Handy Manny TV Show

This animated programme is shown on the channel Playhouse Disney and is aimed at pre-schoolers. It is set in a town called Sheetrock Hills and centres around an loveable Hispanic handyman called Manny Garcia and his set of talking tools. The tools are: Stretch the tape measure who seems to be the problem solver of the group. Squeeze the pliers who is quite naive and is sometimes impatient with fixing things and rushes into things. Dusty the saw whos always on hand with her good advice. Rusty the wrench who is the scaredy cat of the group and who has to overcome a lot of his fears in order to fix things. Filipe the phillips screwdriver ...  Read the complete review

I looooove this show. I actually look forward to watching it with my son on playhouse disney with his afternoon milk (that is a sad confession). It is based around Manny Garcia the friendliest workman ever and his talking tools (which nobody seems freaked out by). They live in sheeprock hills and repair anything and everything while singing and dancing the day away. Like most disney shows the music is really catchy and the theme is played by los lobos (remember labamba??). My son only has to hear the beginning and he turns to watch the tv. It is fairly educational and as Manny speaks a little spanish too your young one will hear another language ...  Read the complete review

Handy Manny is an animated show currently showing on Playhouse Disney (channel 611). It features a handyman named Manny Garcia along with his talking tools. I believe the program is set in Mexico, although I don't think that has been confirmed during the show. Each episode is about 15 minutes long and they are usually shown in pairs. A big feature of the show is that Manny and the tools are bilingual, speaking both English and Spanish. Therefore it introduces pre-school children to the spanish language and also to the mexican culture as it features customs and holidays in the stories. *Characters* Handy Manny - a hispanic handy ...  Read the complete review