Monday, January 25, 2021

Excuse Me...WHAT TIME IS IT??? - Bubble Guppies Turns 10

 This week marks 10 YEARS AGO that Jonny Belt and Robert Scull's creation of Nickelodeon's 2011 phenomenon Bubble Guppies was first launched onto the USA screens. For ten swimsational years and over 95 episodes, Molly, Gil, Goby, Deema, Oona, Nonny and Zooli, Bubble Puppy, Mr. Grouper and Little Fish have been entertaining and educating the small screens, with sketch comedy vibes, a 2019 comeback with a debatle ripoff of The Backyardigans (since the recess stories are 22 minutes long now in S5 and Belt and Scull worked on BG and TB together), a wide range of guest stars and the hillariously cringy pop songs, these friendly fish have educated and entertained the entire world

Even though the Guppies are have the big one-zerom, they aren't done yet. Nickelodeon has another 26 episodes in the works right now with a 20-episode Season 6 slated to air in the fall of 2021. The Guppies also recently united other Nick properties for the recently successful Broadway production Nick Jr. Live!: Move to the Music and have recently worked with a wide variety of famous faces, some of which have been used to the slime-filled channels before including Amy Sedaris, George Takai and Cyndi Lauper, while others are newcomers to the Guppies' world of Bubble Kentucky including Carol Kane, The Last OG alum Tracy Morgan, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame winner Alice Cooper, The Weakest Link reboot host Jane Lynch and acclaimed British comedian Henry Winkler.

Since its 2011 launch, the Guppies have made a splah in the Underwater Sun like no other programs of sea life can, spanning over 126 episodes, a merchandise line, book collections from Random House and ViacomCBS' own Simon & Schuster, multiple social media mentions, three mobile videogames, the aforementioned Broadway crossover, two videogame compilations with Nickelodeon's Just Dance line courtessy of 2K Play and Black Lantern, and the critically acclaimed 2018 rock opera Bubble Guppies Live!: Ready to Rock courtesy of VEEStar Corporation Entertainmentt and Cirque de Soleil Productions

A huge thank you to the entire production team who keep bringing this classroom of talking guppies to life. Brianna, Bailey, Taylor, Zack, Jacob, Jay, Quinn, Jelani, Marliek, Issac, Caleb, Angelina, Selena, Grace, Catherine, Reyna, Tori, Colby, Eanon, Jet, AJ, Leah, Frank, Tino, Fred, Skai, Mia, Kayla, Jordan and Chris Phillips have all done a literal whale of a job of putting these guys together.

Additional thank you to all the fans out there who have watched and supported the show since day one back on January 24, 2011. Without your support and viewership, Molly and Gil would have never existed in the first place.

Now if you excuse us, we gotta line up everybody, line up, lineup to go back outside and get back to work.

So on behalf of the BG team and myself from the bottom of our hearts and swimming in the deep blue sea, best wishes and thanks for your contributions.

All the best,
Kyle Bulger
creator of the Daily NOGGIN Blog

Chris Phillips
Announcer, ViacomCBS

Johnny Belt
Robert Scull
Nick Balaban
Michael "Seth O. Hickory" Rubin
Brianna Gentielle
Bailey Gambertoglio
Taylor Kaplan
Zachary Gordon
Jacob Bertrand
Jay Gragnani
Quinn Breslin
Jelani Imagi
Marliek MarMar Walker
Issac Ryan Brown
Caleb Clark
Angelina Wahler
Selena Anne Gonzalez
Grace Kaufman
Catherine Bradley
Reyna Shashkan
Tori Feinstein
Colby Kipnes
Eamon Pirucello
Jet Jurgensmyer
AJ Kane
Leah Janvier
Frank Welker
Tino Insana
Fred Tariscore
Skai Jackson
Mia Vavasseur
Kayla Erickson
Jordan Friedman
and the entire Bubble Guppies team

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