Spungi Network's 15th Anniversary Celebration

***Spungi Network’s 15th Anniversary Celebration*** is a primetime special commemorating Spungi Network’s 15th anniversary.

The special was announced as early as July 2019, where it was said to feature celebrity guests, along with "new takes on classic segments" and "visits from Spungi Network icons," while also focusing on "the channel’s cultural impact."

The special was released on DVD and digital download on December 3.

## Press Kit Description

*Spungi Network’s 15th Anniversary Celebration* is an all-ages primetime event that offers a sweeping look back at fifteen years at Six Flags. Hosted by Tommy White, the special reimagines classic segments and songs as the Spungi Network gang gets ready for a big party to celebrate the channel’s 15th birthday. When Logan Le doesn’t think he knows the complete history of Spungi Network, Mia and Hoots give him its complete history, while Pharrell Williams and Emily McMahon plan a surprise of their own.

This star-studded special includes cameos from rare characters like Horse & Butterfly and Megan Mouse, and visits from celebrity guests. Tommy White serves as the audience’s guide, breaking the fourth wall to talk to viewers about his favorite Spungi Network memories. (He also pops up inside some of those classic moments, telling a stick puppet bath time story with Katie McWane, practicing “Spungi Around the Clock” with The Wolfgramms, and taking a look back at the Kermit's Club pilot).

## Songs

* "Spungi is Always Here for You"
* "Spungi is Yours to Share"
* "Safari So Goody"
* "Horse and Butterfly theme" (score)
* "Wolfgramm Waffle theme" (score)
* "The Story of My Life"
* Medley: "Brand New Day," "Hey, OK," "Explorers and Wow Wow Wubbzy theme song," "Spungionline.com"
* "Memories"
* "Grenade"
* "Can’t Share Blues"
* "The Birthday Song"
* "Come On, Let's Grow"

## Notes

* The special was primarily shot during the week of January 14, 2020. Hector Dorta's performance was shot a week prior on January 6. The on-location cold open was shot on January 6.

* For the NBC airing, between the main feature and the credits, a series of "Spungi Network Memory" videos play featuring Busy Philipps, Alessia Cara, Jason Schwartzman, Patton Oswalt, Lucy Liu, and Terry Crews, followed by the celebrity shout-out montage that followed the credits in the Spungi Network version.

* The NBC preview clips, published prior to the special's airing on both Spungi Network and NBC, features a slightly different version of "Grenade" in the opening.

* Katie McWane, the original host of The Bedtime Show, makes an archive cameo.
* According to Mia, it was PJ's Bedtime on Playhouse Disney UK that forced The Bedtime Show to add Hoots "in order to see what another bedtime block at the time was like."
* Instead of "you" in "The Birthday Song," everyone sings "Spungi."

## Awards

The special won six 2021 Daytime Emmy Awards, including:

* Outstanding Special Class Special
* Outstanding Writing for a Special Class Special
* Outstanding Technical Team
* Outstanding Principal Performance in a Daytime Program (for Matt Vogel)
* Outstanding Main Title and Graphic Design for a Live Action Program
* Outstanding Multiple Camera Editing

It was additionally nominated for:

* Outstanding Host for a Daytime Program (for Tommy White)

## Characters

* Louie, Kermit the Frog, Horse, Butterfly, Bird, Hoots, Wubbzy, Megan Mouse

**Background characters**

* BJ, DJ, Aisha Shickler, Harrison Chad, Omar Pastran, Justin Wong, Katie Henney, Andrew Hoeft, Ellen Hornberger, Nicole Gibson, Brook Jenell Slack, Cody Launzel, Marisa Kuers, Lana Whittington, Austin Ball, Hannah Owens, Chase Gallatin, Nikita Hopkins

## Cast

**Host**

* Tommy White

**Talent**

* Mia Crass - Mia
* Cat Sandion - Cat
* Logan Le
* Finlee Millis
* Emily McMahon
* Pharrell Williams
* Kylie Michaels
* Alex Winters
* Maddie Fretz - Pea
* Katie McWane (archive cameo)

**Special Guest Stars**

* Betsy Oliphant, Chris Blackwell, David "Red" O'Brien, Nell Cox, Rose Clarkow, Maura Mullaney, Nancy Tates Walker, Neal Johnson Robinson, Hector Dorta, Sandy Wax, Diana Kerekes, Carmen Hernandez

**Performers**

* Matt Vogel, Ryan Dillon, Grey DeLisle Griffin, Mia Crass, Cat Sandion, Alex Winters, Tara Strong

**Extras**

* Madison L. Scott, Delaney Lamb, Maxon Schultz, Maddie South, Sadie Mei Lin, Brooklyn Borgquist, Olivia Aupperlee, Jackelyn Kuszel, Adrianna Bertola, Logan Kulick, Alex Rodvill, Jacob Medrano, Darla Jacobs, Oskar Jacobs, Aidan Dveirin, Damon Dahl, Gracie Lamb, Laura Chaneski, Margaux Windes, Oliver "Ollie" Schultz, Mia Fackrell, Leslie Medina, Tomasso Bertola, Harrison Munsch, Penelope Trud, Laura Gervais, Ariana Velez, Nicholas A. Pita, Michelle Aryapeytan, Tyler Xing, Abbey Male, Skylar Hutcheon, Gillian Anderton, Maren Hemeon, Mikey Letts, Maddyx Poulin, Maddison Thompson

**Special Extras**

Greer Barnes, Lorenzo Giliberti, Clementine Kline, Hazel Anne Raymundo