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68-547: Devised in the late 1990s, the Umbilical Brothers performed the show regularly until 2006. The duo revived the stage show in 2016 in celebration of their 25 years performing as The Umbilical Brothers. The show was an influence for their later television programme The Upside Down Show (2006). Their performance at the Sydney Opera House was filmed for a live DVD, which was released in late 2004. Taking advantage of

136-546: A badly needed technical upgrade of the newspaper's antiquated production machinery, and defeated a takeover attempt by the Fairfax family , publishers of the Sydney Morning Herald . This new lease on life allowed The Age to recover commercially, and in 1957 it received a great boost when The Argus , after twenty years of financial losses, ceased publication. Oswald Syme retired in 1964 and his grandson Ranald Macdonald

204-529: A certain location. The brothers spend the episode searching for the location through the various doors, windows, and other places in their apartment. The brothers occasionally request help from the viewers, asking them to press buttons on their remote. Their journey takes them to three "Wrong Turn" rooms, and in one of these rooms, they often encounter another puppet (or in the case of the episode "Movies", two), who help them get back on track, mostly stating information about their desired location, or object, as seen in

272-640: A daily tabloid newspaper in Melbourne , Australia, that has been published since 1854. Owned and published by Nine Entertainment , The Age primarily serves Victoria , but copies also sell in Tasmania , the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and southern New South Wales . It is delivered both in print and digital formats. The newspaper shares some articles with its sister newspaper The Sydney Morning Herald . The Age

340-600: A day, making it one of the world's most successful newspapers. Under Syme's control The Age exercised enormous political power in Victoria. It supported liberal politicians such as Graham Berry , George Higinbotham and George Turner , and other leading liberals such as Alfred Deakin and Charles Pearson furthered their careers as The Age journalists. Syme was originally a free trader , but converted to protectionism through his belief that Victoria needed to develop its manufacturing industries behind tariff barriers. During

408-486: A merger between the two companies to become Australia's largest media company. Nine shareholders will own 51.1 per cent of the combined entity, and Fairfax shareholders will own 48.9 per cent. The Age was published from its office in Collins Street until 1969, when the newspaper moved to 250 Spencer Street . In July 2003, the $ 220 million five-storey Age Print Centre was opened at Tullamarine. The Centre produced

476-577: A monthly readership of 5.4 million. As of September 2024 , this had fallen to 4.55 million. The Age journalists have won many Walkley Awards , Australia's most prestigious journalism prize, including: In March 2024, David Swan, technology editor of SMH and The Age , won the 2023 Gold Lizzie for Best Journalist of the Year at the IT Journalism Awards. He also won Best Technology Journalist and Best Telecommunications Journalist, and

544-406: A movie adaptation of the show. The Umbilical Brothers also announced this on their Facebook page, writing that "there is a script in development for a movie version of The Upside Down Show ." A month later, the newspaper The Sydney Morning Herald published an interview with Shane Dundas and David Collins, in which they revealed that the project would be titled The Upside Down Movie and that it

612-524: A newspaper which had fallen asleep in the embrace of the Liberal Party; 'querulous', 'doddery' and 'turgid' are some of the epithets applied by other journalists. It is inevitably criticised not only for its increasing conservatism, but for its failure to keep pace with innovations in layout and editorial technique so dramatically demonstrated in papers like The Sun News-Pictorial and The Herald ." In 1942, David Syme's last surviving son, Oswald, took over

680-464: A prisoner from Guantanamo Bay , stating that Mr Hicks was no hero and "probably downright deluded and dangerous" but the case for releasing him was just, given he was being held without charge or trial. In 2009, The Age suspended its columnist Michael Backman after one of his columns condemned Israeli tourists as greedy and badly behaved, prompting criticism that he was antisemitic . A Press Council complaint against The Age for its handling of

748-515: A second season. In the United States, the series was first shown on the main Nickelodeon channel as a "sneak peek" on October 13, 2006. After this, the show was seen exclusively on Noggin, which aired every episode over a month-long period from October 16, to November 13, 2006. Noggin aired the episodes slightly out of order; it showed "Art Museum" and "Farm" (episodes 3 and 11 respectively) as

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816-407: A show that will let them wallow in the wacky, surf in complete silliness, and bandy in the bizarre." Canadian TV producer Pat Ellingson said "adults will get a kick out of the hosts' comic stylings." Writing for The Sydney Morning Herald , Evan McEvoy called the series "good enough to steal a few viewers from adult morning TV." The Upside Down Show received three awards, all in 2007. Because

884-523: A wide extension of the rights of free citizenship and a full development of representative institutions", and supporting "the removal of all restrictions upon freedom of commerce, freedom of religion and—to the utmost extent that is compatible with public morality—upon freedom of personal action". Ebenezer Syme was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly shortly after buying The Age , and his brother David Syme soon came to dominate

952-418: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . The Upside Down Show The Upside Down Show is a children's television series produced by Blink Films and Sesame Workshop . It was made for Noggin , a channel co-founded by Sesame Workshop. The series is set in a strange apartment building where the doors lead to a variety of unusual rooms. It is presented by brothers David and Shane (played by

1020-491: Is considered a newspaper of record for Australia, and has variously been known for its investigative reporting, with its journalists having won dozens of Walkley Awards , Australia's most prestigious journalism prize. As of March 2020 , The Age had a monthly readership of 5.4 million. As of September 2024 , this had fallen to 4.55 million. The Age was founded by three Melbourne businessmen: brothers John and Henry Cooke (who had arrived from New Zealand in

1088-501: Is the "Upside Down" button, which causes the camera to shift to an upside down shot and can only be undone with the "Right Side Up" button. After explaining it, David gives the Remote to the viewer. The brothers ask the viewer to "press the Play button" to start the episode. Before the episode starts, the viewer commonly presses the wrong button and puts the brothers in a bizarre situation. As soon as

1156-645: The Los Angeles Times wrote that " The Upside Down Show is not only good, but good for you ... But what matters most is that it is delightful ... I noticed, as I watched the show for the first time, that I was sitting cross-legged on the floor about a foot from the TV screen, absolutely entranced." Susan Stewart of The New York Times thought the series was "perfectly calibrated" for children and older viewers. Entertainment Weekly ' s Eileen Clarke wrote, "Tired of all that 'educational' stuff on TV for kids? Here's

1224-630: The Reserve Bank , led to Australia's first ever prosecutions of companies and businessman for foreign bribery. The Age's reporting of the Unaoil international bribery scandal led to investigations by anti-corruption agencies in the UK, US, across Europe and Australia and several businessmen pleading guilty for paying bribes in nine countries over 17 years. In February 2007, The Age's editorial section argued that Australian citizen David Hicks should be released as

1292-700: The Stewart Royal Commission . The paper's extensive reporting on malpractice in Australia's banking sector led to a Royal Commission being announced by the Turnbull government into the financial services industry, and with The Age's journalist Adele Ferguson awarded the Gold Walkley . A series of stories in The Age between 2009 and 2015 about alleged corruption involving subsidiaries of Australia's central bank,

1360-493: The "default position of most journalists at The Age was on the political Left". In 1966, the Syme family shareholders joined with Fairfax to create a 50/50 voting partnership which guaranteed editorial independence and forestalled takeover moves from newspaper proprietors in Australia and overseas. This lasted for 17 years, until Fairfax bought controlling interest in 1972. Perkin's editorship coincided with Gough Whitlam 's reforms of

1428-547: The 1840s) and Walter Powell. The first edition appeared on 17 October 1854. The venture was not initially a success, and in June 1856 the Cookes sold the paper to Ebenezer Syme , a Scottish-born businessman, and James McEwan, an ironmonger and founder of McEwans & Co, for £2,000 at auction. The first edition under the new owners came out on 17 June 1856. From its foundation the paper was self-consciously liberal in its politics: "aiming at

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1496-477: The 1890s The Age was a leading supporter of Australian federation and of the White Australia policy . After David Syme's death, the paper remained in the hands of his three sons, and his eldest son Herbert became general manager until his death in 1939. David Syme's will prevented the sale of any equity in the paper during his sons' lifetimes, an arrangement designed to protect family control, but which had

1564-427: The 1940s, the paper's circulation was lower than it had been in 1900, and its political influence had also declined. Although it remained more liberal than the extremely conservative Argus , it lost much of its distinct political identity. The historian Sybil Nolan writes: "Accounts of The Age in these years generally suggest that the paper was second-rate, outdated in both its outlook and appearance. Walker described

1632-529: The 1990s. The plot involved an invisible remote control that dictated the Brothers' actions on stage. Shane Dundas called the remote "a handy idea that we took directly from SpeedMouse and it all grew into a whole another animal." Producers from Sesame Workshop enjoyed the remote control in SpeedMouse and felt that the physical comedy would lend itself to a family-oriented television show. Sesame Workshop approached

1700-560: The French motto Dieu et mon droit ( lit.   ' God and my right ' ). According to The Age ' s art director, Bill Farr: "No one knows why they picked the royal crest. But I guess we were a colony at the time, and to be seen to be linked with the Empire would be a positive thing." The original 1854 masthead included the Colony of Victoria crest. In 1856, that crest was removed and in 1861,

1768-776: The Labor Party, and The Age became a key supporter of the Whitlam government, which came to power in 1972 . Contrary to subsequent mythology, however, The Age was not an uncritical supporter of Whitlam, and played a leading role in exposing the Loans Affair , one of the scandals which contributed to the demise of the Whitlam government. It was one of many papers to call for Whitlam's resignation on 15 October 1975. Its editorial that day, "Go now, go decently", began, "We will say it straight, and clear, and at once. The Whitlam government has run its course." It would be Perkin's last editorial; he died

1836-451: The MEA edition, for metropolitan areas and a final late metropolitan edition. In March 2013, The Age moved from its traditional broadsheet format to the smaller tabloid (or compact ) format, along with its Fairfax stablemate The Sydney Morning Herald . In December 2016, editor-in-chief Mark Forbes was stood down from his position pending the result of a sexual harassment investigation and

1904-516: The Syme family (who nevertheless accepted Fairfax's generous offer for their shares), but he argued that The Age was a natural partner for Fairfax's flagship property, The Sydney Morning Herald . He believed the greater resources of the Fairfax group would enable The Age to remain competitive. By the mid-1960s a new competitor had appeared in Rupert Murdoch 's national daily The Australian , which

1972-464: The Umbilical Brothers ), who live in the apartment building with their sidekick Puppet, their neighbor Mrs. Foil, and a group of fuzzy creatures called the Schmuzzies. In each episode, David gives the viewers an imaginary remote control that affects the characters and their surroundings. The series was inspired by the Umbilical Brothers' adult-oriented comedy act SpeedMouse , which was also based on

2040-524: The Umbilical Brothers have uploaded the entire series to their public YouTube channel, making every episode available to view for free. In the descriptions of several uploads, David Collins included behind-the-scenes trivia about the episodes. The series was available on the Noggin mobile app from 2015 to 2020, and it was added to Paramount+ in 2021. The series was critically acclaimed for its humor and broad appeal. Larisa Wiseman of Common Sense Media gave

2108-506: The Umbilical Brothers with plans to develop a series, and the Brothers accepted. The Upside Down Show was the Brothers' second venture into family television, after Umbilical TV , a set of short films that the Brothers made in the 1990s. In developing the series, the creators set out to make an "adult show for kids" —adapting the adult-oriented SpeedMouse for a wider audience while also adding layered jokes for parents and older viewers. According to Shane Dundas: "with The Upside Down Show

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2176-505: The brigantine slave ship , Lavinia , as it made cargo of Kanakas . By October the series was also being published in The Age ' s weekly companion magazine, the Leader . "A Cruise in a Queensland Slaver. By a Medical Student" was written in a tone of wonder, expressing "only the mildest criticism"; six months later, Morrison "revised his original assessment", describing details of the schooner's blackbirding operation, and sharply denouncing

2244-448: The cameras stopped rolling because there were a few moments that were too risque for kids." A half-hour pilot episode was made from December 2004 to March 2005. The pilot never aired on television, but it was screened at MIPTV Media Market in April 2005. The pilot followed David and Shane searching for the beach, and this storyline was later reworked into an episode of the main show. For

2312-502: The complaints against Backman was dismissed. In 2014 The Age put a photograph of an innocent man, Abu Bakar Alam, on the front page, mistakenly identifying him as the perpetrator of the 2014 Endeavour Hills stabbings . As part of the settlement the newspaper donated $ 20,000 towards building a mosque in nearby Doveton . As of 2012 , three editions of The Age are printed nightly: the NAA edition, for interstate and country Victorian readers,

2380-556: The disabled and the environment, as well as opposition to White Australia and the death penalty. It also became more supportive of the Australian Labor Party after years of having usually supported the Coalition . The Liberal Premier of Victoria , Henry Bolte , subsequently called The Age "that pinko rag" in a view conservatives have maintained ever since. Former editor Michael Gawenda in his book American Notebook wrote that

2448-489: The episode "Mini Golf". The brothers' neighbor Mrs. Foil appears in the different rooms in various costumes, either helping them on their quest or unintentionally causing more trouble. At one point on their journey, the brothers always encounter a child who teaches them something and sets them on the correct path. Eventually, they locate their destination "for the very first time" and visit the place in fast motion. The show ends with David and Shane back in their apartment. During

2516-406: The first episode on April 10, 2006, with reruns continuing until January 2007. Nickelodeon Asia premiered the show on August 9, 2006, and it continued to play reruns until 2010. TVOKids aired the show from September 2006 until 2008. Boomerang aired the show from September 1, 2007, until late 2007. In August 2008, the newspaper The Australian announced that the Umbilical Brothers were making

2584-462: The front page as a matter of course, but they became, especially under the editorship of Graham Perkin and his successors, a vital part of its identity, with picture credits for staff photographers, and their images, often uncropped, run across several columns. A photographer of the rival Herald Sun Jay Town distinguishes the 'house style'; "There's a big difference between the set-up, cheesy, tight and bright Herald Sun -type [photograph] and then

2652-512: The headquarters moved to the former's 717 Bourke Street . In 2004, editor Michael Gawenda was succeeded as editor by British journalist Andrew Jaspan , who was in turn replaced by Paul Ramadge in 2008. The Age has been known for its tradition of investigative reporting . In 1984, the newspaper reported what became known as "The Age Tapes" affair, which revealed recordings made by police of alleged corrupt dealings between organised crime figures, politicians and public officials and which sparked

2720-507: The idea of an imaginary remote. Producers from Sesame Workshop saw SpeedMouse and ordered a pilot episode based on it, which became The Upside Down Show . The pilot was successful, and in 2005, Noggin ordered a season of 13 episodes. The show was written and produced in New York, and it was filmed in Sydney, Australia. The cast and crew featured a mix of Australian and American talent. While creating

2788-439: The last few minutes of the show, they give the viewer an imaginary souvenir to thank them for their help throughout the episode. During the last moment of the show, they play around in their apartment while the end credits roll. Despite only having 13 episodes, the series has had a total of eight separate DVD releases. In Australia, the show's episodes were released across six DVD volumes, each containing 2-3 episodes. Each DVD disc

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2856-467: The mantra was 'Well, kids are going to love this but we really want to make sure there are gags in there for the grown-ups as well!'" David Collins elaborated, "The series is filled with gags that will fly over the heads of little ones and straight into the face of the parent stalking behind them. Some of these gags we had to fight [the censors] for." In an interview with The Age , he said, "Basically we'd try to get away with as much as we could. Sometimes

2924-402: The movie's scriptwriting, but the project needed support from outside investors to start filming, which never occurred. As recently as March 2017, the Umbilical Brothers have stated that they are still interested in making the movie and are trying to find support for it. The show's concept is based on SpeedMouse , a live comedy act that the Umbilical Brothers performed for adult audiences in

2992-587: The movie, but the project did not receive enough support from outside investors to start filming. In March 2017, Collins stated that he was still trying to find support for the movie. Each episode begins with a cold open showing one or both brothers in the middle of an activity. David introduces "the Remote" by pretending to hold 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. The Remote also has "wild card" buttons that cause strange or undesired effects. The main one

3060-420: The newspaper was a significant step in the career of notable Australian news photographers and photojournalists, many of whom started as cadets. They include: In 1972, John Fairfax Holdings bought a majority of David Syme's shares, and in 1983 bought out all the remaining shares. On 26 July 2018, Nine Entertainment Co. and Fairfax Media , the parent company of The Age , announced they agreed on terms for

3128-551: The next day. After Perkin's death, The Age returned to a more moderate liberal position. While it criticised Whitlam's dismissal later that year, it supported Malcolm Fraser 's Liberal government in its early years. However, after 1980 it became increasingly critical and was a leading supporter of Bob Hawke 's reforming government after 1983. But from the 1970s, the political influence of The Age , as with other broadsheet newspapers, derived less from what it said in its editorial columns (which relatively few people read) than from

3196-509: The nice, broadsheet picture–well, back when the Age was a fantastic broadsheet that could really showcase their photographers' work." This distinction was to start to break down in 1983 with the pooling of photographers across all Fairfax publications, and the paper's change in format from broadsheet to 'compact' in 2007, preceding move to online publication and subscription; 2014 saw Fairfax Media shedding 75 per cent of its photographers. In its heyday

3264-458: The opinions expressed by journalists, cartoonists, feature writers and guest columnists. The Age has always kept a stable of leading editorial cartoonists, notably Les Tanner , Bruce Petty , Ron Tandberg and Michael Leunig . In 1983, Fairfax bought out the remaining shares in David Syme & Co., which became a subsidiary of John Fairfax & Co. Macdonald was criticised by some members of

3332-431: The paper, and began to modernise the paper's appearance and standards of news coverage, removing classified advertisements from the front page and introducing photographs long after other papers had done so. In 1948, after realising the paper needed outside capital, Oswald persuaded the courts to overturn his father's will and floated David Syme and Co. as a public company, selling £400,000 worth of shares. This sale enabled

3400-461: The paper, editorially and managerially. When Ebenezer died in 1860 David became editor-in-chief, a position he retained until his death in 1908, although a succession of editors did the day-to-day editorial work. In 1882 The Age published an eight-part series written by journalist and future physician George E. Morrison , who had sailed, undercover, for the New Hebrides , while posing as crew of

3468-431: The pilot, the show's art department glued the entire living room set to the ceiling to give the look of an "upside down" room; in the final series, the camera is simply turned around at various points to create the upside-down illusion. The character of Puppet had a different design, and he was named "Stretch" in the pilot. David and Shane also wore different costumes: simple T-shirts with swirl designs on them. The pilot

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3536-530: The play button is pressed, the theme song begins. This sequence features the Action Fingers jumping over the show's title and credits, and it ends with them opening the apartment door. The rest of the story always starts in David and Shane's living room. Every episode features their sidekick Puppet and the Schmuzzies, who live with the brothers in their apartment. The goal of each story is for David and Shane to get to

3604-600: The premiere episodes, then aired the remainder of the show in its original production order. In Australia, Nickelodeon premiered the episodes on a more sporadic schedule; the series debuted on August 25, 2006, and did not air the last episode until February 2007. Reruns would continue to air until March 1, 2012. The Upside Down Show also aired on four international channels: Nick Jr. UK , Nickelodeon Asia , TVOKids in Canada, and Boomerang in Latin America. Nick Jr. UK ran

3672-456: The royal coat of arms was introduced. This was changed again in 1967, with the shield and decoration altered and the lion crowned. In 1971, a bold typeface was introduced and the crest shield rounded and less ornate. In 1997, the masthead was stacked and contained in a blue box (with the logo in white). In 2002, in conjunction with an overall revamp of the paper, the masthead was redesigned in its present form. As of March 2020 , The Age had

3740-437: The series a 5-star review, calling it "refreshingly original; each episode is filled with clever jokes, puns, music, and tons of physical humor." The Hollywood Reporter called the show "outrageously funny and inventive" and "imaginative to the core," saying that David and Shane "will have young viewers mesmerized. Older viewers also will find a trove of silly antics that are easy to watch and joyful to ponder." Robert Lloyd of

3808-582: The series was written and produced in America and filmed in Australia, it was eligible for awards in both countries. The show's opening theme won the Creative Craft Daytime Emmy Award for Main Title Design. The series also received a Parents' Choice Award Silver Honor for Television and a Logie Award in the category Most Outstanding Children's Program . The Age The Age is

3876-448: The series, the writers intentionally included jokes for adults as well as children; Shane Dundas likened The Upside Down Show to making "an adult show for kids." In 2010, the Umbilical Brothers announced that they had completed a script for a special-length episode titled The Upside Down Movie , which would act as a proper finale for the series. The movie had been in development since 2008. Nickelodeon Australia provided funding for

3944-503: The slave trade in Queensland. His articles, letters to the editor, and newspaper's editorials, led to expanded government intervention. In 1891, Syme bought out Ebenezer's heirs and the McEwans and became sole proprietor. He built up The Age into Victoria's leading newspaper. In circulation, it soon overtook its rivals The Herald and The Argus , and by 1890 it was selling 100,000 copies

4012-405: The unintended consequence of starving the paper of investment capital for 40 years. Under the management of Sir Geoffrey Syme (1908–42), and his editors, Gottlieb Schuler and Harold Campbell, The Age was unable to modernise, and gradually lost market share to The Argus and the tabloid The Sun News-Pictorial , with only its classified advertisement sections keeping the paper profitable. By

4080-622: The “latest advances” in performance technology, the boys have upgraded their acting to digital . Using this technology, they are able to jump immediately to any routine or fast forward through the boring bits. Unfortunately, the remote control has gone missing. Tensions arise when their newly hired roadie clashes with David — he points out that there is no need for any roadie , as there are no props or scenery to move. The situation worsens when their show controller Tina starts playing mind games with Shane. Shipments figures based on certification alone. This comedy- or humor-related article

4148-457: Was appointed managing director at the age of 26 and two years later he appointed Graham Perkin as editor; to ensure that the 36-year-old Perkin was free of board influence, Macdonald took on the role of editor-in-chief, a position he held until 1970. Together they radically changed the paper's format and shifted its editorial line from rather conservative liberalism to a new "left liberalism" characterised by attention to issues such as race, gender,

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4216-566: Was first published on 15 July 1964. In 1999 David Syme & Co. became The Age Company Ltd, finally ending the Syme connection. The Age was published from offices in Collins Street until 1969, when it moved to 250 Spencer Street (hence the nickname "The Spencer Street Soviet" favoured by some critics). In 2003, The Age opened a new printing centre at Tullamarine . The headquarters moved again in 2009 to Collins Street opposite Southern Cross station . Since acquisition by Nine Entertainment,

4284-551: Was highly commended in the Best Technology Issues category. With The Age , SMH also won Best Consumer Technology Coverage and were highly commended in the Best News Coverage category. The below is a list of The Age's current journalists. Though Hugh Bull was appointed the newspaper's first full-time photographer as early as 1927, it was comparatively late in the history of The Age that photographs were used on

4352-537: Was located at 655 Collins Street. After acquisition by Nine, The Age moved to 717 Bourke Street to be co-located with its new owners. The Age ' s masthead has received a number of updates since 1854. The most recent update to the design was made in 2002. The current masthead features a stylised version of the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom and "The Age" in Electra bold type. The coat of arms features

4420-438: Was made to look like one of the Schmuzzies. In June 2009, the Umbilical Brothers temporarily sold an exclusive "Complete Series" DVD collection on their website, which combined the previous six volumes onto a two-disc DVD set. The collection was a limited edition, and it was discontinued after it went out of stock. On January 19, 2012, an American DVD featuring all 13 episodes was released as an Amazon exclusive. Since 2018,

4488-435: Was planned to start filming within the next year. In January 2010, David Collins announced that the script had been finished, and that the project would act as a proper series finale . Collins also confirmed that Nickelodeon Australia was "hugely supportive of trying to get the film made and have been partially funding the script development." The Umbilical Brothers started an online petition to demonstrate public support of

4556-542: Was replaced by Alex Lavelle, who served for four years as chief editor. In September 2020, it was announced that The Age ' s former Washington correspondent Gay Alcorn would be appointed editor, the first woman to hold the position in the paper's history. Alcorn left the position in December 2022 and was succeeded by Patrick Elligett in January 2023. The Age ' s purpose-built former headquarters, named Media House,

4624-533: Was successful, and Noggin ordered a full season of 13 episodes in 2005. They aired in fall 2006. On December 27, 2006, in an interview with the New York Post , Shane Dundas said he was unsure if the series would be renewed for a second season, and that Noggin would make a final decision in February 2007 about renewing it. On June 1, 2007, the Umbilical Brothers wrote on their website that Noggin decided not to order

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