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Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines is an animated comedy that aired on CBS. This show, along with The Perils of Penelope Pitstop, was a spinoff of Wacky Races.

Dastardly & Muttley In Their Flying Machines had a ragtag WWI aerial platoon, the Vulture Squadron, under orders to bring down the American carrier pigeon Yankee Doodle Pigeon and intercept his secret messages. With a sqaudron like this, it's easier said than done.

Dick Dastardly, who drove the Mean Machine the season prior on Wacky Races, leads the squadron along with his snickering, unfaithful canine sidekick Muttley, who on this show is depicted as an opportunistic medal moocher. The other members are Klunk, a mechanic who can build anything--he just can't get them to work right--and card-carrying coward Zilly. Dastardly receives orders via telephone from the unseen General, and the phone that calls Dastardly up can appear anytime, anywhere.

Two Dastardly & Muttley cartoons are featured along with a blackout segment, "Wing Dings," and a feature called "Magnificent Muttley," in which Muttley indulges in flights of Walter Mitty-style fantasy.

Cartoon pros Dalton Sandifer, Larz Bourne and Michael Maltese did the stories, and the voices were furnished by Paul Winchell and Don Messick. The original title was Stop That Pigeon (the show's theme song) and was to have featured a heavy-jowled Red Baron-type character and a dachshund in pilot's goggles. It appeared that they weren't going anywhere insofar as development, so Dick Dastardly and Muttley were drafted into the series which was renamed.

Contents 1 Cast 2 Seasons 3 In-Depth 4 DVD Releases 5 External Sites

[edit] Cast

Actor	Character	Duration
Main Cast
Paul Winchell	Dick Dastardly	1
	The General	1
Don Messick	Muttley	1
	Klunk	1
	Zilly	1

[edit] Seasons

Season	Premiere	Finale	#
CBS
Season One	September 13, 1969	January 10, 1970	17

[edit] In-Depth

At a Glance: Additional information about the series

[edit] DVD Releases

Title	Release Date	#
Complete Series
The Complete Series	May 10, 2005	3

[edit] External Sites