Penelope Pitstop is a photograph by Robyn King which was uploaded on January 15th, 2015.
Penelope Pitstop
Penelope Pitstop was my favorite character from the Wacky Racers when I was a child. When I saw this car it brought that all back for me her perfect... more
by Robyn King
Title
Penelope Pitstop
Artist
Robyn King
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Penelope Pitstop was my favorite character from the Wacky Racers when I was a child. When I saw this car it brought that all back for me her perfect car :-)
Created by veteran Hanna-Barbera voice actress Janet Waldo, Penelope is a classic "damsel in distress" stock character as in the old serial The Perils of Pauline. Her catchphrase is "Help, help!" (spoken in an affected upper-class U.S. Southern accent). Throughout the series, she displays a curious combination of ingenuity and helplessness. She often figures out clever ways to get out of a jam, and is very athletic; if any sport happens to be mentioned, it is revealed that she was the women's champion in said sport in college. Nonetheless, when her nemesis The Hooded Claw, voiced by Paul Lynde (who, unknown to her, is her guardian Sylvester Sneekly) grabs her, she is somehow incapable of doing anything other than yelling for help. Like the show's villain The Hooded Claw, she often interacted with the narrator of the Wacky Racers show.Deciding to feature the characters in a different setting, studio heads decided to set the characters into an active adventure format strongly reminiscent of the 1910s. Adding to the cliffhanger serial feel, episodes typically started with a recap such as "Last time we left Penelope, she was in the clutches of the Hooded Claw". Contrary to later editing of the series in rebroadcasts, the original format of the series was to introduce the successive episodes at the end of the just-finished broadcast for the successive week that would present and leave Penelope in the middle of a dangerous situation to overcome. The cliffhanger would end with Penelope being shown placed in direct danger such as being shot out of a circus cannon to land in the wild animal cage. The audience is left there with the indication "Tune in next week for danger in the 'Big Top Trap' ".
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Robyn King
Thank you ABC Group - E is for Eyes for featuring my artwork your support is truly appreciated:-)
Francie Davis
This is so cute!! We saw a car recently that had this done to the headlights and that was the first time I'd see it. Great capture!!