Preschool Musical... On a Stick (partially lost PBS Kids Sprout "High School Musical" parody; 2008)

Logo for Sprout Preschool Musical... On A Stick.

Status: Partially Lost

Sprout Preschool Musical... On a Stick is a made-for-TV musical that features stick puppet characters from The Sunny Side Up Show, The Sprout Sharing Show, The Good Night Show with Nina & Star, The Lets Go Show, Musical Mornings with Coo and The Wiggles. In the musical, they sing about the holiday season, friendship, family and being together during the holidays.

Availability

The special was first broadcast in December of 2008. While there is no concrete evidence that the original musical was aired multiple times, its revision, Preschool Musical on 2 Sticks, was. The soundtrack was released on a CD as part of a limited promotional giveaway on the Sprout Online website. The album was also released on iTunes and the Sprout Online website as a digital download, but was eventually taken down. The songs may have been downloadable as late as 2011, before one of the major overhauls on the Sprout Online website. The actual music videos were, for the most part, lost shortly after broadcast, until 2017, when 4 of them were uploaded to Vimeo by Meredith Halpern, Sprout's Creative Director. On Jan 8th, 2020, LMW User ChocolateCircus445 found the CD on Amazon and uploaded all of the songs online. The lyrics of all the songs can be found on The Internet Archive.

On January 8th, 2021, the music videos on Meredith Halpern's Vimeo were taken down/privated for unknown reasons but were later re-uploaded to Archive.org by user P0902151.

On June 9th, 2023, the entirety of Preschool Musical On a Stick was made public by the University of Georgia's Walter J. Brown Media Archives.

Preschool Musical on 2 Sticks (2009)

In an interview with Halpern, she stated that Preschool Musical on 2 Sticks was a revision of the original 2008 musical. The revisions included a new scene including the Wiggles, the Wiggles being in the finale, and some puppets being attached to two popsicle sticks instead of just one. There is no evidence that a soundtrack CD was ever produced for this revised musical.

Gallery

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  List of songs.

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  CD cover.

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  Disc.

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  Logo/Cover for the 2009 Sequel "Preschool Musical On Two Sticks."

Partially Found television special of "Preschool Musical on 2 Sticks (2009)" (Uploaded by: Blue'sClues&TheWigglesFTW)

Songs

Song	Description	Audio-Only Version Status	Music Video Version Status	Lyrics Status
Promo	Promo for a sequel, Preschool Musical On Two Sticks.	Non-existent	Found	Non-existent
We Love The Holidays	Nina and Star express their love of the holiday season.	Found	Found	Found
No Day Like A Snow Day On The Farm	The human hosts of The Sunny Side Up Show (Sean, Kelly and Kevin) sing about animals playing with them and the magic of the hosts' farm.	Found	Found	Found
Part Of The Family	The hosts of The Sprout Sharing Show (Patty, Ricky and Curtis) sing about how the listener is part of their "family" and the joy of sharing. About halfway through the song, Banjo from The Let's Go Show joins in and 'joins' their family.	Found	Found	Found
Holiday Feast	The hosts of Sprout Diner (Brussel, Bean and Alfalfa) sing about the things they are cooking for the holiday feast.	Found	Found	Found
If My Friend Was Here	The hosts of The Let's Go Show (Miles and Banjo), are in different locations and they sing about how they want to be together for the holidays.	Found	Found	Found
Jingle All The Way	Miles and the hosts of The Sunny Side Up Show are riding on a magic sleigh trying to find Banjo, Miles' cohost on The Let's Go Show, who has evidentially gotten lost. This is the only indication by the soundtrack of any conflict.	Found	Found	Found
There's Nothing Better Than Being All Together	The whole cast sings about how great it is to be together during the holiday season. They also sing about how the holiday gifts can be feelings, and not just material posessions. In the lyrics of this song, the writers misspelled 'Curtis' as 'Curts'.	Found	Found	Found
There's Nothing Better Than Being AllTogether (Reprise)	Reprise of last song.	Found	Found	Existence Unconfirmed

See Also

Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Bumpers

• Bookworm Bunch (partially found interstitials from PBS Kids channel block; 2000-2001)
• PBS Kids (partially lost schedule bumpers and interstitial material of TV channel block; 1999-present)
• PBS Kids Vote-A-Rama (lost bumpers of "Arthur" themed marathon; 2002)
• Someday School (partially found PBS Kids channel block; 1998-2000)

PBS

• Adventures with Kanga Roddy (partially found PBS children's series; 1998-2000)
• Backyard Safari (found PBS children's educational series; 1997)
• Barney & Friends "Season 9" (partially found alternative version of PBS children's series; 2004-2005)
• Christmastime with Mister Rogers (found holiday special of PBS children's educational series; 1977)
• Feeling Good (lost PBS health series; 1974-1975)
• Lamb Chop's Play-Along (partially lost PBS children's puppet series; 1992-1995)
• Hachaverim Shel Barney (partially lost Israeli adaptation of PBS children's series; 1997-1999)
• Mister Rogers Talks About Conflict (found episode arc of PBS children's educational series; 1983)
• The Puzzle Place (partially found PBS puppet series; 1994-1998)
• Reading Rainbow (found Johnny Kemp opening sequence for PBS children's educational series; 1999)
• Shining Time Station (found season one intro of PBS series; 1989-1990)
• Springtime with Mister Rogers (found primetime special for PBS children's educational series; 1979)
• Storytime (found PBS children's reading series; 1992-1998)
• Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? "Auld Lang Gone" (non-existent episode of PBS children's game show; 1992)
• Zoom (found pilot of revival of 1972 PBS children's series; 1995)
• Zoom (partially lost revival of PBS children's series; 1999-2005)

PBS Kids

• The Charlie Horse Music Pizza (partially lost PBS Kids "Lamb Chop's Play-Along" spin-off series; 1998-1999)
• Curious George (lost test pilot of PBS Kids animated series based on books; existence unconfirmed; 2004/2005)
• Cyberchase "The Poddleville Case" (found test pilot of PBS Kids educational animated series; 1999)
• Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood (lost pitch pilot of PBS Kids animated musical series; 2006-2008)
• Dragon Tales "One Small Step for Cassie" and "Circle of Friends" (lost pilots of PBS Kids animated series; 1999)
• Dragon Tales Live! (partially found footage of live stage shows; 2001-2006)
• The Good Night Show with Melanie/Leo (partially found PBS Kids Sprout series; 2005-2006)
• The Good Night Show with Nina & Star (partially found PBS Kids Sprout series; 2006-2017)
• Jet Propulsion (partially found pitch pilot of "Ready Jet Go!" PBS Kids CGI-animated series; 2013)
• Kratts' Creatures (found PBS children's educational series; 1996)
• The Let's Go Show (partially found PBS Kids Sprout series; 2007-2008)
• Make Way for Noddy (partially found PBS Kids version of British children's TV series; 2005)
• Molly of Denali (partially found pitch pilot of PBS Kids animated series; 2018)
• Nature Cat (lost pitch pilot of PBS Kids educational animated series; early 2010s)
• Peg + Cat (partially lost pitch pilot of PBS Kids educational animated series; 2011)
• Seven Little Monsters (found episodes of PBS Kids animated series; 2000-2004)
• Space Race (partially found PBS Kids web series; 2011)
• The Sunny Side Up Show (partially found PBS Kids Sprout series; 2007-2017)
• Super Why! (partially found British dub of PBS Kids CGI animated series; late 2000s-2010s)
• Super Why! (lost second pitch pilot of PBS Kids CGI-animated series; 2004-2006)
• What's The Big Idea? (non-existent pitch pilot of "Sid The Science Kid" PBS Kids CGI animated series; 2007)
• WordGirl (lost pitch pilot of PBS Kids educational animated series; existence unconfirmed; 2005)
• WordWorld (found test pilot of PBS Kids CGI animated educational series; 2005)

The Wiggles

TV

• The Wiggles Live at Disneyland (found Australian TV special; 1998)
• The Wiggles (partially found alternate versions of episodes of children's show; 1998-2011)
• The Wiggles Series One (partially lost deleted scenes of children's live-action series; 1997-1998)
• The Wiggles Show (partially found animated songs from children's show; mid-2000s)
• The Wiggles (lost unaired ABC pilot featuring children's group; 1995)
• The Wiggles Show (found Latin American adaptation of children's series; 2006)
• Let's Wiggle (partially found short series for children's band; 1997-1999)
• The Wiggles (partially found Taiwanese adaptation of children's series; 2003-2007)
• Wiggle and Learn (lost unreleased original version of children's TV series; 2006)
• A Wiggly Postcard from Asia (lost TV special of The Wiggles tour; existence unconfirmed; 2003)
• Dorothy The Dinosaur (lost episodes of unreleased fourth season of children's TV series; 2016)
• The Wiggles (lost Indian adaptations of children TV series; existence unconfirmed; 2006)
• Wiggle Time! (found Canadian-exclusive Wiggles series; 2019)

Concerts

• The Wiggles Big Show (partially lost footage of Melbourne performance; 1997)
• Wiggly Party: Live in Concert (partially found footage of Vodafone Arena performance; 2001)
• Yule Be Wiggling Christmas Show (lost footage of "The Wiggles" live performance; existence unconfirmed; 2000)
• Toot Toot Show! (partially lost footage of The Wiggles performance; 1998)
• The Wiggles - NASA (lost footage of National Aeronautics and Space Administration performance; 2004)
• Santa's Rockin'! Live In Concert (partially lost footage of Sydney Entertainment Centre performance; 2004)
• Wiggly Safari Show (partially found footage of The Wiggles performances; 2002)
• Wiggledancing! Live On Stage (partially found pro-shot recordings of concert tour; 2006)
• Greatest Hits In The Round (partially lost Acer Arena performance of The Wiggles; 2010)
• Christmas Celebration (lost footage of The Wiggles final performance; 2012)
• The Wiggles LIVE In Concert Tsunami Relief Benefit Concert (partially found footage of Indian Ocean earthquake fundraiser performance; 2005)
• The Wiggly Big Show Tour (lost footage of "The Wiggles" live performance; 1999)
• The Wiggles Reunion Show (partially lost footage of Melbourne performance; 2016)
• Pop Go The Wiggles Show (partially found footage of The Wiggles tour; 2007)
• Sailing Around The World Live! (partially lost recordings of The Wiggles tour; 2005-2006)
• Big Red Car Tour (partially found footage of The Wiggles concert tour; 1995-1996)
• The Wiggles (lost video recordings from Wonderland Sydney concert; 2001)

Videos

• Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas (partially found original version of Wiggles video; 1996)
• Wake Up Jeff! (partially found original version of Wiggles video; 1996)
• A Wiggle Tale: Dorothy the Dinosaur Goes to Hospital (found promotional VHS tape; 1999)
• Getting Strong! (partially found original version of Wiggles video; 2006)
• The Wiggles (partially lost widescreen versions of children's videos; 2002-2004)
• Dancing Ride (found The Wiggles music video; 2001)
• LIVE Hot Potatoes! (found uncut version of Wiggles video; 2005)
• Overture Introductions (lost pre-show videos from The Wiggles tour; 2004)
• The Wiggles (partially found unreleased music videos of children's group; 2000s-2020s)
• Toot Toot! (found original version of The Wiggles video; 1998)
• Pop Go The Wiggles (lost unreleased version of The Wiggles video; existence unconfirmed; 2006)

Music

• Get Ready To Wiggle! (lost "The Wiggles" UK album; 1999)
• The Wiggles Show (partially lost songs from Latin American children's series; 2006)
• The Wiggles (partially lost re-recorded instrumentals of Australian children's band; 2000s)

Miscellaneous

• WiggleWorld (partially found interactive children's website; 2000-2001)
• Mister Moose's Fun Time (partially found spin-off of "The All New Captain Kangaroo" Fox Kids children's series reboot; late 1990s)

External Link

• Archived Sprout Online page about the original 2008 Version of the musical (Originally from December 2008, Archive Page Dated Feb 6th, 2009).