LazyTown is a children's television show that contains music in the style of Traditional Bubblegum dance. It originated in Iceland, and now airs in countries all over the world, with a cast and crew from both Iceland and the USA. LazyTown has released a number of albums which contain music from the television series. Their most successful and well-known single to date is "Bing Bang (Time To Dance)".

This page will focus more on the music of LazyTown, rather than the actual television series itself. For more detailed information on the TV series, please click here. Official LazyTown Web site: www.lazytown.com.

Origin
LazyTown originally started out in 1996 as a live-action play, under the title "Áfram Latibær (Go on Lazytown!)". After its success a second play was made titled "Glanni Glæpur í Latabær (Robbie Rotten in LazyTown)". This second play introduced the character Glanni Glæpur (Robbie Rotten) as a villain. Instead of incorporating puppets, all characters were played by live actors, with the exception of a bird puppet in the second play.

The show was created by Magnús Scheving, a gymnastics champion and CEO of LazyTown Entertainment. Magnús also stars in the show, as the super-healthy flip-a-lot character Sportacus. As well as Sportacus, the main characters in LazyTown are Stephanie, Robbie Rotten, and the Puppets.

The official LazyTown logo.

Plot Summary
The main character of LazyTown is Stephanie, who is played by Julianna Rose Mauriello. She arrived in LazyTown and urges her new friends Ziggy, Trixie, Stingy, and Pixel to go outside and be active, instead of staying inside and playing video games all day (hence the term "Lazy"Town).

Stephanie's uncle, the bumbling Mayor Milford Meanswell, enlists the help of Sportacus (Magnús Scheving), a self-described "slightly-above-average hero". It is Sportacus' job to inspire the kids to play outside, and to help solve low-key emergencies that occur from time to time.

However, all this does not sit well with Robbie Rotten (Stefán Karl Stefánsson), a lazy man who lives in an underground lair hidden just on the edge of town. Many of the episodes involve Robbie Rotten dressing up in a disguise and trying to ruin the kids' fun and/or make Sportacus leave town forever.

Discography
Below is the complete discography of LazyTown.

SINGLES

• Bing Bang (Time To Dance) (November 2007)
  1. Bing Bang (Time To Dance)
  2. Bing Bang (Christmas)
  3. LazyTown Megamix
  4. I Love Christmas
  5. Bing Bang (Time To Dance) THE VIDEO

Filming
LazyTown is part live action, part puppetry, and part CGI animation. Stephanie, Sportacus, and Robbie Rotten were the only humans on the American show up until episode 32 (Dancing Duel), which was the first to include a fourth live actor to play the role of Rottenella. She was played by Mauriello's stunt double, Kristjana Olafsdottir. More recent episodes have extended the live cast as well. Such episodes include Little Sportacus, and The Lazy Genie. The rest of the characters are depicted as puppets, which are made by the Neal Scanlan Studio and Wit Puppets.

The show is produced in a 5067 m² studio in Garðabær, Iceland, which contains one of the most advanced HDTV facilities in Europe. The budget for each episode is approximately USD $1,000,000.

Characters
Below is some quick facts about each of the characters of LazyTown. For a more in depth analysis, click here.

• Sportacus - Played by Magnús Scheving. The super-healthy hero of the show, hailing from "an island in the North Sea" (a tongue-in-cheek reference to Iceland, LazyTown's country of origin). Sportacus encourages the kids of LazyTown to eat "sports candy" (his word for fruits and vegetables of all kinds), and to play outside instead of just sitting around indoors playing video games or eating junk food. [more information]
  
• Stephanie - Played by Julianna Rose Mauriello: The character who inspired the citizens (and most importantly, the children) of LazyTown to get up and go. She is an 8 year old whose hair, outfits and accessories are pink. She came to town to visit her uncle, the mayor of LazyTown. At first, Stephanie attempted to get the kids to go outside and play, but she was foiled by Robbie Rotten when he tempted the kids with "lazy" things. But when she asked for Sportacus' help, the whole town worked together to make LazyTown the best place to live. [more information]
  
• Robbie Rotten - Played by Stefán Karl Stefánsson: The antagonist of the show. He is always trying to get the kids to eat junk food and is forever trying to banish Sportacus from LazyTown. He wants to make sure LazyTown remains quiet and lazy, as it was before the arrival of Sportacus and Stephanie. Robbie devises all sorts of plans to achieve this, and sometimes comes very close to succeeding, but Sportacus always manages to 'save the day' with the help of Stephanie and her friends.

Puppets

• Ziggy (puppeteered and voiced by Guðmundur Þór Kárason) The character who loves to eat candy and sweets - particularly Taffy. After Stephanie came along he found that there is more to childhood than sugary treats. He is now active and participates in any sport the gang plays, but still enjoys candy. He can usually be seen holding a lollipop.
  
• Stingy (puppeteered and voiced by Jodi Eichelberger) As his name implies, the greedy and possessive character. He still plays with the gang, but he will always care about his stuff: especially his car and his prized piggy bank. He often says "It's mine!" and has his own song by that name (which names everything in LazyTown as his!). He can also play the harmonica and recorder.
  
• Trixie (puppeteered and voiced by Sarah Burgess) The trouble-maker character, though she does like to play with everyone else. Trixie refers to Stephanie as "Pinky" when trying to get her attention. She also likes to draw moustaches on the mayor's posters.
  
• Pixel (puppeteered by Ron Binion and Julie Westwood, voiced by Kobie Powell) The character (originally named Goggi Mega) who plays too much on the computer. Stephanie taught him not to play too many video games. He fixes up all sorts of gadgets to help him avoid doing something himself, such as a machine to tie his shoes or a remote that "does everything for you." He loves anything to do with computers, technology and gadgets.
  
• Mayor Milford Meanswell (puppeteered and voiced by David Matthew Feldman) A nervous wreck who has a crush on Ms. Busybody. He loves his niece Stephanie very much and calls Sportacus if she feels sad or depressed and doesn't want to express her feelings. He is also famous for saying "Oh my!" all the time if something is wrong.
  
• Bessie Busybody (puppeteered and voiced by Julie Westwood) Although patronizing, she tries her best to be motherly with the children. She is aware of every new trend, and is pompous but fashionable, and she loves to talk on her cell phone