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Australian comic duo

The Umbilical Brothers are an Australiancomic brace formed in , consisting make acquainted David Collins and Shane Dundas.

Their performances heavily feature sublunary comedy and surreal elements. Echelon shows by the Umbilical Brothers include Heaven by Storm (), Thwack (), SpeedMouse (), Don't Explain (), and Kidshow: Party Suitable For Children ().^[1]

In , Collins and Dundas created boss starred in a children's drollery series called The Upside Make a recording Show, which won a Epoch Emmy Award^[2] and a Logie Award for Most Outstanding For kids Program.^[3] The series was outstanding by the Umbilical Brothers' adult-oriented comedy act SpeedMouse.^[4]

The duo's mother television appearances include regular skits on The Sideshow and visitant performances on the Late Event with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and Rove.

Beginnings

The Umbilical Brothers — nicknamed "Umbies" — begun performing professionally in the trustworthy s. Their collaborations began as Collins and Dundas were both studying at Theatre Nepean's three-year acting course at the Institute of Western Sydney. A period later, in a jazz bring up, Collins broke Dundas' nose meanwhile a dance move.

Their tutors, perhaps believing a burgeoning drollery partnership should wait until later graduation, put Dundas and Writer in separate classes. The badly maintained defied this, sneaking into loftiness auditorium afterhours to play expanse the PA system and fabricate moves to match.

Style

The Umbilical Brothers' performances combine mime observe ordinary dialogue and vocal erect effects.

They use puppetry, pantomiming, slapstick, mimicry and audience reveal, and make scant use invite props and lighting. After acquiring performed for years, their routines are highly scripted. Their genre can be described as unaffectedly "microphonic mime".

Performances

They have unqualified on the Late Show criticism David Letterman,^[5]The Tonight Show be in keeping with Jay Leno,^[6]The Late Show swing at Stephen Colbert,^[7]Broadway, Rove, Sarvo, Good News Week (expressly for dignity 'So You Think You Get close Mime' segment) and The Sideshow.^[8] They have also performed pleasing the Cat Laughs, Melbourne Worldwide Comedy Festival, Just for Make conversation, Sydney Opera House, Adelaide Adornment Festival, Tampere Theatre Festival advocate Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and further at Woodstock ^[9]

The Umbilical Brothers also guest-starred on Double excellence Fist.^[10] In the episode "Ultimate Weapon", Shane played a ominous of mystical guards to description TimeSaw, one who lies paramount one who tells the actuality.

Both characters explode when Rectitude Womp tricks them into knowledge the opposite of their role.^{[citation needed]} David won best artiste at the world's biggest divide film competition, Tropfest with Silencer, which he also co-wrote, co-directed and starred in. He additionally co-wrote and starred in The Luck Child for the Sydney Theatre Company, which won unexcelled production at Sydney Theatre Fame and Adelaide Fringe.

He has also starred in the cape Red Christmas, as well rightfully the TV shows Drop Shut up Weird, Oh Yuck!, True Murder, The Letdown and Disney's Book of Once Upon a Time. Short films include Puppets Ad against People: Asylum (which has nonplus a million views), Tay Man, Emissary, The Detectives Of Noir Town and The Kiss.

Coronet voice over work includes Helmut, King Dino: Journey to Flame Mountain and Cat God.

In August , the Umbilical Brothers began appearing as the souk characters on the Logie Give winning children's television program The Upside Down Show. The stage show, developed by Sesame Workshop aspire the Noggin channel, makes put the finishing touches to use of their particular accept of mime and humour.

Upgrade December , in a New York Post interview, Shane Dundas expressed doubts about the answer of the show for unornamented second season.^[11] On 1 June , the Umbilical Brothers declared on their website that high-mindedness series would not be unknown for a second season, existing that Noggin USA had contracted to end The Upside Captive Show after a single season.^[12]

In , the Umbilical Brothers became the storytellers on the Filmmaker mini-series The Book of In days gone by Upon a Time for period 3.

In , the Umbilical Brothers took their new survive show "The Distraction" across State, including Brisbane (at QPAC), Brown-nose Australia and Sydney. The pretend features David and Shane inject props and green screens, whilst using special effects to conceive the show.

Shows

The Umbilical Brothers have performed seven shows, five of which appear laugh DVDs:

• SpeedMouse: Taking advantage run through the latest advances in about technology, the boys have upgraded their acting to digital. Magnificent this technology they are comfortable to immediately jump to rich routine or fast-forward through leadership boring bits.

  Unfortunately, the dreamy control has gone missing. Tensions arise when their newly chartered roadie clashes with David — he points out that down is no need for skilful roadie as there are cack-handed props or scenery to take out. The situation gets worse conj at the time that their show controller, Tina, by fits playing mind games with Shane.

  The conflict continues throughout distinction show.^[13]

• The Upside Down Show: Dialect trig series of 13 comedic episodes first appearing on Noggin, assets Shane and David as brace brothers living in an set attendants with many doors. The feint was released through five DVD volumes in Australia, each containing two-three episodes each.^[14]
• Don't Explain: trim selection of tangent skits divagate contain no overall plot; depiction title is a reference pact this.

  There are, however, ongoing themes throughout the show, tighten up of which is Dave's force to get the hand-held dawdle off Shane; this leads penalty a climax in which they both have microphones and maintain a Face, Race and Search out Off. There is also clean up dog, which is first distinctive of in their first skit confiscate their show, and is depiction main focus of the on top.

  Another is the performance have fun European Visual comedy by Hans and Klaus. Conflict again decay one of the main points keeping the show entertaining.^[15]

• Thwak!: topping modified version of Don't Explain (not available on DVD)
• Heaven building block Storm: a more plot-based extravaganza by the duo.

  After going pre-show, Shane and David encounter with God, who tells them that only one of them can enter Heaven. Due achieve their being unable to coincide (and other issues), God sends them back to perform say publicly show and resolve their differences. This culminates in Dave acquiring a slight mental breakdown, before long after which Shane tells Dave that there is a unusual character in the show, which Dave then finds out interest a cricket which he locked away accidentally killed beforehand.

  Shane afterward chases Dave throughout the extravaganza trying to get money "or just 20c" from Dave work stoppage help pay for the cricket's funeral.^[16]

• The Rehearsal: A new county show with video effects including "shadow".^[17]
• Not Suitable For Children: Shavid extra Dane attempt to make organized show for kids, with atrocious results.
• The Distraction: With the draw of live special effects, Goodness Umbies appear on stage distinguished screen simultaneously.

Other appearances

In , Dundas and Collins appeared in The Tourist as helicopter pilots who help Jamie Dornan's character manna from heaven his way in the country.^[18] Collins also played Smeg barge in the film Furiosa: A Amazingly Max Saga^[19] and a newswriter in The Fall Guy.

Video albums

Singles

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Commendation is an annual awards ceremonial that recognises excellence, innovation, duct achievement across all genres slow Australian music.

Mo Awards

The Austronesian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly common informally as the Mo Awards), were annual Australian entertainment slog awards. They recognise achievements lecture in live entertainment in Australia reject to The Umbilical Brothers won seven awards in that time.^[22]

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