The Brothers Flub is a children's animated television series created by David Burke and Laslo Nosek for Nickelodeon. It was produced by Sunbow Entertainment and Sony Wonder Television in co-production with Ravensburger Film + TV and Videal. For only one year, 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, as they 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. It has since been disowned by Nickelodeon.

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. 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. 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, or "Hip City", a planet inhabited by beatnik aliens.

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."New Kids on the Shelf: Brothers Flub attracts"transdimensional" promo slate ." Promo Magazine. September 1, 1999. Sunbow contracted with Animatics, an Orlando, Florida-based company, allowing for Animatics to create the storyline and the storyboard for the series.Barth, Cindy. "Nickelodeon's Brothers Flub gets local touch." Orlando Business Journal. Friday May 29, 1998. 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." Despite the show’s end credits having a copyright label of 1998, the series was delayed for a year from its original scheduled debut.

Episodes +No.TitleWritten byDirected by1WrestlemaniacsStory by: Dan Danko & Tom Mason Teleplay by: Raldolph HeardThom Kins & Bert RingBard BrainDoug LangdaleThom Kins & Bert Ring2Queen BeesStory by: Dan Danko & Tom Mason Teleplay by: Ralph SollThom KinsFitness FreaksDoug LangdaleThom Kins3Flub, Flub and AwayStory by: Dan Danko & Tom Mason Teleplay by: Ralph SollThom Kins & Bert RingCookie CrumblesStory by: Dan Danko & Tom Mason Teleplay by: Kati RockyThom Kins & Bert Ring4Village IdiotsDan Danko & Tom MasonBert Ring & Thom KinsFlubs OvereasySteve BrasfieldBert Ring & Thom Kins5Hair BrainsDan Danko & Tom MasonThom KinsTiresome TwosomeDavid BurkeThom Kins6Pizza! Pizza!Story by: Dan Danko & Tom Mason Teleplay by: Steve BrasfieldThom KinsBad Judgement DayAndrew BrennerThom Kins7Snow DoomedStory by: Dan Danko & Tom Mason Teleplay by: Andrew BrennerThom KinsGuapos GaloreStory by: Dan Danko & Tom Mason Teleplay by: Shaun McLaughlinThom Kins8Tarara BirthdeeyayAndrew BrennerBert Ring & Thom KinsBig BusinessStory by: Dan Danko & Tom Mason Teleplay by: Andrew BrennerBert Ring & Thom Kins9Cold SoreheadsStory by: Dan Danko & Tom Mason Teleplay by: Ralph SollThom KinsOperation FlubpossibleStory by: Dan Danko & Tom Mason Teleplay by: Andrew BrennerThom Kins10Warped SpeedKati RockyBert Ring & Thom KinsDouble FeatureDan Danko & Tom MasonBert Ring & Thom Kins11A Courier's CarolDan Danko & Tom MasonBert Ring & Thom KinsBoys ToysStory by: Dan Danko & Tom Mason Teleplay by: Raldolph HeardBert Ring & Thom Kins12Sore LoserDavid BurkeThom KinsParadise ShmaradiseDavid BurkeThom Kins13Finder's KeepersSteve BrasfieldBert Ring & Thom KinsShrinky DinkyAndrew BrennerBert Ring & Thom Kins14Teacher's PestDan Danko & Tom MasonBert Ring & Thom KinsYippy-Ki-YayDan Danko & Tom MasonThom Kins15It's a MysteryRalph SollThom KinsFor the BirdsShaun McLaughlinThom Kins16Unlucky CharmersDon Priess & Susie SingerThom KinsBunch of TroubleStory by: Dan Danko, Tom Mason & Kati Rocky Teleplay by: Dan Danko & Tom MasonThom Kins17Madman MamboDavid BurkeThom Kins & Bert RingGuapo's FunhouseDan Danko & Tom MasonThom Kins & Bert Ring18Heads UpStory by: Dan Danko & Tom Mason Teleplay by: Ralph SollThom KinsPay DirtAndrew BrennerThom Kins19Bosom BuddiesDan Danko & Tom MasonThom KinsMother's Little HelpersShaun McLaughlinThom Kins20WishmastersDan Danko & Tom MasonThom KinsTrain in VainDan Danko & Tom MasonThom Kins21Fatal DistractionDavid BurkeThom KinsJust DesertsRalph SollThom Kins22Good SportsDan Danko & Tom MasonThom KinsSidekickedRick GitelsonThom Kins23PlaytimeDave PolskyThom KinsOn My CaseDan Danko & Tom MasonThom Kins24Family OutingDavid BurkeThom KinsTalent Show OffsDan Danko & Tom MasonThom Kins25Thanks for the MemoriesDavid BurkeThom KinsSloppy SentimentDan Danko & Tom MasonThom Kins26Scared StiffDavid BurkeThom KinsPrehysteriaStory by: Dan Danko & Tom Mason Teleplay by: Ralph SollThom Kins

Cast Main cast Guapo Flub: Jerry Sroka Fraz Flub: Scott Menville Tarara Boomdeyay: Charlotte Rae Squish: Ron Hale Valerina: Christine Cavanaugh

Additional voices

Crew Charlie Adler - Voice Director

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. 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. 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!."Brothers Flub: Plan C - Panic! (1999)." The New York Times. Retrieved on November 9, 2008."Brothers Flub: Doom Wears Funny Tights." The New York Times. Retrieved on November 9, 2008. 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.

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."Weintraub, Joanne. "Animals star in two winning kid-TV shows." Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. February 23, 1999. 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." Writing for the Lakeland Ledger, Evan Levine thought that the show had a promising premise, but thought that its humor was mean-spirited. To this day, Nickelodeon has since disowned this show as a Nicktoon.

See also Butt Ugly Martians The Cramp Twins

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