Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World

Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World is a 1987 American animated television special created by DIC Animation City with Saban Productions featuring popular Mattel character Barbie. The story was based on the Barbie and the Rockers line of dolls, which featured Barbie as the leader of a rock band. The special originally aired in syndication as a two-part television "miniseries" with each installment lasting approximately 25 minutes; part two was titled Barbie and the Sensations: Rockin' Back to Earth.[3]

Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World
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Genre	Animated Adventure Musical Science fiction
Written by	Bill Dubay Martha Moran Ruth Handler
Directed by	Bernard Deyriès
Starring	Sharon Lewis
Music by	Haim Saban Shuki Levy
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Eric S. Rollman Andy Heyward
Editor(s)	John Carnochan Derek Iversen
Running time	30 minutes[1]
Production company(s)	DIC Animation City Saban Productions Mattel
Distributor	Hi-Tops Video
Release
Original network	Syndication
Original release	September 1987 (1987-09)[2]
Chronology
Followed by	Barbie and the Sensations: Rockin' Back to Earth

The miniseries was supposed to have been the pilot for a daily Barbie cartoon series. However, negotiations between DIC and Mattel fell through, and the project eventually emerged with a whole new set of characters—and the sponsorship of Mattel rival Hasbro—as Maxie's World in 1988.[4] The story was based on the Barbie and the Rockers doll line in which Barbie is the lead singer of a rock band. The two-part special was later released on video as a single film by Hi-Tops Video.

Plot

Barbie's rock band completes a successful world tour and decides to perform one last concert in space to promote world peace. Then in part two ("Barbie and the Sensations"), when Barbie and her band—whose name has inexplicably been changed to the Sensations—come back to Earth, they travel inadvertently back to 1959.

Songs

This is a list of the songs featured in Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World, in order of appearance:

• "Barbie and the Rockers Theme" – Sharon Lewis, Mary Adams, Joanne Wilson and Sarah Jayson
• "Catch Us If You Can" (The Dave Clark Five cover) – Sharon Lewis
• "Best Friends" – Sharon Lewis
• "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" (The Beatles cover) – Sharon Lewis
• "Do You Believe in Magic" (The Lovin' Spoonful cover) – Sharon Lewis
• "Reachin' for the Stars" – Sharon Lewis
• "Everybody Rock" – Sharon Lewis

Home media

The miniseries was released on VHS in the 1980s.

Cast

• Sharon Lewis as Barbie
• Michael Breyner as Ken

Additional voices

• Garry Chalk
• Doc Harris
• Lynn Johnson
• Viktoria Langton
• Debbie Lick
• Cathy Mead
• Doug Parker
• John Payne
• Nikki Sharp
• Veena Sood
• John Stocker
• Miranda Christine
• Benedict Campbell
• Lisa Ann Beley
• Alexandra Carter

References

1. "Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World (1987)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved February 5, 2013.
2. "Barbie and the Rockers: Out of this World". Metacafe. Retrieved February 5, 2013.
3. Lenburg, Jeff (2009). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons (3rd ed.). New York: Checkmark Books. p. 263. ISBN 978-0-8160-6600-1.
4. Erickson, Hal. "Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World (1987)". AllMovie. Retrieved December 13, 2017.

External links

• Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World on IMDb
• Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World at AllMovie