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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, which began as a joint venture between Sesame Workshop and Nickelodeon.[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 (pictured as the figure in the logo) on the show that picked the ideas submitted by Noggin.com members. From 2002 onward, Noggin aired reruns of Sponk! as part of its nighttime programming block, The N.[4]
Gameplay[]
It resembled a classic Nickelodeon game show, featuring young actors and a young studio audience. The performers were four boys and four girls but with two sitting out and six competing in a red team and blue team. The ideas for the improvisational and sketch contests were submitted by the home audience through Noggin.com. SID would then pick a submission and provide credit for the home audience (as their screen name). Later, She announced the winner of a small electronic device.
The studio audience participated as judges for the sketches. They disqualified a contestant by yelling out, "SPONK!". When time ran out, the audience voted the winner by raising the side of their "Spaddle" to vote for the red team or blue team. The "prize" that the performers competed for was the Sponk Trophy, a golden rubber chicken. Occasionally an audience member would be the sketch participant while the original performers acted as a celebrity panel, and won a small prize for Participating.
References[]
- ↑ R. Thomas Umstead (June 11, 2001). "Noggin Adds Interactive Series".
- ↑ "Noggin Goes Back to School With New Interactive Programming Beginning Monday, September 10" (8 August 2001). Retrieved on 23 November 2015.
- ↑ "FOR YOUNG VIEWERS; Spontaneous Reaction ". The New York Times. 16 September 2001. https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/16/tv/for-young-viewers-spontaneous-reaction.html.
- ↑ "Noggin Is Enrolling in Junior High" Los Angeles Times.
External links[]
- Sponk! at the Internet Movie Database
| Noggin originals | ||
|---|---|---|
| Daytime block | Phred on Your Head Show • A Walk in Your Shoes (seasons 1–2) • Oobi • Citizen Phoebe • Big Kids • On the Team • The URL with Phred Show • Sponk! • Play with Me Sesame • Jack's Big Music Show • The Upside Down Show | |
| The N block | A Walk in Your Shoes (season 3) • Out There • LOL with The N • Girls v. Boys • O'Grady • Miracle's Boys • South of Nowhere • What Goes On | |
| App originals | Kinderwood • Noggin Knows | |
| See also | Noggin Wiki • List of programs broadcast by Noggin | |