Rock 'N' America

Rock 'N' America
Rock 'N' America
Genre	Comedy, music video
Written by	Rick Ducommun; Phil Kellard; Frazer Smith
Starring	Rick Ducommun; Frazer Smith; Russ Parr; Fee Waybill
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Mark Levinson[failed verification]; Bob Hart; Bob Cambridge; Tony Quin; Paul Block
Release
Original release	1984

Rock 'N' America was an American sketch comedy and music video show.^[6]^[2]

In most markets that syndicated the program, it was usually aired Friday or Saturday evenings, usually at midnight or later. During Smith's run as host, much of the show's humor revolved around cheese logs and other stereotypes parodying the 1980s club lounge scene. One of the comedy bits featured Smith anchoring a fake newscast, in the style of Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update segment, using the sobriquet "Walter Cheeselog".

The series opening credits theme song was "(You Can Still) Rock in America" by Night Ranger.^{[citation needed]}

In the middle of the series run, the original series host Rick Ducommun was replaced by Frazer Smith. The opening and ending credit music changed also, using a portion of the song "Automatic Sighs" (falsely credited as "Automatic Signs" during the end credits) by the band Strange Advance off their album Worlds Away.^[7]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Rick Ducommun". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-06-18.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Rock 'N' America". TV Guide.
^ "Frazer Smith". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-06-21.
^ "Russ Parr". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-06-21.
^ "Rock 'N' America Details". The New York Times.
^ "Rock 'N' America". The New York Times.
^ "Rock-N-America (1984) - Soundtracks - IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 27 September 2020.

External links[]

Rock 'N' America at IMDb

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[NYT-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Rick Ducommun". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-06-18.

[TG-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Rock 'N' America". TV Guide.

[NYT3-3] "Frazer Smith". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-06-21.

[NYT4-4] "Russ Parr". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-06-21.

[NYT2-5] "Rock 'N' America Details". The New York Times.

[6] "Rock 'N' America". The New York Times.

[7] "Rock-N-America (1984) - Soundtracks - IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 27 September 2020.

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