The Upside Down Show
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | David Collins, Shane Dundas, Belinda Ward |
| Written by | Billy Aronson, Judy Freudberg, Tony Geiss, Joey Mazzarino, Luis Santeiro, P. Kevin Strader, Belinda Ward, John Weidman |
| Directed by | Peter Cudlipp, Julie Money |
| Starring | David Collins, Shane Dundas, Amanda Bishop |
| Voices of | Mat McCoy, Adam Smillie |
| Narrated by | Adam Smillie |
| Opening theme | Down Upside Theme |
| Ending theme | Down Upside Good Bye |
| Composer(s) | David Chapman |
| Country of origin | Australia United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Michael Bourchier, Kurt Mueller |
| Producer(s) | Wendy Gray |
| Location(s) | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Cinematography | Ian Jones |
| Editor(s) | Simon Martin |
| Camera setup | both Single-camera and Multi-camera |
| Running time | 24 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Blink Films Sesame Workshop Noggin LLC |
| Distributor |
MTV Networks Sesame Workshop Co. |
| Release | |
| Original network | Noggin |
| Original release | October 16, 2006 – February 2, 2007 |
The Upside Down Show was an Australian children's TV show originally airing on Noggin, Nick Jr. Australia and the ABC. The series was the recipient of a 2007 Logie Award. On the show, Shane Dundas and David Collins (The Umbilical Brothers - Maisy) play brothers who live together in a strange house with a variety of unusual rooms. The show premiered on Nick Jr. Australia in 2006 and on Noggin in 2006.
In 2006, in a New York Post interview, Shane Dundas expressed doubts about the return of the show for a second season.
In 2007, the Umbilical Brothers announced on their website that Viacom was not interested in a second 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.
Before Title Sequence:
Each episode begins with a cold opening showing one or both brothers in the middle of some activity, typically involving something imaginary. After greeting the audience, David introduces "The Remote" by pretending to be holding a remote control. He explains that The Remote can control the action on-screen. He demonstrates by pressing various buttons, which control Shane's actions. For example, "Fast Forward" causes Shane to move and speak fast, "Pause" causes him to freeze, "Rewind", which causes anyone to move and speak backwards, "Mute", which causes Shane to speak without any sound. In many episodes, David discovers a previously unknown "Wild-card Button," such as "Humongous" (and its opposite, the "Minute" button). This button causes some strange and/or undesired effect. He presses unknown buttons on the remote after saying "Hmm" or "Ooh, I wonder what this button does." David then offers The Remote to the viewer and "hands it over" by reaching off-screen downward. The brothers direct the viewer to "press the Play button." At this point, a strange and/or undesired effect happens ("Uh-oh, I think someone pressed the _____ button"). The brothers encourage the viewer to fix the situation by pressing a button for opposite effect. When they ask the viewer to "press play" a second time, Shane says "But whatever you do, don't press the -" but he is almost finished when the joke is repeated, and the viewer must again press the button for the opposite effect. Finally, Shane and David ask the viewer to "Just press Play" a third time, and the opening credits begin.
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