The Birth of Rock & Roll or Too Hip for the Womb

The Birth of Rock & Roll or Too Hip for the Womb
Bill & Ted play with Little Richard and young Mozart at their school.
Premiere date	September 22, 1990
Starring	Keanu Reeves Alex Winter George Carlin Kath Soucie Little Richard
Music composed by	Chuck Loeb
Writer(s)	John Loy John Ludin
Director(s)	Gordon Hunt (voices)
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"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.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Mr. Scanland	Maurice LaMarche
Ted "Theodore" Logan	Keanu Reeves
Bill S. Preston, Esquire	Alex Winter
Eddie Van Halen
George Carlin (photo)	N/A
Leopold Mozart	Unavailable
Anna Marie Mozart	Kath Soucie
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Kath Soucie
Anna Marie Mozart	Kath Soucie
Deacon Logan
Little Richard	Himself
Miss Molly	Unavailable
Chad Allen
Detective Logan
Grandfather	Unavailable
"Heidi"	Kath Soucie
Woman	Kath Soucie
Bailiff	Rob Paulsen
Booth operator #1	Unavailable
Eddy	Unavailable
William Tell	Unavailable
William Tell's son
Ted's mother

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

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.

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.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

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.