“Jam Van” A YouTube Original Now Streaming

Jam Van, a musical adventure series for preschoolers and their families, has its first two episodes debut on YouTube Originals.

There are a total of eight 11-minute episodes, and the premiere featured two new episodes with guest stars Lin-Manuel Miranda and Brandi Carlile. New episodes of this show will premiere on Thursdays at 9AM PT / 12PM ET on the YouTube Originals for Kids & Family channel and the YouTube Kids app.

Based on the animated characters Lamb (voiced by Pete Lee) and Anne the Alligator (voiced by Nicole Byer), “Jam Van” is a blend of animation and live-action that comes from the Oscar®, Emmy®, Grammy®, and Tony Award-winning team of Believe Entertainment Group (“Dear Basketball”), composer/producer Bill Sherman (“Hamilton,” “In the Heights,” “Sesame Street,” and animation studio Global Mechanic. Marc Maron provides the voice of Grumpy GPS in the show.

Anne and Lamb travel to New York City in the pilot episode “Anne & Lamb Search for a Gator with Lin-Manuel Miranda,” where Lamb offers his assistance to Anne as she seeks out her enigmatic Uncle Salligator, who has taken refuge in the city’s sewers. They meet musical genius Lin-Manuel Miranda, who helps them on their search by performing his original song “The Long Lost Gator of New York City.”

Anne is feeling homesick and missing her family in the second episode, “Anne & Lamb Find A Family with Brandi Carlile,” which takes place in Seattle, Washington. Anne discovers that you may find love and acceptance from “found” families – people who can love you even if you’re not connected to them – when she finds a group of pals, including special guest star singer/songwriter Brandi Carlile who delivers the original song “One Sacred Thing.”

Each episode includes a special musical artist and the location they are featured in:

101 – “Anne & Lamb Search for a Gator with Lin-Manuel Miranda” (New York)
102 – “Anne & Lamb Find A Family with Brandi Carlile” (Seattle)
103 – “Anne & Lamb Get Lost in Oakland with Daveed Diggs” (Oakland)
104 – “Anne & Lamb Rock with Old Crow Medicine Show” (Greater Virginia)
105 – “Anne & Lamb Say Cheesesteak with Boyz II Men” (Philadelphia)
106 – “Anne & Lamb Chase An Armadillo with Sheryl Crow” (Nashville)
107 – “Anne & Lamb Make a Movie with Fitz and The Tantrums” (Los Angeles)
108 – “Anne & Lamb Lead A Parade with Trombone Shorty” (New Orleans)

“Jam Van” is produced by Believe Entertainment Group, Bill Sherman’s Pop Music Misery, Inc., and animation studio Global Mechanic. Craig Hunter is Global Head of Kids & Family Originals for YouTube with Zoë Di Stefano and Daniel Haack serving as creative leads on the series.