Brobee

Crew members from the children's television show Yo Gabba Gabba! were positioned around the float, directing a pink flower-bubble beast named Foofa on her ballet steps and telling a furry green unibrowed animal called Brobee how wide he could sweep his exceptionally long arms when he waves to parade watchers.

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Brobee cakes (Yo Gabba Gabba) 2009

Lance, who has replaced his trademark fuzzy orange hat with a beret for the scene, is encouraging the “Gabba” characters – a green monster named Brobee, a cat/dragon named Toodee and the red Cyclops named Muno, among others – to display their art projects, via song.

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Check it out for yourself at the Nick Jr. UK site, and be sure to play the Brobee "Party in My Tummy" game!

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“Yo Gabba Gabba” attracted hipster parents and their Ramones T-shirt-wearing offspring last year by mixing life lessons (Brobee scarfs down green beans and sings about the party in his tummy) with indie rock (The Shins, Cornelius), cutting-edge animation and cuddly, off-beat characters – all set to a dance beat.

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"Yo Gabba Gabba" launches there this month -- but Brobee, Foofa, Plex and company are sporting British accents.

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We smartly turned the kids' heads as the actors in costume climbed in and out didn't want to destroy the illusion -- to them, Brobee and Plex are as real as you and me and we spent some time with DJ Lance, who couldn't have been nicer to the kids.

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And I marveled that all of the characters stayed so long in costume -- as I learned from our visit this summer, it's so hot inside that the actors who play Brobee, Muno, et. al., can only stay zipped up for a few minutes at a time.

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We spotted a big selection this weekend at the Burbank Target -- plush dolls of Brobee, Muno and Toodee; Plex's car; a YGG! guitar; and, above, a Brobee microphone.

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And I marveled that all of the characters stayed so long in costume -- as I learned from our visit this summer, it's so hot inside that the actors who play Brobee, Muno, et. al., can only stay zipped up for a few minutes at a time.

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