Rock 'N' America Explained

Genre:Sketch comedy, music video
Starring:Rick Ducommun
Frazer Smith[1]
Russ Parr[2]
Fee Waybill
Joe Simon
Country:United States
Language:English
Producer:Mark Levinson
Bob Hart
Bob Cambridge
Tony Quin
Paul Block

Rock 'N' America is an American sketch comedy and music video show.[3]

In most markets which syndicated the program, it was usually aired Friday or Saturday evenings, usually at midnight or later. During Smith's run as host, much of the show's humor revolved around cheese logs and other stereotypes parodying the 1980s club lounge scene. One of the comedy bits featured Smith anchoring a fake newscast, in the style of a Saturday Night Live Weekend Update segment, using the sobriquet "Walter Cheeselog".

In the middle of the series run, the original series host Rick Ducommun was replaced by Frazer Smith. The opening and ending credit music changed also, using a portion of the song "Automatic Sighs" (falsely credited as "Automatic Signs" during the end credits) by the band Strange Advance off their album Worlds Away.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Frazer Smith. https://web.archive.org/web/20150621231316/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/66422/Frazer-Smith/filmography. dead. Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2015. 2015-06-21.
  2. Web site: Russ Parr. https://web.archive.org/web/20150621225449/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/1076902/Russ-Parr/filmography. dead. Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2015. 2015-06-21.
  3. Web site: Rock 'N' America. https://web.archive.org/web/20150618204310/https://www.nytimes.com/tv/show/159417/Rock-N-America/overview. June 18, 2015. 2015. The New York Times.
  4. Web site: Rock-N-America (1984) - Soundtracks - IMDb. IMDb. 27 September 2020.