I remember watching this and Wacky Races and loving them both. Personally now I do prefer Wacky Races, but this is a great show as well.
Originally watched it in portuguese, after watching it in its original language I found it even smartier and funnier. Newer cartoons would be way better if they took some things from the past.
Back when "Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines" debuted, I was a fan. I'd enjoyed the two in "The Wacky Racers" and so it was natural I'd watch this spin-off.
As even the most shameless of us old-cartoon freaks will readily or reluctantly admit, most of Hanna-Barberra's made-for-TV output from around 1966 onward was, to put it plainly, *c*r*a*p*!. Severely limited, almost minimalist animation; lame premises; imbecilic storytelling and humor, and those uber-repetitive characterizations and chase sequences and whole entire series....
Does anybody else have Zilly as their favorite from this show? I'm not even starting to talk about the other characters.
OK, let me see if I've got this straight...It's World War I, and retired Wacky Racers Dick Dastardly and Muttley the dog have got together with a couple of eccentric aviators, Klunk and Zilly, to form Vulture Squadron.
As bad as Hanna-Barbera is at making spinoff shows, this "Wacky Races" spinoff is pretty good (as well as "The Perils of Penelope Pitstop"). It stars Dick Dastardly, and his dog Muttley who have traveled back in time to World War I.
Dastardly and Muttley was downright silly but that was exactly the reason why it was compelling viewing.It was set during the First World War.
