Hot Wheels

Hot Wheels is a thirty-minute Saturday-morning cartoon series broadcast on ABC from 1969 to 1971, under the primary sponsorship of Mattel Toys. 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 FCC, 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. Synopsis The series mainly focused on the racing exploits of a high school student, Jack "Rabbit" Wheeler, who led the Hot Wheels Racing Club. Voice cast Bob Arbogast as Doc Warren Melinda Casey as Janet Martin Albert Brooks as Kip Chogi Susan Davis as Ardeth Pratt Casey Kasem as Dexter Carter Nora Marlowe as Mother O'Hare Michael Rye as Jack "Rabbit" Wheeler