Food Rocks

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| name = Food Rocks

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| image = Food Rocks poster.jpg

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| caption = Official attraction poster

| location = Epcot

| section = Future World
(The Land Pavilion)

| status = Removed

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| opened = {{Start date|1994|03|26}}

| closed = {{End date|2004|01|03}}

| previousattraction = Kitchen Kabaret

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| type = Audio-Animatronic Theater show

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| designer = Walt Disney Imagineering

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| theme = Nutrition

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| duration = 12:39

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| custom_value_1 = Fūd Wrapper

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Food Rocks was an attraction at Epcot's The Land pavilion presented by Nestlé in the Walt Disney World Resort. The attraction, a musical stage show, with audio-animatronic figures, opened on March 26, 1994.{{cite news |last1=Sloan |first1=Gene |title=Update on EPCOT |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/84549244/?terms=%22food%2Brocks%22%2Bepcot |access-date=14 July 2020 |work=The San Bernardino County Sun |date=April 17, 1994 |page=G10}} The attraction closed on January 3, 2004. {{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Dave | title = Food Rocks |url= https://d23.com/a-to-z/food-rocks/}}

Synopsis

The show was themed as a benefit concert for good nutrition hosted by Fūd Wrapper, who was voiced by real-life rapper Tone Lōc.{{cite AV media |date= 28 April 2018|title= The History of Kitchen Kabaret and Food Rocks - Expedition Epcot|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4iKI549Ak4|access-date= 8 January 2020|format= YouTube|time= 9:06-9:28}} However, the show was continually interrupted by the Excess, a junk food heavy metal band that detests nutrition.{{cite AV media |date= 28 April 2018|title= The History of Kitchen Kabaret and Food Rocks - Expedition Epcot|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4iKI549Ak4|access-date= 8 January 2020|format= YouTube|time= 10:17-10:23}} In the end, The Excess lost their power as Wrapper exclaimed, "No power? You guys have been unplugged! There's plenty of foods out there that are good to eat, but remember, always eat in moderation."

The Audio-Animatronic characters were food items with human features.{{cite web |last1=Geryak |first1=Cole |title=Disney Extinct Attractions: Epcot's Tastiest Shows |url=https://www.laughingplace.com/w/blogs/disney-extinct-attractions/2016/08/11/disney-extinct-attractions-epcots-tastiest-shows/ |website=The Laughing Place |access-date=17 July 2020 |date=August 11, 2016}} The music was based on popular songs by well-known performers, with lyrics adapted to the topic of nutrition. For example, the song "Good Nutrition" by "the Peach Boys" was based on the song "Good Vibrations" by the Beach Boys. Five of these acts used the voices of the parodied musicians themselves: Tone Lōc, Neil Sedaka, Little Richard, the Pointer Sisters, and Chubby Checker. The only character who was not an animatronic was "Chubby Cheddar", who appeared as a silhouetted projection on the center stage wall. The lead singer for "the Refrigerator Police" (a parody of the Police) was a repurposed version of the Mr. Dairy Goods animatronic from Kitchen Kabaret. Many of the characters returned for the finale.

Tina Turner was offered a role as "Tina Tuna", a tuna that would sing a song called "What's Meat Got to Go with It" (a parody of "What's Love Got to Do with It"), but Turner declined the offer.{{cite AV media |last= Tuckey|first= Tammy|date= 24 July 2020|title= TTTS: Interview with Creative Team for the 25th Anniversary of "FOOD ROCKS"|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIDqHaDjDBI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/PIDqHaDjDBI |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date= 24 July 2020|format= YouTube|time= 13:21-14:25}}{{cbignore}}

History

Food Rocks debuted inside The Land pavilion at Epcot Center on March 26, 1994. It replaced the former audio-animatronic show Kitchen Kabaret.

Music acts

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!|Act

!|Song

!|Fictional group/artist

!|Parody of

1

|We'll Make It Count in the Kitchen

|The U-tensils (Possibly a spoof of U2)

|Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody"

2

|Good Nutrition

|The Peach Boys

|The Beach Boys - "Good Vibrations"

3

|Every Bite You Take

|Refrigerator Police

|The Police - "Every Breath You Take"

4

|High Fiber

|Pita Gabriel

|Peter Gabriel - "Sledgehammer" (voiced by Jess Harnell)

5

|Always Read the Wrapper

|Fūd Wrapper

|Tone Lōc - "Funky Cold Medina"

6

|Just Keep It Lean

|The Sole of Rock 'n' Roll

|Cher - "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)"

7

|Tutti Frutti

|Richard

|Cover song (with lyrical changes), Little Richard (name parodied)

8

|Vegetables are Good for You

|Neil Moussaka

|Neil Sedaka - "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"

9

|Let's Exercise

|Chubby Cheddar

|Chubby Checker - "The Twist"

10

|We Love Junk

|The Excess

|Original song written for the show

11

|Just a Little Bit

|The Get-the-Point Sisters

|Aretha Franklin - "Respect" (song parodied), The Pointer Sisters (name parodied){{cite web|url=http://allears.net/tp/ep/ep_frocks.htm|title=Food Rocks - Epcot Archives|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129070435/http://allears.net/tp/ep/ep_frocks.htm|archive-date=January 29, 2016}}

12

|Choose Before You Chew

|Entire Cast (minus Neil Moussaka, and Chubby Cheddar)

|Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Reprise)