...Where's Rodney?

...Where's Rodney?
Network	NBC
Production company	Bedrock Productions
Original release	June 11, 1990
Starring	Rodney Dangerfield Jared Rushton Jane Daly Thea Vidale Soleil Moon Frye Breckin Meyer Sean de Veritch Amy O'Neill Jay Thomas
Executive producer(s)	David Nesor Gary Hammond
Music composed by	Mike Tavera
Writer(s)	David Nesor Gary Hammond
Director(s)	John Sgueglia

...Where's Rodney? was a rejected television sitcom that acted as a vehicle for comedian Rodney Dangerfield. Aaron Spelling Productions and Bedrock Productions produced a pilot for NBC, who ultimately passed, but still went ahead and aired the pilot on June 11, 1990. It was written by Phil Doran and Sy Rosen (the pen names of David Nesor and Gary Hammond, respectively), produced by Wendy Blair, and directed by John Sgueglia.

Below, the rest of the article will be treated as an episode article would be.

Teenager Rodney Barnes magically calls on the help of his hero Rodney Dangerfield to advise him on how to get a date with a girl at his school.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Rodney Barnes	Jared Rushton
Miss Banks	Thea Vidale
Sonya	Soleil Moon Frye
Cindy	Dah-ve Chodan
Rodney's friend #1	Sean De Veritch
Rodney's friend #2	Breckin Meyer
Rodney Dangerfield	Himself
Waiter	Shelly Lipkin
Rodney Dangerfield's date	Jennifer Richards
Mrs. Barnes	Jane Daly
Lisa Barnes	Amy O'Neill
Mrs. Dorkin
Lou Barnes	Jay Thomas
Aunt Flora (no lines)	Unavailable
Grandpa	Paul Lambert
Grandma	Lois Hall
Spit (no lines)	Unavailable
Tom Selleck

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • School
    • Restaurant
    • Barnes residence
    • Sears (mentioned)
  • Antarctica (mentioned)

Objects

• Nothing of importance

Vehicles

• None

Production

Filming

It was taped in front of a live studio audience at Hollywood Center Studios in Hollywood, California.

Music

The music was composed by Mike Tavera.

Crew credits

• Executive in charge of production for Bedrock Productions: Jeff Segal
• Associate producer: Janice Minsberg
• Casting director: Junie Lowry
• Director of photography: Gary Scott, Alan Walker Associates
• Art director: Roy Christopher
• Videotape editors: Marco Zappia, Scott Collector
• Associate director: Joni Rhodes
• Stage managers: Peter Barth, Lonnie Steinberg, Rusty Coleman
• Production supervisor: Sharon Shore
• Production manager: Bill Bracken
• Costume designer: Diana Eden
• Set decorator: Steve Rostine
• Script supervisor: Susan Diaman-Neigher
• Casting associate: Elisa Goodman
• Assistant art director: Greg Richman
• Prop master: Ken Dawson
• Production staff: Dee Dee Feinberg, Terrell Greene, Donald L. Jordan, Grady Locklear, Peter Winicov
• Technical director: Peter Filsinger
• Audio mixer: Doug Nelson
• Make-up artist: Ken Wensevic
• Hairdresser: Lynn Del Kail

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: June 11, 1990 on NBC

Behind the scenes

• Rodney's room is full of Dangerfield posters of his movies, including Caddyshack, Back to School, and Easy Money.

Errors

• Why is it that nobody cares or pays attention when Rodney vanishes?

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• Not available. 😥