The Brothers Flub

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox television The Brothers Flub is a children's animated television series created by David Burke and Laxlo Nosek for Nickelodeon. It was produced by Sunbow Entertainment and Sony Wonder Television in co-production with Ravensburger Film + TV and Videal. Nickelodeon billed the show as its original programming despite it not being a Nicktoon. The show's title characters are a pair of alien brothers named Guapo and Fraz, both of whom work as couriers, who travel throughout their universe to deliver packages to a different planet in each episode of the series. It ran from January 16, 1999, until January 8, 2000 and was widely panned by critics, who compared it unfavorably to actual Nicktoons.[1]

Summary

The Brothers Flub takes place in outer space. The show's title refers to its two central characters: a pair of blue-furred alien brothers named Guapo and Fraz Flub. Guapo is shorter and fatter than his brother, and is a lighter shade of blue. Both wear spacesuits, shoes and caps.

In the series, they work for a company called RetroGrade Interdimensional Couriers, of which a green-colored female alien named Tarara Boomdeyay is the boss.[2][3][4] Other characters at their job include a female alien named Valerina and an older orange, male alien named Squish. The brothers, who are couriers, travel through their universe in their spacecraft (called the Hoog) to deliver packages to various planets.[4][5] Each episode features a different planet with a different characteristic, such as "The Land of Oversized Games", which comprises life-sized game pieces such as a pinball machine,[6] or "Hip City", a planet inhabited by beatnik aliens.[7]

Production

The show was produced by Sunbow Entertainment, at the time a subsidiary of Sony Wonder. creators marketed the series for children ages six through eleven.[8] Sunbow contracted with Animatics, an Orlando, Florida-based company, allowing for Animatics to create the storyline and the storyboard for the series.[9] Laura Sullivan, the senior director of marketing of Sony Wonder, said in a 1999 Promo article that the series attracted equal numbers of male and female children and that it was "very Nickelodeon-looking."[8] Despite the show’s end credits having a copyright label of 1998, the series was delayed for a year from its original scheduled debut.[10]

Episodes

No. Title Written by Directed by
1 Wrestlemaniacs Story by: Dan Danko & Tom Mason
Teleplay by: Raldolph Heard 		Thom Kins & Bert Ring
Bard Brain Doug Langdale Thom Kins & Bert Ring
2 Queen Bees Story by: Dan Danko & Tom Mason
Teleplay by: Ralph Soll 		Thom Kins
Fitness Freaks Doug Langdale Thom Kins
3 Flub, Flub and Away Story by: Dan Danko & Tom Mason
Teleplay by: Ralph Soll 		Thom Kins & Bert Ring
Cookie Crumbles Story by: Dan Danko & Tom Mason
Teleplay by: Kati Rocky 		Thom Kins & Bert Ring
4 Village Idiots Dan Danko & Tom Mason Bert Ring & Thom Kins
Flubs Overeasy Steve Brasfield Bert Ring & Thom Kins
5 Hair Brains Dan Danko & Tom Mason Thom Kins
Tiresome Twosome David Burke Thom Kins
6 Pizza! Pizza! Story by: Dan Danko & Tom Mason
Teleplay by: Steve Brasfield 		Thom Kins
Bad Judgement Day Andrew Brenner Thom Kins
7 Snow Doomed Story by: Dan Danko & Tom Mason
Teleplay by: Andrew Brenner 		Thom Kins
Guapos Galore Story by: Dan Danko & Tom Mason
Teleplay by: Shaun McLaughlin 		Thom Kins
8 Tarara Birthdeeyay Andrew Brenner Bert Ring & Thom Kins
Big Business Story by: Dan Danko & Tom Mason
Teleplay by: Andrew Brenner 		Bert Ring & Thom Kins
9 Cold Soreheads Story by: Dan Danko & Tom Mason
Teleplay by: Ralph Soll 		Thom Kins
Operation Flubpossible Story by: Dan Danko & Tom Mason
Teleplay by: Andrew Brenner 		Thom Kins
10 Warped Speed Kati Rocky Bert Ring & Thom Kins
Double Feature Dan Danko & Tom Mason Bert Ring & Thom Kins
11 A Courier's Carol Dan Danko & Tom Mason Bert Ring & Thom Kins
Boys Toys Story by: Dan Danko & Tom Mason
Teleplay by: Raldolph Heard 		Bert Ring & Thom Kins
12 Sore Loser David Burke Thom Kins
Paradise Shmaradise David Burke Thom Kins
13 Finder's Keepers Steve Brasfield Bert Ring & Thom Kins
Shrinky Dinky Andrew Brenner Bert Ring & Thom Kins
14 Teacher's Pest Dan Danko & Tom Mason Bert Ring & Thom Kins
Yippy-Ki-Yay Dan Danko & Tom Mason Thom Kins
15 It's a Mystery Ralph Soll Thom Kins
For the Birds Shaun McLaughlin Thom Kins
16 Unlucky Charmers Don Priess & Susie Singer Thom Kins
Bunch of Trouble Story by: Dan Danko, Tom Mason & Kati Rocky
Teleplay by: Dan Danko & Tom Mason 		Thom Kins
17 Madman Mambo David Burke Thom Kins & Bert Ring
Guapo's Funhouse Dan Danko & Tom Mason Thom Kins & Bert Ring
18 Heads Up Story by: Dan Danko & Tom Mason
Teleplay by: Ralph Soll 		Thom Kins
Pay Dirt Andrew Brenner Thom Kins
19 Bosom Buddies Dan Danko & Tom Mason Thom Kins
Mother's Little Helpers Shaun McLaughlin Thom Kins
20 Wishmasters Dan Danko & Tom Mason Thom Kins
Train in Vain Dan Danko & Tom Mason Thom Kins
21 Fatal Distraction David Burke Thom Kins
Just Deserts Ralph Soll Thom Kins
22 Good Sports Dan Danko & Tom Mason Thom Kins
Sidekicked Rick Gitelson Thom Kins
23 Playtime Dave Polsky Thom Kins
On My Case Dan Danko & Tom Mason Thom Kins
24 Family Outing David Burke Thom Kins
Talent Show Offs Dan Danko & Tom Mason Thom Kins
25 Thanks for the Memories David Burke Thom Kins
Sloppy Sentiment Dan Danko & Tom Mason Thom Kins
26 Scared Stiff David Burke Thom Kins
Prehysteria Story by: Dan Danko & Tom Mason
Teleplay by: Ralph Soll 		Thom Kins

Cast

Main cast

Additional voices

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Crew

Merchandising

The Brothers Flub was used in several promotional deals for various brands. Fast food chain KFC announced that it would use the characters in a kids' meal, while Carl's Jr. and Hardee's branded tray liners and bags with The Brothers Flub images.[8] GNC planned to include The Brothers Flub yo-yos in its children's vitamins, while department store chain Macy's used the characters in their back-to-school advertising flyers.[11] Skechers started a sweepstakes that distributed Skechers and The Brothers Flub-branded items.

VHS release

Sony Wonder released two videocassettes of the show in 2000. These were entitled Plan C: Panic! and Doom Wears Funny Tights!.[12][13] Each one featured four episodes of the series. Both tapes are now out of print and hard to find.

VHS releases were planned for the series by Maverick in the United Kingdom, but in the end, no releases came to fruition.[14]

Reception

The Brothers Flub was panned by critics. Joanne Weintraub of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel described the show as "a rare clinker with all the noisy hyperactivity of Aaahh!!! Real Monsters and little of the cockeyed charm."[15] The Hollywood Reporter called it "a somewhat vacuous effort that lacks the charm and substance of much of Nick's other programming" but added "now and again [the creators] hit on some clever high jinks."[5] Writing for the Lakeland Ledger, Evan Levine thought that the show had a promising premise, but thought that its humor was mean-spirited.[16]

See also

References

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  8. ↑ a b c "New Kids on the Shelf: Brothers Flub attracts"transdimensional" promo slate Template:Webarchive." Promo Magazine. September 1, 1999.
  9. ↑ Barth, Cindy. "Nickelodeon's Brothers Flub gets local touch." Orlando Business Journal. Friday May 29, 1998.
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  12. ↑ "Brothers Flub: Plan C - Panic! (1999)." The New York Times. Retrieved on November 9, 2008.
  13. ↑ "Brothers Flub: Doom Wears Funny Tights." The New York Times. Retrieved on November 9, 2008.
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  15. ↑ Weintraub, Joanne. "Animals star in two winning kid-TV shows." Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. February 23, 1999.
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