“Here he comes, here comes Speed Racer, he’s a demon on wheels…”  I LOVED watching Speed Racer as a child!  Well, I loved watching the re-runs as it had been off the air for a long time; I’m not that old people! The big eyes, the race car action, the Racer X drama, the funny antics of Spritle and Chim-Chim, well, that made for some great afternoons in front of the TV.   My kids knew the words to the theme song long before they ever saw an episode because I used to sing it all the time.  I was excited when the new movie came out and it was okay; the action was exciting and I like the way Speed’s family was portrayed, but I found it very confusing.  The best part was when Speed jumped out of his car at the end of a race and did his trademark pose from the cartoon.  Smoooooth! Have you seen the new animated Speed Racer television show????   I haven’t either, but the opening song is so bad that I have NO desire whatsoever to watch it.  Sacrilege!  

Here is the best and one and only Speed Racer Song:

As you know from my Barack Obama action figure post, I like to display action figures and dolls in my office; not really as a collection, but for my own amusement and joy.  My kids have stopped asking if they can play with them, because the answer is always NO.  Wait until I die, I say.  Look at this bobblehead I found of Speed & Racer X at Retroplanet.com.  And I found these Speed & Trixie dolls too from Mattel.  I was sleeping on these!  I got get them now!

Go Speed Racer, go Speed Racer, go Speed Racer, Gooooooo!

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