Wake, Rattle & Roll: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Wake, Rattle & Roll (retitled: Jump, Rattle & Roll when it aired on Disney Channel on weekday afternoons in 1991), 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 (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. 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. The Fender Bender 500 and Monster Tails.

Series details

• Title: Wake, Rattle & Roll
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy, Children, Family
• Premiere date: 1990-09-17
• Final broadcast date listed: 1990-09-17
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NBC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 34594
• IMDb ID: tt0132611
• TVDB ID: 267850

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1990-09-17; final listed air date 1990-09-17.

Source and licence

Adapted from Wake, Rattle & Roll on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.