| Brian O'Brian | |
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| Genre | Comedy shorts |
| Created by | Danny Kaplan and Brian Stepanek |
| Starring | Brian Stepanek |
| Country of origin | Italy United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 40[1] |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Danny Kaplan |
| Running time | 2–4 minutes[1] |
| Original release | |
| Network | Disney Channel |
| Release | October 3, 2008 – April 3, 2009 |
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Brian O'Brian is an Italian-American series of television shorts airing on Disney Channel. The series is co-written and directed by Danny Kaplan and stars Brian Stepanek,[1] who also co-writes; original score by Stuart Balcomb, and produced in Cologno Monzese near Milan, Italy.[1] Individual episodes are quick comedy sketches, 2–4 minutes in length.[1] Much like almost all of Disney's modern-day television comedy programming, the show uses a laugh track. The main character Brian is inspired by the physical comedy of such silent-screen greats as Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton.[2]
An ad promoting the premiere of Brian O'Brian was shown during the premiere of The Suite Life on Deck on September 26, 2008, on Disney Channel, and the series premiered on October 3, 2008. In Latin America, it premiered on February 16, 2009 on Disney Channel Latin America. The season started on September 16, 2008 on Disney Channel Italy.[2]
- ^ a b c d e Mark Dawidziak (November 6, 2008). "Brian Stepanek, Cleveland native and Disney Channel regular, voices character in 'Bolt'". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
[Stepanek] also stars in the "Brian O'Brian" shorts that have been airing on the cable channel since early October.
Filmed in Milan, Italy, these 40 vignettes are two- to four-minute films inspired by the physical comedy of such silent-screen greats as Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd. - ^ a b "DisneyChannel: Il nuovo Pippo si chiama Brian - LASTAMPA.it". Archived from the original on 2008-09-28. Retrieved 2016-05-23.