Hot Wheels (1969)

Genre

animation, action & adventure

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 32 episodes

Rating

9.5 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An animated series about a club of young racing drivers who compete in car races while acting safely and responsibly. Their reckless rivals often cause trouble. The show promotes good behavior on and off the track.

lightheartedfast-pacedplayfulmildreassuringdatedsimpleaction-adjacent

What happens

Hot Wheels is an American animated television series broadcast on ABC from 1969 to 1971, under the primary sponsorship of Mattel Toys. It is based on the Hot Wheels brand of scale model cars. The show took pains to stress that it was "pro-safety", contrasting the safe and responsible behavior of the series' racing-club protagonists with the reckless behavior of their rivals. The show was criticized by the Federal Communications Commission, which considered it a half-hour commercial for toy cars. ABC contested the charge, saying that there was no prior commitment to Mattel, and that Hot Wheels cars were never advertised during the program. The network was backed up by the National Association of Broadcasters, and the show remained on the ABC schedule for two seasons. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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