“An absurdist sensibility drives The Backyardigans, which chronicles the derring-do of five chewy-looking swashbucklers – Tyrone, Tasha, Pablo, Austin and Uniqua – in a range of David Hockney hues. With each episode devoted not just to a separate quest but also to a different musical genre – 80 so far, including Irish jig, King Oliver jazz, funk, bossa nova, township jive, Kenyan high life, tarantella, psychedelic soul, countrypolitan – the show blows you away with its artistic exactitude.”