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. The series was about a boy named Sam Baxter and his robot D.E.C.K.S. (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.

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[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

A group of pets who lived in a Transylvanian castle with their master Igor Jr. Each of them had a similar personality to their masters. First, there's Frankenmutt who is Frankenstein's dog. He has incredible strength, organ-playing abilities and the brain of a genius, literally. Then there's Elsa, the pet of the Bride of Frankenstein. Elsa has the brain of a parrot and a crush on Frankenmutt. Then there's Catula, Dracula's cat. Although Catula is arrogant, he's a master of magic and transformations, usually. Next, there's Mumfrey, the Mummy's dog, who was a constant insomniac. Next there's Dr. Veenie, Dr. Jekyll's dog. Dr. Veenie's a brilliant scientist, but whenever he sneezes, he transforms into the beserk Mr. Snyde, who's like Dr. Jekyll's alter ego Mr. Hyde. And last, there's Angel, the pet of the Creature from the Black Lagoon. Angel's a ghost because she was eaten by a shark. Angel tends to shout at certain times.

[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
  2. Huck & Snagglepuss
  3. Wally Gator & Magilla Gorilla
  4. Top Cat & Choo Choo
  5. Quick Draw McGraw & Baba Looey
  6. Pixie & Dixie
  7. Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy
  8. Secret Squirrel and Morocco Mole
  9. Snooper and Blabber
  10. Squiddly Diddly
  11. Ruff and Reddy
  12. Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har
  13. Winsome Witch
  14. Hokey Wolf and Ding-a-Ling
  15. Punkin Puss and Mr. Jinks
  16. Breezly and Sneezly
  17. Peter Potamus and So-So
  18. Cindy Bear
  19. Mush Mouse
  20. Ricochet Rabbit and Droop-a-Long

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

[edit] Jump, Rattle, and Roll

After its single season on the air, Wake, Rattle, and Roll moved exclusively to Disney Channel[2]. Because of the fact that 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 Cave Mouse and Dino short (Cave Mouse became a part of the opening credits for the Disney Channel episodes) or an Undercover Elephant short.

[edit] Credits

A Hanna-Barbera and Turner Entertainment production.

[edit] Voices

[edit] External links

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