Radio Free Roscoe

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Radio Free Roscoe
Genre Teen comedy-drama
Creator(s) Will McRobb
Douglas McRobb
Starring Nathan Stephenson
Kate Todd
Ali Mukaddam
Nathan Carter
Opening theme "Radio Free Roscoe Theme"
Skye Sweetnam
Ending theme "Radio Free Roscoe Theme"
(Instrumental) (some episodes)
Country of origin Flag of Canada Canada
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 2 (CAN)
4 (U.S.)
No. of episodes 52 (List of episodes)
Production
Producer(s) John A. Delmage
Executive producer(s) Steven DeNure
Neil Court
Beth Stevenson
Running time 20-22 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel Flag of Canada Family Channel
Flag of United States The N
Original run August 1, 2003 – May 27, 2005
Links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Radio Free Roscoe, (sometimes abbreviated as RFR), is a Canadian television series filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The show was produced by Decode Entertainment, and it first aired on August 1, 2003 on the Family Channel in Canada. The show was later aired on The N in the United States, where the show received funding for a second season. The series ended on May 27, 2005 because after The N decided to stop funding the show, the Family Channel and Decode Entertainment could not fill the gap in the production budget. The N continued syndication of the show until September 2006. The show is still syndicated on Family, usually around midnight.

Contents

[edit] Cast / characters

[edit] Main Cast

Note: each member of Radio Free Roscoe uses a pseudonym that is only used when broadcasting their radio show, so they can remain anonymous.

[edit] Supporting Cast

  • Kim Carlisle - Genelle Williams
  • Principal Daniel Waller - Hamish McEwan
  • Mickey Stone - Kenny Robinson
  • Audrey Quinlan - Ashley Newbrough
  • Ted - David Rendall
  • Ed - Garen Boyajian
  • Parker Haynes - Victoria Nestorowicz (Season 2) (Season 3-4 in the US)
  • River Pierce - Steve Belford (Season 2) (Season 3-4 in the US)
  • Megan - Hillary Kourkoutis (Season 2) (Season 3-4 in the US)
  • Bridget - Lara Amersey (Season 2) (Season 3 in the US)
  • Grace - Julia Alexander (Season 2)

[edit] Guest stars

  • Skye Sweetnam appeared in one episode of the show entitled "The Bad Boy", playing a rebellious video student.
  • Jake Epstein played Jackson Torrence in the episode "Musical Influences"
  • Lauren Collins played Blaire in "In Charm's Way" and "Truth or Conquests"
  • Ray Mukaddam, Ali's real life brother, played Ray Brennan's brother Tim.
  • The Trews appeared as themselves.

[edit] Storyline

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Four teens in Suburban New Jersey are fed up with being told how to live their lives by "Cougar Radio", their school's radio station, so they rebel and start their own. Cougar Radio and life at Roscoe High gets more complicated when Robbie McGrath ("Question Mark") falls for the Cougar Radio DJ, Kim Carlisle. In their time at Roscoe High, the four friends confront challenges, such as when Ray Brennan ("Pronto") has a crush on Lily Randall ("Shady Lane"), when Lily Randall and Travis Strong ("Smog") date briefly and during other love interests between the members of RFR and their schoolmates, such as Lily Randall and River Pierce, Travis Strong and Parker Haynes, Ray Brennan and Grace.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Opening theme

Robbie "Question Mark" McGrath: It's all you ever hear. Look like this, think like this, be like this. How do you fight it? We started our own radio station. We keep our identities secret. It gives us the power to say what we want, as loud as we want.

Skye Sweetnam: We change the rules around. We got a different sound. Tune into the underground. Cause when it gets too much, you have no choice. Aww yeah, you gotta make some noise. Are you listening? Are you listening? Now, we're on the air

Robbie "Question Mark" McGrath: You're listening to Radio Free Roscoe.

[edit] Episodes

Main article: List of Radio Free Roscoe episodes

There are a total of 52 episodes. On the Family Channel, there are two seasons, and on The N there are four seasons. Both channels have aired all 52 episodes.

[edit] Merchandise

There are two official Radio Free Roscoe products.

[edit] Running gags

Radio Free Roscoe has a few running gags, normally associated with a single character's conversational patterns or propensity to mention certain similar phrases.

  • "The Best of Both Worlds" - The phrase, "Best of both worlds" is frequently used by Ray to relate to made up words which he uses in exclamation, the rest of the characters do this in the earlier episodes a few times, but it is later a trait adopted and solely employed by Ray. His father is also seen to do this in one episode, even quoting his own father, who apparently used the joke to refer to his hair.
  • "Choose" - Ray and the cast of RFR always are playing "Choose". It's when someone say two things and you have to choose between them. In many episodes this is how Ray and Lily bond.
  • "Punching Ray's Arm" - Any time Ray would say or do something stupid Lily would punch him on his arm. The two find a photograph of one of the first times Lily did this when looking through the time capsule in "The All-Nighter".
  • "Nanny Haynes" - In the later episodes, Parker Haynes repeatedly quotes her grandmother, Nanny Haynes, albeit out of context- as most of these quotes at first relate to life and philosophy and seem insightful until Parker's revelation she has either totally paraphrased her grandmother or is quoting her out of context. These quotes and misquotes normally involve mundane and uninteresting aspects of everyday life when shown in context.
  • "Garth Clemchuck" - Garth Clemchuck is never seen or heard from, but referred to through-out the series. It is mentioned, for instance, that he throws like a girl or smells like kiwi. His girlfriend once called into RFR, and asked if she could say hello to him. The DJ's refused.
  • "think pink" - Lily used this as her campaign hook when she ran for student president. Occasionally, this line would appear in later episodes.

[edit] Trivia

  • The show was first filmed in New Jersey, with an entirely different cast. Then, the show was going to be based in Nutley, New Jersey, and the show was going to be titled Radio Free Nutley. When Decode Entertainment decided to move the show to Toronto, the cast and title of the show changed. (However the settting remained in suburban New Jersey.)
  • The character Kim Carlisle was originally named Roger Carlisle, a guy. The name was changed when it was decided that more women were needed on the show.
  • Will McRobb, the co-creator of the series played a Biology teacher in one episode.
  • In one episode, The Rocket Summer (Bryce Avary) does a station ID for RFR.

[edit] Quotes

  • Ray: "Do you know anything that rhymes with Grace?"
    • Lily: "Uh, a bass, debase, disgrace, replace"
    • Ray: "I said a word."
      • Episode 313 - There Will Be No Encore Tonight

[edit] Awards / nominations

  • 2004 Young Artists Awards
    • Nominated David Rendall (RFR) for Best Performance in a Television Series, Recurring Young Actor.
  • 2004 Parents' Foundation Parents' Choice Awards:
    • Recommended Television Series Winner: RFR.
  • 2004 New York Festivals:
    • World Medal (Silver) Teen Programs (Ages 13-17).
  • 2004 Gemini Awards Nominations:
    • Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series: Radio Free Roscoe (p. Steven Denure, Neil Court, John Delmage, Douglas McRobb, Will McRobb, Brent Piaskoski, Beth Stevenson. Decode Entertainment Inc.)
    • Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series: Ali Mukaddam, (for The Awful Truth).
  • 2005 Gemini Awards Nominations:
    • Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series: Radio Free Roscoe (p. Steven Denure, Neil Court, John Delmage, Douglas McRobb, Will McRobb, Brent Piaskoski, Beth Stevenson. Decode Entertainment Inc.) - WON
    • Best Sound in a Dramatic Series: Radio Free Roscoe Justin Drury and Ric Jurgens (There Will Be No Encore Tonight)

[edit] International syndication

[edit] External links

radio FREE roscoe
Characters Travis Strong | Ray Brennan | Robbie McGrath | Lily Randall
Locations Henry Roscoe High School
Other Episode List | RFR, Vol. 1 | Season 1 Hits
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