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'''''Sprout Preschool Musical... On a Stick''''' is a musical | '''''Sprout Preschool Musical... On a Stick''''' is a made-for-TV musical that features stick puppet characters from ''The Sunny Side Up Show'', ''The Sprout Sharing Show'', [[The Good Night Show with Nina & Star (partially found children's television series; 2006-2017)|''The Good Night Show with Nina & Star'']], ''The Lets Go Show'', ''Musical Mornings with Coo'' and ''[[The Wiggles (partially found alternate versions of episodes of children's show; 1998-2011)|The Wiggles]]''. In the musical, they sing about the holiday season, friendship, family and being together during the holidays.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20091208105700/http://www.sproutonline.com/sprout/holidays/musical.aspx Archived Sprout Online page about the musical dating back to December 8th, 2009.] Retrieved 09 Dec '19</ref> | ||
==Availability== | ==Availability== | ||
The special was first broadcast in December of 2008. While there is no concrete evidence that the original musical was aired multiple times, its revision, ''Preschool Musical on 2 Sticks'', was<ref>https://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p9wO92vk1BI/SzA70XuMwDI/AAAAAAAAEg8/9BH2jr9O9fs/s1600-h/Screen+shot+2009-12-21+at+9.20.33+PM.png</ref>. The soundtrack was released on a CD as part of a limited promotional giveaway on the Sprout Online website. The album was also released on iTunes and the Sprout Online website, but was eventually taken down. The songs may have been downloadable as late as 2011, before one of the major overhauls on the Sprout Online website, and the actual music videos were, for the most part, lost shortly after broadcast until 2017, when 4 of them were uploaded to Vimeo by Meredith Halpern, Sprout's Creative Director. On Jan 8th, 2020, LMW User ChocolateCircus445 found the CD on Amazon and uploaded all of the songs online. The lyrics of all the songs can be found on Archive. | |||
On January 8th, 2021, the music videos on Meredith Halpern's Vimeo were taken down/privated for unknown reasons but were later re-uploaded to Archive.org by user P0902151. | On January 8th, 2021, the music videos on Meredith Halpern's Vimeo were taken down/privated for unknown reasons but were later re-uploaded to Archive.org by user P0902151. | ||
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==Preschool Musical on 2 Sticks (2009)== | ==Preschool Musical on 2 Sticks (2009)== | ||
In an interview with Halpern, she stated that Preschool Musical on 2 Sticks was a revision of the original 2008 musical. The revisions included a new scene including the Wiggles, the Wiggles being in the finale, and | In an interview with Halpern, she stated that Preschool Musical on 2 Sticks was a revision of the original 2008 musical. The revisions included a new scene including the Wiggles, the Wiggles being in the finale, and some puppets being attached to two popsicle sticks instead of just one.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100430135152/http://www.sproutforparents.com/sprout/parentsplace/article_detail.aspx?id=43f6a483-221a-45f8-b89a-9cca009050dd Interview with Meredith Halpern about Preschool Musical on 2 Sticks.]</ref> There is no evidence that a soundtrack CD was ever produced for this revised musical. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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|No Day Like A Snow Day On The Farm||The human hosts of ''The Sunny Side Up Show'' (Sean, Kelly and Kevin) sing about animals playing with them and the magic of the hosts' farm.||[https://archive.org/details/PMOAS<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||[https://archive.org/details/pbs-kids-sprout-preschool-musical-on-a-stick-full-album/Sprout+Preschool+Musical+(MV)+No+Day+Like+A+Snow+Day+On+A+Farm.mp4<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||[https://web.archive.org/web/20111008055455/http://www.sproutonline.com/sprout/handlers/imageAsset.aspx?id=27c54df6-ce72-4072-ac11-9cc5010628f6<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''] | |No Day Like A Snow Day On The Farm||The human hosts of ''The Sunny Side Up Show'' (Sean, Kelly and Kevin) sing about animals playing with them and the magic of the hosts' farm.||[https://archive.org/details/PMOAS<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||[https://archive.org/details/pbs-kids-sprout-preschool-musical-on-a-stick-full-album/Sprout+Preschool+Musical+(MV)+No+Day+Like+A+Snow+Day+On+A+Farm.mp4<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||[https://web.archive.org/web/20111008055455/http://www.sproutonline.com/sprout/handlers/imageAsset.aspx?id=27c54df6-ce72-4072-ac11-9cc5010628f6<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''] | ||
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|Part Of The Family||The hosts of ''The Sprout Sharing Show'' (Patty, Ricky and Curtis) sing about how the listener is part of their "family" and | |Part Of The Family||The hosts of ''The Sprout Sharing Show'' (Patty, Ricky and Curtis) sing about how the listener is part of their "family" and the joy of sharing. About halfway through the song, Banjo from ''The Let's Go Show'' joins in and 'joins' their family.||[https://archive.org/details/PMOAS<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||[https://archive.org/details/pbs-kids-sprout-preschool-musical-on-a-stick-full-album/Sprout+Preschool+Musical+(MV)+Part+Of+The+Family.mp4<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||[https://web.archive.org/web/20111008054213/http://www.sproutonline.com/sprout/handlers/imageAsset.aspx?id=6a2224a8-b728-4ee9-bd17-9cc501061055<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''] | ||
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|Holiday Feast||The hosts of ''Sprout Diner'' (Brussel, Bean and Alfalfa) sing about the things they are cooking for the holiday feast.||[https://archive.org/details/PMOAS<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||[https://web.archive.org/web/20111008054014/http://www.sproutonline.com/sprout/handlers/imageAsset.aspx?id=3b2e922f-576b-4f30-a340-9cc501061bff<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''] | |Holiday Feast||The hosts of ''Sprout Diner'' (Brussel, Bean and Alfalfa) sing about the things they are cooking for the holiday feast.||[https://archive.org/details/PMOAS<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||[https://web.archive.org/web/20111008054014/http://www.sproutonline.com/sprout/handlers/imageAsset.aspx?id=3b2e922f-576b-4f30-a340-9cc501061bff<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''] | ||
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|If My Friend Was Here||The hosts of ''The Let's Go Show'' (Miles and Banjo), are in different locations and they sing about how | |If My Friend Was Here||The hosts of ''The Let's Go Show'' (Miles and Banjo), are in different locations and they sing about how they want to be together for the holidays.||[https://archive.org/details/PMOAS<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||[https://archive.org/details/pbs-kids-sprout-preschool-musical-on-a-stick-full-album/Sprout+Preschool+Musical+(MV)+If+My+Friend+Was+Here.mp4<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||[https://web.archive.org/web/20111008054234/http://www.sproutonline.com/sprout/handlers/imageAsset.aspx?id=b967855e-a1ae-42dd-af9c-9cc50106336f<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''] | ||
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|Jingle All The Way|| | |Jingle All The Way||Miles and the hosts of ''The Sunny Side Up Show'' are riding on a magic sleigh trying to find Banjo, Miles' cohost on ''The Let's Go Show'', who has evidentially gotten lost. This is the only indication by the soundtrack of any conflict.||[https://archive.org/details/PMOAS<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||[https://web.archive.org/web/20111008054240/http://www.sproutonline.com/sprout/handlers/imageAsset.aspx?id=bbf8cfab-82bd-4b41-8b26-9cc5010614f2<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''] | ||
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|There's Nothing Better Than Being Together||The whole cast sings about how great it is to be together during the holiday season. They also sing about how the holiday gifts can be feelings, and not just material posessions. In the lyrics of this song, the writers misspelled 'Curtis' as 'Curts'.||[https://archive.org/details/PMOAS<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||[https://archive.org/details/pbs-kids-sprout-preschool-musical-on-a-stick-full-album/Sprout+Preschool+Musical+(MV)+There's+Nothing+Better+Then+Being+All+Together.mp4<span style="color:Green;">'''Found''']||[https://web.archive.org/web/20100326042929/http://www.sproutonline.com/sprout/handlers/imageAsset.aspx?id=7dca59eb-1cad-4c96-81fd-9cc50106045b<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''] | |There's Nothing Better Than Being All Together||The whole cast sings about how great it is to be together during the holiday season. They also sing about how the holiday gifts can be feelings, and not just material posessions. In the lyrics of this song, the writers misspelled 'Curtis' as 'Curts'.||[https://archive.org/details/PMOAS<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||[https://archive.org/details/pbs-kids-sprout-preschool-musical-on-a-stick-full-album/Sprout+Preschool+Musical+(MV)+There's+Nothing+Better+Then+Being+All+Together.mp4<span style="color:Green;">'''Found''']||[https://web.archive.org/web/20100326042929/http://www.sproutonline.com/sprout/handlers/imageAsset.aspx?id=7dca59eb-1cad-4c96-81fd-9cc50106045b<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''] | ||
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|There's Nothing Better Than Being | |There's Nothing Better Than Being AllTogether (Reprise)||Reprise of last song.||[https://archive.org/details/PMOAS<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||<span style="color:grey;">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''||<span style="color:grey;">'''Existence Unconfirmed''' | ||
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Revision as of 05:07, 12 February 2023
Logo for Sprout Preschool Musical... On A Stick.
Status: Partially Lost
Sprout Preschool Musical... On a Stick is a made-for-TV musical that features stick puppet characters from The Sunny Side Up Show, The Sprout Sharing Show, The Good Night Show with Nina & Star, The Lets Go Show, Musical Mornings with Coo and The Wiggles. In the musical, they sing about the holiday season, friendship, family and being together during the holidays.[1]
Availability
The special was first broadcast in December of 2008. While there is no concrete evidence that the original musical was aired multiple times, its revision, Preschool Musical on 2 Sticks, was[2]. The soundtrack was released on a CD as part of a limited promotional giveaway on the Sprout Online website. The album was also released on iTunes and the Sprout Online website, but was eventually taken down. The songs may have been downloadable as late as 2011, before one of the major overhauls on the Sprout Online website, and the actual music videos were, for the most part, lost shortly after broadcast until 2017, when 4 of them were uploaded to Vimeo by Meredith Halpern, Sprout's Creative Director. On Jan 8th, 2020, LMW User ChocolateCircus445 found the CD on Amazon and uploaded all of the songs online. The lyrics of all the songs can be found on Archive.
On January 8th, 2021, the music videos on Meredith Halpern's Vimeo were taken down/privated for unknown reasons but were later re-uploaded to Archive.org by user P0902151.
Preschool Musical on 2 Sticks (2009)
In an interview with Halpern, she stated that Preschool Musical on 2 Sticks was a revision of the original 2008 musical. The revisions included a new scene including the Wiggles, the Wiggles being in the finale, and some puppets being attached to two popsicle sticks instead of just one.[3] There is no evidence that a soundtrack CD was ever produced for this revised musical.
Gallery
List of songs.
CD cover.
Disc.
Logo/Cover for the 2009 Sequel "Preschool Musical On Two Sticks."
Songs
| Song | Description | Audio-Only Version Status | Music Video Version Status | Lyrics Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Promo | Promo for a sequel, Preschool Musical On Two Sticks. | Non-existent | Found | Non-existent |
| We Love The Holidays | Nina and Star express their love of the holiday season. | Found | Lost | Found |
| No Day Like A Snow Day On The Farm | The human hosts of The Sunny Side Up Show (Sean, Kelly and Kevin) sing about animals playing with them and the magic of the hosts' farm. | Found | Found | Found |
| Part Of The Family | The hosts of The Sprout Sharing Show (Patty, Ricky and Curtis) sing about how the listener is part of their "family" and the joy of sharing. About halfway through the song, Banjo from The Let's Go Show joins in and 'joins' their family. | Found | Found | Found |
| Holiday Feast | The hosts of Sprout Diner (Brussel, Bean and Alfalfa) sing about the things they are cooking for the holiday feast. | Found | Lost | Found |
| If My Friend Was Here | The hosts of The Let's Go Show (Miles and Banjo), are in different locations and they sing about how they want to be together for the holidays. | Found | Found | Found |
| Jingle All The Way | Miles and the hosts of The Sunny Side Up Show are riding on a magic sleigh trying to find Banjo, Miles' cohost on The Let's Go Show, who has evidentially gotten lost. This is the only indication by the soundtrack of any conflict. | Found | Lost | Found |
| There's Nothing Better Than Being All Together | The whole cast sings about how great it is to be together during the holiday season. They also sing about how the holiday gifts can be feelings, and not just material posessions. In the lyrics of this song, the writers misspelled 'Curtis' as 'Curts'. | Found | Found | Found |
| There's Nothing Better Than Being AllTogether (Reprise) | Reprise of last song. | Found | Existence Unconfirmed | Existence Unconfirmed |
See Also
Bumpers
- Bookworm Bunch (partially found interstitials from PBS Kids channel block; 2000-2001)
- PBS Kids (partially lost schedule bumpers and interstitial material of children's channel block; 1999-present)
- Someday School (partially found PBS Kids channel block; 1998-2000)
PBS
- Christmastime with Mister Rogers (lost holiday TV special; 1977)
- Lamb Chop's Play-Along (partially lost PBS children's puppet series; 1992)
- Mister Rogers' Neighborhood "Mister Rogers Talks About Conflict" (found episode arc of PBS children's educational series; 1983)
- The Puzzle Place (partially found PBS puppet series; 1994-1998)
- Reading Rainbow (found Johnny Kemp opening sequence for PBS children's television series; 1999)
- Storytime (found PBS children's reading series; 1992-1998)
- Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? "Auld Lang Gone" (non-existent episode of PBS children's game show; 1992)
- Zoom (partially found pilot of revival of 1972 PBS children's series; 1997)
- Zoom (partially found revival of 1972 PBS children's series; 1999-2005)
PBS Kids
- The Charlie Horse Music Pizza (partially lost PBS Kids "Lamb Chop's Play-Along" spin-off series; 1998-1999)
- Curious George (lost test pilot of PBS Kids animated series based on books; existence unconfirmed; 2004/2005)
- Cyberchase: The Poddleville Case (found pilot of PBS Kids animated educational series; 1999)
- Dragon Tales "One Small Step for Cassie" and "Circle of Friends" (lost pilots of PBS Kids animated series; 1999)
- The Good Night Show with Melanie/Leo (partially found PBS Kids Sprout series; 2005-2006)
- The Good Night Show with Nina & Star (partially found PBS Kids Sprout series; 2006-2017)
- Kratts' Creatures (found PBS children's educational series; 1996)
- Molly of Denali (partially found unaired pilot of PBS Kids animated series; 2018)
- Nature Cat (lost pilot of PBS Kids educational animated series; early 2010s)
- Space Race (partially found PBS Kids web series; 2011)
- What's The Big Idea? (lost original pilot of "Sid The Science Kid" PBS Kids CGI animated series; 2007)
- WordWorld (lost 2D/live-action test pilot of PBS Kids CGI animated educational series; existence unconfirmed; 2005)
External Link
Reference
- ↑ Archived Sprout Online page about the musical dating back to December 8th, 2009. Retrieved 09 Dec '19
- ↑ https://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p9wO92vk1BI/SzA70XuMwDI/AAAAAAAAEg8/9BH2jr9O9fs/s1600-h/Screen+shot+2009-12-21+at+9.20.33+PM.png
- ↑ Interview with Meredith Halpern about Preschool Musical on 2 Sticks.
