The Sprout Sharing Show is a defunct programming block on the Sprout cable channel. The show premiered on May 5, 2008, airing on daily afternoons (3PM-6PM EST) in the lineup formerly occupied by The Let's Go Show. However, The Let's Go Show moved to a weekend lineup (6AM-7:30AM and 9AM-11AM EST) until September 2010. It features three new programs which encourage viewers (referred to on the channel as "Sproutlets") to send in photos, videos, artwork, and stories. Programs and segments are introduced by the show's

puppet A puppet is an object, often resembling a human, animal or Legendary creature, mythical figure, that is animated or manipulated by a person called a puppeteer. Puppetry is an ancient form of theatre which dates back to the 5th century BC in anci ...

hosts: Patty (a

pig The pig (''Sus domesticus''), also called swine (: swine) or hog, is an omnivorous, domesticated, even-toed, hoofed mammal. It is named the domestic pig when distinguishing it from other members of the genus '' Sus''. Some authorities cons ...

voiced by Kelly Vrooman), Ricky (a

rabbit Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also includes the hares), which is in the order Lagomorpha (which also includes pikas). They are familiar throughout the world as a small herbivore, a prey animal, a domesticated ...

voiced by Kevin Yamada), and Curtis E.

Owl Owls are birds from the order Strigiformes (), which includes over 200 species of mostly solitary and nocturnal birds of prey typified by an upright stance, a large, broad head, binocular vision, binaural hearing, sharp talons, and feathers a ...

(voiced by Brendan Gawell), whose first name and middle initial are a pun on the word "courtesy". Other characters include Patty's mother, Ricky's father and Curtis' younger brother, Otis, who plays the

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. It ended on May 11, 2014.

Characters

*Patty (voiced by Kelly Vrooman) *Ricky (voiced by Kevin Yamada) *Reginald (voiced by Forrest Harding) *Curtis E. Owl (voiced by Brendon Gawel) *Sharon (voiced by Forrest Harding) *Otis (voiced by Forrest Harding) *Stage Mice

Original programming

Pic Me ''Pic Me'' (or ''PICME'') is an Irish interactive preschool children's animated television series that premiered on 1 August 2005 on RTÉ, later airing on TG4 and Nick Jr. channels throughout Europe. HIT Entertainment held worldwide distribut ...

, a co-production with

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, head-shot photos of children are superimposed on animated bodies, and these new hybrid animations are used as main characters in animated stories. Other segments include viewer-submitted videos, and a feature where drawings sent in by viewers are animated and made into stories themselves.

Acquired programming

The other short segments are: * ''

Angelina Ballerina ''Angelina Ballerina'' is a children's book series by author Katharine Holabird and illustrator Helen Craig about a fictional mouse named Angelina Jeanette Mouseling who is training to become a ballerina. History The first book in the serie ...

'' * ''

Bob the Builder ''Bob the Builder'' is a British animated children's television series created by Keith Chapman for HIT Entertainment which ran from to in the United Kingdom through the CBBC strand and later CBeebies. The series centres on the adventures ...

'' * '' The Chica Show'' * ''

Chloe's Closet ''Chloe's Closet'' is an animated children's television series produced by American company MoonScoop Entertainment and Telegael Teoranta. The series is mainly aimed for children aged 2–8 years old. The show premiered in the United States on ...

'' * ''

Dirtgirlworld ''Dirtgirlworld'', stylized as ''dirtgirlworld'', is an animated children's television series, created by Cate McQuillen and Hewey Eustace of Mememe Productions.

'' * ''

Dragon Tales ''Dragon Tales'' is an animated educational television, educational Fantasy fiction, fantasy children's television series created by Jim Coane and Ron Rodecker, developed by Coane, Wesley Eure, Jeffrey Scott, Cliff Ruby and Elana Lesser, and pr ...

'' * ''

Fifi and the Flowertots ''Fifi and the Flowertots'' is a British preschool children’s animated television series created by Keith Chapman (who also created the ''Bob the Builder'' series) that ran from 2 May 2005 until 5 July 2010. The series was commissioned by C ...

'' * ''

Franny's Feet ''Franny's Feet'' (French: ''Franny et les chaussures magiques'') is a Canadian animated children's television series created by writer Cathy Moss and fellow Susin Nielsen. The series was produced by Decode Entertainment with the participation ...

'' * ''

The Hoobs ''The Hoobs'' is a live-action/animated children's television series created and produced by The Jim Henson Company, Decode Entertainment and Channel 4. total of 250 episodes were produced across five series. Plot The series stars five extrate ...

'' * ''

Make Way for Noddy ''Make Way for Noddy'', stylized ''make way for NODDY'' or also known as simply ''Noddy'', is a British animated television series based on the Noddy character by English children's author Enid Blyton. It was broadcast on Channel 5 (later know ...

'' * ''

Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies ''Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies'' is an animated educational wildlife children's television series. The live action footage comes from the BBC Natural History Unit archives, as well as the National Geographic Society. The series originally aired ...

'' * '' The Mighty Jungle'' * ''Monkey See Monkey Do'' * ''Olive the Ostrich'' * ''

'' * ''

Pingu ''Pingu'' is a stop motion animated children's television series originally produced in Switzerland. It was co-created by Otmar Gutmann and Erika Brueggemann. It centres on the titular anthropomorphic emperor penguin and his family, who live i ...

'' * ''

Super Why! ''Super Why!'' is an animated superhero preschool educational television series created by Angela Santomero and developed by Santomero and Samantha Freeman Alpert for PBS Kids. Santomero and Alpert additionally serve as executive producers al ...

'' * ''

Thomas & Friends ''Thomas & Friends'' is a British children's television series which aired from 9 October 1984 to 20 January 2021. Based on ''The Railway Series'' books by Wilbert Awdry and his son Christopher Awdry, Christopher, the series was developed for ...

'' * ''

The Wiggles The Wiggles are an Australian children's music group formed in Sydney in 1991. As of 2022, the group members are Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce, Tsehay Hawkins, Evie Ferris, John Pearce (entertainer), John Pearce, Caterina Mete ...

'' * ''

Zoboomafoo ''Zoboomafoo'' is a live-action/animated children's television series that originally aired on PBS from January 25, 1999, to November 21, 2001. After the original run on public television, reruns were shown on Universal Kids#As PBS Kids Sprout/S ...

References

External links

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