| Brian O'Brian | |
|---|---|
| Format | television
series Sitcom |
| Created by | Danny Kaplan and Brian Stepanek |
| Starring | Brian Stepanek |
| Country of origin |  Italy United States Canada |
| Language(s) | Italian English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Danny Kaplan |
| Running time | 5 minutes or less |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Disney Channel EnglishCanada |
| Original run | October 3, 2008 – April 3, 2009 |
Brian O'Brian was an original series airing on Disney Channel. The series is co-written and directed by Danny Kaplan and stars Brian Stepanek (Arwin in The Suite Life of Zack and Cody), who also co-writes; original score by Stuart Balcomb, and produced in Cologno Monzese near Milan, Italy. Individual episodes are quick comedy sketches, less than 5 minutes in length.
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 America. The series premiered on The Disney Channel on October 3, 2008. In Latin America, it premiered on February 16, 2009 on Disney Channel Latin America.
Although reviewers often state that the character of Brian O'Brian is very similar to Rowan Atkinson's character Mr. Bean, he more closely resembles the famous Ernie Kovacs character "Eugene", with no actors on the show speaking, the comedy relying only on actions, sound effects, and the occasional scream or yelp. There are no written words used on screen, using pictures only on signs, instructions, package labels, etc., which allows the show to be presented in any country, in any language with only a change to the episode credits needed.
Much like almost all of Disney's modern-day programming, the show uses a laugh track.
The season started on September 12, 2008 on Disney Channel Italy.
Note:This is on the Family Channel website.
| # | Title | Written by | Directed by | U.S. Air Date | Production Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Operamanlozer" | Brian Stepanek | Unknown | October 3, 2008 | 101 |
| Brian impersonates a singer in an opera house in Italy. | |||||
| 2 | "The Pool" | Brian Stepanek | Unknown | October 3, 2008 | 102 |
| Brian plays around with different prohibited water sport toys in a swimming pool, where the lifeguard forbids it. | |||||
| 3 | "Assembly Required" | Unknown | Unknown | October 10, 2008 | Unknown |
| Brian builds a coffee table. | |||||
| 4 | "Basketball" | Brian Stepanek | Unknown | October 10, 2008 | 103 |
| Brian plays basketball at the gym. | |||||
| 5 | "Band" | Unknown | Unknown | October 17, 2008 | Unknown |
| Brian plays all the instruments in an imaginary band. | |||||
| 6 | "Babysitter" | Brian Stepanek | Unknown | October 17, 2008 | Unknown |
| Brian tries to take care of a baby. | |||||
| 7 | "Dancing!" | Unknown | Unknown | October 24, 2008 | Unknown |
| Brian shows off his dance moves. | |||||
| 8 | "Doubles!" | Unknown | Unknown | October 24, 2008 | Unknown |
| Brian tries to impress Veronica on the tennis court. | |||||
| 9 | "Bones!" | Unknown | Unknown | October 31, 2008 | Unknown |
| Brian visits the museum of natural history. He eventually breaks dinosaur bones. | |||||
| 10 | "Up and Away!" | Unknown | Unknown | October 31, 2008 | Unknown |
| Brian has big trouble caused by a few balloons. | |||||
| 11 | "Date O' Date" | Kenny Ortega | Jeff Winston | November 8, 2008 | Unknown |
| Brian tries on various outfits for his date. | |||||
| 12 | "Clumsy Work" | Kenny Ortega | Noel Rivara | November 14, 2008 | Unknown |
| Brian works at a restaurant and he gets fired because of his clumsiness. | |||||
| 13 | "Series Finale" | Brian Stepanek | Unknown | April 3, 2009 | 113 |
| Brian tries to find a way to keep the show from coming to an end. | |||||
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