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Irving Maimway [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-25 2:09:38 PM  
28 votes:

SpectroBoy: That's glorious.

But for a brief moment I got my hopes up for a movie.


If I could bring a fresh box of cereal, a half gallon of milk, my bowl, and spoon to the theater, I'd sit through a two and a half hour movie of this.
 
SpectroBoy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-25 12:18:21 PM  
26 votes:
That's glorious.

But for a brief moment I got my hopes up for a movie.
 
SpectroBoy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-25 2:15:31 PM  
19 votes:
Wacky Races (intro) 1968
Youtube -uU6KzAbSTg


Now all I need is Captain Crunch cereal lacerating the roof of my mouth.
 
joepennerlives
2022-09-25 4:49:04 PM  
13 votes:

Warrior Kermit: SpectroBoy: That's glorious.

But for a brief moment I got my hopes up for a movie.

if done right it would be an awesome movie.


Narration for the trailer notwithstanding, this one came close.

The Great Race (1965) - trailer
Youtube cuxL4WW97Io
 
AAAAGGGGHHHH
2022-09-25 4:22:42 PM  
11 votes:
I'll see your Wacky Races and raise you the iids from the D&D cartoon in a car ad.
Dungeons & Dragons:Renault Kwid Outsider commercial! (Brazil)
Youtube rrp2nmfzxio
 
SpectroBoy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-25 2:13:13 PM  
10 votes:

Irving Maimway: SpectroBoy: That's glorious.

But for a brief moment I got my hopes up for a movie.

If I could bring a fresh box of cereal, a half gallon of milk, my bowl, and spoon to the theater, I'd sit through a two and a half hour movie of this.


THIS guy gets it.
 
Irving Maimway [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-25 2:45:17 PM  
9 votes:

Jake Havechek: Irving Maimway: Jake Havechek: Irving Maimway: Jake Havechek: [Fark user image image 425x239]

Because this is all of us.

I was more of a Bugs Bunny/Roadrunner and Superfriends fan.

Yeah I remember reruns of Whacky Races, but my Saturday morning schedule was planned around those two, and in between some other Hannah Barbara fare (Speed Buggy, Jabber Jaw, Captain Caveman) and Thundarr

Captain Caveman.  Wow that brings me back.  And the first run of Scooby Doo.  Non Scrappy Doo era.


Fark Scrappy Doo and Flintstones Babies
 
neeNHA
2022-09-25 5:34:39 PM  
9 votes:
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Jake Havechek [TotalFark]
2022-09-25 2:27:25 PM  
5 votes:

Irving Maimway: Jake Havechek: [Fark user image image 425x239]

Because this is all of us.


I was more of a Bugs Bunny/Roadrunner and Superfriends fan.
 
Jake Havechek [TotalFark]
2022-09-25 2:38:13 PM  
5 votes:

Irving Maimway: Jake Havechek: Irving Maimway: Jake Havechek: [Fark user image image 425x239]

Because this is all of us.

I was more of a Bugs Bunny/Roadrunner and Superfriends fan.

Yeah I remember reruns of Whacky Races, but my Saturday morning schedule was planned around those two, and in between some other Hannah Barbara fare (Speed Buggy, Jabber Jaw, Captain Caveman) and Thundarr


Captain Caveman.  Wow that brings me back.  And the first run of Scooby Doo.  Non Scrappy Doo era.
 
Jake Havechek [TotalFark]
2022-09-25 2:20:48 PM  
4 votes:
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Irving Maimway [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-25 2:36:16 PM  
4 votes:

Jake Havechek: Irving Maimway: Jake Havechek: [Fark user image image 425x239]

Because this is all of us.

I was more of a Bugs Bunny/Roadrunner and Superfriends fan.


Yeah I remember reruns of Whacky Races, but my Saturday morning schedule was planned around those two, and in between some other Hannah Barbara fare (Speed Buggy, Jabber Jaw, Captain Caveman) and Thundarr
 
AAAAGGGGHHHH
2022-09-25 4:26:08 PM  
4 votes:

neeNHA: Was Hanna-Barbera big in France?


Big all over Wacky Races is as much pop culture in Japan as it is in the US.

Kenken's Hawaii DE Aloha (ケンケンのハワイDEアロハ) Promotional Gameplay - FULL (Wacky Races Pachinko Game)
Youtube B9Zr7OZyAx0
 
AAAAGGGGHHHH
2022-09-25 5:27:05 PM  
4 votes:

joepennerlives: Warrior Kermit: SpectroBoy: That's glorious.

But for a brief moment I got my hopes up for a movie.

if done right it would be an awesome movie.

Narration for the trailer notwithstanding, this one came close.

[Youtube-video https://www.youtube.com/embed/cuxL4WW97Io]


That movie was the inspiration for Wacky Races.
 
Irving Maimway [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-25 2:24:17 PM  
3 votes:

Jake Havechek: [Fark user image image 425x239]


Because this is all of us.
 
Number 216
2022-09-25 4:35:25 PM  
3 votes:
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OtherLittleGuy [BareFark]
2022-09-25 5:03:50 PM  
3 votes:
I was all set to snark, but after I saw the ad...

c.tenor.comView Full Size
 
paulleah
2022-09-25 5:40:27 PM  
3 votes:

SpectroBoy: Irving Maimway: SpectroBoy: That's glorious.

But for a brief moment I got my hopes up for a movie.

If I could bring a fresh box of cereal, a half gallon of milk, my bowl, and spoon to the theater, I'd sit through a two and a half hour movie of this.

THIS guy gets it.


I'm not sure about a movie. But maybe 6 - 20 minute episodes.
 
resident dystopian
2022-09-25 8:18:31 PM  
3 votes:
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rogue49
2022-09-26 5:41:53 AM  
3 votes:
Remember when you actually had to CHOOSE between channels to watch???
There was serious competition on Saturday mornings.

Had to even do a logistical schedule.
See which had the better plot or cool factor that week.

Those were the days...no VCRs or any recordings.
3 channels.  (by the time there were 4, there were VCRs...doesn't count)

"Don't turn that dial..."
 
neeNHA
2022-09-25 5:23:36 PM  
2 votes:
http://tviv.org/Saturday_Morning_1965_Grid_(USA)
 
Odd Bird
2022-09-25 5:50:50 PM  
2 votes:

Irving Maimway: SpectroBoy: That's glorious.

But for a brief moment I got my hopes up for a movie.

If I could bring a fresh box of cereal, a half gallon of milk, my bowl, and spoon to the theater, I'd sit through a two and a half hour movie of this.


Gotta be wearing jammie-pants, I'd wait and watch it at home.

Hello, what's this?
https://stack.com.au/film-tv/film-tv-news/wacky-races-live-action-remake-revving-up/

Anyone know anything about this????

stack.com.auView Full Size
 
starlost
2022-09-25 9:00:19 PM  
2 votes:
They excluded a few racers. Professor Pat Pending could transform his car into anything that would
be considered a vehicle.
 
Nicholas D. Wolfwood [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-25 9:20:14 PM  
2 votes:
You know, I'm glad people are discovering this and enjoying it, but a friend of mine sent me a link to this ad many years ago.

Better late than never!  Now pass the Alpha-Bits!
 
TerrorTony
2022-09-26 1:38:19 AM  
2 votes:

sirrerun: neeNHA: Was Hanna-Barbera big in France?

The ad is from Brazil.


A friend of mine named Mark Evanier was involved with the good Hanna Barbera comics from the 70s. He said there was a Jabberjaws comic book published in France (at least, it wasn't published in the US) that he wrote.
I name drop him mainly because around Christmas time a lot of people take credit for the story about Christmas Carolers at the Farmers Market in LA (guest-starring Mel Torme) that he wrote about.
 
neeNHA
2022-09-25 4:23:48 PM  
1 vote:
Was Hanna-Barbera big in France?
 
Jake Havechek [TotalFark]
2022-09-25 4:28:34 PM  
1 vote:
What made me LOL at that South Park episode is when all the parents made a run on cereal and stripped the supermarket shelves.
 
chaoswolf
2022-09-25 4:35:46 PM  
1 vote:

AAAAGGGGHHHH: I'll see your Wacky Races and raise you the iids from the D&D cartoon in a car ad.
[iFrame https://www.youtube.com/embed/rrp2nmfzxio?autoplay=1&widget_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fark.com&start=0&enablejsapi=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fark.com&widgetid=1]


NICE.

/chick in the fur bikini is hot
 
Warrior Kermit
2022-09-25 4:36:37 PM  
1 vote:

SpectroBoy: That's glorious.

But for a brief moment I got my hopes up for a movie.


if done right it would be an awesome movie.
 
neeNHA
2022-09-25 5:01:49 PM  
1 vote:

sirrerun: neeNHA: Was Hanna-Barbera big in France?

The ad is from Brazil.


Still a surprise to me.
Kids across the globe watching cartoons on Saturday morning prolly too much to hope for, right?
 
peasandcarrots
2022-09-25 5:05:08 PM  
1 vote:

joepennerlives: Warrior Kermit: SpectroBoy: That's glorious.

But for a brief moment I got my hopes up for a movie.

if done right it would be an awesome movie.

Narration for the trailer notwithstanding, this one came close.

[Youtube-video https://www.youtube.com/embed/cuxL4WW97Io]


One of the few three-hour roadshow movies from the era that I thoroughly enjoyed. Production was problematic, but my God the cast serves the ham. My roommate recently got into it as well after it popped up on a Wiki-walk. Haven't seen it for years myself, though.
 
Stratohead
2022-09-25 6:50:01 PM  
1 vote:
I love that ad....loved it as much today as when I first saw it in 2013, when it was new/CE
 
Colour_out_of_Space
2022-09-25 7:53:39 PM  
1 vote:

AAAAGGGGHHHH: I'll see your Wacky Races and raise you the iids from the D&D cartoon in a car ad.
[iFrame https://www.youtube.com/embed/rrp2nmfzxio?autoplay=1&widget_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fark.com&start=0&enablejsapi=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fark.com&widgetid=1]


If only the 2000 Dungeons & Dragons movie had been anywhere near that good.
 
Fear the Clam
2022-09-25 8:05:09 PM  
1 vote:

Irving Maimway: Fark Scrappy Doo and Flintstones Babies


Fark any "babies" show. My standard insult for all of those shows is "Muppet Babies." I'm talking about you, Phantom Menace.
 
Poopy MacPoop
2022-09-25 9:07:28 PM  
1 vote:
There was no Professor Pat Pending. So I hate it.
 
Nicholas D. Wolfwood [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-26 1:56:18 AM  
1 vote:

TerrorTony: sirrerun: neeNHA: Was Hanna-Barbera big in France?

The ad is from Brazil.

A friend of mine named Mark Evanier was involved with the good Hanna Barbera comics from the 70s. He said there was a Jabberjaws comic book published in France (at least, it wasn't published in the US) that he wrote.
I name drop him mainly because around Christmas time a lot of people take credit for the story about Christmas Carolers at the Farmers Market in LA (guest-starring Mel Torme) that he wrote about.


I've always enjoyed the comics Mark Evanier worked on - particularly his collaboration with Sergio Aragones on "Groo the Wanderer".

I know there were a bunch more - I want to say 'DNAgents', but it's late and I'm in pain and don't want to look it up now.
 
SpectroBoy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-26 8:10:01 AM  
1 vote:

rogue49: Remember when you actually had to CHOOSE between channels to watch???
There was serious competition on Saturday mornings.

Had to even do a logistical schedule.
See which had the better plot or cool factor that week.

Those were the days...no VCRs or any recordings.
3 channels.  (by the time there were 4, there were VCRs...doesn't count)

"Don't turn that dial..."



<adjusts onion on belt>

I miss those days in some ways. When our town got maybe 3 channels the cool thing was that the next day you could always find people to talk to about the show you like and watched last night. It was a shared entertainment experience like seeing a movie together.

Now there are so many choices and discussions are "spoilers".

I'm not saying now is worse, but then had some advantages.

Now get off of my lawn
 
OtherLittleGuy [BareFark]
2022-09-26 9:29:01 AM  
1 vote:

rogue49: Remember when you actually had to CHOOSE between channels to watch???
There was serious competition on Saturday mornings.

Had to even do a logistical schedule.
See which had the better plot or cool factor that week.

Those were the days...no VCRs or any recordings.
3 channels.  (by the time there were 4, there were VCRs...doesn't count)

"Don't turn that dial..."


Saturday mornings ended when Candlepin Bowling came on and the adults got back the TV.
 
brigid_fitch
2022-09-26 3:33:29 PM  
1 vote:
At work, so can't watch but is this a repeat from a few years ago or did they redo it?  Because I have a screengrab from a few years ago I used as an FB profile picture
Fark user imageView Full Size
 
Nicholas D. Wolfwood [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-09-26 5:55:16 PM  
1 vote:

brigid_fitch: At work, so can't watch but is this a repeat from a few years ago or did they redo it?  Because I have a screengrab from a few years ago I used as an FB profile picture
[Fark user image 536x528]


Oh, this ad has been around for several years now.

A friend sent me a link somewhere around - what?  2015?  2018?  As far as I can tell, this is exactly the same one.

Anyway, not disparaging anyone here who's just discovering it for the first time.  It really is a neat ad, and hey, without this thread, I might never have seen the 'Dungeons and Dragons' live action ad!
 
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