Sit Ubu. Sit. Good Dog.

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1. Alfred Jarry...

"Ubu Roi's savage humor and monstrous absurdity, unlike anything thus far performed in French theater, seemed unlikely to ever actually be performed on stage."... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Jarry

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2. Pere Ubu

http://ubuprojex.net/historical.html

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3. Avant Garage is bitchin' N/T

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4. Gary David Goldberg's UBU Productions was named after his dog in college

"Sit UBU sit. Good Dog. Woof!" . He admitted in a 1984 interview that UBU's famous picture was taken in 1972, and that he had died long ago.

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/familytiesdiduknow.html

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5. "6-Year-Old Cries When Told MTM Productions Kitten Dead By Now"

RYE, NY—

Following a WKRP In Cincinnati rerun Friday, 6-year-old Megan Connor was devastated to learn that the mewling orange kitten in the MTM Productions logo has almost certainly been dead for years. "All I said was that that kitten was around back when I was a kid, so it probably died 15 or 20 years ago," said father Bruce Connor, 39. "Now she won't come out of her room." Megan's parents plan to forbid Megan from watching Family Ties reruns for fear of having to explain the whereabouts of Ubu.


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