Kermit's Club

Kermit’s Club is Spungi Network’s Signature Live Morning (Formerly Saturdays Only) block that started broadcasting on September 26, 2007.

The theme song from 2007 to 2010 was “Saturday Club”, the current theme song is "A Brand New Day”.

## History

According to Betsy Oliphant, since SVP of programming Maddie Fretz wanted a live show, Spungi Network executives talked a lot about creating a live show where the hosts could showcase viewer-submitted content and have guest appearances from characters. Previously, Spungi Network only went live through a mother's day 2007 broadcast hosted by Alex Winters that featured bottom-of-the-screen scrolls of mother's day messages. Spungi executives wanted their hosts to represent how kids play in their spare time.

Team Spungi also felt it was important that their then-new live show connected with morning activities. They played around with names before settling on "Kermit's Club." They knew the hosts would showcase viewers' weather reports, look at the day and date, and talk about holidays and viewers' birthdays.  Since preschoolers are learning to get dressed by themselves, they wanted to create a segment and game that modeled that, which became Dress Kermit.

The block, along with Musical Mornings with Megan Mouse, was first announced by Spungi Network on September 10, 2007, with a pilot being released later. Both *Musical Mornings* and *Kermit's Club* first appeared on Spungi Network's schedule on September 26, 2007 (the channel's 2nd anniversary).

KC was shown regularly on Spungi each weekday until 2010, when weekend editions of the block superseded Explorers and Wow Wow Wubbzy.

## Hosts

* Kermit the Frog (puppeteered and voiced by Matt Vogel) - A male green frog who is very sweet, enthusiastic, and has a lot to say. Kermit eats certain foods, as he refuses to eat other animal species except dairy, flies and other flying insects. He appears all the time in the programming block and is never absent.
* Alex Winters (2007 - 2009) - One of the three original hosts and previously hosted the interstitial show on Spungi Network from 2005 to 2007 called *"The Birthday Show"* . He left in December 2009 to become a presenter on CBeebies. He still voices Horse on Horse & Butterfly.
* Kylie Michaels (2007 - 2013) - Kylie was one of the three original hosts and who formerly had the longest tenure on the series. She hosted from the launch date until the end of 2013, when she was replaced by Emily McMahon.
* Steven Gordon (2007 - 2013) - Steven joined 2 months after the launch so there could be a third host accompanying Kermit. He left due to being on the Spungi Network original show "Poodle & Scrabble", he was replaced by musical artist Pharell Williams.
* Daniella Winters (2009 - 2014) Daniella joined the lineup on Christmas 2009 to avoid crammed patterns with the weeks and that the producers needed a fourth host. In 2014, It was announced that Daniella was moving away and leaving the block. S.
* Kate Sneddon (2010 - 2012) - Kate joined the hosts on November 1, 2010. She left in 2012 to explore, and was replaced by Kelsey.
* Kelsey Jolly (2012 - 2017) - Kelsey joined the hosts in the beginning of Season 5 of the block. She left in mid-season 7 because she moved up as the host of Schmetzel’s House.
* Pharell Williams (2013 - present) - Pharell joined the cast when Steven had left.
* Emily McMahon (2013 - present) - Emily joined the hosts when Kylie left.
* Finlee Mills (2014 - present) - Finlee replaced Daniella in 2014.
* Logan Le (2017 - present) - Logan is the youngest host of the group. He replaced Kelsey when she left.
* Mr. Mail-pal (2007 - present) - A Cardboard Mailman who rides a drone that carry and deliver birthday messages/cards to the host and Kermit.
* Robin (Pupeteered by Peter Linz and voiced by Matt Vogel) - Kermit's young sweet voiced nephew and would appear occasionally.
* Taylor Garron was Kermit's special friend who made occasional appearances, usually for Mother’s Day or Valentine's Day. She later moved to Tales of Kermit the Frog & his Friends and was given a new necklace instead of her old yellow one, but that's a whole other story.
* Mr. Tim/TimTunes (2009-present) - Mr. Tim leads "Music Time with TimTunes", which is a 1-minute song, usually performed on guitar, relating to the week's theme. Children join Mr. Tim by singing along and sometimes perform choreography. Mr. Tim is performed by Tim Kubart, also known as TimTunes, a professional recording artist. He once took over hosting duties in November 2019.

## Shows on the Block

* Chuggie & Pals
* Barney & Friends
* Gullah Gullah Island!
	+ Binyah Binyah!
* Ovide and the Gang
* Wow Wow Wubbzy
* Yo Gabba Gabba!
* Caillou
* Speeder the Racing Car
* Select Me
* Erky Perky
* Angelina Ballerina
	+ Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps
* It's A Big Big World
* Poodle & Scrabble
* Tales of Kermit the Frog & his Friends
* The Bouncyhouse Show
* Tree Fu Todd
* Super Kai
* Firewoman Pam
* Rosy Cat
* The Wolfgramms

### Interstitial

* Teletubbies
* Pingu

## Guest appearances

* *Barney & Friends*:
	+ Barney appeared in the 2007 Thanksgiving special as well as the 2009 St. Valentine special. He also appeared on the show on August 17th and 18th, 2010 to promote Dinosaurs Week. He also appeared on the show on Valentine's Day 2011 (February 14, 2011). Barney appears on Kermit's Club on November 22, 2011, to receive calls from Spungilets who have been doing something kind.
	+ Riff has also appeared on Kermit's Club on March 31, 2011, in honor of Season 10 episodes of Barney & Friends on Spungi Network.
* Sesame Street:
	+ The first guest was Big Bird (performed here by Matt Vogel), who appeared in the show's pilot episode.
	+ On February 14, 2008, Prairie Dawn showed up to help make Valentine's Day cards, share Valentine's wishes, and take viewer calls. :*"Join Kylie, Kermit and special guest Prairie Dawn from 9am-noon and again at 3-6pm ET for Spungi's Special Valentine's Day Delivery Celebration LIVE during Kermit's Club. Call Kylie, Kermit & Prairie Dawn LIVE today from 3-6pm at (877) 91-CHICA - your call may be on Spungi Network! And don't forget to send us your preschooler's Valentine message for the one they love -- it may be on TV!"* (link)
	+ On April 24, 2008, Oscar The Grouch appears for a special week long celebration of Earth Day. On February 28, 2014, Oscar appeared to help celebrate "Oscar Weekend". He returned for another "Oscar Weekend" on February 21, 2015. 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 31, 2008, 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 1, 2009 to celebrate a "Super New Year's Party" with Kermit the Frog.
	+ On December 15, 2009, Elmo appeared live from 9 am to noon. He also appeared live from 9 am to noon on November 30, 2010 and December 13, 2011.
	+ On January 4, 2012, Abby Cadabby appeared live from 9 am to noon.
* The Wolfgramms*:* The Wolfgramms guest starred on Kermit's Club (including Captain Softsword sometimes).
	+ On August 24, 2009, the band guest-starred to promote their new block, Wolfgramm Waffle.
	+ In September 2012, the Wolfgramms guest starred to sing their songs *A Frog Went a Walkin'*, *Fruit Salad*, and *Follow the Leader*.
	+ The new generation Wolfgramms were introduced in 2013 and starred on Kermit's Club and sang their new song, Do the Propeller! and played a guessing game about the colored shirts, where Hazel mentioned that her shirt is the same color as Barney.
* FitnessTown*:*
	+ Sports King guest-starred on July 27, 2012.
	+ Tiffany also appeared on the show.
* *Poodle and Scrabble*: Poodle.
* Bark-Bark, Meow, and James: The titular characters guest-starred on the block in 2015 to promote their show with Finlee and Kermit.
* *Tales of Kermit the Frog & his Friends:* Francesco Tena and Taylor Garron, Kermit's friends, made occasional appearances on the show. Taylor was even a recurring character on SSU before that (see above).
* Horse & Butterfly*:* horse, Butterfly, and Bird have appeared on this block.
* The Bedtime Show*:* Mia and hoots showed up on The Sunny Side Up Show for Halloween 2011. Mia also guest-hosted several times. Hoots guest appeared in 2010 where Kylie Michaels showed him and Kermit some crazy space robot moves, and he also played Captain Twinkle on Space Club.
* Explorers and Wow Wow Wubbzy: Cat from Explorers and Wow Wow Wubbzy appeared on this block once.
* *Spungi Control Room*: Wubbzy and Daizy guest-starred on July 12, 2014.
* The Bouncyhouse Show*:* Mr. and Mrs. O'Barr, Erica's parents, made occasional appearances on the show.
* Superhero Academy*:* Pea guest-starred on the show on February 14, 2012, to celebrate the debut of her programming block, *Superhero Academy*.
* The Dream Jam Band appeared once for Kermit's birthday in 2008.
* Dan Zanes and Sonia De Los Santos appeared in 2013 for Music Week with Kelsey and Kermit to sing a few songs. Zanes also appeared once with Elizabeth Mitchell.
* Laurie Berkner appeared multiple times.
* Lolly and Yoyo
* The Pop-Ups
* OK Go
* Dayna Hilton and Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog appeared in 2009 for Fire Prevention Week with Alex and Kermit.
* Faith Evans
* First lady Michelle Obama guest appeared and sang the Birthday Song to promote "Let's Move!"
* Jenny Slate
* BJ Novak appeared for a "Spungilet Stories" segment and talked about "The Book with No Pictures"
* Justin Roberts
* Lisa Loeb

## Trivia

* Both Kermit from this block and Hoots from The Bedtime Show seem to have the most merchandise, compared to the other Spungi Network puppets.
* In the end of every blockisode, the host would always tell the Spungi-lings to stay tuned for blocks afterwards.
* Leftover birthdays were shown in a program called *Today's Birthdays*.
* Starting in 2009, while end credits for Musical Mornings with Megan Mouse were rolling, Megan Mouse talked to Kermit and the host on her computer.
	+ When Live at The Bouncyhouse came in, Erica and her friends also interacted with Kermit's Club hosts, but did it after the final show and not before it.
* Ever since 2009 because of Spungi Network's popularity, the Kermit's Club Hosts alongside Mia & Hoots show up at The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade until 2012.