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Ubu Roi the Dog, Ubu Productions' mascot logo since 1982.

Ubu Productions, Inc., is an independent production company founded in 1981 by television producer Gary David Goldberg. Ubu's notable productions include Family Ties (1982–1989), Brooklyn Bridge (1991–1993) , and Spin City (1996–2002).

[edit] Mascot dog

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.^[1] Along with the picture is Goldberg's voice saying "Sit, Ubu, sit! ...Good dog!", followed by the sound of a bark. 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 the dog died in 1984.^[1] The sequence was referenced and parodied in pop culture: for instance, in the Family Guy episode "Running Mates" (2000), Peter Griffin,after saying the opening theme of The Facts of Life as his opening statement, says the line "Sit, Ubu, sit! ...Good dog!"; and in the Robot Chicken episode "Easter Basket" (2006), in the skit "Bad Dog" after the end credits, Seth Green says the line "Sit, Ubu, sit! ...Bad dog!", followed by the sound of a gunshot and a dog whimper.^[2] Goldberg's 2008 autobiography was titled, Sit, Ubu, Sit: How I Went from Brooklyn to Hollywood with the Same Woman, the Same Dog, and a Lot Less Hair.

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[edit] External links

• Ubu Productions at the Internet Movie Database