Muttley

I wonder why he's talking.

[laughs] Oh, Muttly avalanche in the chat.

You know what I'm gonna call that? It's a dog pile.

Oh, my God, what a great...

Thank you.

I can't think of another character that has a more memorable laugh than potentially Muttley from Wacky Races, who funnily enough also undergoes a lot of changes.

Because I remember arguing with somebody for a long time about how the fact that Muttley is green.

And they were like, Muttley isn't green, Muttley is brown.

And I was like, Muttley is not brown.

And then obviously checked Google and turns out Muttley has been both.

in different versions.

So clearly the ones that resonated with me and stuck around in my memory when he was green and vice versa, the other person.

Just imagine Steve Tudor reading them all going like...

Sounds like Muttley.

Yes, welcome.

Welcome, Steve Tudor.

We love the Muttlies.

Muttley is tremendous.

Here they go.

Silly Scott.

Browns fans don't enjoy going to football games anymore, but you enjoy being here.

Who, who, who, who.

Now, where's Muttley from? Muttley is from, it's a, a cartoon of sorts, and the dog laughs, and he's got a very annoying laugh.

And producer Joe, God rest his soul, Joe Amicoze- Okay ... used to play the Muttlies when something funny would happen on the show.

And the dog goes, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh.

I love Muttley.

Oh, that was Muttley?

Yes.

Yes, because...

Was it with you the other day that we were trying to remember what Penelope Pitstop's name was?

Yeah, that was this podcast last week.

That's Muttley.

And he had a great sense of humor, but it was wry and understated.

And I like to—one of the things that I remember about Mickey was his laugh, which was like Muttley, the cartoon character, kind of a— So, you know, when reading the book, I was like, wow, did this come out of Mickey? This is not the understated fellow that I knew.

Some of the wild characters and the dialects and ideas of the book that were just raucous and hilariously funny.

If you're just joining us, we're revisiting an interview by Susan Larson with Keith Cravey and Suzanne Stoose about the novel Name Ain't Sugar by the late Michael Boehm.