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The Many Adventures of Mr. Mailman was one of Sprout's first few original series. A spin-off of The Birthday Show, it was a short-form series that aired during program breaks.
Plot[]
From the Sprout Press Room:
- "Mr. Mailman travels around the world to deliver letters and gifts to SproutĀ® friends and family in locations that are as close as the local library or as far as the nighttime sky. Through digital still photography, and the integration of simple props, graphics and a live-action element, Mr. Mailman travels to a variety of locales where he encounters unique local terrain, weather, animals and obstacles while delivering the mail. Mr. Mailman, already a popular character on the Sprout network, also delivers birthday cards each day to The Sunny Side Up Show. Whatever Mr. Mailman delivers, it is sure to be packaged with laughs, facts and fun." (link)
Goals[]
- "Children are introduced to the concepts of travel, new places and geography. Dr. Renee Cherow-OāLeary, Professor of English Education at Teachers College, Columbia University and President of Education for the 21st Century (an educational consulting firm in New York City), acted as curriculum advisor in creating the show."
Interactive Components[]
- "The Mr. Mailman section of SproutOnline.com includes related crafts and interactive games. Preschoolers and their parents can download their own personalized āpassportā and a cut-out of Mr. Mailman, and even join Mr. Mailmanās Official Travel Club. Interactive games, such as dressing Mr. Mailman for the appropriate weather in the state to which he will be traveling, are also featured."
Co-Viewing Components[]
- "Parents are encouraged to send in from various locales vacation photos of their children with Mr. Mailman that may be shown on television or posted on the website."
History[]
The series was first announced in December 2005, when Sprout announced four interstitial series focusing on geography, healthy eating, music, and creative storytelling created by Andrew Beecham, Meredith Halpern, and Susan Carden and outscoring production to Los Angeles-based Johnson and Murphy.[4] Based on a character who delivered host Kevin birthday cards on The Birthday Show, Many Adventures was the geography series, joining Sprout on July 3, 2006. The healthy eating series became Sprout Diner, while the music and creative storytelling series aired as interstitials when The Good Night Show was on hiatus.
The series got a second season on Valentine's Day 2007 as part of Sprout's Special Valentine Delivery.[5]
It aired four to six times a day - at 8:30AM ET and 1:15PM ET, and later at 7:00 and 7:20AM when Musical Mornings launched and 11:30AM on The Sunny Side Up Show. It also aired at 11:15AM on weekend mornings and 7AM during The Let's Go Show.
It left Sprout sometime in late 2010.
Episodes[]
Season 1[]
- Episode 102: Brazil
- Episode 104: China
- Episode 105: Egypt
- Episode 106: England
- Episode 107: France
- Episode 108: India
- Episode 109: Italy
- Episode 110: Kenya
- Episode 111: Spain
- Episode 113: Library
- Episode 114: Night Sky
- Episode 115: Underwater
- Episode 116: Zoo
Season 2[]
- Alaska episode
- Australia episode
- Canada episode
- Colorado episode
- Construction Site episode
- Florida episode
- Hawaii episode
- Kansas episode
- London episode
- Maine episode
- Mississippi episode
- Montana episode
- New Mexico episode
Online[]
The show had an online presence on Sprout's website, SproutOnline.com.
- Help Mr. Mailman Get Ready - A game in which viewers could dress Mr. Mailman for his adventures.
- Sprout Passport - A printable kit which encouraged viewers to make new pages and draw pictures of the people, places, and things they saw on adventures.
- Travel Club - Viewers were encouraged to print out and color Mr. Mailman and take him anywhere.
Notes[]
- In later years, videos of the show were put on The Sunny Side Up Show website and later the Games and Videos app as part of a section of Mr. Mailman videos.[6]
Gallery[]
See The Many Adventures of Mr. Mailman/Gallery
Videos[]
External links[]
Sources[]
- ā Lepe, Michele, Michele Lepe in The Good Night Show - School Adventure - Nina and Star on PBS Kids Sprout (April 17, 2025), Retrieved April 17, 2025
- ā Johnson, Chana M., All About Sprout, Retrieved February 3, 2025
- ā Hamilton's Facebook account
- ā Saluting Sproutās Launch: PBS Sprouts a Kids Triumph (December 5, 2005), Retrieved February 3, 2025
- ā Cynopsis, January 24, 2007, (January 24, 2007), Retrieved February 3, 2025
- ā Mr. Mailman videos (February 10, 2011), Retrieved May 7, 2025