Major Magic's (fictionalized)/Shows/Major Magic's History of Rock & Roll

The Major Magic's History of Rock & Roll showtape for Major Magic's All-Star Pizza Revue was released July 1, 1993. In this show, the Rock 'n Roll Rebellion and their friends play the best songs from the first 10 years of rock 'n roll. It was released on both reel-to-reel tape and Betacam tape.

This show was Carwardine Parks' first attempt at producing a show for Major Magic's, and Dept. 2 Productions' first time producing a show in-house for Carwardine's FEC division since the 1987 revival of the AVG/Bygosh partnership for Circus Playhouse and Tex Critter's.

As the Carwardine FEC division and Dept. 2 were based in, Dept. 2's president Lonny Timmins thought it would be more convenient to hire talent from the and  areas, rather than keep the original Major Magic's voice cast who all lived in the  area. In mid-May 1993, Dept. 2 held auditions for the new voices of the characters, and had chosen the following actors: Ken Randolph (Major Magic and Rock the Croc), Dan DeForest (Sgt. Pepperoni and Flash the Lion), Amaya Carwardine (Barbara Stringband), Robert Hynds (Burley Hives), Anthony Lee Rafaeli (Singin' Sam, Nickelodeon and Ludwig Von Drum), Eric Linney (Marcello) and Zee Paluszkiewicz (Vladimir Von Trunk). The backing tracks were recorded by Tuning Fork Music in while the vocals were recorded at Mastersound Studio in, where the final mix was also done. The visuals for the ElectroMotion version were filmed at the location.

This was Randolph's only show voicing Major Magic and Rock the Croc, as after the showtape was sent out, managers and franchisees complained about Randolph's performance as Major Magic, and thus Carwardine decided to call back Jim Newton (the voice of Major Magic and Rock the Croc for some time prior to 1993), and he began commuting from Detroit to Virginia Beach every 2 months or so to record new material. Newton would continue to voice Major Magic and Rock the Croc until the June 1997 show, after which Eric Linney took over as both for the September 1997 show onwards.

Voice Cast

 * Ken Randolph - Major Magic, Rock the Croc
 * Dan DeForest - Sgt. Pepperoni, Flash the Lion
 * Amaya Carwardine - Barbara Stringband
 * Robert Hynds - Burley Hives
 * Anthony Lee Rafaeli - Singin' Sam, Nickelodeon, Ludwig Von Drum
 * Eric Linney - Marcello
 * Zee Paluszkiewicz - Vladimir Von Trunk

Act 1

 * Intro
 * Rock Around the Clock (vocals: Major Magic)
 * Hound Dog (vocals: Flash the Lion)
 * Tutti Frutti (vocals: Sgt. Pepperoni)

Act 2

 * Blue Suede Shoes (vocals: Flash the Lion)
 * Why Do Fools Fall in Love (vocals: Barbara Stringband)
 * That'll Be The Day (vocals: Major Magic)
 * Little Darlin' (vocals: Singin' Sam, Burley Hives)

Special Skits (separate tape for the Betacam tape-run ElectroMotion system; included on the same tape for reel-to-reel)

 * Party Lights Birthday
 * Beatles Birthday (vocals: Major Magic, Rock the Croc, Flash the Lion, Barbara Stringband, Sgt. Pepperoni) (incorporates The Beatles' "Birthday" and the traditional "Happy Birthday to You")
 * Las Mañanitas (vocals: Major Magic, Flash the Lion)
 * Country Birthday (vocals: Singin' Sam, Burley Hives) (parody of Alabama's "Can't Keep a Good Man Down", incorporates the traditional "Happy Birthday to You")
 * Major Magic Intro (vocals: Barbara Stringband, Rock the Croc, Sgt. Pepperoni and Flash the Lion) (parody of Poison's "Nothin' But a Good Time")