The Brothers Flub

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show_name = The Brothers Flub


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genre = Animated television series
creator = David Burke
Laslo Nosekcite web |url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1116679691.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 |title=Nick buys "Brothers Flub" |accessdate=2008-01-07 |last=Richmond |first=Ray |date=1997-12-09 |work=Variety]
writer = Susie Singer Carter
Dan Danko
Tom Mason
Don Priess
Ralph Soll
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country = USA
language = English
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 26
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runtime = approx. 22-26 minutes
network = Nickelodeon
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first_aired = January 1999cite web |url=http://promomagazine.com/entertainmentmarketing/marketing_new_kids_shelf/ |title=New kids on the shelf: Brothers Flub attracts "transdimensional" promo slate. |accessdate=2008-01-07 |date=1999-09-01 |work=Promo Magazine]
last_aired = 2000
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imdb_id = 0481977
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"The Brothers Flub" was an animated television series produced by Sunbow Productions and co-produced by Ravensburger. It aired in the United States of America on the television network Nickelodeon, on Sunday afternoons from 1999 until its cancellation in 2000.cite web |url=http://www.allbusiness.com/services/motion-pictures/4801236-1.html |title=Brothers Flub |accessdate=2008-01-07 |date=1999-01-22 |work=Hollywood Reporter] The show was also pre-sold to more than twenty-five other countries.

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"The Brothers Flub" took place in a fictionalized version of outer space. The show's title referred to its two central characters: a pair of blue-colored alien brothers named Guapo and Fraz, who worked for a company called Retrograde Interdimensional, of which a green-colored female alien named Tarara Boomdeyay served as boss.cite web |url=http://www.retroland.com/pages/retropedia/tv/item/501/ |title=Brothers Flub |accessdate=2008-01-07 |work=Retroland] cite web |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/stories/1998/06/01/story8.html |title=Nickelodeon's Brothers Flub gets local touch |accessdate=2008-01-07 |last=Barth |first=Cindy |date=1998-05-29 |work=Orlando Business Journal] Throughout the series, the brothers served as couriers, traveling through their universe to deliver packages to and from various planets.

Merchandising

Although the series only lasted one season, The Brothers Flub was used in several promotional deals for various brands, including Skechers, KFC and Macy's. [cite web |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BDW/is_30_40/ai_55301192 |title=Bros. Flub sets rookie promo deal |accessdate=2008-01-07 |last=Stanley |first=T. L. |date=1999-07-26 |work=Brandweek]

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