簡介:故事發生在繁華的大都市巴黎,一位善良的貴婦決定將自己的巨額財產留給一直陪伴她的寵物貓“女公爵”(伊娃·嘉寶 Eva Gabor 配音)以及它尚未長大的孩子們,貪婪的管家得知了這一消息,開始打起了這筆遺產的主意。一天深夜,管家趁著夜幕偷偷將女公爵和它的孩子們丟在了雜草叢生荒無人煙的鄉下,在他心中的算盤上,只要沒了這些礙事的貓咪們,自己繼承遺產簡直如同囊中探物。 寒冷和饑餓時時威脅著女公爵一家人的性命,幸運的是,一只名叫托馬斯(菲爾·哈里斯 Phil Harris 配音)的野貓在緊要關頭出現在了女公爵的面前。在托馬斯的幫助下,小貓們不僅健康成長,女公爵也學到了許多為貓處世的寶貴道理,最終,它們不僅順利回到了巴黎,揭穿了管家的虛偽假面,女公爵和托馬斯之間還上演了一段浪漫的情緣。
簡介:<p> TV-Series 1968-1970<br/> "Wacky Races" was created in response to the rather violent adventure/superhero cartoons of the previous two seasons, and even upon its premiere, it was blackballed by the watchdog group Action For Children's Television. They claimed that since it was bankrolled by game show producers Merrill Heatter and Bob Quigley ("Hollywood Squares"), it was enticing children to place monetary wagers on the outcome of each of the show's 34 races. (Hogwash. I had the over/under on how many times Dick Dastardly's contraptions backfired on him.)<br/> For all the atypical Hanna-Barbera use of repeat animation and low-budget movement, "Wacky Races" was still an unusual and entertaining cartoon which would beget such shows as "Bailey's Comets," "Laff-A-Lympics" and "Yogi's Space Race." A lot of the humor derived from Dastardly's machinations, although many of the other racers got to shine as well. In the Gold Key comics, Penelope Pitstop would eliminate Peter Perfect and Red Max by conveniently getting them to fight over her. That wasn't used in the show, although it should have. And it's dotted with great lines. When the narrator calls Dastardly "The Dracula of the drag strip," Dastardly counters "I resent that remark!" Narrator: "But do you deny it?" Dastardly: "No, I just resent it!" It's a comedy cartoon that doesn't forget it's a comedy cartoon, something that many cartoon shows of the 70s and 80s forgot.<br/> And a bit of trivia, Dastardly did cross the finish line twice but was disqualified both times. The first time he extended the nose of the Mean Machine ahead of the others (yet in another episode, Rufus Ruffcut physically extended his neck to reach the finish line and the judges gave him the win--go figure). The second time, a chain reaction collision caused Dastardly and Muttley to get bounced into the Arkansas Chuggabug, which was in the lead. Dastardly also set a precedent the following year--being the first (and to anyone's knowledge, only) villain to get his own show, "Dastardly & Muttley In Their Flying Machines.</p>