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{{Infobox episode
|image= [[File:Little Richard and Wolfy at school.png|300px]]
|caption= [[Bill S. Preston, Esquire|Bill]] & [[Ted "Theodore" Logan|Ted]] play with [[Little Richard]] and young [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] at their [[San Dimas High School|school]].
|prodno=
|premiere= [[September 22]], [[1990]]
|run_time= 
|cast= [[Keanu Reeves]]<br />[[Alex Winter]]<br />[[George Carlin]]<br />[[Kath Soucie]]<br />[[Little Richard]]
|music= [[Chuck Loeb]]
|writers= [[John Loy]]<br />[[John Ludin]]
|directors= [[Gordon Hunt]] (voices)
|previous= One Sweet & Sour Chinese Adventure—To Go
|next= A Most Excellent Roman Holiday
|title_card= [[File:B&TEA 102 title card.png|300px]]
}}
'''"The Birth of Rock & Roll or Too Hip for the Womb"''' is the second episode of ''[[Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures]]'' season one. It aired on [[September 22]], [[1990]] on [[CBS]]. It was written by [[John Loy]] and [[John Ludin]], and voice directed by [[Gordon Hunt]].

In order to appreciate classical music for class, Bill & Ted go back in time to meet Mozart, but accidentally go back to when he was a kid, right when his parents need a babysitter. While babysitting, they then go to visit William Tell in 1300, although their pit stop in 1955 for a chance meeting with Little Richard (who guest stars as himself) proves to be more helpful.

==Detailed summary==
==Memorable quotes==
==Characters==
{{CastTop}}
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Mr. Scanland]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Maurice LaMarche]]
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Ted "Theodore" Logan]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Keanu Reeves]]
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Bill S. Preston, Esquire]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Alex Winter]]
|-
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Eddie Van Halen
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[George Carlin (character)|George Carlin]] (photo)
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Leopold Mozart]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Anna Marie Mozart]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Kath Soucie]]
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Kath Soucie
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Anna Marie Mozart]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Kath Soucie]]
|-
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[Deacon Logan]]
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Little Richard (character)|Little Richard]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Little Richard|Himself]]
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Miss Molly]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
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|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Chad Allen
|-
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[Detective Logan]]
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures characters|Grandfather]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
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|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures characters|"Heidi"]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Kath Soucie
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|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures characters|Woman]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Kath Soucie
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures characters|Bailiff]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Rob Paulsen]]
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures characters|Booth operator #1]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Eddy (The Birth of Rock & Roll)|Eddy]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[William Tell]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
|-
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| William Tell's son
|-
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Ted's mother
|-
{{CastBottom}}

==Organizations==
* [[Wyld Stallyns]]
* [[New Boys on the Corner]] (photo)

==Locations==
* [[Earth]]
** [[United States]]
*** [[California]]
**** [[San Dimas]]
***** [[San Dimas High School]]
***** Shopping mall
*** [[Georgia]]
**** [[Macon]]
***** [[Macon Bus Terminal]]
***** Recording studio
** [[Germany]] (mentioned)
** [[Austria]]
*** [[Salzburg]]
**** [[Mozart residence]]
** [[Switzerland]]

==Objects==
* ''[[Carlin Totally Live]]''
* [[Time machine phone booth]]
* [[Circuits of Time Directory]]
* Little Richard's piano

==Vehicles==
* Mozarts' carriage

==Production==
===Development===
===Filming===
==Music==
The theme song was performed by [[Randy Peterson]] and [[Kevin Quinn]]. The music was composed by [[Chuck Leob]] for [[Score Productions]]. [[Bodie Chandler]] was the director of music production.

==Release==
Dates are in order of release:

* United States: September 22, 1990 on CBS

==Behind the scenes==
* New Boys on the Corner is a parody of New Kids on the Block.
* The grandfather calling out for his supposed granddaughter Heidi is a reference to the 1881 novel ''Heidi'', which [[Hanna-Barbera]] adapted into an animated film in [[1982]] called ''[[Heidi's Song (film)|Heidi's Song]]''.

==Errors==
* When Little Richard begins to play the piano in the recording studio, Eddy's entire clothes are blue, when only his tie was blue.
* There's a subtle difference between the appearance of Leopold Mozart from the first and last time he appeared, possibly indicating he was designed by two separate animators.

==Everlasting influence==
Alex Winter mentioned working with Little Richard when he appeared as a guest on the [[July 18]], [[1991]] episode of ''The [[Arsenio Hall]] Show''.

==Critical reception==
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==Home availability==
* In the United States:
** [[August 13]], [[2013]]: [[TGG Direct]] releases ''[[Best of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures]]'' on DVD (Walmart exclusive).
** [[October 1]], 2013: TGG Direct releases ''Best of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures'' on DVD.

==References==
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