Rock & Roll!

Rock & Roll! is a Sesame Street video compilation released by Random House in 1990 in the "Sesame Songs Home Video" series. It was hosted by Jackman Wolf, who played various rock & roll songs from Sesame Street on his Sesame Street Rock & Roll Request Show.
==Segments==
Picture	Segment 	Description
 	FRAME 1 	The announcer (Martin P. Robinson) introduces "The Sesame Street Rock 'N' Roll Request Show," with host Jackman Wolf! "It's gonna blow you away, so fuhgeddaboudit!"
 	FRAME 1 cont'd	Jackman Wolf opens with a request to play a "furry blue hit"...
 	Muppets 	Grover and Friends"Monster in the Mirror"
 	FRAME 2 	Jackman Wolf gets a request from an excited Gina to play a song by Little Jerry and the Monotones, her favorite band. Jackman reveals the group is scheduled to play a special song over the phone at that moment, but never receives the call. He begins to wonder what's wrong...
 	Muppets 	Little Jerry and the Monotones sing "Telephone Rock."Beginning and ending cut, new sound effects added
 	FRAME 3 	Jackman Wolf can't get a connection with Little Jerry, so he asks her to pick a different request. Gina decides to pick two songs from her other favorite band, Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats ("You're Alive" and "Rock 'N' Roll Readers"), but can't decide which one to pick. Jackman Wolf decides to play both songs for her.
 	Muppets 	Chrissy and the Alphabeats"You're Alive"Introduction cut, new sound effects added
 	Muppets 	Chrissy and the Alphabeats"Rock 'N Roll Readers"Beginning cut
 	FRAME 4 	While reading a copy of The Three Little Pigs (with himself as the wolf), Jackman gets a request from Bert (with Ernie listening in) to play "It's Hip to be a Square," dedicated to his paper clip collection.
 	Song 	The 4 Sides"It's Hip To Be a Square"Ending edited with a comment from Bert.
 	FRAME 5 	Jackman Wolf gets a request from Count von Count and the Countess (Camille Bonora) to play a song about either the number 40 or 9, dedicated to each other. They can't make up their mind, so Jackman Wolf plays both songs for them. Delighted, they let out their usual laugh which is accompanied by the sound of thunder and the howling of a wolf, which startles Jackman and causes him to drop his phone. ("Look out!")
 	Muppets 	The Count and His Royal Transylvanians"Count Up to Nine"Opening and closing cut
 	Muppets 	Farley"Forty Blocks From My Home"
 	FRAME 6 	Jackman Wolf tries to call Little Red Riding Hood (Bonora) from the Bureau of Missing Rock Groups to see if she could find Little Jerry and the Monotones. She can't, but has a request to play "(I Can't Get No) Co-Operation" and "Hand Talk."
 	Muppets 	The Cobble Stones"(I Can't Get No) Co-Operation"Closing cut.
 	Song 	The Talking Hands With Big Bird, Oscar and The Kids"Hand Talk"
 	FRAME 7 	Jackman Wolf gets a request from Oscar the Grouch to play "The Word Is No," mistaking his phrasing as a statement at first.
 	Song 	Gina, Maria and Friends"The Word Is No"
 	FRAME 8 	The show's almost over, and Jackman Wolf gives up on trying to look for Little Jerry and the Monotones.
 	FRAME 8 cont'd	Suddenly, to Jackman Wolf's surprise, the police drag in Little Jerry and the Monotones, with a destroyed telephone booth on them! The Irish-accented officer (Robinson) tells Jackman Wolf that the group claimed he wanted them to sing a song on the telephone on the show, so he arrested them.
 	FRAME 8 cont'd	Gina pops up (apparently still on the phone), excited to hear the group finally singing on the show. Jackman Wolf explains to the officer that he did intend them to sing on his show, and continues to let them sing as the credits roll. He concludes the show by saying, "Fangs for watchin', and toodle-oooooooooo!"
==Releases==
Image:Origrockandrollvhs.jpg|1990Random House Home Video80827ISBN 0679808272
RockandrollSonyVHS.gif|1996Sony WonderLV 51299
Image:Ssrockandroll.jpg|2003Sony WonderLVD 51299
File:Newrockandroll.jpg|2009Genius Entertainment (front)
Rock&Roll-2009DVDbackcover.jpg|2009Genius Entertainment (back)
RockRoll Aus VHS.jpg|1992VDI
File:Big_bird_gets_lost_uk_vhs.jpg|1999Walt Disney Home VideoD610979Double feature with Big Bird Gets Lost
Rockandrollasiancover.jpg|Berjaya HVNcat. no 963005
File:Rockandroll_jap_laserdisc.jpg|SonyCSLW-1334
==Notes==
* In the studio, six Sesame Street videos can be seen on the shelves in the background: Monster Hits!, I Want to Go Home!, Count it Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street, The Best of Ernie and Bert, Don't Eat the Pictures and Sing Yourself Silly!.
* A photo of Little Jerry, Big Jeffie, and another Fat Blue Monotone named Richie (who appears in Episode 2452) can be seen in Jackman Wolf's studio, previously seen as an autographed picture for Gina in Episode 2595.
==Cast==
*Starring the Sesame Street Puppet Characters:
**with Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch
**Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Martin P. Robinson, Kevin Clash, Camille Bonora, David Rudman, Pam Arciero, Rick Lyon, Jim Martin, Peter MacKennan, Brian Muehl, Kathryn Mullen, Ed Christie, Jim Kroupa, Noel MacNeal, Mike Davis, Karen Prell, Mark Zeszotek, and Jim Henson
*Cast:
**Alison Bartlett as Gina
**Sonia Manzano as Maria
==Credits==
*Producer: Nina Elias
*Directed by Ted May, Jon Stone (archive material)
*Head Writer: Tony Geiss
*Written by Christopher Cerf
*Songs by David Axlerod, Christopher Cerf, Sarah Compton, Sara Durkee, Bill Gibson, Sean Hopper, Paul Jacobs, Sharon Lerner, Huey Lewis, Sam Pottle, Joe Raposo, Cathi Rosenberg-Turow, Nancy Sans, Norman Stiles
*Art Director: Victor DiNapoli
*Costume Designer: Bill Kellard
*Special Thanks to Sharon Lerner, Franklin Getchell, Leslie Raicer, Christine Ferraro
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Category:Sesame Street Video