Ian Rogers

Madeline Fretz - A few days ago, I found these pics of the 2013 SproutOnline.com on this website, and there are a few prototypes I discovered.

The thumbnail of the "Chica the Cowchicken" video is of Mr. and Mrs. C in this picture, "Monster Cookies" was not a recipe on the website as far as I remember, "Fifi's Strawberry Heart Pancakes" is a Thomas-branded recipe, when that has nothing to do with Thomas or trains (I don’t know if I should add that to the wiki).

The picture next to the Sunny Side Up Show schedule is actually of The Chica Show, you can see a picture of Chica with Big Bird from 2007, you can also see a picture of Dennisha and Chica with two kids, and almost all the rest of the videos have the same title and description ("Chica the Cowchicken,") but with different images.

The Chica Show Spot the Differences is labeled as a Driver Dan's Story Train game, and Moon Rock Catch is labeled as a Good Night Show game (The Let's Go Show dissolved in 2010, yet its Sproutonline.com page, games, and recipes remained up on the website, and a few recipes eventually got rethemed).

And lastly, let us look at the first image on the website. Not only can we see the aforementioned Sesame Street "Monster Cookies" recipe, but we can also see Bert's Banana Pops, a rethemed version of Zoboomafoo Banana Pops from Sprout Diner. 

So there you have it. You can notice a few prototypes in the images, some of which I previously pointed out, and there are also a few features which made it to or were already on the actual website.

Click here to look at the first image on the website on the Parents and Kids Share Together forum!

My Week with 2010: All Aboard!

Madeline Fretz - You know the band Train? And you know Pat Monahan, their lead singer? And did you know he once voiced a cartoon character?

Yep. It’s true! On a show that aired on Sprout.

Driver Dan's Story Train is a British children's show about a lion (voiced by Peter Serafinowicz) who reads stories to his friends. 

The show came to Sprout on November 1, 2010, the day after Halloween, and the same day Liz Filios hosted her first Sunny Side Up Show. The titular character was now voiced by Monahan, which makes sense because the show was about trains. It aired at 6:30PM and 8:30PM ET on The Good Night Show. It was another show for parents complaining about GNS not having a turning point, as they could turn it off after this or Nina's Little Fables.

The show left on Halloween 2013, a day before the anniversary of its Sprout premiere. However, its Sproutonline.com page remained up.