Randy Rogel is a writer, performer, singer, songwriter, and pianist (Goodnight, everybody!). Randy was a writer for Batman: The Animated Series when he heard that production was beginning on Animaniacs. He immediately wanted to come on board, but since he was working on Batman, which was a serious work, he was not hired. But then his son was studying geography and when he realized that the nations of United States and Canada and Mexico and Panama all rhymed, he began writing a song and sent it to the show. Thus Yakko's World was born. After that, he became one of Animaniacs resident songwriters and later wrote some cartoons without musical numbers.
Randy later wrote some songs and cartoons for Histeria! and performed the Donald O'Connor role in a regional production of Singin' in the Rain. Most recently, for Rob Paulsen's podcast "Talkin' Toons", he got to perform some of the songs he wrote for Animaniacs live with Rob.
Songs and cartoons written
- Yakko's World (lyrics)
- Yakko's Universe (music & lyrics)
- What Are We? (music & lyrics)
- Wakko's America (lyrics, teleplay co-written with Tom Ruegger)
- Be Careful What You Eat
- O Silly Mio (co-written with Paul Rugg)
- Of Nice and Men (co-written with Sherri Stoner)
- What a Dump!
- The Senses Song
- Video Review (co-written with Sherri Stoner and Tom Minton)
- A Christmas Plotz (co-written by Paul Rugg)
- Twas the Day Before Christmas (co-written with Tom Ruegger)
- I'm Cute
- Gold Rush
- Schnitzelbank (co-written with Paul Rugg)
- I'm Mad
- A Quake, a Quake!
- Variety Speak
- All the Words in the English Language (co-written with Paul Rugg)
- The Presidents Song
- Multiplication
- Gunga Dot
- Hello Nurse
- Noel
- Mighty Wakko at the Bat
- A Very Very Very Very Special Show
- When You're Traveling
- Bones in the Body
- The Brain's Apprentice
- Hooray for North Hollywood (co-written with Tom Ruegger)
- The Carpool (co-written with Nick DuBois)
- The Christmas Tree (co-written with Nick DuBois, Kevin Hopps and Tom Ruegger)
- The Scoring Session (co-written with Nick DuBois, Kevin Hopps and Tom Ruegger)
- The Geologic Clock (cut)