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The Naked Brothers Band is a documentary-rockumentary-mockumentary musical comedy television series about a kids' rock band and takes place after The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie. The TV series began February 3, 2007.

Plot

Season 1: February 3, 2007 - October 20, 2007

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 11), 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).

They deal with issues like sibling rivalry, girls, music, and peer relationship throughout the series. The show is shot in reality style, with the characters aware that the cameras are following them.

Throughout the series Nat and Rosalina have a flirty relationship, but they both won't admit it and Nat's friends Thomas and David make fun of this sometimes.

Season 2: January 21, 2008 - June 17, 2008

In the second season, Nat is 12-years-old and Alex 9. The band-members: Rosalina (Allie DiMeco) is 14; Qaasim 11; Thomas, David, and Cooper 12.

Season 2 starts off with a new Naked Brothers Band movie, The Naked Brothers Band: Sidekicks and end's with a new movie, The Naked Brothers Band: Polar Bears.

This season they go on a mock tour.

Character description

• Nat Wolff – Nat is the lead singer and songwritter for the Naked Brothers Band. He is also the keyboardist but he plays guitar in the song Taxi Cab and the drums in Three Is Enough and Changing. He has a crush on the bands bassist Rosalina, who in season one he is often trying to impress. In season two, they end up at prom together, and later go on a double date. He is a big fan of the Beatles, from where he gets much of his inspiration for songs.
• Alex Wolff – Nat's younger brother, Alex is the drummer for the Naked Brothers Band, who also plays keyboard in his song Changing. He has also written several other songs, which include I Could Be, Alien Clones, and Three is Enough. He loves milk and always wears red white and blue.
• Thomas Batuello – The cellist for the Naked Brothers Band, Thomas is often pulling pranks along with David and is jealous of how Nat attracts all the girls. He often teases Nat and Rosalina for liking each other.
• David Levi – The Keyboardist for the Naked Brothers Band, and often joins in on Thomas's pranks. He is very lucky, and very smart.
• Qaasim Middleton – The guitarist for the Naked Brothers Band, Qaasim is known for being very smart and smooth with the ladies.
• Rosalina – The bassist for the Naked Brothers Band, she can also play six other instruments, which is why Nat first let her in.Rosalina is the object of Nat's crush. She is the only member to have once quit the band. She is the inspiration for many of Nat's songs.
• Cooper Pillot – The manager for the Naked Brothers Band he has an unnamed older sister, likes a girl named Patty Scoggins, and is known for wearing a suit and glasses.
• Mr. Wolff (Dad)/Sonny – geeky accordion player, 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.
• Jesse Cook – babysitter, tutor. 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 seven different kinds of tattoos. She is dating the adorable Timmerman Brothers: Donnie, Johnny, and Billy.
• Betty – She is part of Sonny Wolff's two-member band "The Hunnie Bunnies" and 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 blonde wig.

Background and production

When Nat and Alex were young, one day they announced, "We’re the Naked Brothers Band!" while dancing naked around their apartment after a bath. They formed a band in preschool with Nat's best friends.

In real life Alex was taught to play drums by Ringo Starr. Nat's favorite band is The Beatles, an influence which comes out in much of his music. Alex's favorite artists include David Bowie and Fall Out Boy. Alex appears in the video for Fall Out Boy's "The Take Over, The Break's Over".

The brothers real-life mother, Polly Draper (best known for her role as Ellyn Warren on the 1987–91 hit ABC drama series, thirtysomething), is the director, writer, creator, and executive producer of the TV show and 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 and music supervisor of the TV show. Wolff stars as the brothers' geeky father, who plays the accordion and acts like a kid.

This is Draper's first time directing; her first time screenwriting was in 1999 with The Tic Code. The film was both informed by Wolff's struggles with Tourette syndrome and his love for the jazz piano.

Tom Ascheim said:

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 like Milli Vanilli. This really is by kids and for kids.

The executive vice president and general manager of Nickelodeon:

At first we were intrigued by the idea, but we weren't sure that kids would understand the vague tongue-and-cheek of it. Then a bunch of us took it home to our own children, and they loved it.

An executive producer of the series said he thought the brothers would be big when he watched The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie at the Hamptons International Film Festival:

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."

Cast

Crew

Episodes

TV Movies

Songs

Special appearances

International debuts

• United Kingdom: Nickelodeon UK; May 29, 2007
• New Zealand: Nickelodeon New Zealand
• United States:The N

DVD releases

• The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
• The Naked Brothers Band: Battle of the Bands
• The Naked Brothers Band: Season 1 (DVD)

References

1. ^ "The Naked Brothers band:About the movie". Tagworld.com. Retrieved 2007-11-28.
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3. ^ Lee, Felicia R (January 25, 2007). "A TV Family Bound By Blood and a Band". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-11-08. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
4. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E04E5DA113BF931A1575AC0A9619C8B63
5. ^ http://www.tourettetexas.org/PublicDocs/nakedbros.htm
6. ^ http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/NYM04114012008-1.htm
7. Wingard, Shannon (March 2007). "Price Is Right On The Fast Track To Fame". American Superstar Mag. Retrieved 2007-11-23.

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• 2007 television series debuts
• 2000s American television series
• 2000s Nickelodeon shows
• American children's comedy series
• Television shows set in New York