Johnny And The Sprites.

[freckles and boo]

Eek. Johnny and the Sprites, Higglytown Heroes, Handy Manny (I can only think ... Fez!!!). I just can't be in the room when these shows are on. Sorry! Please don't flame me. Now that Handy Manny theme song is in my head. I think I am going to cry.

 

[wvrevy]

I just about fell over the first time I walked in the living room and DD and DW had Johnnie and the Sprites on tv. DW and I had seen him in the original cast of Avenue Q (a week before they won the Tiny for Best Musical), and even though I knew he had done kids shows in the past, it was hard to reconcile some of his Ave.Q characters with this guy on Playhouse Disney.

Funny thing...we actually went to see Avenue Q just to kind of try something completely different. We were in NY to see Wicked and Hairspray, and wanted to pick a third show so we went with something neither of us had ever really heard of. The theater was tiny, and we had seats in about the 4th row, center stage. Of the three shows we saw, I think Avenue Q was the most memorable (and that's saying something, 'cause Wicked was incredible with the original cast).

We told DD that he had been in a Broadway show we had seen, which turned out to be a mistake, 'cause then she wanted to hear the soundtrack. We played a couple songs, but there's just not too much on that recording that is suitable for a 6 year old.

 

[crcormier]

Ooooooohhhh, I wish you could meet my girlfriend...
My girlfriend who lives in Canada...

 

[disneyworldluvr349]

Well then I guess we all have different tastes. He is Lumiere? I would love to see that I think he is very talented. But why not the prince at the end of the show?

 

[Maleficent13]

I would assume because Lumiere is a major character, and the Prince is not.

 

[crcormier]

Well then I guess we all have different tastes. He is Lumiere? I would love to see that I think he is very talented. But why not the prince at the end of the show?

The prince and the beast are played by the same actor in the Broadway show.

 

[BkrsLoveDis!]

He apparently is a very talented actor from what everyone is saying here but every time he comes on Disney channel, my DH and I just look at each other and laugh - thinking how at the end of a long day of "it could happen to yoooouuuu!", he must smoke and drink in immense quantities just to get back in touch with his adult side!!

By the by - both my kids love Johnny and his Sprites - he's talented but I get a cavity just listening to it - yikes!