Wake, Rattle, and Roll

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Wake, Rattle, and Roll (retitled Jump, Rattle, and Roll when it aired on Disney Channel on weekday afternoons in 1991[1]) was a live-action/animated television show produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and premiering in the fall of 1990.

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[edit] Plot

The series was about a boy named Sam Baxter (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; an acronym for Digital Electronic Cassette-Headed Kinematic System) and their adventures in the basement, which has a time machine that can bring back historical figures.

The show's title was inspired by the song Shake, Rattle and Roll.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Monster Tails

The Monster Tails are a group of pets who live in a castle in Transylvania with their guardian Igor Jr. (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:

[edit] Episodes

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[edit] Fender Bender 500

This was the Wacky Races of the '90s, in which the racers drove monster trucks. Each vehicle had a different theme, specific to its drivers; e.g., Yogi & Boo Boo's truck looked like a giant picnic basket on wheels. Competitors (listed by vehicle number) included:

1: Yogi & Boo Boo in the Jellystone Jammer

2: Huck & Snagglepuss in the Lucky Trucky

3: Wally Gator & Magilla Gorilla in the Swamp Stomper

4: Top Cat & Choo-Choo in the Alley Cat

5: Quick Draw McGraw & Baba Looey in the Texas Twister

6: Pixie & Dixie in the Chedder Shredder

7: Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy

13: Winsome Witch (with her cat, Lucky) in the Sonic Broom

And in truck number 00 were those famous evildoers (who won a race once in a while) Dick Dastardly & Muttley in the Dirty Truckster. Game show announcer and disk jockey Shadoe Stevens provided the narration.

[edit] Episodes

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[edit] Basement tech

Sam's grandpa Quirk (Avery Schreiber) is a brilliant inventor and is constantly supplying Sam and DECKS with sci-fi technology to add to their basement bedroom:

  • People Processor - A teleporter used to send or retrieve people to and from anywhere in the world. Sometimes, it could even send people through time.
  • Mondo-View - A supercomputer that was used for several reasons on the show.
  • Debbie Detector - A video monitor used by Sam and DECKS to communicate with Sam's older sister, Debbie (Terri Ivens), which lessens the amount of time Debbie spends in the basement.

[edit] Jump, Rattle, and Roll

After its single season on the air in syndication, Wake, Rattle, and Roll moved exclusively to Disney Channel[2]. Because Disney Channel didn't have any commercial breaks at the time, Hanna-Barbera added a "secret cartoon" at the end of the last live-action segment, which was either a Dino and the Cave Mouse short (Cave Mouse became a part of the opening credits for the Disney Channel episodes) or re-runs of Undercover Elephant.

[edit] Credits

A Hanna-Barbera and Turner Entertainment production, produced in association with Four Point Entertainment, and distributed by Worldvision Enterprises.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Voice Cast

[edit] References

  1. ^ Wake, Rattle, & Roll @ Toonarific Cartoons
  2. ^ Wake, Rattle, & Roll @ Toonarific Cartoons

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