The Upside Down Show

9.0

2005•30m

The Upside Down Show, was a Logie Award winning show featuring Shane Dundas and David Collins that airs on Noggin, Nick Jr. Australia and ABC Australia. On the show they play brothers who live together in a strange house with a variety of unusual rooms. The show premiered on Nick Jr. Australia in August 2006 and on Noggin US on 16 October 2006, with 13 episodes developed by the highly acclaimed Sesame Workshop. The Sesame Workshop logo used on this show can only be seen on Noggin. Initial views of The Upside Down Show were disappointing, as it failed to match the views of Play With Me Sesame and Caillou during the 2006-2007 season. The show's début was criticized as being similar to Ernie and Bert. On 27 December 2006, in a New York Post interview, Shane Dundas expressed doubts about the return of the show for a second season. On 1 June 2007, the Umbilical Brothers announced on their website that Nickelodeon/Noggin USA were not interested in a third season of The Upside Down Show, despite its 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.

Seasons

13 Episodes • Premiered 2006

1. Movie Theater

Shane and David make a movie (directed by Puppet), then search for the movie theatre to watch it.

2. Barbershop

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

3. Art Museum

After finding no place to hang his newly created masterpiece; Shane, along with David, search for the art museum to hang it.

4. Pet Shop

Yearning for a relationship like that between Fido and Shane, David decides he needs a pet and after Shane and David visit the Puppy Room, where they find out where you can buy dogs, cats, rabbits or anything: the pet shop, they look for the pet shop.

5. Camping

After their bedrooms disappear, the boys search for another place to sleep.

6. Picnic

Shane and David take Fido the Fly on his first-ever picnic

7. Airport

Shane and David volunteer to pick up Puppet's cousin (Mary Annette) at the airport, but have to find it first

8. Beach

After losing the beach ball they were playing with, Shane and David search for the beach to find it

9. Marching Band

Shane and David invent imaginary musical instruments and set out to join a marching band.

10. Birthday Party

Shane and David are invited to a surprise birthday party that turns out to be for them!

11. Farm

Shane and David's band, the Talking Airheads, faces a setback when David's cow bell (which just so happens to be attached to an imaginary cow) disappears

12. Ice Cream Truck

Shane and David seek to discover the delicious, delectable, and DEEE-LIIIGHT-FUUUUL joys of the frozen treat known as ICE CREAM. They also need to get three imaginary pets out of their way: Evan the Pig, Helen the Baby Hippo, and Giorgio the Caterpillar.

13. Mini Golf

Shane and David are baffled when a mysterious orange thing appears in their living room. They use deductive reasoning to narrow down what it actually is like, and where it belongs