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My Dad the Rock Star
Willy Zilla and his rock-star father Rock Zilla, as seen on the show's opening sequence.
Format	Animated television series
Created by	Gene Simmons
Starring	Joanne Vannicola Lawrence Bayne Don Francks Sarah Gadon Martin Villafana Kathleen Laskey Stephanie Mills Rob Stefaniuk
Country of origin	Canada United States United Kingdom
No. of episodes	26
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Teletoon, Nickelodeon
Original airing	February 2004 (Canada) February 2005 (United States) February 2007 (United Kingdom)

My Dad the Rock Star is an animated television series created by KISS member Gene Simmons, and produced by Canadian company Nelvana. The show is about William "Willy" Zilla, a 14-year old boy just trying to be normal despite being the son of Rock Zilla, a flamboyant musician. The program airs on Teletoon in Canada, and ran for a short period of time on the Nickelodeon network in the United States. It currently airs on kids channel Pop Girl & Kix in the UK.

Cast

• Joanne Vannicola - Willy Zilla - The main character. Willy never lead a normal life when he was on tour with his family until he came to Silent Springs. Throughout the series, Willy gradually becomes more comfortable in who he is and accepts his new, more "normal" lifestyle. Willy aspires to be a musician like his father and grandfather (see below). Willy's music of choice is jazz.
• Lawrence Bayne - Rock Zilla - Willy's rock star father. Rock loved rock since birth. His full name is "Rockford Amadeus Zilla". He has a pet Komodo Dragon called Mosh. Even though Rock is the father of the family, he is very immature and behaves like a teenager.
• Don Francks - Skunk - Ex-driver of the Zilla tour bus, friend/manager of the family. Skunk is from England and has a long two-toned ponytail, hence his name. Skunk's real name is Nigel Fanshawe.
• Sarah Gadon - Alyssa - Willy's best friend, and eventually girlfriend. She is an environmental activist.
• Martin Villafana - Quincy - Willy's other best friend. Prefers to be called "Q".
• Kathleen Laskey - Crystal Zilla - Willy's mother. Crystal is a pink-haired spiritualist.
• Stephanie Anne Mills - Serenity Zilla - Willy's older sister. Serenity is the stereotypical teenage girl: spoiled, boy-crazy, egotistical and ditzy. She picks on Willy and easily gets lost in the mansion.
• Rob Stefaniuk - "Buzz" Sawchuck - Willy's bully/nemesis. Although brutish and violent, "Buzz" often speaks in the manner of a Shakespearian actor, making long-winded speeches and monologues. his father, Lloyd, is head of the school board. "Buzz" has a crush on Alyssa, which is not reciprocated.
• Dwight Schultz - Principal Malfactor - A strict disciplinarian, with a particular dislike for Willy. He once tried to have music class removed from school, and to have Willy expelled. Both times, he was foiled by Rock's intervention. Bears an uncanny resemblance to Ed Sullivan.
• Dwight Schultz - Mr. Kant - The Zilla's next door neighbour. He utterly despises Rock for all the chaos he causes, but has a soft spot for Willy. He has a cat and dog, Helga and Henderson, who are friends with Mosh.

Episodes

The show ran for two seasons and currently is on Kix!.

Season 1

1. Welcome to Silent Springs

Rock and his family move to Silent Springs. Willy disguises himself as "Willy Zillowsky" but he is forced by Buzz to steal Rock's gold record.

2. Zilla's House of Horrors

Willy hears Buzz claim that the house is haunted due to being built on a graveyard.

3. Mr. Zilla's Opus

Rock reveals to everyone in school that Willy is his son, when he becomes the schools new band teacher.

4. High Infidelity

Crystal opens a Psychic Wellness Centre next to Willy's school earning Willy some ribbing over his flakey Mom.

5. Angela D'Angelo

When Willy meets a new student named Angela, she invites him to a pre-date with her parents who dislike Rock Zilla.

6. The Candidate

Willy plans to be the candidate for class representative, but Buzz keeps stealing all of his plans and hijacks the candidate party! Willy eventually wins even with the chaos caused by asking his parents to act normal.

7. Willy Unplugged

Willy is going to play his trumpet at the school talent night, but when Rock finds out, he tries to "help" by adding over-the-top theatrics to Willy's show. Quincy and Alyssa try to get in on Willy's act - with less-than-musical results.

8. Dance Party

Willy joins the dance committee, but the teacher, Ms. Zachwiss, doesn't want to dance to change from the theme it's had for the past 19 years.

9. Psychic Convention

Crystal asks Willy to come with her to the Psychic Convention to meet Madame Persenchia, but he has to prepare for a maths exam and Mosh goes missing.

10. Call of the Wild

The Zillas go on a camping trip with Willy's friends but something goes horribly wrong.

11. Mr. Big

When Sally Raptor, the popular girl in school, offers Willy a coveted spot in the "in crowd", Willy gets a taste of what it's like to be extremely popular - and it rocks! But complications arise when Sally tries to get Willy to abandon his old friends Alyssa and Quincy. Meanwhile, Serenity is terrorizing the neighbourhood practising to get her driver's license.

12. Rebel Without A Nose Ring

Buzz sets Willy up to experience a series of unfortunate encounters with Mr. Malfactor after which Malfactor labels Willy a Rebel and seizes the opportunity to restore order upon the student body by implementing a dress code.

13. Going for Broke

When the Zillas go broke, Quincy's father invites them to stay.

Season 2

14. Meet the Zillas

Rock decides that TV is boring so starts his own reality show. But later as they play pranks on Willy, they change the show to "Meet Willy Zilla."

15. Rock Is From Mars, Willy Is From Venus

Willy and Rock try to spend some quality time together but things don't go as Willy intended.

16. The Sound of Zilla

Willy's school is celebrating International Students Week.

17. Home for the Holly Daze

It's the Zillas' first Christmas in Silent Springs and when they inadvertently cause a famous Broadway director to lose his job, misery befalls them when he tries to get even.

18. What's the Scoop?

Scoop keeps on sneaking out on Rock; Buzz puts Willy in detention after he arrives late. So Scoop and Willy concoct a plan to prove his innocence.

19. Rock Bottom

It's Rock's birthday but things get chaotic when Rock gets depressed, Serenity lands herself in the slammer, and she ends up serving community service at a senior's home, with Rock as her newest patient!

20. Saving Sawchuck

After Willy saves Buzz from drowning, he has to let Buzz save him from harm; Serenity falls in love with the Lifeguard, so she has lifeguard lessons.

21. King of the Desert

Willy, Quincy, and Alyssa take on a band trip, but ends up in the middle of the desert: Serenity and Crystal have to hide Rock's concert t-shirt (which he refuses to wash) before he comes back.

22. Big Willy on Campus

Rock is given an honorary doctorate by his old college, Cere Bellum University, but someone has it in for Rock.

23. Metamorphic Rock

Willy, Quincy and Alyssa are assigned a group project in Science class but with his mom missing in action, the house gets chaotic.

24. Kant Buy Me Love

Willy and his friends help their neighbor, Mr. Kant throw a silent party.

25. Chip Off the Old Rock

Rock's parents come to visit him, but they became mortal enemies; Serenity and her Grandmother have a day off.

26. Blind Date

Willy and Alyssa become attracted to each other after a night at the movies. When Willy realizes that he is now dating her, he becomes a wreck, as he is afraid of how Quincy will react, and what this will mean for the trio's friendship. Meanwhile, Rock is trying to celebrate his 20th anniversary with Crystal, but each of his plans only seem to upset her.

DVD

The first season was released on DVD on September 20, 2006.

DVD entitled Dad's Debut release September 20, 2005. Contained these episodes

• Welcome to Spirit Springs
• Zilla's House of Horrors
• Mr. Zilla's Opus
• High Infidelity
• Angela D'Angelo
• The Candidate

Trivia

• Rockzilla, like Gene Simmons himself, is a Beatles fan. When lost in the desert, he whipped up a list of necessary items:
  • Food
  • Shelter
  • The White Album
  • Firewood
• The episode "Kant buy Me Love" is named after the Beatles' song "Can't Buy Me Love".
• The episode "Rock Bottom" refers to the KISS song of the same name.
• When Rock's parents visit, he and his father go to a formal party. When the violinist is asking for requests, Rock asks for KISS.
• In the episode "Angela D'Angelo" when Willy, Skunk and Rock are discussing the predate, the chimney has a Millennium Eye design on it from Yu-Gi-Oh!.
• The Episode name, "Big Willy On Campus" is a spoof of the television show Big Wolf On Campus.
• The theme song is sung by artist Spookey Ruben, written by songwriter Jason Gleed, and mixed by John "Naz" Naslind in Toronto.
• Marilyn Manson has been mentioned on this show, more than once. So has Michael Jackson and the famous British rock supergroup Queen.
• Hi Infidelity is named after the REO Speedwagon album of the same name.

External links

• My Dad the Rock Star at the Internet Movie Database
• Opening sequence at GeneSimmons.com