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</ref> The series will end on [[April 11]], [[2009]] with the eighth Naked Brothers Band movie entitled ''[[The Premiere (TV movie)|The Premiere]].''

==Plot==
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===Season 1: 2007===
The target audience of the first season was people between five and twelve. As such, the plot is based around 11-year-old Nat and 8-year-old Alex Wolff, who are members of the world-famous rock band called ''The Naked Brothers Band''. The band features the lead singer-songwriter/keyboardist Nat Wolff, drummer Alex Wolff, guitarist Qaasim Middleton (age 10), keyboardist [[David Levi (age 11), cellist Thomas Batuello (age 11), bassist; and Nat's crush Rosalina (played by Allie DiMeco—age 13), and the band's manager Cooper Pillot (age 11). This season contains the 2nd TV movie ''[[Battle of the Bands (TV movie)|Battle of the Bands]],'' which aired in [[October 6]], [[2007]]. This season featured guest stars by rapper [[Snoop Dogg]], actor/comedian [[George Lopez]], and actor-musician [[Keli Price]]. The season aired a total of 13 episodes.

===Season 2: 2008===
In the second season, Nat is 12-years-old and Alex is 9-years-old. Band members Rosalina (Allie DiMeco) is 14; Qaasim is 11; and Thomas, David, and Cooper are 12. Season 2 started off with the 3rd TV movie ''[[Sidekicks (TV movie)|Sidekicks]].'' During the second half of the season, the band went on tour. This season ended with the fourth TV movie ''[[Polar Bears]]'' on [[June 6]], [[2008]], with Nat and Rosalina becoming a couple. Guest stars include musician [[Joel Madden]], skateboarder [[Tony Hawk]], actor/comedian George Lopez, and drummer/composer [[Phil Collins]]. The season aired a total of 15 episodes.

===Season 3: 2008-2009===
In Season 3, Nat is 13-years-old and Alex is 10-years-old. Band members Rosalina (Allie DiMeco) is 15; Qaasim is 12; and Thomas, David, and Cooper are 13. Season 3 started of with the third season of The Naked Brothers Band with the 5th TV movie ''[[Mystery Girl (TV movie)|Mystery Girl]]'', which premiered on Saturday, [[October 18]], [[2008]]. This television movie featured celebrity guest star actress [[Miranda Cosgrove]], star of the hit Nickelodeon [[TEENick]] series, ''[[iCarly]]''. This season features tons of celebrities including [[Whoopi Goldberg]], [[Natasha Bedingfield]], [[Dave Attell]], [[David Desrosiers]] ([[Simple Plan]]), [[Simon Kirke]] ([[Bad Company]]), [[Tobin Esperance]] ([[Papa Roach]]), [[Leon G. Thomas III|Leon Thomas III]], and [[Victoria Justice]] (from ''[[Zoey 101]]'' and ''[[Spectacular!]]''). The new season follows the fortunes of the band as they make their first motion picture, from their premiere. Also, Rosalina goes on a six-month Music Cruise around the world. Immediately after her return, she leaves Nat and the band forcing them to find a new bassist. The band ends up finding their new bassist, but Rosalina wants to rejoin the band.


==Production==
==Production==

Revision as of 02:12, 26 March 2009

Not to be confused with Band in a Bus, Jonas Brothers: Living the Dream, or JONAS (TV series).
For other uses, see The Naked Brothers Band (disambiguation).
The Naked Brothers Band
GenreMockumentary
Rockumentary
Documentary
Created byPolly Draper
Developed byAlbie Hecht (Not credited)
Written byPolly Draper
Magda Liolis
Michael Rubiner &
Bob Mittenthal
Will McRob &
Chris Visacardi
Directed byPolly Draper
Melanie Mayron
Rosario Roveto
Jonathan Judge
Mark Salisbury
StarringNat Wolff
Alex Wolff
Allie DiMeco
Thomas Batuello
David Levi
Qaasim Middleton
Cooper Pillot
Jesse Draper
Michael Wolff
ComposersNat Wolff
Alex Wolff
Country of originUnited States United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes39 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersPolly Draper
Albie Hecht
Michael Wolff (Co-)
Bob Mittenthal (Co-)
ProducersKen H. Keller
Caron Rudner-Keller
Kari Kim
Production locationNew York
CinematographyKen H. Keller
EditorsCraig Cobb
Tim Streeto
Running time23 min. (Season 1-3)
1 hr. (Season 3)
Original release
NetworkNickelodeon
ReleaseFebruary 3, 2007
Related
The Naked Brothers Band (band)

The Naked Brothers Band is a rock-mockumentary series about a teenage rock band. The series was developed by the pilot episode The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie.[1][2] The series began on February 3, 2007 and is now in its third season. The show stars Nat Wolff, Alex Wolff, Thomas Batuello, Allie DiMeco (as Rosalina), David Levi, Qaasim Middleton, Cooper Pillot, Jesse Draper (as Jesse Cook), and Michael Wolff (as Dad). The stars Nat and Alex Wolff are actually real life brothers and the the series is based on the real life band Nat formed with his best friends in pre-school.[3] Nat Wolff writes and performs the majority of the show's songs. All the other songs are written and peroformed by Alex Wolff.[3][1] When Nat and Alex were very young, they came out of the bathtub shouting, "We're the Naked Brothers Band!"[3] The series is created by Nat and Alex's real-life mom Polly Draper.[3] Polly Draper's husband Michael Wolff produces the music with his friend music composer Michael A. Levine. He also stars as his sons' dorky accordion playing father on-screen.[3] The series brought Nickelodeon's highest-rated premiere in seven years.[4][5] The series will end on April 11, 2009 with the eighth Naked Brothers Band movie entitled The Premiere.

Production

Development

Main article: The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie § Development

In 2005, Ms. Draper entered the television series adapted film The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie at the October 23, 2005, Hamptons International Film Festival where it won the audience award for family feature film.[3][6] Meanwhile Nickelodeon executive and the founder of Spike TV, Albie Hecht was in the audience that day. He ended up bringing the film to Nickelodeon—begging them to do a television series based on it. Tom Asheim, the vice president and general manager of Nickelodeon said, "At first, we were intrigued by the idea, but we weren't sure kids would get the vague-tongue-and-check-of-it. Then a bunch of us took it home to our own children and they loved it."[3] Eventually, Nickelodeon persuaded Ms. Draper to put together a television series. Draper recalled, "...When Nickelodeon first asked us about doing a series, we said, 'How about a cartoon, so the kids could stay normal?' They said, 'No, we love your kids.'"[7] In the summer through the early fall of 2006, the first season of the self-titled series took production.[3] In January 27, 2007, The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie aired on Nickelodeon and the self-titled series aired February 3.[3] Polly Draper is the creator, head writer, executive producer, and frequent director of the series,[3][4][6] while Albie Hecht is the executive producer.

Filming

The vast majority of the cast members in the production is family and friends.[3] Both, Albie Hecht's production company Worldwide Biggies and Polly Draper's production studio Kidz House Entertainment distributes the series.[6][8] Kidz House Entertainment is located at Stage 1, which is a division of Broadway Stages in Greenpoint, Brooklyn where the show is filmed.[3][9][10]

Post production

Polly Draper—the brothers' real-life mother is the creator, executive producer, head writer, and frequent director of the TV show; their father, Michael Wolff (who was the band-leader and musical director for The Arsenio Hall Show, from 1989–94), is the co-executive producer, music producer, and music supervisor of the TV show. Wolff stars as the brothers' geeky father who plays the accordion.[3][1] Tom Asheim—the general manager and executive vice president of Nickelodeon said,[11] "This is our version of The Monkees. Nat Wolff wrote all the music, which I think distinguishes the show. Sometimes I think you get a sense from bands that they are [faking it] like Milli Vanilli. This really is by kids and for kids". In a New York Times article Asheim said,[3] "At first we were intrigued by the idea, but we weren't sure that kids would understand the vague tongue-in-cheek of it. Then a bunch of us took it home to our own children, and they loved it".

Albie Hecht knew that the series would be a successful after watching The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie at the Hamptons International Film Festival.[3] In a New York Times article Hecht quotes, "They're just real—real brothers, real friends; it's all the stuff kids do when they're hanging out on the playground. The idea that you're watching a documentary is so much fun. Then you put them into that fantasy of being a world-famous rock band, and that's the sauce that makes it work". Their online videos have been played by fans more than 11 million times in October 2006. Two months later, one of those watchers recognized Nat and Alex in a Florida hotel. She sent them a note, "Are you the Naked Brothers"? They were so excited, Ms. Draper said. "The show hasn't even aired yet and now walking down the streets kids are calling out their names. They can't believe it".[11]

Awards and nominations

Polly Draper was nominated for the third episode of Season 1 titled Nat is a Stand-Up Guy at the 2008 Writer's Guild of America for Children's Episodic and Specials.[12] The following year, Draper won the Children's Script — Long Form or Special at the 2009 Writers Guild of America for the finale TV movie of Season 2 titled Polar Bears, which was the only one nominated in the category.[13]

Cast and crew

Cast

  • Nat Wolff stars as himself. Nat is the lead singer-songwriter and keyboardist for the Naked Brothers Band. He also plays guitar in songs like "Taxi Cab" and "Curious." He is a big fan of The Beatles, which is where he gets much of his inspiration for the songs he writes. He has a crush on the bands bassist Rosalina, whom inspirers all of his love songs. In season two, they end up at the prom together, then a double date, and in the finale TV movie of the season called Polar Bears—he and Rosalina finally become boy friend and girl friend. In Season 3, it causes stress for Nat when she leaves on a six month boat cruise around the globe.
  • Alex Wolff stars as himself—Nat's little brother. Alex is the drummer for the Naked Brothers Band, who also plays the keyboards in songs like "Changing" and "Why," which he wrote and sang. He also wrote and sang other songs, which include "I Could Be", "Alien Clones", and "Three is Enough". He's in love with Jesse who he thinks is his girlfriend but Jesse calls him, "my little boy friend" and Alex always disapproves her from dating other men including the Timmerman Brothers.
  • Thomas Batuello stars as himself. In the first and second season, he was the cellist. Thomas often pulls pranks along with David. In season 1, he and David claimed not to like girls, but in the second season's episode of Cleveland, he became jealous of how Nat attracts all the girl fans. In season 1, he would often tease Nat and Rosalina about their crush. In season 3, Thomas became the bassist—replacing Rosalina. He has a younger brother, John (John Batuello).
  • Allie DiMeco stars as Rosalina. In the first and second season, she was the bassist. In season 3, she went on a six-month world-'round boat cruise—eventually quitting the band. She plays seven different instruments. She is the object of Nat's affection and the inspiration for many of Nat's songs such as Girl of my Dreams and Beautiful Eyes. In the Sidekicks Movie, Nat and Rosalina end up going to prom together, and in the episode Three is Enough, they go on a double date with Cooper and Miss Scoggins. She and Nat finally become a couple in the movie Polar Bears. In season 3 she wins a violin competition and goes on a sixth month cruise around the world which sometimes creates issues in her and Nats relationship.
  • David Levi stars as himself. David is the keyboardist for the Naked Brothers Band and often joins in on Thomas's pranks. He also has a dog named E.T.
  • Qaasim Middleton stars as himself. He is known for being very smart and smooth with the ladies.
  • Cooper Pillot stars as himself. He is the band's manager and has a crush on a girl named Patty Scoggins. He is known for wearing a suit and glasses
  • Jesse Draper stars as Jesse Cook. She is the band's tutor and babysitter. Unfortunately, she is not smart enough for the job, but luckily Rosalina and Qaasim are there to help her grade papers. She calls Alex her "little boyfriend" and wears several different kinds of tattoos. She is dating the Timmerman Brothers—Donnie, Johnny, and Billy.
  • Michael Wolff stars as Dad (also known as Mr. Wolff or Sonny). He is Nat and Alex's dorky accordion player dad, whom always embarrasses his son. He has performed at the Hoboken Rathskeller restaurant. He sometimes tries to get in one of the bands music videos. He is dating a women named Betty, but she later leaves him for his brother Miles.

Recurring stars

  • Tim Draper as "Principal Schmoke": The principal of Amigos School.
  • Daniel Raymont as "The Director": Directs some of the music videos (Season 1)
    "Wing": The director for the band's tour (Season 2)
  • Catherine Curtain as "Betty": Sonny's crazy ex-girfriend. She is part of Sonny Wolff's two-member band "The Hunnie Bunnies", yet no one likes their music. She is a house cleaning specialist. In the season two episode "Uncle Miles", she leaves Sonny for his brother, jazz musician Miles Wolff. She also wears a huge blond wig. She is crazy and hated by everyone but Sonny and cool brother Miles. She returns in the show "Valentine's Dream Date", and is apparently back together with Sonny.
  • Emily Richardson as "Patty Scoggins": Cooper's crush
  • Teala Dunn as "Juanita": ages 7-9, Alex' crush/ friend
  • Billy Draper as "Billy Timmerman": Part of the dorky and not-too-talented band "The Timmerman Brothers"/Jesse's clueless boyfriend
  • Adam Draper as "Donnie Timmerman": Part of the dorky and not-too-talented band "The Timmerman Brothers"/Jesse's clueless boyfriend
  • Coulter Mulligan as "Johnny Timmerman": Part of the dorky and not-too-talented band "The Timmerman Brothers"/Jesse's clueless boyfriend
  • Eleanor Draper as "Tessy": Jesse's sister/dancing girl in the music videos
  • Lisa Mulligan as "Bessy": Jesse's sister/dancing girl in the music videos
  • George Lopez as himself: role model of both Alex and Nat/constant motivator and accordion camp buddy of Sonny
  • Kristina Reyes as herself. She is the new bass player replacing Rosalina.

Crew

Special appearances

Cast Role Season Episode
Snoop Dogg[3] Himself 1 VMA's #1
George Lopez[14] Himself 1
2
2 		Nat Is A Stand-Up Guy #3
Everyone's Cried At Least Once #7
Polar Bears (TV Movie) #11-13
Keli Price[15] Bobby Love 1 Battle of the Bands (TV Movie) #11-12
Joel Madden[14] Himself 2 The Talk Show #4
Mitchie Brousco[14] Himself 2 The Bar Mitzvah #5
Tony Hawk[14] Himself 2 The Bar Mitzvah #5
Phil Collins[14][16] Himself 2 Polar Bears (TV Movie) #11-13
Miranda Cosgrove Herself 3 Mystery Girl (TV Movie) #27-28
Natasha Bedingfield Herself 3 Christmas Special #32
Whoopi Goldberg Herself 3 Christmas Special #32
Leon Thomas III Leon Williams 3 Christmas Special #32
Victoria Justice Herself 3 Valentine's Dream Date #33, The Premiere #36-37
David Desrosiers Himself 3 Naked Idol #34-35
Tobin Esperance Himself 3 Naked Idol #34-35
Dave Attell Himself 3 Naked Idol #34-35

Episodes

Main article: List of The Naked Brothers Band episodes
Season Episodes First Air Date Last Air Date
Season 1 13 February 3, 2007 October 20, 2007
Season 2 15 January 21, 2008 June 6, 2008
Season 3 11 October 18, 2008 TBA

TV Movies

Season Title Episode # First Air Date DVD Release
1 "The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie" Pilot January 27, 2007 April 3, 2007
1 "Battle of the Bands" 11-12 October 6, 2007 September 4, 2007
2 "Sidekicks" 14-15 January 21, 2008 N/A
2 "Polar Bears" 26-28 June 6, 2008 June 17, 2008
3 "Mystery Girl"[17] 29-30 October 18, 2008[17] TBA
3 "Operation Mojo" 31-32 November 22, 2008 TBA
3 "Naked Idol" 36-37 March 14, 2009 TBA
3 "The Premiere" 38-39 April 11, 2009 TBA

International debuts

Region Network(s) Series premiere
United States United States Nickelodeon, The N February 3, 2007
United Kingdom United Kingdom Nickelodeon UK May 29, 2007
New Zealand New Zealand Nickelodeon New Zealand February 23, 2008
Germany Germany Nickelodeon Germany October 20, 2007
Latin America Nickelodeon Latin America July 21, 2007
Netherlands The Netherlands Nickelodeon (Netherlands) April 2007
Brazil Brazil Nickelodeon Brazil 2007

Media

Songs

Main article: List of The Naked Brothers Band songs

DVD releases

Video games

References

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