Episode 1 (Brak Presents)

Episode 1
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Run time	22:57
Music composed by	Eddie Horst
Writer(s)	Pete Smith Matt Maiellaro Anne Susan Brown Jim Fortier
Animation director(s)	Matthew I. Jenkins David Strandquest
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"Episode 1" is the first episode of the Brak Presents The Brak Show Starring Brak variety special. It aired on February 20, 2000 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Pete Smith, Matt Maeillaro, Anne Susan Brown, and Jim Fortier.

Memorable quotes

Brak: Are you Doctor Shriek?
Zorak: Are you a cop?
Brak: No.
Zorak: Then, yes, I am Doctor Shriek.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Brak	Andy Merrill
Wally Gator	C. Martin Croker
Zorak	C. Martin Croker
Fuzzy	Eddie Horst
Brakette #1	Alfreda Gerald
Brakette #2	Alfreda Gerald
Brakette #3	Alfreda Gerald
Monica	Herself
Franz Shoebert	David Rowland
Kevin Conneff	Himself
Paddy Moloney	Himself
Derek Bell	Himself
Martin Fay	Himself
Matt Molloy	Himself
Seán Keane	Himself
Droopy
Charles Neilson Reilly
Grape Ape	N/A
Popeye
Olive Oyl
Bluto
Squiddly Diddly	N/A
Freddie Prinze Jr.	Himself
Tom Brokaw
Booing audience member	Stephen Mank
Allen Wrench	N/A
Christopher Columbus	Unavailable

Organizations

• Braktonics
• Brakettes
• The Chieftans

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Studio
    • Hawaii
    • California
      • San Jose (mentioned)
    • Washington, D.C.
      • The White House
    • Ohio (mentioned)
      • Cincinatti (mentioned)
      • Cleveland
      • Toledo
  • Africa
    • Egypt
  • England
    • London
      • Buckingham Palace
  • France
    • Paris
      • Arc de Triomphe
  • Italy
    • Pisa
      • Leaning Tower of Pisa
• The Moon

Objects

• Nothing of importance

Vehicles

• Brak's car

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 2000.

Music

The music was composed by Eddie Horst, who was credited as musical director. On March 14, 2000, Kid Rhino released Brak Presents The Brak Album Starring Brak.

Songs

1. "Really Cool Song" - Andy Merrill, C. Martin Croker, and Alfreda Gerald
2. "I Love You, Baby" - Andy Merrill and Monica
3. "Franz Shoebert" - David Rowland and Alfreda Gerald
4. "Magic Toenail" - Andy Merrill
5. "I'll Tell Me Ma" - Andy Merrill and The Chieftans
6. "Rock Candy" - C. Martin Croker
7. "I Like Hubcaps" - Andy Merrill and Alfreda Gerald
8. "Highway 40" - Andy Merrill and Freddie Prinze Jr.
9. "El Brakiachi" - Andy Merrill, C. Martin Croker, and Alfreda Geralda
10. "Beeflog" - Andy Merrill
11. "Ohio" - Andy Merrill, C. Martin Croker, and Alfreda Geralda

Crew credits

• Audio engineers: Mardy Beeson, Michael Black, Greg Crawford, Mark Hyatt, Alan Rogers, Steve Schwartzberg
• Guitarist: Steve Cunningham
• Avid editors: Jay Edwards, Tripp Rhame, Ned Hastings
• Associate producer: Anne Susan Brown
• Design consultant: Bee Murphy
• Talent coordinator: Nina Bishop
• Production manager: Vishal Roney
• Production coordinator: Bonnie Rosmarin
• Production assistants: Maya McClure, Natali Tesche-Ricciardi
• Interns: Ava Jamshidi, Nick Ingkatanauwat
• Animation, backgrounds, and sound design: Primal Screen
  • Technical director: Doug Grimmett
  • Sound/Additional music: Stephen Mank
  • Brakologist: Jim "Jim" Threlkeld
  • Animation directors: Matthew I. Jenkins, David Strandquest
  • Animator/Designer: C. Martin Croker
  • Dancin' Brak: Lee Harper
  • Designer/Coordinator: Mr. Zach Chambers
  • Designers: Mario Caserta, "Evil" Bob Fearon, Craig Hill, Reese Lloyd, John Ludwick, Cathy Mayville III, Shane McGee, Rick "Dash" Newcomb, "Vegas" Rob Shetler, Angela Tyler
  • Assistant animators: Scott Bail, Dan O'Connor, Chris Purdin, Brian de Tagyos, Todd Wahnish
  • Production assistants: Daniel Dickson, Donald Emerson, Madeline Fan, Andrew Grimmett, Jon Henshaw, Andre Moore, Brian Hilling Jr., Pam Kemp, J. Hunter Matheson, Sam Leyja, Tardley "Midnight" Hickey
• Lighting: Michael Kenny
• Photography: David Aguar, Dennis Bassarab, Bill Tinsley, David Pence
• Grips: Ashley Sudge, Michael Pilcher
• Electricians: Chris Sorel, Donny Fowler
• Video engineer: Randy Horenstein
• Mixmaster: Roy Clements
• Producer: Jim Fortier
• Supervising producer: Pete Smith
• Executive producer: Mike Lazzo, Keith Crofford

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: February 20, 2000 at 8:00 pm on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

• In his performance of "Rock Candy," Zorak is dressed like Slash.
• In the "Ohio" song, Zorak dresses up like Sandra Dee, who was played by Olivia Newton John in the 1978 film Grease.
• Special thanks are given to Doppler Studios, Dave Willis, Michael A. Carpenter, D.D.S., Whole Foods, Plaza Theater, Alliance Theater, Photodisc, Gwen Tedford, Nora Smith, and David Mitchell.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• Not available. 😢