I'm 63 and used to run home to watch Speed Racer. Without a doubt, one of the coolest cartoons ever. I even like the 2008 movie because it kept so much of the spirit of Speed Racer alive. Thank you, Peter Fernandez for making such a timeless and special cartoon. And Tatsuo Yoshida-san, Arigato Gozaimasu.
Yep, that's what struck me the most. It was ahead of its time with that intro scene, which, IMO, was a precursor to the kind of CG effects that came much later.
At 52, this is and will ALWAYS be my favorite TV show ever! I can watch this everyday! As a kid in the 70s, this and Evel Knievel fueled my passion for cars and motorcycles!
yes my friend! i stopped watching mr rogers' and refused to go back once i found speed. it took me three months longer than my best friend to learn how to tie my shoes(his mom thought rogers 'the bomb') but i never sweated it. i learned AND i got to watch speed- and i still swear by racer x as the coolest ever! love it man!
I was born in '65 and yeah, loved the show, but especially the car, spending many a day drawing it and trying to get it just right - my mom has told me that she looked all over for a Mach 5 model or toy back in the day for Xmas, but of course, there wasn't anything like that - many years later she ended up getting me a die-cast when they finally started making them and even though I was then an adult, I loved finally having a Mach 5 in my hands and still have it to this day.
I used to run home from school to watch Speed Racer and Ultraman. I wanted to be Racer X. He was the older guy, and just the coolest. He'd pop up when things were really bad and either help out or completely fix the situation, then drop some wisdom on you, and like the Lone Ranger, he'd pop smoke before you could say thanks. He kept to himself, and I really liked that. Besides, the black and yellow 9 car was super cool!
US Speed Racer show was aired in 1967. The Mach 5 predates the Millennium Falcon (A New Hope released in 1977) by 10 years. God, I am so stoked by remembering this cartoon.
I love Speed Racer. Viewing it as a kid, the stories were sooo intense, and action-packed - I was glued to the TV. And, the car engine sound effects are awesome. A great cartoon I will always cherish. ❤
Speed Racer; the Original Is and Will Always Be My Favorite Animated Cartoon. I figure those like me; have an emotional connection that will be forever held close. I have been involved with Automobiles my whole life; probably because of this show.
I am 64 now, me and my friend watched this in the early 69-70's , it was our favorite at that time It was so different, we did not know it was Japanese . Thanks for the trip back, now I live in Japan LOL
The original Speed Racer was one of my favourite shows as a 60's kid. Others were Gigantor, Kimba the White Lion, Jonny Quest and Thunderbirds. And of course Batman. Those were the days! 😊
SAME. Saturday was different 'toons at least in Washington, DC. Gigantor in the morning before school (I could walk there in 15 minutes) the others after school. Good times. Real cartoons, full of weirdness and whimsy, not like today's toons that are just product-selling infomercials.
I grew up with Speed Racer and started watching it at age 5 in 1967. I have both cars in metal in their original boxes and I think each is about 1 foot long. For everything I have sold throughout my years, these 2 cars I have kept in excellent condition! Incredible how I've always still loved this show as one of my favorites! GO SPEED GO!
My first exposure to Speed Racer was back in Sept 1967. I was 7 years of age and in the 3rd grade. The show first aired on WPIX NYC on Thursday and Friday at 6 pm.
I was 4 yrs old when speed racer came on the air. I loved all those Japanese cartoons, I didn't know they were from Japan until I was an adult lol. WPIX Channel 11, was my favorite station. Saturday night chiller theater Sunday afternoon Abbott and Costello then the Bowlery boys, good memories.
The original will always be my favorite! In 1998, when I was 3 years old, Speed would arrive on Cartoon Network and my mom would let me watch since she was a fan when she was a kid. Last year, I actually a became a racing driver and yes, my helmet has a big red M on the front. The show is always gonna be the spark of that journey.
Making the techno dance record that we simply titled SPEED was the most fun I had in all of 1993! I was also one of those kids who ran home after school in the early 1970’s to watch it. For a while we weren’t sure if Speed Racer Enterprises was going to give us the rights to release it, but ultimately they did and the record really exploded in the dance clubs in Chicago where we are from, and ultimately to the east coast and beyond. This club buzz got MTV interested and they ran one week’s worth of classic Speed Racer episodes. The response was really good so they ran it weekly for I think 2 or 3 years. Our record didn’t really sell much in Europe because the show never really aired there, as a result it had European DJs asking us “who’s this bloke Speed Racer?” They didn’t know of him, so no one to feel nostalgic. Speed races on in reruns and reboots all around the world, and nothing could make me happier.
In first and second grade I ran home with a homework bag up and down significant hills to see the intro. Class was out at 2:45 PM and the show started on WSNS out of Chicago at 3:00? Can't remember for sure. They were the White Sox station at the time. I ran 1.3 miles in less than 13 minutes, or so, as a small child, and those hills weren't small. Just to see Speed Racer. Turned into an OK half miler as result as I got into junior high and high school. Mom started picking my younger brothers and myself up from school around 4th grade, and Speed Racer wasn't the same motivation at that time. My younger brothers were not very good at any distance over 220 yards. That crazy show won me some first place ribbons! No trophy's back then.
Nothing beats the original Speed Racer from the '60s, the new generation, I really show any interest in watching!!! I remember growing up in the '70s, I ran home from school everyday just to watch that show!!! I even dressed like him, the blue polo type shirt, white pants and penny loafers, borrowed my eldest brothers' motorcycle helmet, wished I had the Mach 5, but had the Green Meen Machine at that time!!! Wow the fun days!!! Speed Racer fan for life!!!
Not just our crush, for me I wanted to become the first Black gyrl/woman Formula race car driver. I actually started street racing with/against the guys in my Southside Chicago neighborhoods then for real when I got to different army posts. Married a bad a#z Brotha mechanic who also loved racing. We did some crazy sh#t in sick muscle cars we built. 🏎 We all literally raced home after school to catch Speed Racer then The Green Hornet, Munsters and Addams Family. I loved and still luv this anime! No matter how corny... it helped shape who I am as a bad azz Black woman who luvs racing cars. Oh, I didn't claim Trixie from the series - I was Speed. Smirk 😏 😉
So many on here talking about watching it after school. In the early 70's where I lived, it came on at 5am. I would wake up (sans alarm clock) and wait until it came on. My mom would wake up, make me breakfast and go back to bed while I waiting for it to start. After Speed Racer came the 60's cartoon "Hercule". That was my second favorite.
I'm 66 and retired. Used to watch Speed Racer when young. I recently built the plastic scale model of the Mach 5. I still have no idea how the doors are supposed to work with that wrap-around windshield. But SR never used it, just jumped in and out. I never saw the later remake.
This was my childhood, Definitely one of best animated programs of all time - my favorites are Speed Racer, 8 man, Gigantor , and Cyborg 009 - Great times! 👍👍👍👍
I used to be able to get from the school bus to my house 10 minutes before Speed Racer came on if ran an all-out sprint for 4 blocks. That gave me time to get my after-school snacks ready. If the bus was running late some of the kids from the next two stops would get off the bus early so, they could watch it at my house and not miss anything. Speed Racer was the first action cartoon as a kid that I was completely obsessed with. Even as a kid I knew I was watching something special, and it wasn't a "kids" cartoon.
@@marianmoses9604 That's why I hope that that one locked away unused script for that live-action sequel is used. If put into the right hands, it could work. Hell, if there was a new anime, I wouldn't mind STUDIO TRIGGER rebooting it.
The original Speed Racer is timeless and so special. Mach 5 is in my opinion the most beautiful sport car ever ! The characters, the stories, the entire soundtrack is amazing.
It was syndicated on UHF channels back in the early to mid-1980's. I was either four or five when I first watched it. Speed Racer, Voltron: Defender of the Universe, Robotech, Space Pirate Captain Harlock, Starblazers, and G-Force were my go-to anime to watch back then. Miss those days.
Aug 2023 - I’m old enough to say I enjoyed the original series in the 60s. I totally admire what’s being done these days. I’ve been to Japan 16 times. I’m still a fan of everything “Speed Racer.” Let me help. Keep the legend going! Go Speed Racer GO!!!
This documentary was very cool. I was a kid of the '60s and Speed Racer was a big part of my childhood (along with Ultraman, Marine Boy, and 8th Man). I still watch the original series.
A friend from the neighborhood introduced me to Speed Racer around 1974 or 75 when I was 8 or 9. Was instantly hooked. And who can forget the "Mammoth Car" episode? Go Speed Racer, Go!!!
I remember my father took me in 1968 to see the New York Yankees play with Mickey Mantle. I was only four years old. We had great seats, it was my first ever game and Mantle did something historic that day. But by the middle of the game I was crying. My father asked me why and I remember telling him thru tears that I had just realized I was missing the next episode of my favorite show Speed Racer on TV back home.
I well remember watching the original Speed Racer religiously as a kid in the early 1970’s. It was one of my all-time favorite cartoons. Great characters. Gripping stories. And of course, the FABULOUS MACH 5 which I thought was the coolest race car ever. What was not to like!?! Great childhood memories watching this series.
Can't replace the original. Too bad they didn't keep the same characters and just make new episodes... having Pops continue to make upgrades on the Mach 5.
In Houston, this was on VHF Channel 39, which didn't come in very strongly, in my house. Fortunately, I had a friend with cable whose picture was perfect. I used to go to his house to watch Speed Racer and Ultra Man.
I used to watch it on channel 52, in the L.A. area back in the late 70's around possibly 4pm. I remember then watching Johnny Sokko & his Flying Robot afterwards.
I'm 69 and I was 13 when Speed Racer came to TV. Not only that but I was already a racing fan as my father had taken me to Lime Rock, Ct. and Bridgehampton, L.I., N.Y. the previous year. So a cartoon about a racing car driver? WOW! Still my favorite.
Used to watch this before school in the early 80's. I found all the episodes at a local Cracker Barrell restaurant years ago, I felt like a damn child again .
Every afternoon after-school we’d run home and watch this show on channel 44 in Chicago. It ran for years. I always loved the bad-dubbing and over the top screams when they crashed.
I'm 53 and loved Speed Racer. The car has always been the central figure. To this day, I love cars and my #1 is the Mach 5 which is why the Lamborghini Raventon is the modern day Mach 5 and my favorite actual car. I think Speed Racer is also why I, too, am a Speed Demon.
Peter Fernandez is such a talented guy. He not only has a great voice and played Speed and Racer X but he also wrote and directed the original series. It was also great to see him do a brief cameo as a radio announcer in the 2008 Speed Racer live action film.
I had the biggest crush on Speed Racer as a small girl! So happy to hear that I wasn't alone! Thank you so much for this wonderful video that took me right back!!
I loved that show. My older brother painted my peddle car white and with a sharpie he did the pin striping. Wish we had taken pictures. One of the things that made being a little kid in the seventies so cool. "He's a demon on wheels" ✌🏼🤘🏻
This was my childhood in the mid 1970s, after school was so important to me. The lineup was Speed Racer, Ultra Man, Sea-Lab 2020 and the final show Clutch Cargo was one I had difficulty relating to but then it was almost dinner time.
I loved that show when I was a kid. I've virtually forgotten everything about it, except for the pads under his car that made it jump. I wanted a car with those. And I loved the song - the songs always seemed to be half the appeal of the show because it was the only time you got to hear the song again. I would run home from school like Speed Racer just to be sure I didn't miss the song at the start of the show. And Trixie became some deep archetype of the kind of girl that appealed to me. They must have done a study of what kind of girl a boy would like.
Speed Racer taught us kids that not everybody survives going off a cliff in a burning car like they do on A-Team. Hell...........just the intro/theme had at least two dying.
Yup, coolest car in the world. Jumps, cuts down tress, goes underwater, anything that can imagined. I watched it all the time as a child. Then there was racer X.
I'm 58 and can't tell you how much of an influence Speed Racer was for me as a kid and as an adult. Always dug Snake Oiler, favorite car was not the MACH5 but the GRX, and had the hots for Lilly. The Melange still Races.
Lilly was awesome and the GRX was definitely the fastest ever, but of all the vehicles in the show, the ultimate for me was and still remains car #9: The Shooting Star👍
I watched this cartoon every morning before going to school in the 2nd grade. Thought it was the coolest car ever and I wanted one 😆all the kids did back in the 70s ✌️
I LOVE THAT BUTTON FRONT SPEED RACER SHIRT YOUR WEAring‼️ Speed RACER WAS ON CHANNEL 56 for us and my friends house got that channel so I was over there a lot! He knew about the show before I did-and I was a SPEED RACER FAN FOR LIFE AND THAT SONG STILL SENDS THRILLED CHILLS OF EXCITEMENT! My STERLING MOSS HO RACE SET CAME TO LIFE! And THE MACH 5!! THE MYSTERIOUS RACER X‼️(his car looks similar to one of the last FIREBIRD TRANSAMS -BUT T H EEEEE SPEED RACER MACH GO GO GO!! Was only RECENTLY MADE BY SOMEONE PRIVATE-BECAUSE AS CLOSE AD YOU COULD GET TO THAT WOULD BE -WATCHING 007!! NOW THAT I KNOW SOME CLOTHS EXIST ILL BE ON THE SEARCH-I suppose a MODEL KITT WILL REQUIRE A BANK LOAN!!--GONE ARE THE DAYS OF 4.50-5$ tops! Glad I found this special!!
I'm 63 and used to run home to watch Speed Racer. Without a doubt, one of the coolest cartoons ever. I even like the 2008 movie because it kept so much of the spirit of Speed Racer alive. Thank you, Peter Fernandez for making such a timeless and special cartoon. And Tatsuo Yoshida-san, Arigato Gozaimasu.
I did as well. When I was a kid speed racer, used to come on channel 52 along with Ultraman, and Gigantor. This was my first introduction to anime.
Did you station pair it was Tobor The 8th Man?
As a youth - I used to watch Speed
Don't forget Prince Planet, Marine Boy & Astro Boy
@@Member15201 Yes they did!! Cincinnati, Ohio tv stations carried both. I think it was channel 19.
the rotating shot of Speed and the Mach is _still_ badass.
🏁🏁
Yep, that's what struck me the most. It was ahead of its time with that intro scene, which, IMO, was a precursor to the kind of CG effects that came much later.
matched only by the Akira motorcycle skid :D
At 52, this is and will ALWAYS be my favorite TV show ever! I can watch this everyday! As a kid in the 70s, this and Evel Knievel fueled my passion for cars and motorcycles!
I remember as a child watching this at Grandmas house with grape soda cheese slices and Lorna Doone crackers,
for a snack.
65 here!!
yes my friend! i stopped watching mr rogers' and refused to go back once i found speed. it took me three months longer than my best friend to learn how to tie my shoes(his mom thought rogers 'the bomb') but i never sweated it. i learned AND i got to watch speed- and i still swear by racer x as the coolest ever! love it man!
yeah, fifty-three-and-a-half here!
My younger brother was really into Kimba the White Lion and Speed Racer.
I was born in '65 and yeah, loved the show, but especially the car, spending many a day drawing it and trying to get it just right - my mom has told me that she looked all over for a Mach 5 model or toy back in the day for Xmas, but of course, there wasn't anything like that - many years later she ended up getting me a die-cast when they finally started making them and even though I was then an adult, I loved finally having a Mach 5 in my hands and still have it to this day.
Great story thank you for sharing & Thanks for watching 👍
I was born in '64 and felt the same way. I also have that mini die-cast Mach 5! ahhhhhh...... memories! 😁
me, too, ‘65 baby~~ 🔥😄🔥
This show made a huge impression on me, as a kid. At 55 years old, I still want to be a racer like Speed Racer.
Me too. I’m 60 and I still drive like Speed… 😎
I personally like the Original Speed Racer better than the next generation show.
I only like the original
Finally. Someone with sense.
@@SonicPAJ i love the more natural looking drawing style too
I never knew there was a second version
I can only imagine,
sequels are notoriously bad
@@skullhelmet1944 TNG Season 1 had some decent episodes but Season 2 was a mess.
I used to run home from school to watch Speed Racer and Ultraman.
I wanted to be Racer X. He was the older guy, and just the coolest. He'd pop up when things were really bad and either help out or completely fix the situation, then drop some wisdom on you, and like the Lone Ranger, he'd pop smoke before you could say thanks. He kept to himself, and I really liked that. Besides, the black and yellow 9 car was super cool!
Ultraman!
Me too!!! Loved my childhood TV.
Do you remember Prince Planet? A medallion on his chest?
@@pfdtx4633 i remember a cartoon in the 80's i think was called Captain Planet, but i might be wrong.
For the friend we used to tease we make them play Chim Chim 😂
That sounds when the hydraulic jacks activate is still just the coolest.
US Speed Racer show was aired in 1967. The Mach 5 predates the Millennium Falcon (A New Hope released in 1977) by 10 years. God, I am so stoked by remembering this cartoon.
I love Speed Racer.
Viewing it as a kid, the stories were sooo intense, and action-packed - I was glued to the TV.
And, the car engine sound effects are awesome.
A great cartoon I will always cherish. ❤
We took our bikes on ambush positions on hills to play the motorcycle apaches. So NOT politically correct!! 😲
Like any Cartoon from Japan or the US, they overdid the dorky stuff a bit!
Yeah, the car engine sound!
I forgot about that.
Speed Racer; the Original Is and Will Always Be My Favorite Animated Cartoon. I figure those like me; have an emotional connection that will be forever held close. I have been involved with Automobiles my whole life; probably because of this show.
I am 64 now, me and my friend watched this in the early 69-70's , it was our favorite at that time It was so different, we did not know it was Japanese . Thanks for the trip back, now I live in Japan LOL
The original Speed Racer was one of my favourite shows as a 60's kid. Others were Gigantor, Kimba the White Lion, Jonny Quest and Thunderbirds. And of course Batman. Those were the days! 😊
Those were great shows to watch every day after school. I remember them well.
@@JosephStately And I almost forgot Underdog! 😊
SAME. Saturday was different 'toons at least in Washington, DC. Gigantor in the morning before school (I could walk there in 15 minutes) the others after school. Good times. Real cartoons, full of weirdness and whimsy, not like today's toons that are just product-selling infomercials.
I grew up with Speed Racer and started watching it at age 5 in 1967. I have both cars in metal in their original boxes and I think each is about 1 foot long. For everything I have sold throughout my years, these 2 cars I have kept in excellent condition! Incredible how I've always still loved this show as one of my favorites! GO SPEED GO!
Hands down, this was the greatest cartoon EVER!
My first exposure to Speed Racer was back in Sept 1967. I was 7 years of age and in the 3rd grade. The show first aired on WPIX NYC on Thursday and Friday at 6 pm.
I was 4 yrs old when speed racer came on the air. I loved all those Japanese cartoons, I didn't know they were from Japan until I was an adult lol. WPIX Channel 11, was my favorite station. Saturday night chiller theater Sunday afternoon Abbott and Costello then the Bowlery boys, good memories.
The original will always be my favorite! In 1998, when I was 3 years old, Speed would arrive on Cartoon Network and my mom would let me watch since she was a fan when she was a kid.
Last year, I actually a became a racing driver and yes, my helmet has a big red M on the front. The show is always gonna be the spark of that journey.
Making the techno dance record that we simply titled SPEED was the most fun I had in all of 1993!
I was also one of those kids who ran home after school in the early 1970’s to watch it.
For a while we weren’t sure if Speed Racer Enterprises was going to give us the rights to release it, but ultimately they did and the record really exploded in the dance clubs in Chicago where we are from, and ultimately to the east coast and beyond.
This club buzz got MTV interested and they ran one week’s worth of classic Speed Racer episodes. The response was really good so they ran it weekly for I think 2 or 3 years.
Our record didn’t really sell much in Europe because the show never really aired there, as a result it had European DJs asking us “who’s this bloke Speed Racer?” They didn’t know of him, so no one to feel nostalgic.
Speed races on in reruns and reboots all around the world, and nothing could make me happier.
I remember that song. Was very popular in Miami.
In first and second grade I ran home with a homework bag up and down significant hills to see the intro. Class was out at 2:45 PM and the show started on WSNS out of Chicago at 3:00? Can't remember for sure. They were the White Sox station at the time. I ran 1.3 miles in less than 13 minutes, or so, as a small child, and those hills weren't small. Just to see Speed Racer. Turned into an OK half miler as result as I got into junior high and high school. Mom started picking my younger brothers and myself up from school around 4th grade, and Speed Racer wasn't the same motivation at that time. My younger brothers were not very good at any distance over 220 yards. That crazy show won me some first place ribbons! No trophy's back then.
Great story 👍 Thanks for sharing 🖖🏼
Nothing beats the original Speed Racer from the '60s, the new generation, I really show any interest in watching!!! I remember growing up in the '70s, I ran home from school everyday just to watch that show!!! I even dressed like him, the blue polo type shirt, white pants and penny loafers, borrowed my eldest brothers' motorcycle helmet, wished I had the Mach 5, but had the Green Meen Machine at that time!!! Wow the fun days!!! Speed Racer fan for life!!!
Great story 🏁
I thought this was the history of the Speed Racer Documentary. Not a documentary about the history of Speed Racer.
Just watching this segment of this show bought back a ton of memories Thank you so much for bringing this classic cartoon of my youth
the design of the car is just timeless, so nice!
Not just our crush, for me I wanted to become the first Black gyrl/woman Formula race car driver.
I actually started street racing with/against the guys in my Southside Chicago neighborhoods then for real when I got to different army posts. Married a bad a#z Brotha mechanic who also loved racing. We did some crazy sh#t in sick muscle cars we built. 🏎
We all literally raced home after school to catch Speed Racer then The Green Hornet, Munsters and Addams Family.
I loved and still luv this anime! No matter how corny... it helped shape who I am as a bad azz Black woman who luvs racing cars. Oh, I didn't claim Trixie from the series - I was Speed. Smirk 😏 😉
Great story 👍
So many on here talking about watching it after school. In the early 70's where I lived, it came on at 5am. I would wake up (sans alarm clock) and wait until it came on. My mom would wake up, make me breakfast and go back to bed while I waiting for it to start. After Speed Racer came the 60's cartoon "Hercule". That was my second favorite.
I'm 66 and retired. Used to watch Speed Racer when young. I recently built the plastic scale model of the Mach 5. I still have no idea how the doors are supposed to work with that wrap-around windshield. But SR never used it, just jumped in and out.
I never saw the later remake.
I watched Speed Racer as a kid in the 60’s. And Ultraman, and Astro Boy, and a lot of shows on Saturday that no longer exist.
Yup. I watched them in the 70s.
Marine Boy,also.
@@stevemastnick5034 Marine Boy? Hmmm. That’s a new one never heard of.
This was my childhood, Definitely one of best animated programs of all time - my favorites are Speed Racer, 8 man, Gigantor , and Cyborg 009 - Great times! 👍👍👍👍
as a kid i loved everything about this show. A big thank you to all the people involved in making it.
I’m 57 years old and this was my favorite cartoon when I was a kid. I wasn’t alone. All my friends loved it too. We also liked Marine Boy.
If it weren't for Speed Racer, we wouldn't have Dragon Ball, Pokemon, Sailor Moon, or anime in general. This started it all in America.
Was it before Astro boy? That surprises me. It’s saying Astro boy aired 4 years prior to speed racer but that might be incorrect
Gigantor (Tetsujin 28) first aired in the USA in 1963.
I used to be able to get from the school bus to my house 10 minutes before Speed Racer came on if ran an all-out sprint for 4 blocks. That gave me time to get my after-school snacks ready. If the bus was running late some of the kids from the next two stops would get off the bus early so, they could watch it at my house and not miss anything. Speed Racer was the first action cartoon as a kid that I was completely obsessed with. Even as a kid I knew I was watching something special, and it wasn't a "kids" cartoon.
I hope Speed Racer makes a come back one day.
Please, no. The Woke maniacs would CHANGE IT and RUIN IT. Leave it be. I don’t want one of my favorite childhood memories ruined by Gen X A-holes.
@@marianmoses9604 That's why I hope that that one locked away unused script for that live-action sequel is used. If put into the right hands, it could work. Hell, if there was a new anime, I wouldn't mind STUDIO TRIGGER rebooting it.
The original Speed Racer is timeless and so special. Mach 5 is in my opinion the most beautiful sport car ever ! The characters, the stories, the entire soundtrack is amazing.
It was syndicated on UHF channels back in the early to mid-1980's. I was either four or five when I first watched it. Speed Racer, Voltron: Defender of the Universe, Robotech, Space Pirate Captain Harlock, Starblazers, and G-Force were my go-to anime to watch back then. Miss those days.
Im 58 and I can sing the theme song from heart. I have the entire seriers on DVD ..loved watching this. ✌️
I am an old man now but I watched as a kid loved it👍👍
Loved it, and still do. I used to catch it on Channel 44 here in Chicago before it became a Spanish language channel.
Aug 2023 - I’m old enough to say I enjoyed the original series in the 60s. I totally admire what’s being done these days. I’ve been to Japan 16 times. I’m still a fan of everything “Speed Racer.” Let me help. Keep the legend going! Go Speed Racer GO!!!
59...this was what made my afternoons in the early 70's!
A great way to spend the afternoon after school.
This documentary was very cool. I was a kid of the '60s and Speed Racer was a big part of my childhood (along with Ultraman, Marine Boy, and 8th Man). I still watch the original series.
A friend from the neighborhood introduced me to Speed Racer around 1974 or 75 when I was 8 or 9. Was instantly hooked. And who can forget the "Mammoth Car" episode? Go Speed Racer, Go!!!
I remember my father took me in 1968 to see the New York Yankees play with Mickey Mantle. I was only four years old. We had great seats, it was my first ever game and Mantle did something historic that day. But by the middle of the game I was crying. My father asked me why and I remember telling him thru tears that I had just realized I was missing the next episode of my favorite show Speed Racer on TV back home.
I well remember watching the original Speed Racer religiously as a kid in the early 1970’s. It was one of my all-time favorite cartoons. Great characters. Gripping stories. And of course, the FABULOUS MACH 5 which I thought was the coolest race car ever. What was not to like!?! Great childhood memories watching this series.
My FAVORITE CARTOON..Speed Racer and Johnny Quest were ahead of there time great! Storys and cast..Thank you for posting SO MANY MEMORIES
I started watching Speed in 1967. I was 9. I loved it!
Just passing Thur I ran all the way home before this on TV thank you for a wonderful childhood thanks ✍️
Another integral part of our 1960's childhood. Im 65 yo this year!
I watched the show in the late 60's. Nice to know the back story.
This was a great walk back down memory through my childhood! Thanks for posting.
Can't replace the original. Too bad they didn't keep the same characters and just make new episodes... having Pops continue to make upgrades on the Mach 5.
In Houston, this was on VHF Channel 39, which didn't come in very strongly, in my house. Fortunately, I had a friend with cable whose picture was perfect. I used to go to his house to watch Speed Racer and Ultra Man.
Good childhood memories of the 70s there... No internet, no social media BS, a great time to be a kid
I used to watch it on channel 52, in the L.A. area back in the late 70's around possibly 4pm. I remember then watching Johnny Sokko & his Flying Robot afterwards.
Along with Johnny Quest and Clutch Cargo, Speed Racer was one of my favorites as a kid in the 60s. Own the box set now. Still awesome!
This and Under Dog were my favorite growing up!
I'm 69 and I was 13 when Speed Racer came to TV. Not only that but I was already a racing fan as my father had taken me to Lime Rock, Ct. and Bridgehampton, L.I., N.Y. the previous year. So a cartoon about a racing car driver? WOW! Still my favorite.
Used to watch this before school in the early 80's. I found all the episodes at a local Cracker Barrell restaurant years ago, I felt like a damn child again .
Every afternoon after-school we’d run home and watch this show on channel 44 in Chicago. It ran for years.
I always loved the bad-dubbing and over the top screams when they crashed.
I loved this show as a kid. My favorite episodes were the ones that had the Mammoth Car.
The noise the Mammoth Car made was hilarious. 🤣. Great sound effects.
Music was great too. 👍
I too remember the mammoth car,it was all gold right!
Owned by the immortal Cruncher Block!
I'm 53 and loved Speed Racer. The car has always been the central figure. To this day, I love cars and my #1 is the Mach 5 which is why the Lamborghini Raventon is the modern day Mach 5 and my favorite actual car.
I think Speed Racer is also why I, too, am a Speed Demon.
Peter Fernandez is such a talented guy. He not only has a great voice and played Speed and Racer X but he also wrote and directed the original series.
It was also great to see him do a brief cameo as a radio announcer in the 2008 Speed Racer live action film.
the highlight of that shtty movie :D
Speed Racer.
One of the greatest cartoons of all time.
Apart from Albert The 5th Musketeer and many others.
One of my favorite cartoons as a kid in the 1960's. Kimba the white lion entertained me then too. And the Banana Splits 😁
Favs of mine also....Great times
I had the biggest crush on Speed Racer as a small girl! So happy to hear that I wasn't alone! Thank you so much for this wonderful video that took me right back!!
I'm 58 and that show made up so much of my childhood
I used to watch Speed Racer dubbed in French in Montréal in 1971 and 1972. I am not a car aficionado but I loved that cartoon as a kid.
I loved that show. My older brother painted my peddle car white and with a sharpie he did the pin striping. Wish we had taken pictures. One of the things that made being a little kid in the seventies so cool. "He's a demon on wheels" ✌🏼🤘🏻
The sound effects and the music were amazing.
This was my childhood in the mid 1970s, after school was so important to me. The lineup was Speed Racer, Ultra Man, Sea-Lab 2020 and the final show Clutch Cargo was one I had difficulty relating to but then it was almost dinner time.
I loved that show when I was a kid. I've virtually forgotten everything about it, except for the pads under his car that made it jump. I wanted a car with those.
And I loved the song - the songs always seemed to be half the appeal of the show because it was the only time you got to hear the song again. I would run home from school like Speed Racer just to be sure I didn't miss the song at the start of the show.
And Trixie became some deep archetype of the kind of girl that appealed to me.
They must have done a study of what kind of girl a boy would like.
yoshida gave an interview saying viva las vegas and goldfinger were his two big influences creating speed and the mach 5
im 55 in Delaware, i remember as a kid i wanted a steering wheel with all those buttons!
Speed Racer taught us kids that not everybody survives going off a cliff in a burning car like they do on A-Team. Hell...........just the intro/theme had at least two dying.
I watched this cartoon everyday when I was five years old could not tell time but new exactly when this cartoon was on
Finally an explanation for the “G” on Speeds shirt. Only took me 50+ years to find out😁👍
One of my favorite shows win I was like 9 I'm 58 now .still love this show. 😆
I grew up watching this show , love it !!
Yup, coolest car in the world. Jumps, cuts down tress, goes underwater, anything that can imagined. I watched it all the time as a child. Then there was racer X.
I'm 62, I remember watching speed racer and his friend trixie I believe.
Speed Racer and Battle of the Planets. The Mach 5 and the Whirlwind Pyramid...EPIC!!!
I remember seeing this for the first time on our first color TV in the mid-60s.
I'm 58 and can't tell you how much of an influence Speed Racer was for me as a kid and as an adult. Always dug Snake Oiler, favorite car was not the MACH5 but the GRX, and had the hots for Lilly. The Melange still Races.
Lilly was awesome and the GRX was definitely the fastest ever, but of all the vehicles in the show, the ultimate for me was and still remains car #9: The Shooting Star👍
@@patrickstewart9746 The Shooting Star #9 was the perfect car for Rex.
Snake Oiler was the man!! 😎👍👍
the 2008 movie was so dope and really captures the art and spirit. the fight scene in the valley was so speed racer
Speed Racer was huge in Brazil when I was growing up (in the 80's). And it´s still popular, it´s common to see Mach 5 replicas in car shows, etc.
I watched this cartoon every morning before going to school in the 2nd grade. Thought it was the coolest car ever and I wanted one 😆all the kids did back in the 70s ✌️
Used to watch it on the Wee Willie Webber show on channel 17 in Philly loved this show.
I LOVE THAT BUTTON FRONT SPEED RACER SHIRT YOUR WEAring‼️
Speed RACER WAS ON CHANNEL 56 for us and my friends house got that channel so I was over there a lot! He knew about the show before I did-and I was a SPEED RACER FAN FOR LIFE AND THAT SONG STILL SENDS THRILLED CHILLS OF EXCITEMENT!
My STERLING MOSS HO RACE SET CAME TO LIFE! And THE MACH 5!!
THE MYSTERIOUS RACER X‼️(his car looks similar to one of the last FIREBIRD TRANSAMS -BUT
T H EEEEE SPEED RACER MACH GO GO GO!!
Was only RECENTLY MADE BY SOMEONE PRIVATE-BECAUSE AS CLOSE AD YOU COULD GET TO THAT WOULD BE -WATCHING 007!! NOW THAT I KNOW SOME CLOTHS EXIST ILL BE ON THE SEARCH-I suppose a MODEL KITT WILL REQUIRE A BANK LOAN!!--GONE ARE THE DAYS OF 4.50-5$ tops! Glad I found this special!!
Loved the original Speed Racer. It's been a while since I last watched it.
Watching speed racer in the 70's while holding onto my ultra man beta capsule. The best!
You know, and I think that I can speak for everyone, Speed Racer isn't just a TV Show, it's a way of life.
Great show, we loved it in the 60s and still today!
As a kid I loved Speed Racer, still do. Used to make Lego versions of the cars and had so much fun.
I like the original version of Speed Racer. I have also watched the '97 version.
Thanks for the memories
Peter.
We used to watch this on channel 52 with Godzilla, Ultra man n others as a kid in the 70’s in L.A.!!!!👍👍👍👍👍🤩🤩🤩🤩
I gave my Grandfather the name Pops and he always stayed true to it. RIP Pops 🙏 😊
One of my favorite shows from my childhood, thanks for this video, enjoyed it so much!
This was my favorite comic book when I was a kid.
This was great! My favorite episode was the GRX.
440 kph speedometer. 👍😂
That WAS a really good one.