Quantum Leap/Good Morning, Peoria

Good Morning, Peoria
Season 2, Episode 6
Airdate	November 8, 1989
Production Number	65408
Written by	Chris Ruppenthal
Directed by	Michael Zinberg
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Quantum Leap — Season Two

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Good Morning, Peoria is the sixth episode of the second season of Quantum Leap, and the fifteenth episode overall.

Starring: Scott Bakula (Sam Beckett)

Starring: Dean Stockwell (The Observer)

Guest Starring: Patricia Richardson (Rachel Porter), Richard McKenzie (Fred Beaman), Todd Merrill (Brian)

Special Appearance by Chubby Checker (Himself)

with Steve Bean (Leland), Hal England (Mayor), E.R. Davies (Sheriff Jake Foley), Barbara Perry (Theora), J. Frank Stewart (Businessman / Councilman), Kurt Andon (Man in Suit), Steve Whiteford (Reporter), Doug Ibold (Chick)

Plot Overview

Sam is a radio DJ for a struggle rock station in Peoria, Illinois that's threatened to being shut down if it doesn't stop playing rock and roll.

Notes

Leap Date

• September 9, 1959

Location

• Peoria, Illinois

Music

• Little Richard - "Tutti Frutti"

• Pat Boone - "April Love"

• Elvis Presley - "All Shook Up"

• The Crickets - "Maybe Baby"

• Santo & Johnny - "Sleepwalk"

• Jerry Lee Lewis - "Great Balls of Fire"

• The Coasters - "Yakety Yak"

• Chubby Checker - "The Twist"

• Elvis Presley - "Jailhouse Rock"

• Bill Haley and his Comets - "Rock Around The Clock"

• Frankie Ford - "Sea Cruise"

• The Five Keys - "The Glory Of Love"

• The Isley Brothers - "Shout"

Trivia

Behind the Scenes

• Bakula and Patricia Richardson previously starred together in the short-lived Eisenhower & Lutz.

Allusions and References

• When Al is coaching Sam, he asks him, "Didn't you see the movie?" The movie is Good Morning, Vietnam a 1987 movie starring Robin Williams about radio DJ during the Vietnam war who is adored by the troops while riling up his superior. The film is also likely what the episode title is based on.

• "Howlin' Chick Howell" seems to be named in reference to radio DJ Wolfman Jack.

Kiss with History

• Sam encounters Chubby Checker. In addition to insisting on getting the station to play "The Twist", he teaches Checker the accompanying dance move.