Sprout Sharing Show
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The Sprout Sharing Show is a programming block on the PBS KIDS Sprout
cable channel. The show premiered on August 6, 2008, airing on weekday afternoons (3PM-6PM EST) in the time slot formerly occupied by the Let's Go Show. 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
hosts: Patty (a pig
), Ricky (a rabbit
), and Curtis E. Owl
, whose first name and middle initial are a pun on the word "courtesy". Other characters include Patty's mom, Ricky's dad & Curtis' younger brother, Otis, who plays the ukulele
.
, a co-production with Nickelodeon UK
, head-shot photos of children are superimposed on cartoon bodies, and these new hybrid animations are used as main characters in cartoon stories. Other segments include viewer-submitted videos, and a feature where drawings sent in by viewers are animated and made into stories themselves.
PBS KIDS Sprout
PBS Kids Sprout is a U.S. digital cable television channel, video-on-demand service, and website providing PBS Kids shows and original programming for preschoolers and their families...
cable channel. The show premiered on August 6, 2008, airing on weekday afternoons (3PM-6PM EST) in the time slot formerly occupied by the Let's Go Show. 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
Puppet
A puppet is an inanimate object or representational figure animated or manipulated by an entertainer, who is called a puppeteer. It is used in puppetry, a play or a presentation that is a very ancient form of theatre....
hosts: Patty (a pig
Pig
A pig is any of the animals in the genus Sus, within the Suidae family of even-toed ungulates. Pigs include the domestic pig, its ancestor the wild boar, and several other wild relatives...
), Ricky (a rabbit
Rabbit
Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world...
), and Curtis E. Owl
Owl
Owls are a group of birds that belong to the order Strigiformes, constituting 200 bird of prey species. Most are solitary and nocturnal, with some exceptions . Owls hunt mostly small mammals, insects, and other birds, although a few species specialize in hunting fish...
, whose first name and middle initial are a pun on the word "courtesy". Other characters include Patty's mom, Ricky's dad & Curtis' younger brother, Otis, who plays the ukulele
Ukulele
The ukulele, ; from ; it is a subset of the guitar family of instruments, generally with four nylon or gut strings or four courses of strings....
.
Original Programming
In Pic MePic Me
Pic Me is an Irish children’s television show which originally aired on RTE and later aired on TG4 and Nick Jr. channels throughout Europe. Episodes of Pic Me last for approximately five to ten minutes. Pic Me is an innovative show in that it allows its viewers to star in each episode. Every...
, a co-production with Nickelodeon UK
Nickelodeon (UK & Ireland)
Nickelodeon is a children's television channel available on Sky, Virgin Media, Smallworld Cable, TalkTalk TV and UPC Ireland in the United Kingdom and Ireland, including on demand on BT Vision. The channel was launched on 1 September 1993...
, head-shot photos of children are superimposed on cartoon bodies, and these new hybrid animations are used as main characters in cartoon stories. Other segments include viewer-submitted videos, and a feature where drawings sent in by viewers are animated and made into stories themselves.