The television cartoon show "The Wacky Races" spun off a derivative television cartoon show called "Dastardly and Muttley" in 1969. Set in WWI, the premise was that Dick Dastardly, his faithful dog Muttley and the members of the Vulture Squadron were responsible for capturing Yankee Doodle Pigeon, who delivered messages to their enemies. Muttley's motivation was entirely that he might be awarded a medal. This rarely happened, as his complex plans came a cropper and his designs were foiled by the wiley pigeon. So Muttley was left to utter that immortal line: "ASSAFRASSARICKARETS."

Ah, sweet nostalgia!