Ubu Productions
UBU Productions, Inc., is a production company founded by producer Gary David Goldberg. Its notable productions include Family Ties (1982–1989), Brooklyn Bridge (1991–1993), and Spin City (1996–2002).
UBU's "mascot" is Goldberg's dog Ubu Roi, a black labrador retriever. The closing tag for UBU's productions is a photograph of Ubu Roi with a flying disc in his mouth. Along with the picture is a male voice saying: "Sit, Ubu, sit! Good dog!" This is followed by a bark. Ubu was the nickname given to the dog by Samantha Goldberg, Gary's daughter, when she was a toddler. The dog was named after Ubu Roi, an 1896 play by Alfred Jarry that is considered a precursor to the Theatre of the Absurd. Ubu was dead in 1984.
This was later parodied in an episode of Robot Chicken, where Seth Green shouted, "Sit, Ubu, sit! Bad dog!" Seth proceeds to shoot Ubu. As well as parodied in Family Guy where Peter Griffin said the same thing.
External links
- Listing of titles produced by UBU Productions at the Internet Movie Database
- TV Acres info about Ubu Roi the Dog
- Youtube video of Ubu closing
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