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The Perils of Penelope Pitstop (1969)

The Perils of Penelope Pitstop poster
Directed by
Hal Sutherland, Norm Prescott, Lou Scheimer
Genre
comedy drama
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 17 episodes
Rated
A
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 49 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy woman named Penelope Pitstop is constantly menaced by villains who want her inheritance. The Ant Hill Mob tries to rescue her from each new perilous situation.

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What happens

The Perils of Penelope Pitstop is an American Saturday morning animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that premiered on CBS on September 13, 1969. The show ran for one season with a total of 17 half-hour episodes, the last first-run episode airing on January 17, 1970. Repeats aired Sunday mornings on CBS until September 4, 1971; and in syndication as Fun World of Hanna-Barbera from 1976 to 1982. It is a spin-off of Wacky Races, reprising the characters of Penelope Pitstop and the Ant Hill Mob. Rebroadcasts of the show air on the Cartoon Network-owned channel Boomerang, as well as MeTV Toons. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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