Speed Buggy
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Speed Buggy is a Saturday morning cartoon
produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions
and broadcast on CBS
from September 8, 1973 to August 30, 1975.
until 1975. Reruns aired on ABC
in January 1976 replacing Uncle Croc's Block
, then on NBC
, replacing the canceled McDuff, The Talking Dog
, from November 27, 1976 until September 3, 1977 (thus completing the cycle of being on all three networks). It was then picked up by the USA Network
for their Cartoon Express
shows from 1982 to about 1990. Unlike most cartoon series' produced by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, Speed Buggy did not contain a laugh track
.
Although closely patterned after the meddling kids characters of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
, at least five Speed Buggy episodes were actually reworkings of Josie and the Pussycats
storylines, including "Out of Sight", "Island of the Giant Plants" and "Hidden Valley".
Dune Buggy
, Speed Buggy (voiced by Mel Blanc
), his driver Tinker (voiced by Phil Luther, Jr.), and Tinker's friends Mark (voiced by Michael Bell) and Debbie (voiced by Arlene Golonka
). The three young adults and their car traveled from race to race, often encountering spy capers and mysteries along the way. Speed Buggy's trademark quotes were always "Roger-Dodger!" and "Vroom-a-zoom-zoom!" Though Speed Buggy—nicknamed Speedy by his friends—had a mind of his own, much like Disney's Herbie the Love Bug
, he was vulnerable to commands given through a communicator/remote control device made by Tinker when he first built Speed Buggy. Speedy's friends rarely used the device to control his actions, using it mainly for its communication function, but criminals and other ne'er-do-wells would sometimes steal or duplicate the device and manipulate Speedy for their own purposes.
released Speed Buggy: The Complete Series on DVD in region 1 via their Warner Archive Collection. This is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release, available exclusively through Warner's online store and only in the US.
The first episode, "Speed Buggy Went That-A-Way", is featured on the DVD compilation Saturday Morning Cartoons: the 1970s Volume 1 released on May 26, 2009.
Saturday morning cartoon
A Saturday morning cartoon is the colloquial term for the animated television programming that has typically been scheduled on Saturday mornings on the major American television networks from the 1960s to the present; the genre's peak in popularity mostly ended in the 1990s while the popularity of...
produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions
Hanna-Barbera
Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. was an American animation studio that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century...
and broadcast on CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
from September 8, 1973 to August 30, 1975.
Production
Sixteen 30-minute installments of Speed Buggy were produced in 1973. The show was so successful that it aired on all three major networks. It aired first run on CBSCBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
until 1975. Reruns aired on ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
in January 1976 replacing Uncle Croc's Block
Uncle Croc's Block
Uncle Croc's Block was a short-lived, hour-long live-action/animated series on ABC, produced by Filmation Associates.-History:A spoof of kid shows, Charles Nelson Reilly played the titular Uncle Croc, who hated his job as the show's host. Also featured were Alfie Wise as his sidekick Mr...
, then on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
, replacing the canceled McDuff, The Talking Dog
McDuff, the Talking Dog
McDuff, The Talking Dog was a Saturday morning live action television program that aired on NBC in 1976. The show centered around the ghost of a 100-year-old sheepdog who used to live in the home now owned by a veterinarian, Dr. Calvin Campbell . McDuff could talk not only to the other animals,...
, from November 27, 1976 until September 3, 1977 (thus completing the cycle of being on all three networks). It was then picked up by the USA Network
USA Network
USA Network is an American cable television channel launched in 1971. Once a minor player in basic cable, the network has steadily gained popularity because of breakout hits like Monk, Psych, Burn Notice, Royal Pains, Covert Affairs, White Collar, Monday Night RAW, Suits, and reruns of the various...
for their Cartoon Express
USA Cartoon Express
The USA Cartoon Express was a programming block of animated productions which aired on cable television's USA Network from late 1982 to September 15, 1996...
shows from 1982 to about 1990. Unlike most cartoon series' produced by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, Speed Buggy did not contain a laugh track
Laugh track
A laugh track is a separate soundtrack invented by Charles "Charley" Douglass, with the artificial sound of audience laughter, made to be inserted into television programming of comedy shows and sitcoms.The term "laugh track" does not apply to the genuine audience laughter on shows that shoot in...
.
Although closely patterned after the meddling kids characters of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
Scooby-Doo, Where are You!
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! is the first incarnation of the long-running Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon Scooby-Doo. It premiered on September 13, 1969 at 10:30 a.m. EST and ran for two seasons on CBS as a half-hour long show. Twenty-five episodes were produced...
, at least five Speed Buggy episodes were actually reworkings of Josie and the Pussycats
Josie and the Pussycats (TV series)
Josie and the Pussycats is an American animated television series, based upon the Archie Comics comic book series of the same name created by Dan DeCarlo....
storylines, including "Out of Sight", "Island of the Giant Plants" and "Hidden Valley".
Plot
This show followed the adventures of an anthropomorphic, fiberglassFiberglass
Glass fiber is a material consisting of numerous extremely fine fibers of glass.Glassmakers throughout history have experimented with glass fibers, but mass manufacture of glass fiber was only made possible with the invention of finer machine tooling...
Dune Buggy
Dune buggy
A dune buggy is a recreational vehicle with large wheels, and wide tires, designed for use on sand dunes or beaches. The design is usually a modified vehicle and engine mounted on an open chassis. The modifications usually attempt to increase the power-to-weight ratio by either lightening the...
, Speed Buggy (voiced by Mel Blanc
Mel Blanc
Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc was an American voice actor and comedian. Although he began his nearly six-decade-long career performing in radio commercials, Blanc is best remembered for his work with Warner Bros...
), his driver Tinker (voiced by Phil Luther, Jr.), and Tinker's friends Mark (voiced by Michael Bell) and Debbie (voiced by Arlene Golonka
Arlene Golonka
Arlene Golonka is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for playing Millie Swanson on the television comedies The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry R.F.D., and often portrayed bubbly, eccentric blondes in supporting character roles on stage, film, and television.-Early years:Golonka was...
). The three young adults and their car traveled from race to race, often encountering spy capers and mysteries along the way. Speed Buggy's trademark quotes were always "Roger-Dodger!" and "Vroom-a-zoom-zoom!" Though Speed Buggy—nicknamed Speedy by his friends—had a mind of his own, much like Disney's Herbie the Love Bug
Herbie
Herbie is an anthropomorphic Volkswagen Beetle, a character that is featured in several Disney motion pictures starting with the 1968 feature film The Love Bug. He has a mind of his own and is capable of driving himself, and is a serious contender in auto racing competitions...
, he was vulnerable to commands given through a communicator/remote control device made by Tinker when he first built Speed Buggy. Speedy's friends rarely used the device to control his actions, using it mainly for its communication function, but criminals and other ne'er-do-wells would sometimes steal or duplicate the device and manipulate Speedy for their own purposes.
Episodes
| № | Title | Original airdate | Code | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB-1 | "Speed Buggy Went That-A-Way" | September 8, 1973 | 65-1 | On the way to the Riverside Raceway, the gang visit's the ranch of Debbie's Aunt Belle. They soon discover that Aunt Belle's cattle herd is being targeted by Beef Finger and his henchmen. |
| SB-2 | "Speed Buggy's Daring Escapade" | September 15, 1973 | 65-2 | Upset with his invention being a robot with allergies, Dr. Kluge plans to capture Speed Buggy in order to learn his secrets. |
| SB-3 | "Taggert's Trophy" | September 22, 1973 | 65-3 | While participating in the latest race, Speed Buggy and the cars are hit by a motion-control ray fired from a mysterious zeppelin. Tinker, Mark, and Debbie trace the zeppelin to a criminal called the "Chief" whose identity is someone that they'd least suspect. |
| SB-4 | "Speed Buggy Falls in Love" | September 29, 1973 | 65-4 | When Speed Buggy is invited to participate in a race in Bulgonia, Baron Vulch plants a sophisticated bugging device in Speed Buggy's trunk to avoid customs when flying there. He then creates a female automobile named Mata Cari whom Speed Buggy falls in love with in a plot to get the bugging device back. |
| SB-5 | "Kingzilla" | October 6, 1973 | 65-5 | While flying over the Andes Mountains when en route to the Pan-American Road Rally, the gang experiences plane trouble and are forced to bail out. They wind up in a valley inhabited by giant gorillas including Kingzilla (who takes a liking to Speed Buggy). They are then used by Professor Grovac in a plot to capture Kingzilla and the other gorillas in a plot for world domination. |
| SB-6 | "Professor Snow and Madame Ice" | October 13, 1973 | 65-6 | While the gang is on vacation, Professor Snow and Madame Ice take interest in Speed Buggy and plan to trick Tinker into modifying their Freezemobiles with his remote control technology in their plot to freeze the world. |
| SB-7 | "Out of Sight" | October 20, 1973 | 65-7 | While in Egypt, the gang comes to the aid of Professor Rigby who fleeing from his evil colleague Professor Rishna. Professor Rigby reveals that the two of them have discovered a recipe for an invisibility potion which Professor Rishna uses for his evil needs. Since Professor Rigby has made an antidote for the invisibility potion, Professor Rishna and his assistant Abdul plan to prevent Professor Rigby from using the antidote on him. |
| SB-8 | "Gold Fever" | October 27, 1973 | 65-8 | While in Hawaii, the gang encounters the villainous megalomaniac Gold Fever who is using special satellites in order to steal all of the world's gold. |
| SB-9 | "Island of the Giant Plants" | November 3, 1973 | 65-9 | During an ocean cruise that is en route to the South American Grand Prix, the gang falls overboard and make it to a remote island where they find unusual mutant plants created by Dr. Meangreen with his assistant Krelb. Dr. Meangreen plans to steal Speed Buggy's remote in a plot to control the mutant plants and take over the world. |
| SB-10 | "Soundmaster" | November 10, 1973 | 65-11 | Speed Buggy and the gang are wrongly accused of stealing an advanced battery called the K-233 Supercell as a result of the dreaded Dr. Ohm and his assistant Panku using a replica of Speedy and robbing the armored car shipping the supercell. |
| SB-11 | "The Ringmaster" | November 17, 1973 | 65-10 | While racing in the Bayou 500, Speed Buggy and the gang end up on Pleasure Island which is occupied by an evil ringmaster who uses a special animal-controlling calliope which he plans to use in a plot to rule the world. |
| SB-12 | "The Incredible Changing Man" | November 24, 1973 | 65-12 | While participating in the U.S.-Mexico Cross Country Race, Speed Buggy and the gang run into Jerick the Incredible Changing Man who has the ability to alter his size and form. He targets them for a special tape that was placed in Speed Buggy's cassette player by a scientist trying to keep it from having fall into the wrong hands. |
| SB-13 | "Secret Safari" | December 1, 1973 | 65-13 | While Speed Buggy and the gang are racing at the Nawambi Speedway in Africa, the evil scientist Varzak and his assistant Emil steal a museum's special diamond large enough that can power his the Laser-Blazer (an invention which he hopes to use to rule the world). |
| SB-14 | "Oil's Well That Ends Well" | December 8, 1973 | 65-14 | In Oklahoma, Speed Buggy and the gang learned that the entire state's oil supply has been stolen. They end up stumbling upon an underground city full of storage tanks and learn that Dr. Vesuvio is planning to use the stolen oil in a plot to take over the world. |
| SB-15 | "The Hidden Valley of Amazonia" | December 15, 1973 | 65-15 | While racing in the Himalaya 500, Speed Buggy and the gang come across the hidden valley of Amazonia where women rule and men are slaves. They end up meeting Queen Sheba who uses a mind-ruling device to take control of Tinker and Mark's minds. |
| SB-16 | "Captain Schemo and the Underwater City" | December 22, 1973 | 65-16 | With a break in their racing schedule, Speed Buggy and the gang take and island vacation where they go fishing. When a marlin pulls them out to see, they make it to a remote island that is actually an artificial island that brings them to an underwater city run by Captain Schemo. They soon learn that Captain Schemo plans to use his submarines in a plot to rule the oceans and take over the world. |
Cast
- Michael Bell - Mark
- Mel BlancMel BlancMelvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc was an American voice actor and comedian. Although he began his nearly six-decade-long career performing in radio commercials, Blanc is best remembered for his work with Warner Bros...
- Speed Buggy - Arlene GolonkaArlene GolonkaArlene Golonka is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for playing Millie Swanson on the television comedies The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry R.F.D., and often portrayed bubbly, eccentric blondes in supporting character roles on stage, film, and television.-Early years:Golonka was...
- Debbie - Phil Luther, Jr. - Tinker
Additional voices
- Chris Allen -
- Ron FeinbergRon FeinbergRonald A. Feinberg was an American character actor and voice actor who appeared in films and on television. He can be seen playing the character Fellini opposite Don Johnson in the postapocalyptic film A Boy and His Dog. Ron made a number of appearance on Mission: Impossible...
- - Virginia GreggVirginia GreggVirginia Gregg Burket was an American actress best known for her many roles in radio dramas.Born in Harrisburg, Illinois, Virginia Gregg was the daughter of musician Dewey Alphaleta and businessman Edward William Gregg.-Radio:Gregg was a prolific radio actor, heard on such programs as The...
- - Jim MacGeorgeJim MacGeorgeJim MacGeorge is an actor and voice actor.He is probably best known for his voice roles as Beany Boy, Crowy and Uncle Captain Horatio K. Huffenpuff in Beany and Cecil, Oliver Hardy in the Laurel and Hardy cartoon series, Crazy Claws in The Kwicky Koala Show, Bort in The Mighty Orbots, Wimper in...
- - Sidney MillerSidney Miller (actor)-As actor:*1988 Memories of Me*1983-1985 Dungeons & Dragons *1972 Every Thing You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask*1955 The Donald O'Connor Show *1954 Dragnet...
- - Alan OppenheimerAlan OppenheimerAlan Oppenheimer is an American character actor and voice actor. He has performed numerous roles on live-action television since the 1960s, and has had an active career doing voice work in cartoons since the 1970s.-Early life:...
- - Mike RoadMike RoadMike Road is a voice actor and a Warner Bros. television series contract player whose career dates back to the 1950s....
- - Charles Martin SmithCharles Martin SmithCharles Martin Smith is an American film actor, writer, and director.-Early life:Smith was born in Van Nuys, California. His father, Frank Smith, was a film cartoonist and animator, while his uncle Paul J. Smith was an animator as well as a director for the Walter Lantz Studios...
- - Hal SmithHal Smith (actor)Harold John "Hal" Smith was an American character actor and voice actor. Smith is best known as Otis Campbell, the town drunk on The Andy Griffith Show, and was the voice of many characters on various animated cartoon shorts...
- - John StephensonJohn Stephenson (actor)John Stephenson is an American actor and voice actor. He has also been credited as John Stevenson...
- - Janet WaldoJanet WaldoJanet Waldo is an American actress and voice artist with a career encompassing radio, television, animation and live-action films. She is best known in animation for voicing Judy Jetson, Penelope Pitstop and Josie McCoy in Josie and the Pussycats...
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Trivia
- A different voice actor portrayed "Tinker" in the first two episodes. It is unclear if the credited voice of Phil Luther, Jr. voiced the first two or the last 14 shows. It is also unclear why the change was made.
In popular culture
- Speed Buggy and the gang guest starred in a September 29, 1973 episode of The New Scooby-Doo MoviesThe New Scooby-Doo MoviesThe New Scooby-Doo Movies is the second incarnation of the Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!. It premiered on September 9, 1972 and ran for two seasons on CBS as the only hour-long Scooby-Doo series...
, "The Weird Winds of Winona"; it was the only time that Mark, a Native AmericanIndigenous peoples of the AmericasThe indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
, was shown in a darker skin color. - In 1975, Charlton ComicsCharlton ComicsCharlton Comics was an American comic book publishing company that existed from 1946 to 1985, having begun under a different name in 1944. It was based in Derby, Connecticut...
published a 9-issue series Speed Buggy comic book. - In 1977, Speed Buggy and Tinker also competed in the "Laff-A-LympicsLaff-A-LympicsLaff-A-Lympics was the co-headlining segment, with Scooby-Doo, of the package Saturday morning cartoon series Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The show was a spoof of the Olympics and the ABC television series Battle of the Network Stars, which debuted one...
" as part of "The Scooby Doobies" team (where Tinker was voiced by Frank WelkerFrank WelkerFranklin Wendell "Frank" Welker is an American actor who specializes in voice acting and has contributed character voices and other vocal effects to American television and motion pictures.-Acting career:...
) on Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-LympicsScooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics-DVD release:On January 19, 2010, Warner Home Video released Scooby's All-Star Laff-A Lympics - Volume 1 on DVD in Region 1. The single disc release features the first four episodes of the Laff-a-Lympics segment of the package. Target released an exclusive second volume with the next four episodes...
. - On cable, repeats of this show aired on USA Cartoon ExpressUSA Cartoon ExpressThe USA Cartoon Express was a programming block of animated productions which aired on cable television's USA Network from late 1982 to September 15, 1996...
in the 1980s and, from 1992 to the present day, Cartoon NetworkCartoon NetworkCartoon Network is a name of television channels worldwide created by Turner Broadcasting which used to primarily show animated programming. The channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 in the United States....
and its sister channel BoomerangBoomerang (TV channel)Boomerang is a 24-hour American cable television channel owned by Turner Broadcasting System, a division of Time Warner. Boomerang specializes in reruns of animated programming from Time Warner's extensive archives, including pre-1986 MGM, Hanna-Barbera, Cartoon Network, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises...
. - Speed Buggy appeared in a joke flashback in Stroker and HoopStroker and HoopStroker and Hoop is an American Flash animated television series on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. The series is a parody of buddy cop films and television series such as Starsky and Hutch, and features the voices of Jon Glaser as Stroker and Timothy "Speed" Levitch as...
, in which they think back to when they had caught a criminal named Beeffinger. - Speed Buggy appeared at the end of an Johnny BravoJohnny BravoJohnny Bravo is an American animated television series created by Van Partible for Cartoon Network. The series stars a muscular beefcake young man named Johnny Bravo who dons a pompadour hairstyle and an Elvis Presley-like voice and has a forward, woman-chasing personality...
episode, "Bravo Dooby Doo" voiced by Frank WelkerFrank WelkerFranklin Wendell "Frank" Welker is an American actor who specializes in voice acting and has contributed character voices and other vocal effects to American television and motion pictures.-Acting career:...
. He finds Johnny Bravo tied to a tree near the road and asks Johnny to hop in. - Speed Buggy made a guest appearance in an episode of My Life as a Teenage RobotMy Life as a Teenage RobotMy Life as a Teenage Robot is an American animated television series, created by Rob Renzetti for Nickelodeon. The series follows the adventures of XJ-9, better known as Jenny Wakeman, a female robot designed to protect Earth, who is excessively addicted to teen-related activities, which are almost...
, in the episode Jenny accidentally knocks Sheldon into the street, at that point Speed Buggy who is coming down the road sees him and he makes a turn, but ends up crashing into a fire hydrant. - A statue of Speed Buggy is seen in a race car stadium in a episode of Invader ZimInvader ZimInvader Zim is an American animated television series created by Jhonen Vasquez. It was produced by and subsequently aired on Nickelodeon. The series revolves around an extraterrestrial named Zim from the planet Irk, and his ongoing mission to conquer and destroy Earth...
. - Speed Buggy made a cameo appearance in the AnimaniacsAnimaniacsSteven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs, usually referred to as simply Animaniacs, is an American animated series, distributed by Warner Bros. Television and produced by Amblin Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation. The cartoon was the second animated series produced by the collaboration of Steven...
episode "Yakko goes bananas". - Speed Buggy also features in the Harvey Birdman, Attorney At LawHarvey Birdman, Attorney at LawHarvey Birdman, Attorney at Law is an American animated television series comedy created by Williams Street and produced by Cartoon Network Studios that aired on Cartoon Network during its Adult Swim late night programming block. The series' pilot first aired in 2000, and later became a series in...
episode "High Speed Buggy Chase" with Speed Buggy voiced by Maurice LaMarcheMaurice LaMarcheMaurice LaMarche is an Emmy Award winning Canadian-American voice actor and former stand up comedian. He is best known for his voicework in Futurama as Kif Kroker, as Egon Spengler in The Real Ghostbusters, Verminous Skumm and Duke Nukem in Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Big Bob Pataki in Hey...
, Tinker voiced by Chris EdgerlyChris EdgerlyChristopher "Chris" Edgerly is an American actor and voice actor.Edgerly was born in Silver Spring, Maryland, he moved to Savannah, Georgia at the age of two with his mother, and two brothers...
, and Debbie voiced by Nika FuttermanNika FuttermanNika Futterman is an American actress, singer, voice artist, and comedienne.She did the vocals "Give it to me, baby" in The Offspring hit single "Pretty Fly ."-Animated Series:...
. Speed Buggy was arrested for speeding and Harvey Birdman had to represent him. - Speed Buggy makes a cameo as one of the combatants of the good imaginary characters in the South ParkSouth ParkSouth Park is an American animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for the Comedy Central television network. Intended for mature audiences, the show has become famous for its crude language, surreal, satirical, and dark humor that lampoons a wide range of topics...
episode "ImaginationLand Part III using a mounted buzz saw as a weapon. - Speed Buggy appears in the Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated episode "Mystery Solvers Club State Finals" voiced by Frank WelkerFrank WelkerFranklin Wendell "Frank" Welker is an American actor who specializes in voice acting and has contributed character voices and other vocal effects to American television and motion pictures.-Acting career:...
. He and his team appear alongside several other Hanna-Barbera mystery teams in a fever dream of Scooby-Doo's where all of the teen sleuths are kidnapped by Lord Infernacus, leaving Scooby-Doo Speed Buggy, JabberjawJabberjawJabberjaw is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears and produced by Hanna-Barbera and aired from September 11, 1976 to September 3, 1978 on ABC.-Premise:...
, Captain CavemanCaptain Caveman and the Teen AngelsCaptain Caveman and the Teen Angels is an animated series created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears and produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions from September 10, 1977 to June 21, 1980 on ABC....
, and The Funky PhantomThe Funky PhantomThe Funky Phantom was a Saturday morning cartoon, produced for Hanna-Barbera Productions by Australian production company, Air Programs International in 1971 for ABC.-Plot:...
to solve the mystery. - Speed Buggy also appears in the basement of the mansion in the video game Scooby-Doo! Classic Creep Capers on the Game Boy ColorGame Boy ColorThe is Nintendo's successor to the 8-bit Game Boy handheld game console, and was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan, November 19, 1998 in North America, November 23, 1998 in Europe and November 27, 1998 in the United Kingdom. It features a color screen and is slightly thicker and taller than...
.
DVD release
On January 11, 2011, Warner Bros.Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
released Speed Buggy: The Complete Series on DVD in region 1 via their Warner Archive Collection. This is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release, available exclusively through Warner's online store and only in the US.
The first episode, "Speed Buggy Went That-A-Way", is featured on the DVD compilation Saturday Morning Cartoons: the 1970s Volume 1 released on May 26, 2009.
External links
- Cartoon Network: Dept. of Cartoons: Speed Buggy - cached copy from Internet Archives