You Can't Spell Sprout Without YOU!

20 years ago today, Comcast, PBS, HiT Entertainment, and Sesame Workshop teamed up to launch the world's first 24-hour preschool digital network - PBS KIDS Sprout. Besides airing PBS and HiT Entertainment shows, as well as different shows from around the world, the network was known for its original programs and hosted programming blocks, the one thing everyone - kids, adults, and critics alike - loved about it. The network lasted until 2017, when Universal Kids took over its channel space, and that network shut down this year on March 6 after 7 years of service. 20 years have passed, and here's a special song to celebrate.

[humming of Let's Make a Craft]
Melanie: (spoken) It still fits, kind of.
Oh... hi, Sproutlets... it's you.
Hey, Nina, come here.
Look who it is.
Nina: Oh, hey.
Melanie: (singing) It feels like just yesterday
Kevin: The first time you came to play
Miles: Sprout Spotter
Nina: A storybook
Kelly: But that wasn't all it took
Sean: Through the seasons
Noodle: Through the years
Banjo: There's a reason we are here
Patty: For every game, and every song
Bean:Someone's been there, all along
Liz: Through rain and sunny days
Yeah
Carly: Who was always on the case? Yeah
All: Who-o-o-o?
You can't spell Sprout Without you
(chorus) You were always there
And you
Every friend there, old and new
Every art and letter, too-o-o-o
We were free to grow and use our minds,
All preschool all the time, and
We made our mark But we knew-ew-ew-ew
You can't spell Sprout without YOU!
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na Na na na
Miles: Remember when we went to the moon and
Star: The Preschool Musical was so amazing
Mrs. C: Holidays
Kevin: Present time
Kelly: Superheroes flying by
Patty: Yeah, at the theater, there's so much to share and
Curtis: I play my stand-up bass there and
Mr. C: Bunji
Mrs. C: Stitches
Sean: Doodle, too, and
Noodle: Oh, and remember the permanent sandcastle we made for Lexi and Lucas?
Sean: Sure do
Miles: We had birthday parties
Liz: Pajama parties
Dennisha: Kids were born - Oh, don't get me started
Patty: Declan was SO cute!
Tim: I had a guitar.
Star: Yeah, I looked ... different.
Banjo: Oh, and...
Chica: (squeaks "The Birthday Song")
Everyone: Oh.
Ricky: Yeah, the song.
Chica: Squeak!
(chorus)
All: You, you were always there
And you
Every friend there, old and new
Every art and letter, too-o-o-o
We were free to grow and use our minds,
All preschool all the time, and
We made our mark But we knew-ew-ew-ew
That we owe it all to you
Na na na na na na na na Na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na
And you can't spell Sprout without you!

This number is dedicated to everyone who helped Sproutlets learn and grow:
Andrew Beecham
Sandy Wax
Diana Kerekes
Betsy Oliphant Ross
Steven Binnig
Shannon Reitz
Ed Pokropski
Jenn Santee
Forrest Harding
Brendon Gawel
Matt Fornwald
Scott McClennen
Kimberly Diaz
Jackie Payton
Melanie Martinez
Noel MacNeal
Michele Lepe
Milton Barnes
Kevin Yamada
Kelly Vrooman
Sean Roach
Dennisha Pratt
Liz Filios
Carly Ciarrocchi
Darryl Williams
Tim Kubart
Kaitlin Becker
Emily Borromeo
Stacia Newcomb
Ali J. Eisner
Jennifer Barnhart
John Kennedy
Julianne Buescher
Elizabeth Balzano
Gigi Abraham
Kelly Ralabate
Meredith Halpern-Ranzer
Marianne Fernsler
Jonathan Judge
Ted Passon
James Doolittle
Livia Beasley
Bernice Vanderlaan
Tim Burns
Timothy Day
Marc Cantone
Peter Rydberg
Mike Pantuso
Evelyn Pantuso
Chuck Dillon
Shelly Martin
Tim Haunstein
Nafeeza Hassan
Tara Murphy
Erica Ianonne MacDonald
Andeep Singh
Jesse Olanday
Ashley Zesinger
Colleen Keenan Norton
Kate Webster Read
Gael Levin Simon
Lisa O'Brien
Hugh Martin
Jack Jameson
Jill Cozza-Turner
Dara Monahan
Dena Diamond
Mike Himelstein
Courtney Watkins
John Taylor
Mario Lopez
Christopher BrasfieldChris Palmieri
Donnell Smith
Steve Feldman
Paul Buckley
Matthew Gerrard
Chistopher Cosgrove
Brent Kiser
Amy Friedman
Deidre Brennan
Joyce D. Slocum, the woman who had the idea for Sprout in the first place.

And everyone who's watched and loved Sprout for its twelve years of service - 2005 to 2017. Thank you.

And stay tuned, because someone in this music video has a message you're really gonna love.