Bawk Ba Gawk

For the character itself, see Bawkbagawk.

Bawk Ba Gawk
Run time	12:55
Music composed by	Eddie Horst
Writer(s)	Jim Fortier Andy Merrill Pete Smith
Animation director(s)	Matthew I. Jenkins David Strandquest
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"Bawk Ba Gawk", also known as "B.J. and the Brak", is the first episode of The Brak Show season one. An early version was previewed on December 21, 2000 on Cartoon Network, before the formalized finished version aired on October 7, 2001 on Cartoon Network's newly launched late-night programming block, Adult Swim. It was written by Jim Fortier, Andy Merrill, and Pete Smith, and produced by Fortier and Smith.

Wanting to be popular at school, Brak is convinced by Zorak to steal rival Jerkwater High's chicken mascot.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Dad	George Lowe
Mom	Marsha Crenshaw
Giganticon	Unavailable
Brak	Andy Merrill
Dean Martin (drawing)	N/A
Sisto	N/A
Zorak	C. Martin Croker
Thundercleese	Carey Means
Bawkbagawk	N/A
Phil	Unavailable
Zorak's mother
Jenny McClucking	N/A

Organizations

• Fighting Chickens (mentioned)
• Times (mentioned)

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Brak's residence
    • Jerkwater High School
    • Learnmore High School (mentioned)
    • Thundercleese's residence
    • California (indirectly mentioned)
      • Walnut (mentioned)
• The Moon

Objects

• Times newspaper

Vehicles

• None

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 2001.

Music

The music was composed by Eddie Horst, who was credited as musical director.

Songs

1. TBA

Crew credits

• Master compositor: Rob Fearon
• Production coordinator: Natali Tesche-Ricciardi
• Production assistant: John Brestan
• Cel animators: General Matthew Jenkins, John Henshaw, Les Harper, Sam Layja, Marc Benejan, Jil Wyland, Hunter Matheson, C. Martin Croker
• Additional animation: Primal Screen
• Audio editor: Tom Race
• Audio mixer: Rob Sanders
• Avid editor: Eric Lund
• Executive producers: Keith Crofford, Mike Lazzo
• Filmed on location at Williams Street and Turner Studios

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: December 21, 2000 preview on Cartoon Network; October 7, 2001 on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)

Behind the scenes

• The alternate title of the episode is a parody of the TV series B.J. and the Bear.
• Giganticon is a parody of Godzilla.
• Thundercleese is a parody of anime-styled robots such as those from Gundam.
• Special thanks are given to Mott's Miniatures, Inc., Aztec Imports, Inc., Cardinal, Inc., and Pegasus Hobbies.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • February 1, 2005: Warner Home Video releases The Brak Show: Volume 1 on DVD.
• In Australia:
  • ???: Madman Entertainment releases The Brak Show: Volume 1 on DVD.
  • 2012: Madman Entertainment releases The Brak Show: Complete Songbook on DVD.