Preschool Musical

***Preschool Musical*** is a duology of Christmas specials both produced by Spungi Network. The specials were both parodies of the hit Disney Channel original movie, *High School Musical*, which was very popular with children at the time of the release.

## On A Stick

The first special was called *Preschool Musical...On a Stick*, and it featured characters from Kermit's Club*, Musical Mornings with Megan Mouse, Wolfgramm Waffle, Horse & Butterfly, Explorers and Wow Wow Wubbzy,* and *The Bedtime Show* as characters on popsicle sticks. The plot of the special was that the characters were celebrating Christmas and singing about the holidays, friendship, family, togetherness, etc. It aired in December 2008.

### Description

*"Introducing Spungi Network's holiday musical event - Preschool Musical on a Stick! Tune in from noon-3pm ET for a special programming block featuring this event from now until 12/23 and on 12/25. And watch the half hour event on 12/24, 12/26, and 12/31 from 5:30-6:00pm ET. Make your own stick puppets of your favorite Sprout characters. And click below to download the music and lyrics to sing along at home."* (link)
From the Sprout Press Room:

*"Spungi Network, the first 24-hour preschool destination available on TV, on demand and online for kids ages 2-5 and their parents and caregivers, is debuting Sprout Preschool Musical... On a Stick, its first original musical featuring all of Sprout’s exclusive hosts and characters, on Christmas Eve, Wednesday, December 24 at 5:30 p.m. ET. Set inside a pop-up book read by Spungi's popular The Bedtime Show® hosts Mia and Hoots, this 30-minute musical follows all of Spungi's original characters... on sticks, of course... as they make their way through a holiday snowstorm to the The horse and Butterfly Theater in time for the “Very Very Extraordinary, Merry Musical Sproutacular.”   Stick puppet characters including Alex, Kylie, Steven and Kermit the Frog from Kermit's Club; Cat and Wubbzy from Explorers and Wow Wow Wubbzy; Horse, Butterfly, and Bird from Horse and Butterfly and more; share their holiday spirit through catchy, fun, original songs such as “We Love the Holidays,” “There’s Nothing Better Than Being All Together,” “Part of the Family” and “If My Friend Was Here.” Parents and their preschoolers can get in on the fun now by going to the Spungi Preschool Musical... On a Stick theme page at SpungiOnline.com where they can watch a craft demo video explaining how to make your own stick puppets at home, coloring pages of all the original Spungi Network characters, and music tracks and lyrics from the musical special so that they are ready to sing along at home and participate in the show on Christmas Eve. Following Sprout Preschool Musical...On a Stick at 6:00 p.m. ET on December 24 will be Spungi's Snooze-a-Thon, an 11-hour, uninterrupted block showcasing Nina and Star from snoozing comfortably on the set, along with clips of beloved characters from preschool favorites like Sesame Street®, Wow Wow Wubbzy™, Ovide and the Gang™, Pingu™ and Erky Perky™ catching some zzz’s.  So, no matter what time of night the kids are up checking for the sound of reindeer hooves on the roof, parents can tune into Sprout to show them that even their favorite television friends are fast asleep waiting for Santa to arrive. For additional information and programming schedules visit SpungiOnline.com or to find out where Sprout is available in your area, call 1.866.9.SPUNGI."* (link)
## On Two Sticks

In December 2009, a sequel was made and aired called *On Two Sticks*.

## Songs

1. I Love the holidays - Mia and Hoots
2. No Day Like a Snow Day - Kermit the Frog, Kylie Michaels, Steven Gordon, and Alex Winters
3. Part of the Family - horse, Butterfly, Bird, and Wubbzy
4. Holiday Feast - Megan, ham, Tihane, Mikki, Isabella, Cat, Kylie Michaels, Steven Gordon, and Alex Winters
5. If My Friend Were here - Cat and Wubbzy
6. Jingle All the Way - Alex Winters, Cat, Kylie Michaels, Steven Gordon, and Kermit the Frog
7. Nothing Better - All

## Availability

In 2008, the songs were originally released on a CD as part of a very obscure and limited promotional giveaway on the Spungi Online website, released on iTunes for a limited time, were available for download on the Spungi Online website, and also aired as a musical on the channel, although this is still being speculated, the songs may have been downloadable as late as 2011, before one of the major overhauls on the website, and the actual music videos were, for the most part, lost shortly after broadcast until 2017 when 4 of them were uploaded by Meredith Halpern on Vimeo, who was involved in the production of the musical, on Jan 8th, 2020, Lost Media Wiki User ChocolateCircus445 found the CD (Most Likely from Amazon of all places) and uploaded all of the Audio Versions of the songs online, and the lyrics of all the songs can also be found on Archive.

## Trivia

* "Jingle All the Way" continued to be heard in a few Christmas/Winter-themed promos and brandings until 2015.
* The special had to be done in stick puppet due to filming pressures, and that all the hosts could be involved.
* In the beginning, Mia and Hoots were in live-action form instead of stick form.