On Saturday, Nov 1, I went to the taping of the Pilot of Ruby & the Rockits. It was a great show-- Shaun Cassidy developed it for his brothers, David & Patrick, with youngest brother, Ryan on sets & props.
The characters of “David” & “Patrick” where written perfectly to their personalities, from David’s egotistical character, who was still cashing in on his 80’s Rockits persona, complete with Elvis-like karate kick, to Patrick’s role of a SUV dealership owner who claims to be embarrassed that his marketing dept is cashing in on his Rockits fame. Patrick’s wife is also a former member of the group, and their oldest son has musical aspirations with a bland Internet music video, and the youngest son has his own brand of creativity.
Into this mix enters Ruby, “David’s” unacknowledged daughter, who left her grandparents after realizing they never remembered she lived with him.
The 30-min pilot covers the first day of Ruby’s entrance into the family. The 5 scenes took 5 hours to film (even with some scenes previously taped), with re-takes, set ups, and changing lines around. One of David’s lines was twisted around, & each tongue-twister was even funnier than the last. Some takes used different versions of the same line (it will be fun to see which lines they use).
ABC Family has picked up the show & ordered 4 additional episodes, so write ABC Family & let them know that you can't wait to see it!
Alexa Vega ("Spy Kids") stars as Ruby & Austin Butler of "Zoey 101" co-stars as her cousin.