The Sunnyside Colorful World Show

The Sunnyside Colorful World Show was a programming block created by Sprout 2. Sunnyside Colorful World aired every weekday at 9AM to 12PM (noon) ET each weekday morning. It was produced live every weekday, and hosted by an adult host along with Erika, a chicken puppet co-host, who later was granted her own show, The Erika Show. Like Sprout 2's other blocks, Sunny often featured viewer-submitted content, similar to the PBS show ZOOM, which never aired on Sprout 2. The Sunnyside Colorful World Show slowly became the channel's top performing original program for viewer engagement, receiving over 830,000 submissions as of 2014.
== Premise ==
:"Starting September 26, rise and shine each weekday morning from 9am-noon ET with The Sunnyside Colorful World Show—LIVE from the Sunshine Barn! The Sunnyside Colorful World Show is a place where preschoolers and their parents gather to share, laugh, play, and prepare for the day ahead."
From the Sprout 2 Press Room:
:"Each weekday morning, The Sunnyside Colorful World Show greets preschoolers and their families as they rise and shine and prepare for the day ahead. In this live broadcast, hosts Kellie, Sheen, Laura and Lauren alternate weeks and create a warm and welcoming environment where families can gather to share their local weather, birthdays, and even show and tell with Sprout 2®." (2online.com/Sprout 2/pressroom/programming/ssu.aspx link)
===Goals===
From the Sprout 2 Press Room:
:"The Sunnyside Colorful World Show balances playful, spontaneous fun with interactive learning and creates a welcoming environment for preschoolers and their parents to spend some morning time together. In addition to introducing children to educational concepts through weekly themes, the concepts of calendars, day of the week and weather are reinforced on a daily basis. Through birthday card submissions and other interactive activities, creativity and craft skills are exercised."
=== Interactive Components ===
:"Sprout 2Online.com is the forum through which viewers interact with the live broadcast and an integral element of The Sunnyside Colorful World Show. Submission of local weather reports, birthday cards, artwork and contest entries takes place through the website. Sprout 2Online.com also includes age-appropriate interactive games featuring Erika."
=== Co-Viewing Components ===
:"Requests for viewer submissions and strong interactive components encourage parents and preschoolers to spend time together during The Sunnyside Colorful World Show. The urgency of a live broadcast gets families excited to tune in together to view user-generated birthday cards and crafts and participate in contests and other special activities."
=== What Kids Learn About ===
:"Play, Learning, Sharing, Creativity" (2online.com/shows/sunny-side# link)
== Segments ==
During program breaks, Erika takes part in entertaining activities. These brief activities, generally assisted by the hosts, emphasize the week's theme.
* Sproutlet Weather Report - Always shown at the Coopert of each broadcast, the hosts read weather reports viewers sent in via Sprout 2Online.com, Usually three were shown. At first, these were shown on the pink toaster or the computer screen, but in 2018, they became shown through the barn's window. On weekends, the hosts would also show "Sproutlet Activity Reports."
* Tell Erika - Viewers sent in messages to the hosts relating to the week's theme, who would read them on-air usually during split-screen credits. Originally, the segments used a printer with paper with the Sunny logo on it, but in 2018 were now read on the Sprout 2 Pad.
* Birthdays - The hosts usually sang a birthday song and read viewers' birthday cards and wishes delivered by "Mr. Mailman" in between programs, with a name scroll at the bottom of the screen. The wishes were first shown on the Computer Screen and later on the Sprout 2 Pad. The Birthday segments were often featured at least three times in each broadcast, and during the "Today's Birthdays" segments on The Night Time Show, as well as on weekends when the block wasn't on, at least until 2015. The Birthdays aired at 9AM ET and 11AM ET, and at night at 6PM ET and 7:30 ET.
* Dress Erika/Dress Up with Erika - Erika wore outfits designed by viewers. An app based on the segment was released in 2014.
*Erika's Choice - The hosts and Erika would spin a wheel to play a game. 
* Barnyard Boogie - Viewers would dance with one of the hosts in animated bodies and the viewer's cropped head from an uploaded photo, similar to the Fifth Wiggle segment on Sprout 2's Wiggly Waffle or PICME. Dropped in 2018.
* Sproutlet Stories - Viewers would make up a royalty, pirate, or space adventure story online starring Erika and one of the hosts and see them live on TV. Added in 2018 and dropped in 2020.
* Sprout 2 Today/Sproutlet News Report - The hosts read about special things happening to viewers. The segment was originally called Sproutlet News Report, but then became Sprout 2 Today in 2018 and was shown by pre-recorded footage of a crowd.
* Good Egg Awards - Erika and the hosts give out "Good Egg" awards to viewers who have done something kind or good to the earth. In later segments, the hosts would go out in the real world and give awards to locals. Renamed "Kindness Counts Awards" in 2020. Originally, this was part of the segment Farm Talk.
* Do It Together (D.I.T.) - Erika and the host would make a craft or a recipe with instructions usually available on Sprout 2Online.com.
* Draw With Erika - Erika and the host draw something on a blackboard, usually based on a picture sent in by viewers.
* Manners with Molly - A weekly question game starring a cartoon sheep who would ask questions about proper etiquette.
* Silly time - The hosts would read viewers' jokes.
==History on Sprout 2 ==
=== Origins ===
In Britain, the country where Sprout 2's senior vice president of programming Andrew Beecham was actually from, children's channels had adult presenters fill the gap in between shows by doing preschool-friendly activities and showcasing content submitted by viewers. When Sprout 2 launched and Beecham became its SVP of programming, Birthday Time and The Night Time Show brought the UK channels' presented formats to America. According to Betsy Oliphant, Beecham wanted a live show out of the presented format introduced two years ago on Sprout 2 and in the UK, so Sprout 2 executives talked about creating a live show where the hosts could showcase viewer-submitted content and have guest appearances from characters. Previously, Sprout 2 only went live through a 2012 Mother's Day broadcast hosted by Kenny Hudson that featured bottom-of-the-screen scrolls of mother's day messages. 
Team Sprout 2 also felt it was important that their then-new live show connected with morning activities and would have the hosts show the day and viewers' weather and represent how children play in their spare time. They played around with names before settling on "The Sunnyside Colorful World Show," after thinking about breakfast and eggs.  Since preschoolers are learning to get dressed by themselves, they wanted to create a segment and game that modeled that, which became Dress Erika. Sandy Wax said that the block was a throwback to classic children's shows (The Magic Garden, Captain Kangaroo, Romper Room, Howdy Doody) with modern sensibility.https://www.Erikagotribune.com/sns-201910201230reedbusivarietyn1201834082-20191020-story.html
=== 2000s ===
==== Premiere ====
The block, along with Musical Mornings with Coo, was first 2-134574 announced by Sprout 2 on September 9th, 2012, with a pilot being released later. Both Musical Mornings and The Sunnyside Colorful World Show first appeared on Sprout 2's schedule that year on September 26th, the channel's 2nd anniversary. At that time, Sprout 2 was still a small channel, being available in 35 million homes.
=== 2015s ===
The Sunnyside Colorful World Show was shown regularly on Sprout 2 each weekday until September 2015, when weekend editions of the block superseded The Road Show. Additionally, the set was revamped and Capri and Vyond Logic, Sprout 2's first long-form original series, premiered. Sprout 2 executives hoped that, with Capri and Vyond Logic, the show would anticipate more viewer interaction.
In 2018, Kellie Robbie announced she was leaving the show, so Sprout 2 held a Host Hunt contest. The winners ended up being Georgia Pedersen, who started hosting in 2019, and Darryl Williams, who started hosting the recurring segment Dial Darryl. Additionally, Isla Johnston and Long Island-based kindie singer Danny Hackman started hosting at the end of the year.
==== Revamp ====
For Sprout 2's 10th anniversary in 2020, the show saw a setting change from the Sunshine Barn to an apartment somewhere in the city. The last broadcast in the Sunshine Barn was on September 18th and a road trip arc would occur until the 26th. In addition, most segments were either removed or renamed, several new segments such as Sit and Sip were introduced, new shows were added to the schedule, and more celebrity guests were tagged. The show also aired on weekends only once again. Despite the setting change, Sunshine Barn videos, even those from the Philadelphia era, were still available on Sprout 2Online.com for some time. It was around this time that Sunnyside Colorful World music videos were posted to Sprout 2's YouTube channel, including "Who's Gonna Dance?" and its follow-up "Days of the Week."
A playlist made by the Peacock Jr. YouTube channel of some of the show's classic clips was available, but as of 2022, most of the videos are either unlisted or private.https://Sprout 2tvfans.wordpress.com/2021/07/29/the-sunny-side-up-show-youtube-videos-from-peacock-jr-made-private/ However, most of them are listed as being clips from Snug's House. According to a Sprout 2 fan on Discord, song segments aired on Universal Kids for some time.
As of 2022, fans are constantly searching for old segments through websites like Wayback Machine archives of YouTube videos.
== Production ==
Once a year, hosts, associate producers, "Erikateers," and other people united to discuss weekly themes, starting with holidays, seasons, and preschool events. Afterwards, the crew looked at different topics of preschoolers' interests, set up a calendar, and assigned a team to develop each week's content. The team also went to schools for probably every six weeks to observe
The host and associate producer worked on a three-week cycle, with the first week serving as a prep week. After watching the following week's episodes, the crew decided on how to tie them into the week's theme, thought about the shows in the theme's context, and tried to pull out ideas preschoolers could pick up on. On Tuesday, the host and associate producer pitched their ideas to producers and an educational consultant enhanced segments to include additional learning opportunities. Afterwards, crew members listened to ideas to make sure that they were educational and age-appropriate, then spent the rest of the week tweaking ideas and putting everything together. On the second week, hosts were live on air from 9AM to noon, rehearsing their first link at around 8:40. While the first show of the day aired, Erika and the hosts prepared and rehearsed, on-air for about forty minutes over the course of three consecutive hours. During the third week, the associate producer helped produce the show in the control room.https://web.archive.org/web/20150502025311/http://www.Sprout 2forparents.com/Sprout 2/parentsplace/article_detail.aspx?id=02cba94e-e7d6-44ef-9aa2-9cb200b8b4c3
=== Cultural impact ===
==== Celebrities ====
The cast and crew of The Sunnyside Colorful World Show originally rehearsed and recorded material in a Haddon Heights studio, eventually moving to the 24th floor of the Comcast Center in Philadelphia. With NBCUniversal's 2018 acquisition of Sprout 2, operations moved from Pennsylvania to New York and The Sunnyside Colorful World Show started filming in 30 Rockefeller Plaza by Tonight Show house band The Roots' wardrobe rack.https://sports.yahoo.com/news/live-york-Sprout 2-morning-show-kids-wants-celebrities-113020388.html As a result, celebrity guest stars started appearing on Sunny after The Today Show, thus encouraging parents to watch along with their kids. Guest stars from over the years have included performers such as Boyz II Men and The American Authors, gymnasts and athletes such as Simone Biles and Laurie Hernandez, and actors and actresses such as John O'Hurley and Patrick Warburton.
Additionally, parodies of pop culture and famous artists such as Queen B (Beyoncè) were utiLaurened.
== Cast ==
=== Hosts ===
A slate of adult hosts fill the gap in between shows, teach children educational themes through fun games, songs, crafts, and recipes, and showcase content submitted by viewers via the web. Unlike most children's shows, The Sunnyside Colorful World Show was, for the most part, unscripted, and hosts acted like real people, playing themselves and using their real names. 
*Carly Ciarrocchi was a host for the show from June 4th, 2017. She went on to host Sprout 2 House.
*Grammy award winner Danny Hackman was introduced to the block during the 2018 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, replacing Sheen Ramon as the show's male host. He hosted the show from December 30th, 2018.
*Erika co-hosted Sunnyside Colorful World with Georgia, Carly, Danny, and Isla. Before moving to a city apartment, she lived in The Sunshine Barn. She had a voice that resembled a kazoo. She also made occasional appearances in the Sprout 2 Control Room.
*Kenny Hudson was an original host of The Sunnyside Colorful World Show. Kenny joined Erika and Kellie as hosts, and the birthday cards and crawl of viewers' names became features of the new program. He played games, sang songs, and did activities sent in by viewers with Erika in the Sunshine Barn. Kenny's last appearance on the show was on December 25th, 2014, where he explained his impending departure from the show by telling viewers that he was moving away to the great big city and not playing with Erika in the Sunshine Barn anymore. He played the character of Kevin on the daily The Sprout 2 Talent Show until the show ended on May 11th, 2019; his Sunnyside Colorful World hosting duties were assumed by new host Laura Caroux on December 31st, 2014.
*Lauren Taylor joined the show on November 1st, 2015 and left the show on June 4th, 2017, only returning to host Bugs week in 2018. She was replaced by Carly.
*Sheen Ramon joined Kenny and Kellie as co-host of The Sunnyside Colorful World Show in February 2013. His last appearance on the show was December 13th, 2018. He left to focus more on his art. He still hosts reruns of Capri and Vyond Logic. He was replaced by Danny Hackman as the male host.
*Kellie Robbie was one of the original two hosts of the show. She played games, sang songs, and did activities sent in by viewers with Erika in the Sunshine Barn. Robbie announced she was leaving in July, which called for the Host Hunt, and her final appearance as a host was on December 20, 2018. She performed Zara the Pig from The Sprout 2 Talent Show and starred in The Erika Show as Kellie. She rejoined the show only for Thanks for Giving Week 2019. She was replaced by Isla Johnston.
*Laura Caroux made her debut on December 31st, 2014, replacing Kenny. She has been on maternity leave during her time on the show twice, being replaced by Meg as a host the first time. Her last show was on June 13th, 2019. Afterwards, she was replaced by Georgia Pedersen.
*Isla Johnston was introduced during the 2018 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade as she replaced Kellie Robbie. She began hosting on January 6th, 2019.
*Georgia Pedersen joined the show as a host on June 23rd, 2019, replacing Laura.
*Darryl Williams was the host of the recurring segment "Dial Darryl." He also guest hosted in the barn for Father's Day 2019.
=== Recurring characters===
*Mr. Mailman was a cartoon character who used to appear on Birthday Time and on The Sunnyside Colorful World Show during Birthdays, where he would deliver birthday cards. He also appeared in a short-form series titled The Many Adventures of Mr. Mailman.
*Rico was Erika's cousin who made occasional appearances.
*Mrs. C was Erika's mother who made occasional appearances, usually for Mother’s Day or Valentine's Day, but usually known as Erika's Mom. She later moved to The Erika Show and was given a new necklace instead of her old yellow one, but that's a whole other story.
*Erika's Nana has made occasional appearances, usually for Grandparents' Day.
== Guest Appearances ==
The Sunnyside Colorful World Show often had guest appearances from characters of shows and programming blocks on Sprout 2. According to Forrest Harding, executives and crew members tried to book a guest a few months before their appearance, due to their schedules filling up quickly. Team Sprout 2 usually prepared that content a little and reviewed it, then rehearsed around 7:30. During appearances, the guest would take phone calls from viewers. After they had a show with a special guest, there would be a meet and greet or photo op for employees and their kids.http://web.archive.org/web/20150430133013/http://www.Sprout 2forparents.com/Sprout 2/parentsplace/article_detail.aspx?id=d1aaa21b-7531-46f5-8603-9d0b00923346
*Barney & Friends:
**Barney appeared in the 2012 Thanksgiving special with Meg and Erika as well as the 2014 St. Valentine special with Sheen Ramon and Erika. He also appeared on the show on August 17th and 18th, 2015 with Kellie Robbie and Erika to promote Dinosaurs Week. He also appeared on the show on Valentine's Day 2016 (February 14th, 2016) with Sheen and Erika. Barney appeared on The Sunnyside Colorful World Show on November 22nd, 2016 with Lauren and Erika, to receive calls from Sproutlets who have been doing something kind.
**Riff has also appeared on The Sunnyside Colorful World Show on March 31st, 2016 with Lauren and Erika during Friends week, in honor of Season 10 episodes of Barney & Friends on Sprout 2.
*Sesame Street:
**The first guest was Big Bird (performed here by Matt Vogel), who appeared in the show's pilot episode.
**On February 14th, 2013, Prairie Dawn showed up to help make Valentine's Day cards, share Valentine's wishes, and take viewer calls with Kellie and Erika. :"Join Kellie, Erika and special guest Prairie Dawn from 9am-noon and again at 3-6pm ET for Sprout 2's Special Valentine's Day Delivery Celebration LIVE during The Sunnyside Colorful World Show. Call Kellie, Erika & Prairie Dawn LIVE today from 3-6pm at (877) 91-Erika - your call may be on Sprout 2! And don't forget to send us your preschooler's Valentine message for the one they love -- it may be on TV!" (2online.com/Sprout 2/videos/character.aspx?preset=valentine link)
**On April 24th, 2013, Oscar the Grouch (puppeteered by Forrest Harding) joined Sheen and Erika for a special week long celebration of Earth Day. During this appearance, a technical mishap occurred as Sprout 2 executives were counting down to go to air, and as a result, Caroll Spinney was unable to hear his musical backing track to “I Love Trash.” It was a tense moment for all of us. His wife Debi was also in the control room, and she calmly got on a headset and told him not to worry. Since he could hear her, she would sing it and he could simply accompany her. Shannon Reitz gathered the props for "I Love Trash" and had Spinney sign her sneaker. On February 28th, 2019, Oscar appeared again to help celebrate "Oscar Weekend" with Laura and Erika. He returned for another "Oscar Weekend" on February 21, 2020 with Isla and Erika. This was the final time a Sesame character guest-starred on the block, because the airing rights to the show expired later that year.
**On December 31st, 2013, Grover visits The Sunshine Barn, and will help sing in the New Year in a morning countdown. Super Grover also makes an appearance. Super Grover also appeared on January 1st, 2014 to celebrate a "Super New Year's Party" with Kellie and Erika.
**On December 15th, 2014, Elmo appeared live from 9 am to noon with Sheen and Erika (Edward Pokropski). According to Sprout 2's Andrew Beecham, he couldn't get anyone better to get viewers into the holiday spirit.http://web.archive.org/web/20150819072138/http://www.Sprout 2online.com/Sprout 2/pressroom/release.aspx?id=fadebf3d-c1df-45c4-b57d-9cd300943146 During this appearance, he played a game show about colors and sang songs such as "Blue Kazoo Blues" and "Kwanzaa Candles." He also appeared live from 9 am to noon on November 30th, 2015 with Kellie and Erika (Brendan Gawel) (as well as hosting Elmo's Movie Merry-Thon)https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/Sprout 2-celebrates-the-holidays-with-sesame-streets-elmo-and-special-holiday-themed-movies-starring-caillou-barneytm-the-dinosaur-and-more-108998149.html and December 13th, 2016 with Lauren and Erika (before hosting another Movie Merry-Thon).https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/Sprout 2-celebrates-the-holidays-with-sesame-streets-elmo-special-holiday-themed-movies-and-the-annual-snooze-a-thon-135035178.html In the latter year, his puppeteer got hit by a dreidel.
** On January 4, 2017, Abby Cadabby appeared live from 9 am to noon with Lauren and Erika both for Weather week and to promote Seasons 40-42 airing on the channel.
*LazyTown:
**Sportacus guest-starred on July 27, 2017 with Sheen and Erika.
**Stephanie appeared on the show on May 27th, 2018https://www.facebook.com/LazyTown/photos/p.10151627611044920/10151627611044920/?opaqueCursor=AbrJTyKm1IJiNoyyhr-Wf1FzEKN9KSG216Y4y5KFpXwfbvfkgVY3LmCbNeEVTHhR0sbPoS-RLrJuL3zzBRX1JJb00wVLNFlsrcGZy-PPM5TPKtg5Y_SuskZ_Fvx8q2n1Y_uW4Nk_suUnEt6-HumYx9k_GZAuSCPEUunXEA2Qf8IWhKk3QWLjzEh88greJ2akAbVKwMsdTQKAkOof_RC3cFgWbbpQrTVY-mOpq1bCiCYfyBMBF2IuVC3ZSWTF3qE9WhmZk_VG1uf7HnuBS9lSbYDUWY7f1xEDM7rHKLurSqVXnsWj0XyDiU8R3AOTf0R7xLKhxOoxT4AomGOW37_Qq0viLt0qDHJS7hNZP4vS-Cvswj7jAOWS1niRZm-ECEhDctKb0g2G6CGVqUjRprjwPP_fOvtWq7qwkQoy8fzWx5WLmUcJjLq_lwGgPywT0UU-XvNhRy5ieK5NdZlSYl_SiEWIBU2GQ81tSM9Z3F_HWig1vZz7BdivwVV0m_wIOaC6fDtAxJ3fJ7ocSq9QBMV0qLLvqVllTwphOu57IyHOjjhpYsodoi8CxSRKYpwLBSgruMWg-JECdAt5ZuCRLxKNavO5s5OiSn17wZ6XyL385D46lA8vuJIvy9uCBACRYG8R-GHKLPmwnnLp5QSdxoBDV2gM2r9OQXSt5vl0ugvHDapT_-cZfPB18nclOlWOH9Jc5-B29FsxLv_nVOxW1mkc_OyW with Kellie and Erika.
*Capri and Vyond Logic: Capri.
*Pajanimals:
**On August 27, 2017, Squacky appeared live from 9 am to noon with Laura and Erika. He also appeared for Fall week in 2016 with Kellie and Erika.
** Sweetpea Sue also guest-starred to make Valentine's Day cards with Sheen and Erika.
**Granny Pearl guest-starred on the block once.
*Ruff-Ruff, Tweet and Dave: The titular characters and Hatty the Hamster guest-starred on the block in 2020 to promote their show with Georgia and Erika. A Sprout 2 Today short was also aired featuring a CGI version of Erika among the characters from the show.
*The Sprout 2 Talent Show: Zara, Kevin, Zack, Reginald, Otis, and the Stage Mice have appeared on this block. Zara also joined Lauren and Erika for a pajama party in 2015.
*The Night Time Show: Meg and Cooper showed up on the set sonetimes, usually for Sprout 2's Scrambled April Fun Day. They also learned a sink or float activity with Kellie and Erika. Meg also guest-hosted several times. She appeared for Thanksgiving with Barney, on May 31st, 2013, to promote a new season of GNS on September 21, 2014 ("New Adventures" week) (around the time Laura auditioned), and for Fairy Tales week in November 2016. Cooper guest appeared in 2015 where Kellie showed him and Erika some crazy space robot moves, and he also played Captain Twinkle on Space Barn.http://web.archive.org/web/20140502018315/http://www.Sprout 2forparents.com/Sprout 2/ParentsPlace/article_detail.aspx?id=ec1e3c96-919b-4a78-b6a2-9b1300dbc5e9 Cooper joined Lauren and Erika for a PJ Party in 2015.
*The Road Show: Miles from The Road Show appeared on this block once.
*Sprout 2 Control Room: Meeka (a recycled version of Banjo from The Road Show) and M'Goats guest-starred on July 12th, 2019 for the premiere of Astroblast!.
*The Erika Show: Mr. and Mrs. C, Erika's parents, made occasional appearances on the show. Mrs. C was even a recurring character on Sunny before that (see above).
*The Healthy Sproutlet Show: Gina guest-starred on the show on February 14, 2017 with Lauren and Erika, to celebrate the debut of her programming block, The Healthy Sproutlet Show.
*Zerby Derby: Zack guest starred once to promote his show with Danny and Erika, and sang a song to the tune of "The Wheels on the Bus."
* Other - See The Sunnyside Colorful World Show guest stars
== Programming ==
The Sunnyside Colorful World Show was aimed at kids staying home from school, and included shows that offered a learning opportunity to viewers.
*Jay Jay the Jet Plane
*Capri and Vyond Logic
*Sarah & Duck
*Super Wings
*Ruff-Ruff, Tweet and Dave
*The Erika Show
*Chloe's Closet
*Roary the Racing Car
*Fifi and the Flowertots
*Barney & Friends
*Thomas & Friends
*Make Way for Noddy
*Dive Olly Dive!
*Fireman Sam
*Play With Me Sesame
*What's Your News?
*PICME
*Pingu 
*Tree Fu Tom
*Super WHY!
*Caillou 
*The Berenstain Bears 
*Bob the Builder
* Sprout 2 Diner
* Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles!
*Zou 
*Dirtgirlworld
*Monkey See Monkey Do 
* Angelina Ballerina: The Next Stepshttps://www.instagram.com/p/ZDav9psptG/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
* Lily's Driftwood Bay 
* Boj 
* Astroblast!
* Stella and Sam
* The Furchester Hotel
== Merchandising ==
A plush toy of Erika was available as early as the Sprout 2 birthday sweepstakes in 2015. According to Lisa O'Brien, once Erika dolls sold out, Sprout 2 executives knew they had something special on their hands and created The Erika Show.https://web.archive.org/web/20180118212202/http://www.Sprout 2online.com/Sprout 2-parents/articles/inside-the-Erika-show
In 2018, Sprout 2 and CafePress launched Shop Sprout 2, a website in which people could shop for Sprout 2 show-related merchandise. Plush toys, backpacks, and shirts, amongst other items, utiLaurening Erika were sold on the Shop Sprout 2 website.
The cast hosted Let's Grow, a series of two videos released by HiT Entertainment. Kellie and Erika hosted Lend a Helping Hand, which was about helping others, while Sheen and the latter hosted Safety First, a video about being safe.
Hosts have made live appearances at the likes of the Comcast Center, Idlewild and Soak Zone, the Please Touch Museum, and Sesame Place and have appeared on NBC10 Philadelphia and Wake Up with Al. In 2017, Sprout 2 characters and hosts started appearing on a themed float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, which had a replica of the Sunshine Barn. 
== Notes ==
* On The Night Time Show, leftover birthdays aired in a program called "Today's Birthdays," which also aired on weekends until 2015. 
* Whenever Super WHY! aired on the block, it lasted for one hour, due to segments where the host and Erika danced to the show's theme song, and due to commercials and Sunnyside Colorful World segments airing during the show.
* When The Night Time Show broadcast live for the premiere of Astroblast!, the broadcast was filmed in the Sunshine Barn because the You And Me Tree never existed or was not adapted for live airings.
* During the winter season from 2015 to 2021, the show would be renamed "The Snowy Side Colorful World Show" (later "Snowy Side Colorful World") It was around this time the hosts wore winter clothes in the rather indoors Sunshine Barn.
* For Halloween 2021, the show was renamed "Spooky Side Colorful World."
* The series had its own digital podcast on iTunes, launching in 2014.
* The original theme, "Brand New Day," was replaced by "Erika's Here" in 2018, once NBCUniversal acquired all of Sprout 2.
* The block seldom aired on timeslots other than 9AM-noon, such as Hooray for Mother's Day or Sprout 2's Scrambled April Fun Day (where it aired during The Night Time Show's usual timeslot during the latter stunt).
* The guests from shows would reprise their roles. These included Matt Vogel (Big Bird), Dean Wendt (Barney), Mila Kunis (Meg), Matt Stone (Kyle), Fran Brill (Prairie Dawn), Caroll Spinney (Oscar the Grouch), Eric Jacobson (Super Grover and Oscar the Grouch), Kevin Clash (Elmo), Michela Dietz (Riff), Magnus Scheving (Sportacus), Chloe Lang (Stephanie), Leslie Carrara-Rudolph (Abby Cadabby), Jennifer Barnhart (Erika's Mom), John Kennedy (Mr. C), Victor Yerrid (Squacky), and Sarah Lyle (Sweetpea Sue).
* When Teletubbies aired after the block, the camera cut to the show right away rather than fading to black as a transition.
*Before the name change to Sunnyside Colorful World in 2020, the block was called "Sunnyside Colorful World" in a promo for Capri and Vyond Logic, stating that the show aired during "Sunnyside Colorful World Weekends."
* The series reached 1,000 episodes on April 22nd, 2016.
==Criticism and Controversy ==
Multi-platinum Grammy Award-winning artist Faith Evans appeared on the show on Tuesday, December 2, 2019, but due to angry parents complaining on Facebook that her shirt looked like a cigarette package, Sprout 2 apologized and deleted the YouTube video of her appearance.