LazyTown
Tags: psychedelic

Plot synopsis:
The series focuses on eight-year-old Stephanie, the newest resident of the LazyTown community. She has moved to LazyTown to live with her uncle, Mayor Meanswell, and is surprised to learn that all of her neighbors lead inactive lifestyles. With the help of an above-average superhero named Sportacus, she helps teach the other residents how to partake in more athletic pastimes. Her attempts are often nearly thwarted by Robbie Rotten, who prefers to lead a sluggish life and is agitated by the sudden boom of physical activity. On a regular basis, Robbie devises ill-judged schemes to make LazyTown lazy once again. However, his plans are never foolproof and always end with him losing.
Each of the children that Stephanie befriends embodies negative characteristics. Ziggy, who is kindhearted and wants to be a superhero when he grows up, has an unbalanced diet void of fruits and vegetables. Trixie is a troublemaker with little respect for rules and other people. Pixel is an inventor who displays anti-social behavior and spends too much time on his computer. Stingy has a self-centered attitude and is possessive of nearly everything in town. As the series progresses, the characters become less lazy in favor of a healthier way of living.
The program features a predominantly Europop soundtrack. Each episode features at least one original song and concludes with a different performance of "Bing Bang," which is sung by Stephanie. Many tracks are reworked versions of songs from the Icelandic plays.

Review: I've watched this show with her, and it's got a wonderful message, is upbeat, the star (Scheving) Sportacus is real easy on a mother's eyes (he can come teach me how to exercise any time!), and the villain, Robbie Rotten, is a master of melodramatic mugging.I love dance music, and the show has a very modern soundtrack.
I listen to a dance station on FM, and every time my daughter gets in the car, she starts yelling, "LazyTown!" She makes me do the dance at the end with her every time.As far as children's shows go, from a Mom point of view, this one gets 10 stars.
I mean lets face it, we see a million kid shows try to tackle sharing, and manners, but one that talks about getting to bed early to have more energy and that candy only give you energy for a little while, and they teach this in a fun way.
Sportacus not only gets kids up and moving/exercising, but also teaches them good lessons.
It's fun, exciting, sweet, hilarious and it teaches children to get up and exercise and play along with the show.My nephew loves Sportacus and I do too, because he's a very positive role model for kids.
He muscular, a great athlete and he flips constantly, plus when he fights Robbie Rotten there's no violence, just a lot of comedy that kids will love.There's the perfect mixture of bright colors, puppets, comedy, drama, and great characters for boys and girls to enjoy.
Robbie Rotten is hilarious, Stephanie is adorable, the puppets are cute, and Sportacus is very cool, not to mention the music is a lot of fun to listen to.You can watch this with your kids without wanting to vomit, so watch this with all of your children because its one great time, I'm a fan..
I would like to give credit to Magnús Scheving for his wonderful work that he's doing for the children, not only of Iceland, but also for the rest of the world.
I can't think of a better role model on children's television.For those that aren't able to sit through an episode and would like to bad mouth the show, are you the one that is supposed to be watching it?
this show, is actually pretty good from my point of view...i don't know if its just me and my sister that see this, but Robbie rotten is like Jim Carrey playing the Grinch...thats what i 1st thought when i saw him my sister thought the exact same thing...we're actually 17 and 19 years of age and we love watching this show, it is a good teaching for children about how to go out and play!!
I think that the main character Sportacus is a good example for children, hes fun and energetic.
If you want your kids to watch quality anime, you've come to the right place.
Lazy Town is a weirdly garish and colorful show that promotes kids getting out to play and run outside.
It also encourages kids at home to imitate their moves while watching, so it's got a hint of a workout video about it.At first glance it appears strange to US audiences, or at least my kids, but a search of IMDb showed the stars are Icelandic celebrities, and the show has been produce over there for 10 years.
Anyone who reads adult themes or anything otherwise "creepy" needs to pull their head out of the sand and realize that, although saying "kids should turn off the t.v." is good in principle, kids more than likely WON'T turn off the t.v. I'd rather have my nephews and (someday my own) kids watching LazyTown instead of sitting there unmotivated by what they see.
Blue's Clues is educational and my kids loved it but Lazy Town is fun, energetic AND educational.
Unlike these pandering smuts like Toopy and Binoo which says: "I LUV EATING TREES", LazyTown shows their own way of teaching via actions, and they also have clever wordplay, like Sports Candy, also known as fruit.
The creator, writer and star, Magnus Scheving, felt that there wasn't much sports role models around the world, so he decided to turn himself into the ever lovely sports hero, Sportacus.
in front of the tube.But Lazy Town is NOT within those 60 minutes.Lazy Town has a ten from both my wife and me because it makes something WE didn't think possible: both our kids are ACTUALLY jumping and running and doing push-ups DURING the show.Our girl who is 5, wants to dance and jump like "Stephanie" (and she MUST be a gymnast her self!) and our not-even-2-year-old...
The puppets AND people are animated and so fun to watch.I haven't seen anything this fantastic since Bear in the Big Blue House.
Can't wait until some new episodes come out.If you haven't taken the time to watch Lazy Town it's a MUST SEE, so much that I was compelled to register and make this comment..
This is a nice little show that somehow takes something so simple (like having to brush your teeth) and makes it fun to watch for the 15 minute segment.
Great story, fun sets, good songs, and good acting from all involved (yes the puppets too!) I very much like Robbie Rotten and imagine the actor enjoys playing him so animated.
You will like this show, and I'm sure I'll buy it when it comes out on DVD because my 5 year old loves to watch it again and again!.
At any rate, the choreography is great, and the humans are interesting to watch: the gymnastics of 'Sportacus' and the Julianna Rose Mauriello ('Stephanie') is a superb child actress..
We all know the songs and my daughter sings and dances all the time to it, and always wants sports candy.Magnus is great as Sportacus (and Mom's, he is very easy on the eye ;) ) Julianna Rose Mauriello is a doll as Stephanie, and Stefán Karl Stefánsson makes the funniest most over the top bad guy I have seen in ages If you have children I cant recommend this enough, Go Sportacus Go!!!.
well its a refreshing change to get something good out of Iceland,(apart from James Bond sets and Magnus Magnerson), hopefully this will eradicate the memory of Bjork..A good kids TV program teaching values and getting them to go out and play, with Sporticus and his 'sports candy'- (mainly apples) and Robbie Rotten trying to foil things and return Lazytown back to LAZYtown..But Stephanie arrives and livens things up.Good all round fun & you cant help it and join in at the end Expect a Christmas single and album.It consists of two human actors/actresses Sporticus and Stephanie and four LaTeX kids and two LaTeX adults.
Sportacus spends his days helping the kids understand that eating right and good nutrition are great things to live by..
i also think it has an excellent message for children about working out and eating healthy, because we all know kids don't always want to eat right.
My youngest watches this every single day and tries to emulate Sportacus's and Stephanie's every good habit.
My kids sing and dance along with Stephanie and Sportacus and even pretend to be the characters later in the day.The best part is the way they not just tell but show kids how important good nutrition is.
My older son even enjoys watching it with us and he's 10 years old.Sportacus is such and excellent role model for children, always encouraging children to get up and move, and about eating "Sports Candy" (fruits and veggies)to be able to play sports and exercise.
He is always introducing and/or teaching children how to play different sports and exercises, which I think is so important to the health of todays children.Robbie Rotten is so funny, he's forever trying to thwart Sportacus's efforts at exercising and sports, getting the children involved, but Sportacus always prevails and it is always a riot how Sportacus always triumphs without violence.This show is a great mixture of good, fun music, energy, values......basically everything that is good for children of any age.
The primary characters are live actors: Sporticus, Stephanie, Robbie Rotten - whereas the secondary ones are muppet-ish.The hero is always being a good influence, and teaching good things (helping, sharing, good nutrition, exercise, et.
I'm a teenager right now, but I occasionally watch Nick/Nick Jr. I think "LazyTown" is a great show for the little ones.
Now, I know that Lazy Town is intended to be a program for young children to start developing good habits like brushing their teeth, getting enough sleep and eating fruit (or "Sports Candy" as they refer to it on the show), but there's a whole lot more going on here that makes it entertaining fare for anyone who wants to give it a look.The program's theme song explains the premise, just as many of the classic sitcoms did.
He has a magic crystal on his chest that flashes when someone is town is in trouble and is always ready to either help or have fun, whichever is needed.There are a lot of wonderful things about this show, from the topsy turvy curvy styled world the characters inhabit (including a really brilliant set design and green screen technique to make the puppets and humans interact seamlessly) to the personalities of each castmemeber, it's cute and clowny and funny and great for anyone who gets the concepts to view.It's a program gentle enough for very young children and fun and active enough for pre-teens to watch, and there's a lot for parents to like here as well.There are some lessons about life here, but there's enough entertainment that it doesn't feel like it's some sort of lecture.
The songs performed are actually pretty fun to listen to, something that isn't always true for kids' shows with music.
Lazytown was definitely one of the shows I watched the most as a kid.
Lazytown is the best cartoon for children of ages 5-9 years old.
The Mix of human and puppet actors with the wonderfully colourful CG sets is great and works extremely well.Sportacus (aka Magnús Scheving - the creator and star) is fantastic and his wholesomeness is very appealing to a parent.
LazyTown is designed to give kids the power to go play, move, dance, sing, make new choices and feel really good about it.
In the show, Stephanie (an optimistic 8-year-old with bright-pink hair) comes to LazyTown and meets its zany mix of townspeople, including the world's laziest super-villain, Robbie Rotten.
Fortunately for Stephanie, LazyTown is also watched over by Sportacus, an athletic, super-fit super-hero who runs, jumps, and flips his way across LazyTown while helping the inhabitants battle Robbie's latest lazy schemes.
The other kids of LazyTown are curious, playful, and like Stephanie, actively engaged in figuring out their world.
Ziggy likes candy just a little too much; Stingy just can't seem to share; Pixel is glued to video games; Trixie finds it difficult to follow rules; and Stephanie has trouble navigating between making a healthy choice or opting for the easy way out.
The look, the mannerisms, the intentional over the top acting all make me think of Bruce Campbell as I watch along.It is pretty amusing in its own right (I keep trying to figure out if they are dubbing the English), but it is more entertaining with the Bruce Campbell visual..
It's just a mighty-good show.Ahh, but if we get to talk of Sportacus, I could never end..Looking at the Lazytown.com pictures, it also seems they have fun on the set too!
Including my 81 year old grandma!To conclude, watch Lazytown, get up off your couch and just have fun.
Best thing though it doesn't talk down to parents or kids like some shows do.
Finally there are children shows, like Lazytown and the Wiggles, that get kids off the couch.
As a diabetic I struggle with the consequences of inactive and passive television viewing as a child, and I hope this show stays on to work its magic on children all over America so our children learn healthy choices and maintain active lifestyles throughout their lives (and so my child and I can have more quality time together).Maybe it's a sign because my daughter likes the show so much that she wants to be Stephanie for Halloween this year, now I have to find the right color yarn for THAT pink hair!!!.
Even though it is obviously influenced by the Grinch and it's European roots with the techno type music, my 3 1/2 year old daughter and I love this new show and find ourselves dancing to each song!
My sick modernized and urbanized mind would think of real nasty things to trigger against the goofy Lazy Town residents and this so-called villain goes as far as some simply outrageous kidstuff that makes him himself look like a complete idiot.If somebody tries to dig up sexual innuendoes here, then this somebody is spoilt and mutilated by today's sex-pop Madonna/Britney/Gaga (un)culture, being unable to accept that a much better world still exists.
I love this programme.Robbie Rotton, the bad guy, is a fantastic rendition of a sinister Jim Carrey character, Sporticus, the good guy that gets his energy from Sports Fruit (or fruit) is a great role model for kids, and the characters in the rest of the show, especially Stingy, who has me in fits whenever he commandeers the other kids' stuff and states "Mine!", are well presented and a good likeness to what real kids can be like.
My 3 boys can spot that in a second and are turned off by the Dora-type shows that treat children like they're all so inattentive that yelling at them is the only way to communicate.Our entire family watches this show when it's on, and it's inspired my kids to run around pretending to be Sportacus, Stephanie or whomever suits their fancy that day.
Shows like LazyTown (my kid's current favorite), Dora, Barney, etc.
For those parents who want to be totally satisfied with their kids shows, they can let them watch the wholesome shows on Cartoon Network like Family Guy. You make the choice.I'll stick with LazyTown, thank you..
I have a two year old who loves this show, but what is that song Stephanie sings....ding dong wabble wabble something.
Over all I think it is a good kids show, my Daughter loves to dance when they are singing.
She is only 18 months and she love the bright colors and we talk about the games they play and for us the show is on in the morning the only time we watch TV So it give me ideas of things we can do when she gets a bit older..
It has a great message of encouraging kids to get up and be active.I must give props to Sportacus.
The villain (who's names escapes me) is the ultimate "Grinch" character...the one who tries to foil the plans of Sportacus and Stephanie to make the citizens of Lazytown happy and healthy.All in all, a fantastic show for kids.
There is nothing wrong with a child that enjoys eating candy, there is nothing wrong with a child who likes to sit down and play a computer game.It is bad enough so many adults obsess about the shape their body is in, and how much they weigh, do we really need to imprint these negative ways of thinking on our little children?.
The favorite characters are Stephanie and Sportacus ( of course):) How can you not like the show?
It teaches kids what are good ways and things and bad, its better than a lot of cartoons on TV now.
As a parent I prefer to know what the kids are watching and this is one thing that is allowed all the time.
Sportacus is my sons role model, but he doesn't follow as closely as my girl does.Even I love watching Lazytown and I am way over child or even teenage :).
The upbeat music makes children want to dance, sing and get up and play.
Sportacus shows kids how to eat properly, even introducing Sports Candy: apples and other naturally sweet fruits, good for energy.
I have a 3 year old who, even though she just started watching this show a few weeks ago, gets up and dances whenever the music comes on, and as far as I'm concerned that is better than talking to a map or backpack while sitting on the couch.
Any adult who has an issue with Lazytown should watch 5 minutes of Spongebob and be thankful that there are still good shows like Lazytown out there that attract kids without crude humor.
My kids love Lazy Town.
I personally find the puppets a little creepy, but the Stephanie, Sportacus and Robbie Rotten make up for that.I must admit...I Love Sportacus.
One of the other commenters on here said: "A prepubescent girl going camping alone with a grown man not related to her and sleeping in the same tent...I'm ashamed to say that we live in a day and age where we have to nit pick children's shows and think bad thoughts about this kind of thing, but it is what it is, and it's not right." All I have to say is that's it's a good thing that this parent isn't aware of the internet following which has sprung up around this show.
I think LazyTown is a great show for children.
Even though I truly look forward to watching LazyTown every day,(Robbie Rotten is my favorite) I know other people find it odd.
Stephanie i love your singing and dancing (your SO good) and i think you are really good at acting Keep it up I love your show (Even though no one knows i watch it hahahaha)..