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Breadwinners

Breadwinners (TV series)
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Breadwinners
Breadwinners logo.png
Genre     Comedy
Format     Animated series
Created by     Steve Borst
Gary DiRaffale
Voices of     Robbie Daymond
Eric Bauza
Composer(s)     Tommy Sica
Country of origin     United States
Original language(s)     English
No. of seasons     1
No. of episodes     20 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)     Gary DiRaffale
Steve Borst
Producer(s)     Lizabeth Velasco
Running time     22 minutes
Production company(s)     Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Broadcast
Original channel     Nickelodeon
Picture format     1080i
Audio format     Stereo
Original run     February 17, 2014 – present

Breadwinners is an American animated television series produced by Nickelodeon. The

series was created by Gary DiRaffale and Steve Borst, and centers upon two

anthropomorphic ducks named SwaySway and Buhdeuce who run a bread delivery service.[1]

In February 2013 Nickelodeon announced that they had ordered a 20 episode season based

on the show's pilot episode.[2] A preview of the series, marketed as a "beak peek",

aired on February 17, 2014. The series began airing in its regular timeslot on

February 22, 2014.[3]

Contents

    1 Plot
    2 Cast
        2.1 Additional cast
    3 Production
    4 Episodes
    5 Reception
    6 References
    7 External links

Plot

SwaySway and Buhdeuce are carefree ducks who fly around in a rocket van delivering

bread to their customers. The best friends live together on their home planet,

Pondgea, and get into all sorts of adventures. SwaySway is the leader of the duo and

even though he does not always use the best judgment, he is a pro when it comes to

flying the van. Buhdeuce is a klutzy duck, but he is loyal to SwaySway and has plenty

of heart. Together, the friends have fun all the time while flying around delivering

bread.[3]
Cast

    Robbie Daymond as SwaySway
    Eric Bauza as Buhdeuce

Additional cast

    Alexander Polinsky as Jelly
    Fred Tatasciore as The Bread Maker
    John DiMaggio as Lava Mole
    Vanessa Marshall as Intercom lady
    Kari Wahlgren as Ketta

Production

The show was conceived in a Studio City, Los Angeles efficiency apartment nicknamed

the "Doodle Chamber".[4] It was originally a 4½-minute cartoon about two feisty,

accident-prone ducks and was intended to be a one-off short film crafted to entertain

fellow animators at a short-film festival held at a New York bar.[4] Series creator

Gary DiRaffaele got an email from a Nickelodeon executive about the short film, which

he had posted on YouTube: "I thought it was spam," DiRaffaele said. "I couldn't

believe someone from Nickelodeon would contact me."[4] Within a couple of months,

Nickelodeon hired DiRaffaele and co-creator Steve Borst to expand Breadwinners into a

full-length television series.[4]
Episodes
Main article: List of Breadwinners episodes
Season     Episodes     Originally aired
Season premiere     Season finale
    1     20     February 17, 2014     TBA
Reception

David Hinckley of New York Daily News gave the pilot episode three out of five stars,

saying "Breadwinners captures well the silliness, absurdity and occasional total

grossness that should entice its target demographic of the very young".[5] Robert

Lloyd of the Los Angeles Times stated, "The show, which runs on speed and bad puns,

butt jokes, snatches of old-school hip-hop and house and arcade-game conventions, is

loud and often gross, but basically genial. It should not drive your children into a

life of crime. Apart from those moments when two characters, alarmed or aroused,

scream the same words in unison, which hurts daddy's head and has become altogether

too much of A Thing, I am inclined to bestow upon it my official critical

blessing."[6]

Toonzone was more critical, saying "In its pandering gross-out humor aimed at 6-11

year old boys, Breadwinners is eschewing any chance it has to obtain a larger audience

or to attract boys who aren’t necessarily thrilled by toilet and gross-out humor."[7]

The first episode scored 2.8 million viewers.[8]

Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media gave the show two out of five stars, stating:

    Breadwinners relies heavily on wedgie and flatulence jokes to maintain kids'

attention through 30 minutes of generally bizarre plots and a parade of strange

characters. There's some merit to the dynamic duo's friendship and the fact that

neither leaves the other out to dry in any of their mishaps, but this kind of content

seems more a lucky byproduct than the intended message of a show in which silliness

and physical comedy rule supreme.

    One thing the show does have going for it is a wealth of funny bread-related puns,

from delivering a "pumperknuckle punch" to a bad guy to saying goodbye with a

resounding, "Hasta la yeasta!" Unlike a well-worn poop joke, these never get old, but

then again, they're not likely to strike the same chord of hilarity with your kids.[9]