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The Upside Down Show is a Logie Award winning live action daytime children's show featuring Shane Dundas and David Collins that airs on Nick Jr. US, Nick Jr. Australia and ABC Australia. The duo gained fame as physical comedians The Umbilical Brothers, playing brothers who lived together in a strange house with a variety of unusual rooms. The show premiered on Nick Jr. Australia in August 2006 and Nick Jr in October 16, 2006 - February 11, 2009 with 23 episodes developed by the highly acclaimed Sesame Workshop.

On December 27, 2006, in a New York Post interview Shane Dundas expressed doubts about the return of the show for a second season. On June 1, 2007, the Umbilical Brothers announced on their web site that Nickelodeon/Noggin USA were not interested in a second season of The Upside Down Show, despite its critical success. In 2007 the show won the Creative Craft Daytime Emmy Award for Main Title Design and a Parents' Choice Award Silver Honor for Television. The show continues in reruns, but in a late night time slot.

Characters

  • Shane — Shane Dundas plays "Shane", who is bald and wears cargo pants, hi-top sneakers, and a blue t-shirt featuring the symbol for "slow motion" as found on most electronic devices (although most people seem to think it's the "play" symbol). He is one of the protagonists of the series.
  • David — David Collins plays "David", who has unruly, dark, curly hair and wears either cargo shorts or capris, sneakers and a striped polo shirt. He has super-sensitive hearing (only functional when he makes a "do-do-do-do" sound effect at the same time). He is the other protagonist of the series.
  • Mrs. Foil — The only other regularly appearing human character, Mrs. Foil is the boys' friendly neighbor. She is blonde and wears a bright pink ladies' business suit, ladybug pin, orange stockings and pink shoes. She has been known to play a tuba. Mrs. Foil is portrayed by actress Amanda Bishop (who also appears in various segments, not necessarily as Mrs. Foil but as a 'lady').
  • Puppet — Puppet is a mottled brown hand puppet representing no specific kind of creature. He lives with the brothers and often assists them in their antics. Puppet is performed and voiced by puppeteer Mat McCoy.
  • The Schmuzzies — The Schmuzzies are a friendly bunch of fuzzy, furry ball-shaped creatures who pop up in various places. They come in several different bright colors and speak a language called Schmuzzish ("Schmello, Schmuzzies!"). Shane seems to be apprehensive of the creatures, while David is friendly with them and is fluent in their language (which he says he studied for seven years, "part time").
  • Fido the Fly — Fido is Shane's pet fly who lives behind a tiny door in the boys' apartment. Fido communicates to Shane by buzzing (voiced by Shane)
  • Action Fingers — Occasionally Shane and David have need to call upon the resources of two rough-and-tumble figures, Knuckles and Pointy. These two digit adventurers are performed by Shane and David when they "let their fingers do the walking" over props and scenery.
  • Bob the Blanket - Bob is a small white "blanket" (more like the size of a hand towel) belonging to David (who also does his voice). He has a gravelly voice and a sardonic wit with an American accent.
  • the Voice — Every so often a mellifluous male voice speaks to Shane and David. The Voice usually reminds the pair to perform some task or courtesy. Most often he tells them "You forgot to knock" or "Aren't you forgetting something?", followed by "Come in" when they do so.

Episode Structure

Each episode begins with a cold opening in which the brothers, or usually just Shane, are in the middle of some activity. After greeting the audience, David introduces "The Remote" by pretending to be holding a remote control. He explains how The Remote can control the action on-screen by pressing various buttons and proceeds to control Shane's actions. For example, "Fast Forward" causes Shane to move and speak fast, "Pause" causes him to freeze. Invariably in some episodes, David "discovers" a heretofore unseen button; this "Wild-Card Button", such as "Humongous" (and its opposite, the "Minute" button) causes some strange and/or undesired effect. David then offers to give The Remote to the viewer and then "hands it over" by reaching off-screen downward. The brothers direct the viewer to press the Play button, but then a strange and/or undesired effect happens, and when the opposite effect is done, they request, "Just press play," and Shane tries to request, "But whatever you do, don't hit the ("upside-down, humongous, rotate, inside," etc.) button.", but the effect happens again and David direct the viewer to press its opposite button and when the viewer does, Shane and David finally request, "Just press 'play'", at which point the opening credits begin.

The central objective of every episode is for Shane and David to find a certain room or place. They do this by adventuring through the several red doors in their apartment, as well as other places (under a table, behind a bookcase, inside their sofa). The brothers occasionally ask for help from the viewers by asking them to press buttons on their Remote. Their journey takes them to several "Wrong Turn" rooms, and they always encounter, in at least one of the rooms, a child who teaches them something and sets them on the correct path. Eventually they locate their destination and experience a place, such as a barbershop or an airport for the very first time.

The show ends with the boys back in their apartment. During the last few minutes of the show, they give the viewer a souvenir.

Items:

  • Movie Theater- camera
  • Barbershop- stickers
  • Art Museum- paint kit
  • Pet Shop- tutorial on what to do with a pet chair
  • Camping - sleeping bag
  • Picnic - kite
  • Airport - binoculars
  • Beach - beach ball
  • Marching band - drumpet and harmonica
  • Birthday party - birthday box
  • Farm - Drums, Cow bell,band
  • Ice Cream Truck - ice cream
  • Mini Golf - mini sport items and various assorted items playing on the word "mini"

Episode Guide

There are a couple of running gags in the show. The first one relates to pineapples, as Shane or Dave, albeit rarely, have a fake pineapple in at least 3 episodes.

The second one is the Upside-Down button. When this button is pressed, The viewpoint shifts, with a silly sound effect to an upside-down shot of whoever is in the scene. Everyone throws their hands up in the air, and one of the Umbilical Bros. begs the viewer to press the "Right Side Up" button, and the viewpoint rights itself.

Opening theme

Action Fingers help turn the words Upside Down the right way up and walk until they reach a door. Opening credits read "The Upside Down Show (before Action Fingers turn the 3D title right side up one of the Fingers calls Down-Upside) starring David Collins, and Shane Dundas. Created By Belinda Ward & Shane Dundas and David Collins."

Episode guide

Season 1: 2006-2007

1--Movie Theater -- (October 16, 2006)

  • Shane and David make a film (directed by Puppet), then search for the movie theatre to watch it.
  • Wrong Turns : Laundry Room, Dance Studio, Chair Room
  • Main Buttons : Light/Dark, Stumble
  • Instant Replay : To see the little girl do her Routine again
  • Vocabulary : Stupendous
  • Puppet : Puppet shouts "Action", Shane and David pretend to be an alien and astronaut (respectively),then pretend to be pirates, and finally pretend to be cowboys.
  • Action Fingers : In the Laundry Room they rescue Barbara, a sock caught in a lint trap, and return her to her socky partner Lefty. They also refold a lady's laundry after crashing into it. This segment is unusual, in that the Action Fingers are clearly shown to be David and Shane's hands (the lady is about to get angry at them for wrecking her laundry, until they use the Instant Replay button to prove the Action Fingers did it). In most other Action Fingers segments, David and Shane simply watch the Action Fingers take off, often not standing anywhere near the action.

2--Barbershop -- (October 17, 2006)

  • After visiting The Very Hairy room, Shane is apprehensive about getting a hair cut. David and his blanket Bob help Shane get to the barbershop.
  • Wrong Turns : The Very, Very Hairy Room, The Hairbrush Room, The Concert Room
  • Main Buttons : Up/Down, Ditty
  • Vocabulary : Apprehensive, Stalling
  • Puppets : First: Puppet is on Shane's hair during the Figaro Song. Second: Puppet appears with stickers on his skin.
  • Schmuzzies : They move into Shane's long, bedraggled hair, thinking it's the Very Very Hairy Room.
  • Instant Replay : Replaying the episode's Co-Starring Jade Barber brushing hair

3--Art Museum -- (October 18, 2006)

  • After finding no place to hang his newly created masterpiece; Shane, along with David, search for the art museum to hang it.
  • Wrong Turns : Sticky Room, Fog Room, Museum of Finger Painting

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