and wishes were still going, as well as crafts. Temporarily, the Dress Chica, Chica's Choice, Sproutlet Stories and Sproutlet News Report were removed from the block. In 2017, Chica was removed to make way for the Sprout House block. Cast Hosts Carly Ciarrocchi hosted the show from June 4, 2012, replacing Liz, to August 11, 2017, when she became the host of Sprout House (the show's spiritual successor). Tim Kubart hosted the show from December 30, 2013, as one of the winners of the Host Hunt contest, to August 11, 2017. Kubart is also a kindie artist and plays the tambourine for Postmodern Jukebox. Chica was a chicken puppet who co-hosted Sunny Side Up with Emily, Carly, Tim, and Kaitlin. Before moving to a city apartment, she lived in The Sunshine Barn. She had a voice which resembled a squeaker. Her character had been part of the show from 2007 to 2017. She also made occasional appearances on both The Sprout Sharing Show and its successor Sprout Control Room. Executives wanted the puppet co-host to be a chicken, though Beecham thought preschoolers couldn't connect well with chickens, and worked with a designer to make sure the puppet was cute enough. One of the reasons for Chica's squeaking was because her puppeteers ("Chicateers") were all associate producers who would help out in the control room on the third of a three-week cycle. Over the years, Chica has been played by the likes of Forrest Harding, Brendan Gawel (who also played Curtis E. Owl on The Sprout Sharing Show), Edward Pokropski, Jenn Santee, Jackie Payton, Scott McClennen, Kimberly Diaz, and Matt Fornwald. Kevin Yamada hosted The Show from September 26, 2007, having previously hosted The Birthday Show, to December 25, 2009, announcing he was moving to the big city, and was replaced by Dennisha. Yamada also played Ricky Rabbit on The Sprout Sharing Show. Liz Filios hosted the show from November 1st, 2010 to June 4th, 2012, when she was replaced by Carly. Sean Roach hosted the show from early 2008 to December 13, 2013, focusing more on his arts. Roach also hosted Noodle and Doodle, Sprout's first full-length original series. One of the first two hosts (alongside Kevin), Kelly Vrooman hosted the show from September 26th, 2007 to December 20th, 2013, hosting the Kindest Kid special on the next two days. Vrooman also played Patty Pig on The Sprout Sharing Show