Fender Bender 500 (partially found episodes of "Wacky Races" reboot animated series; 1990s)

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Status: Partially Found

Fender Bender 500 is a series of cartoon shorts originally from a show called Wake, Rattle, and Roll (later renamed to JUMP, Rattle, and Roll). This segment features iconic Hanna-Barbera characters racing one another around the world in real-life locations such as Cape Canaveral, Washington DC, Texas, London, Ireland, Russia, Brazil and Kenya; it is a 1990s update of the classic Wacky Races series from 1968. [1] The segment would normally feature 9 teams of 2, including:

  • Yogi Bear and Boo-Boo in the Jellystone Jammer,
  • Wally Gator and Magilla Gorilla in the Swamp Stomper,
  • Top Cat and his friend Choo-Choo in the Alley Cat,
  • Winsome Witch and her cat Lucky in the Sonic Broom,
  • Huckleberry Hound and Snagglepuss in the Half-Dog Half-Cat Halftrack,
  • Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy in the Lucky Trucky,
  • Quick Draw McGraw and his partner Baba Looey in the Texas Twister,
  • Pixie and Dixie, the Mice Twins, in the Cheddar Shredder,
  • And, returning from Wacky Races, Dick Dastardly and Muttley in the Dirty Truckster.

It is historically significant as it would be the last time that Top Cat and Dick Dastardly would be voiced by their original actors, Arnold Stang[2] and Paul Winchell[3] respectively, before their passings.

Release History

It was originally broadcast as a segment of Wake, Rattle and Roll[4], a Hanna-Barbera produced live-action children's show. The first season was aired in syndication and then afterward moved to the Disney Channel and re-named Jump, Rattle and Roll[5]. The Fender Bender 500 segments also aired as part of TV Mayhem on ITV's TVam in the UK in 1991[6]. Several segments also aired on Channel 4's The Big Breakfast in 1993. Both series featured Chris Evans.

Wake Rattle & Roll also featured "Monster Tails," about ten of which are currently circulating. Fender Bender 500 replaced "Nerd Berds," an unproduced series.

Fender Bender 500's only commercial home video release was in Japan where the episodes were released on both VHS[7] and Laserdisc in six volumes.[8] [9] These sets were missing the episodes Unfathomable 500 and The Yukon Win It 500 which were exclusive to a laserdisc box set of Wacky Races (presented in English with subtitles). [10]

Availability

Out of the 50 episodes produced, approximately 17 have currently been found in English [11] and 48 episodes have been found in Japanese [12][13]

In March 2020, Volume 3 of the Japanese release was preserved by YouTube user Alan Grant [14]. In May 2023 volumes 1, 2 5 and 6 were preserved by YouTube user RailRon [12] All of which were later preserved by Archive.org user RyanKeim13[13].

The majority of the English language episodes are currently considered lost media. In May 2021, a folder containing all episodes available at the time, was uploaded to Mega.[15] A larger collection was uploaded by Tygerbug, elsewhere.

# Episode Title Episode Status
01 The Nippon Tuck 500 Found (Japanese dub)
02 The Cow Sow & Plow 500 Found (Japanese/Spanish dubs)
03 The Calypso 500 Found (Japanese dub)
04 The Philly Freedom 500 Found
05 The Hup, Two, Three, Four 500 Found
06 The Frances a Lot 500 Found (Japanese dub)
07 The Wooden Shoe Like to Win 500 Found (Japanese dub)
08 The Rocket Gibraltar 500 Found (Japanese dub)
09 The Bombay Flambe 500 Found (Japanese dub)
10 The Way Down Under 500 Found (Japanese dub/English intro)
11 Fondue 500 Found (Japanese dub)
12 The Kenya Win It 500 Found
13 The Fettuccini 500 Found (Japanese dub)
14 Monumental 500 Found
15 The High Stakes 500 Found
16 The Great Golden Gate 500 Found (Japanese dub)
17 The Highland Fling 500 Found
18 Rush to Rushmore 500 Found (Japanese dub)
19 Pound for Pound 500 Found
20 The Great Greek 500 Found (Japanese dub)
21 The Log Jammer 500 Found (Japanese dub)
22 The Clambake 500 Found (Japanese dub)
23 We'll Get Bayou 500 Found (Japanese dub)
24 The Funhouse 500 Found (Japanese dub)
25 Space Race 500 Found
26 The Wicki Wacki 500 Found (Japanese dub)
27 Big Apple 500 Found (Japanese dub)
28 The Panda-Monium 500 Found (Japanese dub)
29 The Tumbleweed 500 Found
30 The Jungle Bungle 500 Found (Japanese dub)
31 Silver Screen 500 Found (Japanese dub)
32 Sheik to Sheik 500 Found
33 The Cotton Pickin 500 Found (Japanese dub)
34 The Oom-pa-pah 500 Found (Japanese dub)
35 The Fountain of Youth 500 Found (Japanese dub)
36 The Fiesta Fantastica 500 Found (Japanese dub)
37 The Big Top 500 Found
38 The Russian Around 500 Found
39 The Dash to Nashville 500 Found (Japanese dub)
40 The Trans-Transylvania 500 Found
41 The Run Down to Ghost Town 500 Found (Japanese dub)
42 The Go for the Gold 500 Found (Japanese dub)
43 The Golden State 500 Found (Japanese dub)
44 The Hit'n Mississippi 500 Found
45 The Alligator Alley 500 Found (Japanese dub)
46 The Brazilian Million 500 Found (Japanese dub)
47 The Emerald Isle 500 Found (Japanese dub)
48 The Nile a Minute 500 Found
49 Unfathomable 500 Found
50 The Yukon Win It 500 Found (English w/Japanese hardsubs)

See Also

References

  1. ↑ Hanna Barbera Wiki: Fender Bender 500
  2. ↑ Behind The Voice Actors: Arnold Stang
  3. ↑ Behind The Voice Actors: Paul Winchell
  4. ↑ Youtube: Wake Rattle and Roll, Full Episode
  5. ↑ Jump Rattle and Roll, Disney Channel Promo
  6. ↑ TV Mayhem: Episode 1
  7. ↑ Amazon Japan: VHS Listing
  8. ↑ LaserDisc Database's listing on Fender Bender 500.
  9. ↑ National Diet Library Listing (Japan)
  10. ↑ Wacky Races Laserdisc featuring two episodes " Unfathomable 500" and "The Yukon Win It 500" unavailable separately.
  11. ↑ YouTube playlist of Fender Bender 500 episodes currently available in English. (Updated Nov 2023)
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Episodes of Fender Bender 500, uploaded by YouTube user RailRon. (Updated May 2023)
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Five volumes of the Japanese home release uploaded Archive.org (Updated July 2023)
  14. ↑ Laserdisc Volume 3, six Japanese episodes uploaded. (Updated March 2020)
  15. ↑ A now-defunct MEGA folder containing found episodes (Updated May 2021).
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