Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines

Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines was a Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for CBS from 1969 to 1971.

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Saturday morning cartoon - Hanna-Barbera Productions - CBS - 1969 - 1971

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The show features Dick Dastardly and Muttley, the comic villains from Wacky Races, as World War I flying aces and members of the "Vulture Squadron," a crew of aviators who're on a mission to stop a homing pigeon named Yankee Doodle Pigeon from delivering messages to the enemy. The show was unusual in having only two voice actors—Paul Winchell as Dastardly and the indistinctly heard General, and Don Messick as everybody else. Each half-hour episode typically features two stories, plus "Wing Dings" (short, corny gags) and "Magnificent Muttley" (Muttley's Walter Mitty-style daydreams).

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Dick Dastardly - Muttley - Villain - Wacky Races - World War I - Flying ace - Homing pigeon - Voice actor - Paul Winchell - Don Messick - Walter Mitty - Daydream

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The show's theme song is notable for repeating the phrase "Stop the Pigeon" many times, with the result that many have come to believe that this was what the show was called.

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