Dan Zanes

 

Madeline Fretz - Lemme tell ya. Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, and Yo Gabba Gabba! are all known for their fair share of celebrity guest stars, and The Sunny Side Up Show was one of the many to follow in their footsteps. One of the many guest stars who appeared on Sunny was children's singer Dan Zanes. If you watched Sprout in the early 2010s, chances are your first discovery of Zanes was on the Sunny Side Up Show set, appearing several times, usually with Sonia de los Santos or Elizabeth Mitchell (whose cover of "Three Little Birds" was in a Sprout Please commercial in 2008).

Born on November 8th, 1961, Zanes and his band, Dan Zanes and Friends, have appeared on children's TV several times - on NOGGIN during their "Move to the Music" segments and have sang two songs on Sesame Street. One of them, "Jump Up," was featured on the Happy Healthy Monsters DVD, released in 2005.

In 2012, Zanes and Sonia de los Santos appeared on The Sunny Side Up Show for Music Week with Carly Ciarrocchi and Chica. They sang "Jim Along Josie," "All Around the Kitchen," and the classic song "Make New Friends."

Zanes and Elizabeth Mitchell appeared the next year with Sean Roach and Chica. They sang a song called "Happy to Be Here."