciously daring heiress and competitive dri...
Penelope has always been the real hero of her own story💪👸
ABOUT PERILS OF PENELOPE PITSTOP:
Young, beautiful and deliciously daring heiress and competitive driver Penelope Pitstop zooms to glory all over the world in her bright pink race car. Whether plummeting to earth with a sabotaged parachute or strapped to a runaway stagecoach on a direct collision course with a train, Penelope is always hurtling into danger because her guardian, Sylvester Sneekly, is actually the Hooded Claw, an arch villain determined to inherit her fortune. But it's lucky Penelope is so plucky and always back for another adventure.
ABOUT BOOMERANG:
www.boomerang.com
Boomerang packs loads of family-favorite cartoons and movies into one place. From A to Zoinks, stream Scooby-Doo, Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry, and more.
CONNECT WITH US!
**Twitter - https://twitter.com/BoomerangToons
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Perils of Penelope Pitstop | Three Cheers for Penelope | Boomerang Official
https://youtu.be/wJcXXAYxc90
Penelope has always been the real hero of her own story💪👸
ABOUT PERILS OF PENELOPE PITSTOP:
Young, beautiful and deliciously daring heiress and competitive driver Penelope Pitstop zooms to glory all over the world in her bright pink race car. Whether plummeting to earth with a sabotaged parachute or strapped to a runaway stagecoach on a direct collision course with a train, Penelope is always hurtling into danger because her guardian, Sylvester Sneekly, is actually the Hooded Claw, an arch villain determined to inherit her fortune. But it's lucky Penelope is so plucky and always back for another adventure.
ABOUT BOOMERANG:
www.boomerang.com
Boomerang packs loads of family-favorite cartoons and movies into one place. From A to Zoinks, stream Scooby-Doo, Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry, and more.
CONNECT WITH US!
**Twitter - https://twitter.com/BoomerangToons
**Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/BoomerangToons
**Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BoomerangToons
Perils of Penelope Pitstop | Three Cheers for Penelope | Boomerang Official
https://youtu.be/wJcXXAYxc90
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop - Original Intro. It is recorded from Boomerang Central Europe.
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop is an American animated televisio...
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop - Original Intro. It is recorded from Boomerang Central Europe.
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that premiered on CBS on September 13, 1969. The show lasted two full seasons, with a total of 17 half-hour episodes produced and released, the last first-run episode airing on January 17, 1970. Repeats aired until September 4, 1971. It is a spin-off of the Wacky Races cartoon, reprising the characters of Penelope Pitstop and the Anthill Mob. This show airs reruns on Cartoon Network classic channel Boomerang.
Note: I do not own this video. The Copyright goes to Boomerang, Warner Bros. & Hanna-Barbera.
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop - Original Intro. It is recorded from Boomerang Central Europe.
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that premiered on CBS on September 13, 1969. The show lasted two full seasons, with a total of 17 half-hour episodes produced and released, the last first-run episode airing on January 17, 1970. Repeats aired until September 4, 1971. It is a spin-off of the Wacky Races cartoon, reprising the characters of Penelope Pitstop and the Anthill Mob. This show airs reruns on Cartoon Network classic channel Boomerang.
Note: I do not own this video. The Copyright goes to Boomerang, Warner Bros. & Hanna-Barbera.
Speeding from Mush-Mush, Michigan to Iceandsnow, Idaho, Dick Dastardly causes an avalanche. He uses a ski jump for his own getaway, but the other cars follow hi...
Speeding from Mush-Mush, Michigan to Iceandsnow, Idaho, Dick Dastardly causes an avalanche. He uses a ski jump for his own getaway, but the other cars follow him.
Speeding from Mush-Mush, Michigan to Iceandsnow, Idaho, Dick Dastardly causes an avalanche. He uses a ski jump for his own getaway, but the other cars follow him.
Simply a clip I haven't seen on the tube before. I don't know why it's so interesting with a fictional characters feet for some of us, but what are you gonna do...
Simply a clip I haven't seen on the tube before. I don't know why it's so interesting with a fictional characters feet for some of us, but what are you gonna do? :P
Simply a clip I haven't seen on the tube before. I don't know why it's so interesting with a fictional characters feet for some of us, but what are you gonna do? :P
Wacky Races is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Heatter-Quigley Productions. The series was possibly inspired by...
Wacky Races is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Heatter-Quigley Productions. The series was possibly inspired by the 1965 slapstick comedy The Great Race, with each driver hoping to win the title of the "World's Wackiest Racer". The cartoon had a large number of regular characters, with 23 people and animals spread among the 11 race cars. The show ran on CBS from September 14, 1968, to January 4, 1969. 17 episodes were produced, with each episode featuring two different races.
Wacky Races is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Heatter-Quigley Productions. The series was possibly inspired by the 1965 slapstick comedy The Great Race, with each driver hoping to win the title of the "World's Wackiest Racer". The cartoon had a large number of regular characters, with 23 people and animals spread among the 11 race cars. The show ran on CBS from September 14, 1968, to January 4, 1969. 17 episodes were produced, with each episode featuring two different races.
Penelope has always been the real hero of her own story💪👸
ABOUT PERILS OF PENELOPE PITSTOP:
Young, beautiful and deliciously daring heiress and competitive driver Penelope Pitstop zooms to glory all over the world in her bright pink race car. Whether plummeting to earth with a sabotaged parachute or strapped to a runaway stagecoach on a direct collision course with a train, Penelope is always hurtling into danger because her guardian, Sylvester Sneekly, is actually the Hooded Claw, an arch villain determined to inherit her fortune. But it's lucky Penelope is so plucky and always back for another adventure.
ABOUT BOOMERANG:
www.boomerang.com
Boomerang packs loads of family-favorite cartoons and movies into one place. From A to Zoinks, stream Scooby-Doo, Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry, and more.
CONNECT WITH US!
**Twitter - https://twitter.com/BoomerangToons
**Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/BoomerangToons
**Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BoomerangToons
Perils of Penelope Pitstop | Three Cheers for Penelope | Boomerang Official
https://youtu.be/wJcXXAYxc90
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop - Original Intro. It is recorded from Boomerang Central Europe.
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that premiered on CBS on September 13, 1969. The show lasted two full seasons, with a total of 17 half-hour episodes produced and released, the last first-run episode airing on January 17, 1970. Repeats aired until September 4, 1971. It is a spin-off of the Wacky Races cartoon, reprising the characters of Penelope Pitstop and the Anthill Mob. This show airs reruns on Cartoon Network classic channel Boomerang.
Note: I do not own this video. The Copyright goes to Boomerang, Warner Bros. & Hanna-Barbera.
Speeding from Mush-Mush, Michigan to Iceandsnow, Idaho, Dick Dastardly causes an avalanche. He uses a ski jump for his own getaway, but the other cars follow him.
Simply a clip I haven't seen on the tube before. I don't know why it's so interesting with a fictional characters feet for some of us, but what are you gonna do? :P
Wacky Races is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Heatter-Quigley Productions. The series was possibly inspired by the 1965 slapstick comedy The Great Race, with each driver hoping to win the title of the "World's Wackiest Racer". The cartoon had a large number of regular characters, with 23 people and animals spread among the 11 race cars. The show ran on CBS from September 14, 1968, to January 4, 1969. 17 episodes were produced, with each episode featuring two different races.
In Wacky Races, Penelope Pitstop drives the Compact Pussycat, a pink, stereotypically feminine car. Consistent with this theme, she also wears a bright pink racing uniform with white gloves, maroon tights, and white go-go boots. She is called by the race announcer as the "Glamour Gal of the Gas Pedal". As Wacky Races is inspired by The Great Race, Penelope is inspired by the Maggie DuBois character (played by Natalie Wood in the film).
According to Iwao Takamoto, Penelope was an afterthought in the development of Wacky Races. Joseph Barbera requested that a woman be added among the racers, so Takamoto and Jerry Eisenberg designed Penelope and her car in about two hours.
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop, a spinoff from Wacky Races which features Penelope as the lead character, is set in the 1920s. Penelope is a traditional "damsel in distress" stock character as in the old serial The Perils of Pauline. Her catchphrase is "Help, help!" (spoken in an affected non-rhotic upper-class U.S. South accent, and pronounced "HAY-ULP"). She displays a curious combination of ingenuity and helplessness. She often figures out clever ways to get out of perils and is very athletic; if any sport happens to be mentioned, it is revealed that she was the women's champion in said sport in college. Nonetheless, when her nemesis The Hooded Claw, voiced by Paul Lynde (who, unknown to her, is her guardian Sylvester Sneekly) grabs her, she is somehow incapable of doing anything other than yelling for help. She will occasionally flee from his clutches, running in an unusual goose-stepping stride. Also in the background helping her out of her perils are the minuscule Ant Hill Mob and trusty old classic car Chuggaboom (which is actually based on another team from Wacky Races).