Sponk!

Sponk!
GenreSketch comedy, improvisational comedy, game show
Presented byJohnathan McClain
Starring
Narrated byKaren Fowler (as SID)
Theme music composerChris Phillips
Country of originUnited States
Canada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26
Production
Executive producersJohn Brunton
Barbara Bowlby
Eileen Braun
ProducerKaren Fowler
Running time30 minutes
Production companiesSesame Workshop
Noggin LLC
Insight Productions
Original release
NetworkNoggin
ReleaseSeptember 10, 2001 (2001-09-10) –
March 4, 2002 (2002-03-04)
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Sponk! is a children's television game show produced by Sesame Workshop and Insight Productions for the Noggin channel. It was Sesame Workshop's first original production for Noggin.[1] It premiered on Noggin on September 10, 2001[2] and ended on March 4, 2002. The series reran on Nickelodeon on Sunday mornings, starting September 16.[3]

The premise of Sponk! was improvisational comedy, similar to the show Whose Line Is It Anyway? Two teams of performers depicted suggestions in a variety of games. Viewers suggested their ideas by submitting them to the Noggin website. "SID" (Suggestion & Idea Distributor) was the name of the computer on the show that picked the ideas submitted by Noggin.com members. From 2002 to 2004, Noggin aired reruns of Sponk! as part of its nighttime programming block, The N.[4]

  1. ^ R. Thomas Umstead (June 11, 2001). "Noggin Adds Interactive Series". Multichannel News.
  2. ^ "Noggin Goes Back to School With New Interactive Programming Beginning Monday, September 10". prnewswire.com. 8 August 2001. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  3. ^ "FOR YOUNG VIEWERS; Spontaneous Reaction". The New York Times. 16 September 2001.
  4. ^ "Noggin Is Enrolling in Junior High" Los Angeles Times.