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==Rob & Fab, 1990–1993== {{Main|Rob & Fab}} In 1991, Pilatus and Morvan appeared in a commercial for Carefree Sugarless Gum that parodied the lip-syncing scandal. They also portrayed animated versions of themselves in an episode of ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' and even signed with a PR firm in hopes of breaking into acting.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Davis |first1=Ashley |date=July 16, 2009 |title=From the Console to the TV Station: Part 2 |url=https://www.destructoid.com/stories/from-the-console-to-the-tv-station-part-2-138099.phtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314233826/https://www.destructoid.com/stories/from-the-console-to-the-tv-station-part-2-138099.phtml |archive-date=March 14, 2021 |website=[[Destructoid]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Isaac |first1=Dejen |date=August 8, 2014 |title=The Most Ridiculous Plots From 'The Super Mario Bros. 3' Cartoon, Including That Time They Solved Racism |url=https://uproxx.com/tv/the-most-ridiculous-plots-from-the-super-mario-bros-3-cartoon-including-that-time-they-solved-racism/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111171356/https://uproxx.com/tv/the-most-ridiculous-plots-from-the-super-mario-bros-3-cartoon-including-that-time-they-solved-racism/ |archive-date=November 11, 2020 |website=[[Uproxx]] |publisher=[[Warner Music Group]]}}</ref> As Pilatus told the ''[[L.A. Times]]'', "We think we have the potential to become actors. After all, we got a lot of practice while we were in Milli Vanilli. But the most important thing to us now is the new album."<ref>{{Cite news |title=Girl You Know It's True: the rise and fall of Milli Vanilli 25 years later |work=CBC Music |url=https://www.cbcmusic.ca/posts/12196/the-rise-and-fall-of-milli-vanilli |url-status=live |access-date=21 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121161701/https://www.cbcmusic.ca/posts/12196/the-rise-and-fall-of-milli-vanilli |archive-date=21 November 2018}}</ref> Morvan and Pilatus moved to [[Los Angeles]] and signed with the Joss Entertainment Group; [[Sandy Gallin]] was their manager.<ref name="CBC">[http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/sandy-gallin-dead-1.4081453 Hollywood agent and producer Sandy Gallin dead at 76] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170527191934/http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/sandy-gallin-dead-1.4081453 |date=27 May 2017 }} The Associated Press, 22 April 2017</ref> They recorded the album [[Rob & Fab (album)|''Rob & Fab'']], which was financed by Taj Records in 1992 and released by Joss Entertainment in 1993. Almost all the album's songs were written by Kenny Taylor and Fab Morvan, while Morvan and Pilatus provided the lead vocals. Werner Schüler, a German bassist and songwriter, was the producer.<ref name="imdb">[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6693994/ Milli Vanilli: Fr to Shame] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308065102/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6693994/ |date=8 March 2021 }} IMDb, 60min documentary, 23 July 2016</ref> Due to financial constraints, Joss Entertainment Group was able to release the album only in the United States, the priority market to Milli Vanilli. A single, "We Can Get It On", was made available for radio play shortly before the album's release. However, the lack of publicity, poor distribution, and their steep fall from the height of pop-culture visibility after the lip-syncing scandal contributed to its failure. It sold only around 2,000 copies.<ref name="Pilkington 2007">{{cite web | last=Pilkington | first=Ed | title=Hollywood to immortalise pop frauds | website=The Guardian | date=16 February 2007 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/feb/16/musicnews.film | access-date=6 July 2019 | archive-date=6 July 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706044823/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/feb/16/musicnews.film | url-status=live }}</ref>
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