Wake, Rattle, and Roll explained

Genre:Comedy
Runtime:30 minutes
Creator:David Kirschner
Creative Director:Rick Schneider-Calabash
Director:Doug Rogers
Steven J. Santos
Starring:R.J. Williams
Avery Schreiber
Ebonie Smith
Terri Ivens
Voices:Charlie Adler
Greg Burson
Tim Curry
Dick Gautier
Marvin Kaplan
John Mariano
Allan Melvin
Don Messick
Pat Musick
Rob Paulsen
Neil Ross
Arnold Stang
John Stephenson
Shadoe Stevens
Jean Vander Pyl
Janet Waldo
Frank Welker
Paul Winchell
Jonathan Winters
Patric Zimmerman
Theme Music Composer:Joe Curiale
Composer:Joe Curiale (Fender Bender 500 segments)
Udi Harpaz
Bob Mithoff
Michael Tavera (Monster Tails segments)
Editor:Terry Moore
Country:United States
Language:English
Num Seasons:1
Num Episodes:50
List Episodes:Wake, Rattle, and Roll#Episodes
Producer:Cosmo Anzilotti
David Casci
Jim Crum
Jeffrey Hilton
Jeffrey Scott
Kelly Ward
Kay Wright
Executive Producer:Shukri Ghalayini
David Kirschner
Ron Ziskin
Cartoon segments:
William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Paul Sabella
Channel:Syndication
Company:Hanna-Barbera Productions
Four Point Entertainment
Related:Monster Tails
Fender Bender 500

Wake, Rattle, and Roll (retitled Jump, Rattle, and Roll when it aired on The Disney Channel on weekday afternoons in 1991[1] [2]) is an American live-action/animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Four Point Entertainment that premiered in the fall of 1990. As the show's title suggests, Hanna-Barbera intended the show to air on its affiliated stations in a morning timeslot before school. The show's title was inspired by the song "Shake, Rattle and Roll". After its single season on the air in syndication, Wake, Rattle, and Roll moved exclusively to The Disney Channel under the title Jump, Rattle, and Roll, with the title adjustment due to its repeats not being confined to mornings.[3]

Jump, Rattle, and Roll ran on The Disney Channel from October 7, 1991 to 1994, becoming the only Hanna-Barbera animated series ever to air on that network.[4] [5] It has also been screened on Network Ten in Australia, TV1 in Malaysia, Channel 2 in New Zealand, M-Net in South Africa, Channel 5 in Singapore and TV5 in the Philippines while the animated segments were broadcast on ITV in the UK as part of the short running Saturday morning children's programme TV Mayhem, becoming the first series to debut on ITV during TV Mayhem.

Plot

The series was about a boy named Sam Baxter (played by R. J. Williams) and his robot D.E.C.K.S. (voiced by Rob Paulsen; built from old audio/video equipment and a Sony U-Matic videotape head; the name was an acronym for Digital Electronic Cassette-Headed Kinetic System) and their adventures in the basement, which has a time machine that can bring back historical figures.

In some cases, Sam and D.E.C.K.S. occasionally have remote fights in which they each have a remote control and start pressing buttons changing each other from Hanna-Barbera stars to famous movie stars.

Basement tech

Sam's grandpa Dr. Lester T. Quirk (played by Avery Schreiber) is a brilliant inventor and is constantly supplying Sam and DECKS with sci-fi technology to add to their basement bedroom:

Cartoon segments

After a short live-action skit, D.E.C.K.S. would turn on the television screen on his torso and display an animated short. There are two new Hanna-Barbera series made exclusively for this program.

Monster Tails

Monster Tails is about a group of pets who live in a castle in Transylvania with their guardian Igor Jr. (voiced by Charlie Adler), the son of Igor (Iggy for short). Each of them had a similar personality to their masters who are in Hollywood making movies:

Monster Tails was also shown in the U.K., on Channel 4's The Big Breakfast in 1993.

Episodes

  1. "Pet Styles of the Rich and Gruesome" – The pets are featured on a TV show called "Pet Styles of the Rich and Gruesome".
  2. "Purple Brain" – When Catula steals Frankenmutt's brain, the organ is accidentally exposed to a purple liquid, causing it to grow to giant proportions and wrecking havoc in the castle.
  3. "Elsa Dearest" – After ingesting a formula made by Mr. Snyde, Elsa becomes evil and obsessed with cleaning, annoying Catula, Frankenmutt, Iggy, and Dr. Veeny.
  4. "Sleepwalk, Don't Run" – While trying to sleep, Mumfrey sleepwalks, getting him and his fellow monster friends into calamity.
  5. "Journey to the Center of Iggy" –
  6. "To Leech His Own"- Catula tries to rid the castle of a leech that has been drinking up his tomato juice supply.
  7. "The Moatside Bassanova" – A moat monster becomes obsessed with romancing Angel, who does not want anything to do with him.
  8. "Mighty Iggy at the Bat" –
  9. "Pet-refined Fortress" –
  10. "Monster Olympics" –
  11. "Driving Mr. Iggy" –
  12. "Ma Igor" –
  13. "Curse of the Mumphrey" –
  14. "Mayhem" – The pets play a board game so forbidden that their masters forbade them to play. As they play the game, they soon find out it has a mind of its own.
  15. "Mumphrey's the Word" –
  16. "Garbage Mouth" –
  17. "Tse-tse, Tse-tse, Goodbye" –
  18. "Goodbye, Mr. Chump" –
  19. "The Minus Touch" –
  20. "Dr. Veenie's Beanie" –
  21. "Night of the Living Food" –
  22. "Mumphrey's Big Sleep" –
  23. "The Flea" –
  24. "Attack of the Monster Shadows" –
  25. "Luck, Don't Leap" –
  26. "The Counter Mental Divide" –
  27. "Dog Date Afternoon" –
  28. "That Darn Yarn" –
  29. "New Corpses on the Slab" – Dr. Veenie, Frankenmutt, and Catula become a rock band called New Corpses on the Slab when Iggy was unable to get tickets for the Graveyard Gang's concert.

Fender Bender 500

This is a spin-off of Wacky Races for the 1990s, in which classic Hanna-Barbera characters drive monster trucks made for racing. Each vehicle has a different theme, specific to its drivers; e.g., Yogi and Boo Boo's monster truck is a motorized giant picnic basket, while Winsome Witch's monster truck is a wheeled cauldron with a sentient skeleton named Axel on it. Game show announcer from The New Hollywood Squares and disc jockey Shadoe Stevens provided the voice of the race announcer. Since they were in the aforementioned series, Dick Dastardly and Muttley reappear in this segment, reprising their roles as cheaters with their own monster truck called the Dirty Truckster, which is basically their Mean Machine on a monster truck chassis. Although technically not a series of its own, this is the fourth all-star sports show from Hanna-Barbera. This show also features Paul Winchell's final performance as Hanna-Barbera's long running antagonist, Dick Dastardly.

Axel had a cameo appearance in the Jellystone! episode "Face of the Town".

The competitors, listed by numeral order, as in their race numbers:

Episodes

  1. "The Nippon Tuck 500" – The racers competed in a race in Japan. Won by Top Cat and Choo-Choo. The prize was a model of a mountain.
  2. "The Cow, Sow & Plow 500" – The racers competed in a race in an American countryside. Won by Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy. The prize was a lifetime supply of blackberry preserves, much to Yogi Bear's chagrin, who proceeded to complain about not getting his pie before getting a pie thrown into his face.
  3. "The Calypso 500" – The racers competed in a race on an island. Won by Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy. The prize was a music festival.
  4. "The Philly Freedom 500" – The racers competed in a race in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Won by Pixie and Dixie. The prize was the Spirit of 76.
  5. "The Hup, Two, Three, Four, 500" – The racers competed in a race at a military base, with the racers also put through a literal military training. Won by Top Cat and Choo-Choo. The prize was a bowling ball.
  6. "The Frances a Lot 500" – The racers competed in a race in France. Won by Wally Gator and Magilla Gorilla. The prize was “500 franks”, as in hot dogs.
  7. "The Wooden Shoe Like to Win 500" – The racers competed in a race in Holland. Won by Pixie and Dixie. The prize was a wooden shoe, which was actually edible.
  8. "The Rocket Gibraltar 500" – The racers competed in a race on the Isle of Gibraltar. Won by Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy. Dick Dastardly stole their treasure chest prize, not knowing that there were balloons in it, as the announcer stated something dealing with “da balloons”, which Dick misunderstood as “golden doubloons”.
  9. "The Bombay Flambe 500" – The racers competed in a race in India. Won by Winsome Witch and Lucky. At the beginning of the race, Dick Dastardly thought the prize had something not to be “sorry” about, thinking it was riches. However, the prize turned out to be a sari.
  10. "The Way Down Under 500" – The racers competed in a race in Australia. Won by Dick Dastardly and Muttley. The prize was a deed worth 1,000 dollars for a platypus duck, much to Dick's dismay.
  11. "The Fondue 500" – The racers competed in a race to Switzerland. Won by Pixie and Dixie. The prize was a harp.
  12. "The Kenya Win It 500" – The racers competed in a race in Africa. Won by Augie Doggie and Doogie Daddy. The prize was a five hundred carat diamond gem.
  13. "The Fettuccini 500" – The racers competed in a race in Italy. Won by Quick Draw McGraw and Baba Looey. The prize was a jug of pure olive oil.
  14. "The Monumental 500" – The racers competed in a race in Washington, D.C. Won by Huckleberry Hound and Snagglepuss. The prize was the seal of approval, given by a seal.
  15. "The High Stakes 500" – The racers competed in a race in Nevada, from the Hoover Dam to Las Vegas. Won by Quick Draw McGraw and Baba Looey. Although Dick Dastardly and Muttley were seen crossing the finish line, Huckleberry Hound informed them that the actual winners had crossed the finish line an hour before.
  16. "The Great Golden Gate 500" – The racers competed in a race in San Francisco, California. Won by Top Cat and Choo-Choo. The prize was a pile of breads.
  17. "The Highland Fling 500" – The racers competed in a race in Scotland. Won by Winsome Witch and Lucky. The prize was a honeypot.
  18. "The Rush to Rushmore 500" – The racers competed in a race to Mount Rushmore. Won by Yogi and Boo-Boo Bear. The prize was a bag of beans.
  19. "The Pound for Pound 500" – The racers competed in a race in London, England. Won by Huckleberry Hound and Snagglepuss. The prize was a giant tea bag, which the announcer called “500 pounds of tea”. At the end of the episode, Yogi and Boo-Boo Bear were having tea at the Buckingham Palace, forgetting about the race.
  20. "The Great Greek 500" – The racers competed in a race in Greece. Won by Quick Draw McGraw and Baba Looey. The prize was a statue of Dick Dastardly and Muttley.
  21. "The Log Jammer 500" – The racers competed in a race in Oregon. Won by Yogi and Boo-Boo Bear. The prize was a palatschinke.
  22. "The Clambake 500" – The racers competed in a race along New England. Won by Yogi and Boo-Boo Bear. The prize was a bowl full of clams.
  23. "The We’ll Get Bayou 500" – The racers competed in a race in Louisiana. Won by Wally Gator and Magilla Gorilla. The prize was a shrimp.
  24. "The Funhouse 500" – The racers competed in a race at an amusement park, the Wacky World carnival. Won by Huckleberry Hound and Snagglepuss. The prize was a toy box with a clown in it.
  25. "The Space Race 500" – The racers competed in a race at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Won by Yogi and Boo-Boo Bear. The prize was a picnic basket full of space food.
  26. "The Wicki Wacki 500" – The racers competed in a race in Hawaii. Won by Winsome Witch and Lucky.
  27. "The Big Apple 500" – The racers competed in a race in New York City. Won by Huckleberry Hound and Snagglepuss. The prize was a big apple.
  28. "The Panda-Monium 500" – The racers competed in a race in China. Won by Pixie and Dixie. Dick Dastardly stole their fortune cookie prize, thinking it had riches, but the fortune read "Cheaters never prosper..."
  29. "The Tumbleweed 500" – The racers competed in a race in Texas. Won by Quick Draw McGraw and Baba Looey. The prize was a pot of chili.
  30. "The Jungle Bungle 500" – The racers competed in a race in the Amazon Rainforest. Won by Quick Draw McGraw and Baba Looey. The prize was a planting of a rainforest tree.
  31. "The Silver Screen 500" – The racers competed in a race in Hollywood, California. Won by Huckleberry Hound and Snagglepuss.
  32. "The Sheik to Sheik 500" – The racers competed in a race in the Arabian Desert. Won by Huckleberry Hound and Snagglepuss. The prize was a jug of water.
  33. "The Cotton Pickin’ 500" – The racers competed in a race in the American Southeast. Won by Quick Draw McGraw and Baba Looey. The prize was poutine.
  34. "The Oom-pa-pah 500" – The racers competed in a race in Germany. Won by Pixie and Dixie. The prize was a string of braunschweiger sausages, which they did not eat because of the bratwurst that they ate earlier in the race.
  35. "The Fountain of Youth 500" – The racers competed in a race in Miami, Florida. Won by Wally Gator and Magilla Gorilla. The prize was the “Fountain of Youth”, actually a pile of mangoes.
  36. "The Fiesta Fantastica 500" – The racers competed in a race in Mexico. Won by Quick Draw McGraw and Baba Looey. The prize was an enchilada.
  37. "The Big Top 500" – The racers competed in a race at a circus, with the racers also performing a few circus acts. Won by Top Cat and Choo-Choo. The prize was two red clown noses.
  38. "The Russian Around 500" – The racers competed in a race in Russia. Won by Dick Dastardly and Muttley. The prize was a piece of red square paper, much to Dick's dismay.
  39. "The Dash to Nashville 500" – The racers competed in a race in Nashville, Tennessee. Won by Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy. The prize was a CD vinyl discs.
  40. "The Trans-Transylvania 500" – The racers competed in a race in Transylvania. Won by Winsome Witch and Lucky. The prize was a bat in a cage, which the announcer described as “a monster of a prize”.
  41. "The Run Down to Ghost Town 500" – The racers competed in a race in a Western ghost town. Won by Winsome Witch and Lucky. The prize was a skeleton key.
  42. "The Go for the Gold 500" – The racers competed in a race at an Olympic stadium. Won by Yogi and Boo-Boo Bear. The prize was a basket of golden apples. At the end of the episode, Quick Draw McGraw and Baba Looey were still at the stadium, where Quick Draw got into a fight.
  43. "The Golden State 500" – The racers competed in a race around California. Won by Top Cat and Choo-Choo. The prize was a basket of berries.
  44. "The Hit'n Mississippi 500" – The racers competed in a race along the Mississippi River. Won by Wally Gator and Magilla Gorilla. The prize was a mini-soda.
  45. "The Alligator Alley 500" – The racers competed in a race along the Everglades. Won by Pixie and Dixie. The prize was a pile of avocados.
  46. "The Brazilian Million 500" – The racers competed in a race in Brazil. Won by Top Cat and Choo-Choo. Dick Dastardly stole their prize of R$1,000,000, but was forced to pay everybody for all the damage he had done.
  47. "The Emerald Isle 500" – The racers competed in a race in Ireland. Won by Huckleberry Hound and Snagglepuss. The prize was a wooden club.
  48. "The Nile a Minute 500" – The racers competed in a race in Egypt. Won by Winsome Witch and Lucky. The prize was a blind date.
  49. "The Unfathomable 500" – The racers competed in a race at the bottom of the ocean. Won by Yogi and Boo-Boo Bear. The prize was a lifetime visit to an all-you-can-eat seafood restaurant, much to Yogi's rejoice. Unfortunately, the restaurant was located in Atlantis.
  50. "The Yukon Win It 500" – The racers competed in a race in Canada. Won by Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy.

Filler segments

Due to the Disney Channel airing the program without any commercial breaks due to being a premium service at the time, an additional animated segment aired after the last live-action scene. These consisted of two shorts from the H-B archive: a "Dino and Cavemouse" segment from The Flintstone Comedy Show and an "Undercover Elephant" segment from CB Bears.

Cast

Guest cast

Voice cast

Monster Tails:

Fender Bender 500:

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wake, Rattle, & Roll @ Toonarific Cartoons. Toonarific Cartoon Archive. toonarific.com.
  2. The Disney Channel Magazine, Vol. 9, no. 5, September/October 1991: pp. 20, 36, 45.
  3. Book: Erickson . Hal . Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 . 2005 . 2nd . McFarland & Co . 978-1476665993 . 894–895.
  4. The Disney Channel Magazine, Vol. 12, no. 5, August/September 1994: pp. 24–25, 32.
  5. The Disney Channel Magazine, Vol. 12, no. 6, October/November 1994: p. 36.

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