{"id":5489,"date":"2013-12-03T05:54:22","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T13:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/?p=5489"},"modified":"2016-03-16T10:14:51","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T18:14:51","slug":"in-what-weird-way-did-muttley-and-dick-dastardly-get-their-own-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2013\/12\/03\/in-what-weird-way-did-muttley-and-dick-dastardly-get-their-own-show\/","title":{"rendered":"In What Weird Way Did Muttley and Dick Dastardly Get Their Own Show?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about TV and whether they are true or false. Click here<\/a> to view an archive of the TV urban legends featured so far.<\/p>\n

TV URBAN LEGEND<\/span><\/u>: Muttley and Dick Dastardly were removed whole cloth from one show and added to another.<\/p>\n

While Wacky Races was not a big hit, Hanna-Barbera were fans of the Penelope Pitstop character and the Dick Dastardly and Muttley characters, so as soon as the show ended, they developed a new show for the three characters in 1969.<\/p>\n

It was to be called the Perils of Penelope Pitstop, and Dick and Muttley were to serve as the bodyguards for Penelope’s brother, who would always be trying to save Penelope from various perilous situations.<\/p>\n

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