Madeline Fretz - In 2008, Sprout aired a Christmas special called "Sprout's Preschool Musical on a Stick." The special featured stick puppet versions of Sprout's popular characters and hosts, and featured songs about holiday topics (most of these songs were reused instrumentally in promos and split-screen credits as time went by). The special was remade the following year (2009), this time as "Preschool Musical on Two Sticks" and featuring The Wiggles, who had joined the network that year. We don't have the full special yet - until now?
A year ago, a Sprout fan started a website called PMOAS Quest which was a journey to find the full special. The same year, someone discovered the songs from the show - Sprout and Duracell released a soundtrack CD in 2008. This website was a huge inspiration in making my new website Sprout Most Wanted, which is about finding rare Sprout content.
Meredith Halpern-Ranzer, who worked on Sesame Street and at Sprout when it launched, served as the special's creative director. More recently, JaysonCarney from the Sprout Discord server has been searching for Halpern-Ranzer's, as well as other crew members, email address, as he was one of many fans who wanted to find Preschool Musical in its entirety. Just yesterday on Discord, he announced he found the special. Is that true?
A few months ago and a few days before I started high school, Tas playz (Lucas) from the Sprout Discord server announced he had the final broadcast of The Let's Go Show, as well as all eight(?) Sprout's Snooze-a-Thons and (I think) Tim's first Sunny Side Up Show. Unfortunately, it turned out he was lying, and he was banned from the server. If that news isn't true, Jayson is being yet another Tas, and we don't want that, as he's now the leader of the server, after founding member Peanut.
As I said, he was searching for Sprout people's emails, so probably he got in contact with them and was able to find the whole special. Hopefully he'll (or someone else) give us the chance to see the full Preschool Musical, or maybe one day.
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