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URL With Phred is the spin-off

Spin-off (media)

In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...

series of The Phred on Your Head Show
The Phred on Your Head Show
The Phred on Your Head Show is a TV series on Noggin; now Nick Jr., made especially for it. On Saturdays and Sundays, it was 30 minutes; on weekdays, one hour...

that aired on Noggin; now Nick Jr. from February 2, 1999 until April 1, 2002. One of the notable differences in detail is that Head's

The Phred on Your Head Show

The Phred on Your Head Show is a TV series on Noggin; now Nick Jr., made especially for it. On Saturdays and Sundays, it was 30 minutes; on weekdays, one hour...

dot (in Noggin.com) was cut out pictures and the "outside" of the dot was colorful. In URL, Phred's dot looks hand-drawn and the outside of the dot is mostly blue.

Introduction to Doug

Phred

Phred may refer to:*Phred base calling, a program used in molecular biology*Phred quality score, a term used in molecular biology*Phred , a character from the comic strip Doonesbury*The Phred on Your Head Show, a children's television show...

would lead "Doug" with a certain introduction (i.e. Phred reading his cue cards and stopping between certain points because a fly was on the card.

During Commercial Breaks

Noggin.com's high scores for certain games would air. As well as "Dress Phred", another game from Noggin.com in which the user picks the clothing of their choice and puts it on the image of Phred. Others included:

Skengle and Skengle

Two creatures, a blue one with a big head, one eye, and a small body, and a small green one with a pink bow on her head, both named "Skengle" They would occainsionally put "-icus" next to some words in their sentences. They would answer polls the user put up at Noggin.com.

Noggimation

An online animated "patch" would play. It was created by the user who went to Noggin.com.

Others

There were other shorts between shows. One example is when the female director had to get Phred moving, but realized that it was a cardboard cut-out of Phred.

Introduction to Cro

Phred would host another skit leading to that episode's episode of Cro
Cro
Cro is an American animated television series produced by the Children's Television Workshop and Film Roman. It debuted on September 18, 1993 as part of the Saturday morning line-up for fall 1993 on ABC. Cro did not do well with the viewers...

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Cro

A complete 30-minute episode of Cro

Cro

Cro is an American animated television series produced by the Children's Television Workshop and Film Roman. It debuted on September 18, 1993 as part of the Saturday morning line-up for fall 1993 on ABC. Cro did not do well with the viewers...

would play, and during commercial breaks, the results of Scandel and Scandel would play.

Closing

After Cro, we return to Phred who does the closing (i.e. Big Voice

Big Voice

Big Voice was the announcer on Noggin's two Phred-starring television series, The Phred on Your Head Show and URL With Phred. Big Voice was voiced by Doug Preis...

getting instant messenger and annoying Phred and Phred accidentally letting a virus go into the computer). After the skit finishes, a female computer voice says "It is now safe to sign off the URL with Phred Show." as a window appears on the screen.