Back مدينة الكسالى Arabic LazyTown AST Мързелград Bulgarian LazyTown - Vilamandra Catalan LazyTown CEB LazyTown Czech LazyTown Danish LazyTown German Τεμπελοχώρα Greek LazyTown Esperanto
| LazyTown | |
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| Icelandic | Latibær |
| Created by | Magnús Scheving |
| Based on | Áfram Latibær! by Magnús Scheving |
| Written by | Mark Valenti |
| Starring |
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| Opening theme | "Welcome to LazyTown" by Jón Jósep Snæbjörnsson |
| Ending theme | "Bing Bang" (instrumental) |
| Composer | Máni Svavarsson |
| Country of origin | Iceland |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 78 (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 24 minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Network | Nickelodeon (Nick Jr.) (United States) RÚV and Stöð 2 (Iceland) |
| Release | 16 August 2004 – 15 October 2007 |
| Network | Cartoonito (EMEA) |
| Release | 13 March 2013 – 13 October 2014 |
| Related | |
| LazyTown Extra | |
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LazyTown (Icelandic: Latibær) is an Icelandic children's educational musical television series created by aerobics champion Magnús Scheving.[1] Originally produced in English, it has been broadcast in dozens of languages globally. Designed to encourage healthy lifestyles, the series was based on Scheving's stage play Áfram Latibær!, itself adapted from a book that Scheving wrote in 1995.[2]
The series was commissioned by Nickelodeon in early 2003, following the production of two stage plays and a test pilot. Originally performed in English, it was later dubbed into thirty languages and broadcast in over 180 countries. It combines live action, puppetry and computer animation, making it one of the most expensive children's shows, with the cost per episode being over five times that of the average children’s show.[3]
The first two seasons, consisting of fifty-two episodes, were produced from 2004 to 2007. LazyTown originally aired on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block in the United States and the United Kingdom and RÚV in Iceland. In 2011, Turner Broadcasting System Europe acquired LazyTown Entertainment[4] and commissioned the third and fourth seasons.[5][6] Consisting of twenty-six episodes, they premiered in 2013 on Turner's Cartoonito and later on Viacom's Channel 5, for a total of seventy-eight episodes and four seasons.
Multiple spin-offs were created, including stage productions and LazyTown Extra, a short-form series for younger children.
- ^ ""Bing bang" goes on in Iceland's "Lazy Town"". Reuters. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Frá dauða til lífs". Morgunblaðið. 19 December 1995.
- ^ "LazyTown on air in 103 countries". LazyTown Entertainment. Archived from the original on 13 January 2010. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
- ^ Turner, Mimi (8 September 2011). "'LazyTown' Founder Sells To Turner Broadcasting For $25 Million". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ "C21Media".
- ^ "Turner's 'LazyTown' Returns for Season 4". Animation World Network. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2015.