Please Note: If you’re under 30 you probably have never heard of this producing pooch (aka Gary David Goldberg production studio for Family Ties, Spin City and other sitcom classics.)
Now on to the fun facts ...
#1: The labrador retriever was named after the 1896 Alfred Jarry play Ubu Roi.
#2: Ubu died in 1984.
I remember Ubu!
ReplyDeleteNever heard about Ubu, probably because the reason you stated, but it's interesting where they got the name from!
ReplyDeleteI dont remember ubu, im too young!
ReplyDeleteI am under 30 and have never heard of this...
ReplyDeleteI am 31 & remember Ubu. Good dog! RIP!
ReplyDeleteI do clearly remember this from the 80's
ReplyDeleteI remember...yet I am 38. I am a new follower from Follow Me back Tuesday. Have a great day.
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too young. YAY!
ReplyDeletei will look it up.
ReplyDeleteYay im too young toooo.
ReplyDeleteAnd now I know. (guess now I'll also have to look this up)
ReplyDeleteIt's not often that I feel that young, but today is one of those days.
ReplyDeleteSit. Ubu. Sit. Good Dog/ *woof*
ReplyDeleteGood dog.
ReplyDeleteubu's not dead. he's cryogenically frozen beside walt disney.
ReplyDeleteI HAVE PROOF THAT I'M YOUNG. Never heard of it.
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Yes, OK, I'm old. Thanks for reminding me. (I still watch repeats of Family Ties sometimes.):)
ReplyDeleteSit Ubu! Good dog.
ReplyDeleteI remember!
i loved ubu. thanks for posting. man i wish i could steal this post and claim it as my own :)
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I did not realize that UBU was the dog's name! I miss Spin City
ReplyDeleteI don't remember this.
ReplyDeleteAhhh... Sit Ubu, sit. Yeah, I remember it well. Didn't know he died that long ago tho.
ReplyDeleteOf course! 'Sit Ubu sit. Good dog'...I remember Ubu at the end of Family Ties
ReplyDeletei have no idea, im too young
ReplyDeleteKnew about #2. Does that make me crappy? ;)
ReplyDeletemy auntie remember ubu! i have no idea though :P
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Sit Ubu Sit!!! Loved that! I think he was part of Magnum PI too but I could be mistaken.
ReplyDeleteI sure do remember Ubu. Now my favorite one is the Bad Hat Harry Productions.
ReplyDeleteinteresting i didn't know that was his name but i remember seeing at the end of lots of showa i watched
ReplyDeleteAwww...I didn't know he'd died. Guess he would have been pretty old if he hadn't...gosh, time flies! For the longest time, I thought it said "Sit, BooBoo, Sit."
ReplyDeleteNever heard of him, but dawww :(
ReplyDeletebecome famous to die 2 years later? poor ubu
ReplyDeleteI totally remember "sit Ubu sit!" Thanks for making me "new blog of the day!"
ReplyDeleteI still say 'Sit Abbie Sit... Good Dog' to my dog ;)
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