Shane and David, from the Upside Down Show, are two of the funniest characters on children’s television. Really, they’re so creative and imaginative, I’m always laughing along with my kids. Their show is a mix of Pee Wee’s Playhouse meets Mr. Rogers, super silly with tons of imagination. It’s shown only on Noggin (that I know of), but they’re on You Tube and have a fun website too. Check it out!
Each show usually starts out with using “The Remote”. They have a pretend remote that they use to start and stop and push silly buttons with. David usually ends up doing things in reverse or upside down. I also love the “Action Fingers”. My kids love taking their 2 fingers on little adventures! So silly and so simple. The only bummer is that it’s been canceled and only showing reruns, but still worth it.
What’s your children’s TV show are you laughing at with your kids?
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My kids LOVE this show! They do little shows for us with their “Action Fingers.” It is hilarious!
We totally LOVE this show too! I think that they actually taught Brendan how to use the remote! (He’s quite the clicking pro!) It’s such a great ~interactive~ show! Our other favorite show is Jack’s Big Music Show. (I say “our” because there are only a few shows that hubby can watch! hehe) We love MEL the dog! Not to mention that we can get our “fix” of Laurie Berkner… love her too! Hubby and I even saw her in concert last summer …Brendan loved it!
My kids love this show… too bad it is on late at night here… 10pm:(
OH MY GOSH my kids love to stay up late just to see that show. They crack themselves up just watching it. I think it is pretty funny too. :)
My boys LOVE this show! We started watching it when we lived in Switzerland – it was on British TV and they were SO happy to see that it was on here when we moved back to the U.S.
It’s on late here, too – we’ve seen every episode 1,000 times…lol
We like the PBS series Curious George. I love the narration — there are subtle jokes thrown in, since they know that adults are probably watching with their kids. That plus George’s cute little monkey mutterings make this one of our favorites!
My son used to watch this (within the last year) on TVO (TV Ontario) here in Canada. I’m not sure if it’s still playing on there or not since we seem to be mostly watching Treehouse these days, only flipping over to TVO if something is on Treehouse that he doesn’t want to watch.
My 2-year old LOVES Wow Wow Wubzy. It is the only time this active little girl can be counted on to sit still and not get into anything for a whole half hour! Sometimes they are on back-to-back for an entire, heavenly HOUR or peace and quiet!
My 5-year old son loves Imagination Movers on Disney. He wanted to be one for Halloween last year (Mover Scott because he loved his Noggle Goggles!), but there were no costumes out for them yet (the show was still pretty new) and I had too little time to sew one (which I normally do, but he told me his idea at the last minute)! Maybe next year…
Cancelled? What my heart is so sad! We will have to watch the ones on you tube. It’s my son’s favorite show! He begs me to watch it and I have to tell him it’s not on yet…so you tube it is!!
You can tells these fellas are great actors with a lot of clown training! I was pretty cranky when I decided to click play, thinking it was going to be obnoxious. I was wrong!
My boys love this show. I wish we could get videos/DVDs of it. My youngest made his own remote using lego and asks me to point it at him. :)
OMG, my kids just introduced me to this yesterday! I’m thinking I need to create a studio like this for some really fun vlogging! ;)
I’m still in love with Sesame Street and the characters! This is one show I don’t mind watching with the kids. I gave up cable when I left my teaching job, so I don’t have Noggin. Therefore, we are pretty much a PBS kids family!
Take Care!
Jen
My son is 20 months old and is absolutely TERRIFIED of the Upside Down show! Has been for a while now. It comes on, like you said, Noggin just about every single night @ 10 & 10:30 (central time). I’m not sure what it is about that show that scares him, but when they come on tv, he screams and it just breaks my heart. And TRUST me…my son is 100% boob tube child! Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Wiggles, WonderPets, Dora, Backyardigans, Seasame Street…anything ELSE he’ll watch and love. I guess it’s just crazy how children react to certain things!
We are PBS fans too. They share great television shows perfect for kids.
Melissa – That is super funny. They are a little too wacky sometimes, so I’m not surprised!
My little brother is five and he thinks The Upside Down Show is just great. He’s usually allowed to stay up late and watch them when they’re on a ‘grown up’ show too, which I think he actually prefers. He also really likes The Secret Show and Charlie and Lola, but his favourite shows aren’t actually kids shows. He is utterly devoted to Top Gear and The New Inventors.
Thanks for the recommendation! I’m always excited to find shows that encourage a little imagination!
We love this show and love that it is Australian (we live in Melbourne). My daughter loves Charlie and Lola (BBC).
Hahaha! That’s great! Our TV doesn’t get anything on it except signals from the VCR (still!) or DVD player, but our 2-year-old loves to watch things on YouTube. It’ll be nice to get out of the Sesame Street / Caillou rut with this!
I LOVE the Upside Down show. I used to make sure we were home so we would get to watch it. Shane and David are the best. It hasn’t played here in a while:(.
PlanningQueen – I love Charlie and Lola too. Maybe I just love shows where they have accents different than mine!
We (I’m the nanny) LOVE this show. I try (!) to let him watch less than an hour a TV while I’m with him, and he chooses The Upside Down Show almost always. (Spongebob is always popular too) Thank goodness for DVR/TiVO, its only on now at like 11 and 11:30 pm. I wish they had more episodes. We’ve seen them all 784753875 times. They are still funny to me too. I think the show has really helped his imagination!
Udder Chaos is one of my favorite songs. ;)
I love these guys too. They have had a very long and popular career here in Australia as comedians for grown ups. They call themselves the Umbilical Brothers. Check them out on You Tube. Very good mime, and rarely rude. So very clever. Try this link for a starter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peLmnkqm6-Y
Sarah
Being an Aussie I may be a little bias but I love these guys. The twins got addicted to them when we were home visiting family and of course it was on TV over there. I’m so glad they have it here too.