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This is the Conversation Forum for Talking Point: Turning Television into Movies << M*A*S*H Quantum Leap... >> Subject: Wacky Races Posted Jul 4, 2003 by Uncle Ghengis   Posting 1 yup. Wacky Races would be great. But who should get to play Dick Dastardly I wonder??? Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Wacky Races Posted Jul 4, 2003 by GreyDesk This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 In days gone by that would have been Terry Thomas.... Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Wacky Races Posted Jul 4, 2003 by The_Jon_m - Young, Educated and proud to be so. Bluesman of the Parish - Forgot about Dre This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 Tim Curry for Dick Dastardly Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Wacky Races Posted Jul 4, 2003 by [...] This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 4 Ah... Danny DeVito for leader of the Ant-Hill Mob... Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Wacky Races Posted Jul 4, 2003 by [...] This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 5 And Eric idle as the driver of the Convert-a-car... Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Wacky Races Posted Jul 4, 2003 by Uncle Ghengis This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 6 So who should we have for Penelope Pitstop? (she's got to be able to do the voice) BTW: The convertor car was driven by Professor Pat Pending (He was my favourite!) Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Wacky Races Posted Jul 4, 2003 by [...] This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 7 Who was her off Charlie's Angels, the blonde one? Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Wacky Races Posted Jul 7, 2003 by Uncle Ghengis This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 8 You mean the film version - or the original TV series? Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Wacky Races Posted Jul 7, 2003 by Rains - Wondering where time's going and why it's in so much of a hurry! This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 9 That would be Farrah Fawcett (the original) or Cameron Diaz (the two remakes). I'll just go and take my anorak of trivia off now... Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Wacky Races Posted Jul 7, 2003 by Advocatus Diaboli This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 10 Cameron Diaz would make a great Penelope Pitstop And I suppose George Clooney would be a shoo-in for Peter Perfect I'd go for Alan Rickman as Dick Dastardly, but he'd probably realise that as he's got the fastest car (he must have: all his dirty tricks involve ambushing the others from in front) there's not a huge amount of point in cheating. It's probably inevitable that Muttley would be CGI, but they'd have to do him better than Scooby Doo. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Wacky Races Posted Jul 7, 2003 by [...] This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 11 Alan rickman wouldn't be able to do the laugh would he?? And Muttley would look...jsysgurbugrguvbuuegtisvbfcuitghkieyhfikddir! Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Wacky Races Posted Jul 7, 2003 by Advocatus Diaboli This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 12 I think he'd do OK. Good call on Danny De Vito though. Now we just need to fit Christopher Lloyd in somewhere.... sassafrginrikrastardly..heheheheheheeee Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Wacky Races Posted Jul 7, 2003 by [...] This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 13 Lloyd would work well as Prof. Pat Pending aswell.... Can anyone remember all the other drivers? There's the Captain caveman rip-offs The army guys The lumberjack (Michael Palin!!!) and that bear... If they did make a movie they'd probably add the Mystery Machine and the Flintstones... Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Wacky Races Posted Jul 7, 2003 by Happysuggs-Patron Saint of Misdemeanors, Retainer of Useless Information and Werehedgehog! This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 14 The Boulder Brothers that would be (cavemen thingies) The Doom Mobile (haunted house thing) Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Wacky Races Posted Jul 7, 2003 by Mu Beta This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 15 I'm sure Jimster would gladly point this out if I didn't, but Wacky Races was in fact (loosely) based on a film in the first place, the mammoth "The Great Race" (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0059243), starring Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis. Its popularity sadly declined somewhat after Natalie Wood died in a car crash. B Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Wacky Races Posted Jul 7, 2003 by [...] This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 16 I'd like to be the first to point out that we have no lives! Maybe they should just fling 'main' Hanna-Barbera characters togethers... Jetsons, Flintstones, Top Cat, Dastardly and Muttley, Scooby Doo, Captain caveman, Jabberjaw, Yogi Bear, The Hair Bear Bunch... and so on... Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Wacky Races Posted Jul 7, 2003 by Mu Beta This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 17 Oh, and if you want all the other participants, there is a perfectly good Guide Entry at A592887 (Wacky Races ) B Subject: Wacky Races Posted Jul 7, 2003 by [...] This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 18 And what it's based on shouldn't matter..... look at Rat Race! Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Wacky Races Posted Jul 7, 2003 by The_Jon_m - Young, Educated and proud to be so. Bluesman of the Parish - Forgot about Dre This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 19 Cavemen - Some hairy people - Robin Williams and Richard Keys from Sky Sports ? Army Guys - Micheal Keaton + Steve Martin Subject: Wacky Races Posted Jul 7, 2003 by Researcher 224533 This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 20 I have to speak up here. Natalie Wood died of drowning....leading to many sick jokes about being the only Wood that can't float. The part about The Great Race movie was correct otherwise. Read the First Reply to this Posting Conversation list Most of the content on h2g2 is created by h2g2's Researchers, who are members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of the BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites referenced. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click on the relevant button to alert our Moderation Team. Conversation list

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