"Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines" (1969)TV series

Directors:

Joseph Barbera
William Hanna

Release Date:

13 September 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family

Plot:

Dick Dastardly leads a fighter plane group to try ineffectualy to stop a carrier pigeon.

Plot Keywords:

Pigeon | Carrier Pigeon | Aviation | Fighter Plane | WWI

Cast

Paul Winchell	...	Dick Dastardly / The General (voice)
Don Messick	...	Muttley / Klunk / Zilly (voice)

Directed by
Joseph Barbera
William Hanna

Produced by
Joseph Barbera	....	executive producer
William Hanna	....	executive producer
Charles A. Nichols	....	producer

Original Music by
Hoyt S. Curtin

Film Editing by
Richard C. Allen
Pat Foley

Production Management
Victor O. Schipek	....	production supervisor

Sound Department
Richard Olson	....	sound director

Camera and Electrical Department
Dick Blundell	....	camera operator
Bill Kotler	....	camera operator
Ralph Migliori	....	camera operator
Cliff Shirpser	....	camera operator
Rex Stevens	....	camera operator
Roy Wade	....	camera operator

Animation Department
Lou Appet	....	layout artist
Ed Barge	....	animator
Ed Benedict	....	layout artist
William Butler	....	background artist
Emil Carle	....	animator
Jerry Eisenberg	....	character designer
Izzy Ellis	....	animator
Jim Fletcher	....	layout artist
John Garling	....	animator
Robert Gentle	....	background artist
Roberta Greutert	....	ink and paint supervisor
Jerry Hathcock	....	animator
Maria Jursic	....	animator
Don Jurwich	....	layout artist
Lin Larsen	....	layout artist
Jack Manning	....	layout artist
Bob Maxfield	....	animator
Kenneth Muse	....	animator (as Ken Muse)
Iraj Paran	....	background artist
Curtiss D. Perkins	....	background artist (as Curtis Perkins)
Morey Reden	....	animator
Vive Risto	....	animator
Carlo Vinci	....	animator
Dave Weidman	....	background artist
Tiger West	....	xerographer

Music Department
Ted Nichols	....	music supervisor
Ted Nichols	....	musical director

Other crew
Frank Paiker	....	technical supervisor
Walt Peregoy	....	background stylist
Bill Perez	....	title designer
Robert B. Schaefer	....	title designer (as Robert Schaefer)

Production Companies

• Hanna-Barbera Productions

Distributors

• CBS Television
• Taft H-B Program Sales (1977-1979)
• Telepictures Distribution (1996-)
• Turner Program Services (TPS) (1992-1996)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (Japan) (DVD)
• Worldvision Enterprises (1979-1992)

Also Known As:

Stop the Pigeon (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

30 min (17 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Ireland:G | UK:U | Argentina:Atp

Company:

Hanna-Barbera Productions

Trivia:

The show was a parody of the movie Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes (1965).

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Dick Dastardly: Muttley! Doooooo sooomethiiiiiinnnggg!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)

Silly But Don't Let That Stop You Watching It

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. Dick Dastardly was piloting a heap of junk aided by his dog Muttley and they tried to stop the pigeon flying his messages to Uncle Sam. Of course, you can guess that they never succeeded in much the sam way as Wile E. Coyote never managed to catch Road Runner.

It was a spin-off from Wacky Races and it was highly amusing and totally watchable. Call me sad but it was compelling viewing and I just loved the sound of Muttley's laugh.

Stop The Pigeon!