Talk:Pole Position (TV series)

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Anyone have any info on the theme song from this show? I think remember liking it as a 7 year old, but I can't remember anything else about it.--bigjarom 07:05, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

- *cough* edonkey *cough* :) Dave420 15:37, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

- Uhm, other than the fact that this was possibly THE BEST cartoon theme song of the 80s? :) I did a cover of it with my brother, for anyone that is interested (I didn't find another other covers out there). If you want to check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Kob2rwH0i4 --Hexydes 07:20, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Dude, invest in a mixing board. And come on, MASK's theme was WAY better. Cyberia23 20:23, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

"...no connection to the 1982 video game..."?

I'll admit I always just *assumed* that the cartoon was a tie-in with the game, but is there any hard evidence that DiC didn't intend it as a tie-in? There were tons of cartoons based on video games at the time, and it doesn't necessarily follow that a cartoon based on a game has to stick to the plot of the original game, especially when there isn't much of one besides racing.

I'd be very appreciative if someone could post a citation of a source that confirms whether the cartoon was intended as a spin-off of the game or not. Thanks!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.236.218.36 (talk • contribs)

I added a citation needed tag. I find it odd that it wasn't supposedly intended to be based on the game's popularity. Cyberia23 21:42, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

The ending credits of the cartoon include POLE POSITION COPYRIGHT NAMCO 1984. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.166.19.111 (talk) 06:23, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Well then obviously it's based on the game yet the story as you can see is more further out and different. --Victory93 (talk) 09:23, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

To my understanding the cartoon started development before the arcade game released and DIC decided that it was easier to simply pay a license fee to keep the now copyrighted by NAMCO name than to find a new name for it. 83.80.200.102 (talk) 16:37, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

Who ever wrote the entry either did not watch the series or just not enough. Roadie and Wheels were portable A.I. units and were seperate from the cars they were pluged into. Not only could they be pulled out and hand carried (and still remain running) but were interchangable between cars. One or two episodes, Roadie was put in the Mustang and Wheels was put in the other car. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.227.57.112 (talk) 19:31, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Franklen/Franklin

IMDB credits "Melvin Franklen" as one of the voice actors. However, if (as the article claims) the voice actor in question was the late former member of The Temptations, then the spelling is definitely "Melvin Franklin". So which is it? --RFBailey 20:35, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

According to IMDB the two are different people. I've removed the statement from the article unless a source can be provided which states that "Franklin" provided the voice.--NeilEvans 21:02, 13 June 2007 (UTC)