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Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West
Season 1, Episode 1 (show premiere)
Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West Title Card
Air date April 3, 2000 (season premiere)
Written by Joe Fallon
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Christopher Cerf
Richard Chevat
Diana DeCubellis
Sarah Durkee
Ellis Weiner
Michael K. Fifth
Judy Freudberg
Tony Geiss
Louise Gikow
Peter Hirsch
Sean Kelly
Sharon Lerner
Kathryn Mullen
Fred Newman
Norman Stiles
Belinda Ward
Kathy Waugh
Tom Whedon
Directed by Lisa Simon
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Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West is the first episode of Season 1 of Between the Lions, and the series premiere episode of Between the Lions.

Picture Segment Description
Announcer Bunny Program Preview
The Monkey Pop-Up Theater Sven Said, Ten Tents, Ted Sent Ten Cents
COLD OPEN Announcer Bunny Program Preview: "Announcer Bunny here to show you what's coming up next on Between the Lions!"

A clip from The Monkey Pop-Up Theater: Sven Said, Ten Tents, Ted Sent Ten Tents is shown.

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SCENE 1 The cubs are getting ready to go to bed. For their bedtime story, Theo reads "How Pecos Bill Cleaned Up the West by Beth Western" to the gang. As they read, they sing a song about how he was the best, then they rest.
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Insert The Gray Hand takes the "est" out of the word "west".
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Puppets Martha Reader and The Vowelles sing the short "e" sound from their festive hit word "best".
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Insert Color Patterns: best, bet, bell
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Celebrity Fred Says: bell
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Insert Ship: bell, bet, wet
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Gawain's Word Wet
Gawain's Word Ending Title
Film Gawain's Word: wet
Arty Smartypants nest, rest, resting, restaurant
Puppets Arty Smartypants: Nest, Rest, Resting, Restaurant

Arty Smartypants reads four words with the short 'e' sound in them.

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Insert Color Patterns: rest, best, bet, bed
The Adventures of Cliff Hanger
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Cartoon The Adventures of Cliff Hanger: Cliff Hanger and the Bed

Cliff Hanger sees an 'ed' being carried by two workers. His survival manual tells him to add the letter 'b', so he does, turning it into a bed. Unfortunately, Cliff is bounced back up to the cliff the second he jumps on. (with music)

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SCENE 2 Lionel and Leona are practicing rope wrestling. Lionel accidentally lassos a patron in an attempt to catch a computer. Leona claims that Pecos Bill would never miss, and Lionel replies that he'd never miss because he isn't real. Leona refuses to believe this, so they have Click drag and drop him out of the book. Not only does Bill come out, but so does a tornado! Unfortunately, Bill explains that he can't stop the tornado, as he is just a fictional character. Hearing this, Cleo suggests writing a new story called "How Pecos Bill Cleaned Up the Library".
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Insert Walter and Clay annoy Busterfield by having him wear a cowboy hat on his head and singing the song from earlier with the lyrics involving him. Soon enough, the paper tornado hits Buster's hat and takes them away, though Buster is left with a newspaper on his face.
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Insert Sky: west, chest, chess, mess, e
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Puppets Martha Reader and The Vowelles sing the short "e" sound from their zesty hit word "mess".
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Puppets

The Word Doctor with Dr. Ruth Wordheimer: Dr. Ruth helps a monkey read the word "impressive".
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Insert "Dr. Bertice Berry with the E in "yell"!
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Celebrity Dr. Bertice Berry shouts the sound of the letter E in "yell".
What's Your Name short E Season 1 Version
Film What's Your Name?: short E (Season 1 version)
The Un-People Green BG
The Un-People vs
Cartoon The Un-People vs. The Re-People: dressed

During a parade, the Un-People change the "best-dressed" sign into "undressed", until the Re-People change it to "redressed".

Monkey Pop-up Theater book
The Monkey Pop-Up Theater Sven Said, Ten Tents, Ted Sent Ten Cents
Puppets The Monkey Pop-Up Theater: Sven Said, Ten Tents, Ted Sent Ten Cents
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Insert The Gray Hand puts the "est" back in the book.
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SCENE 3 Theo and Cleo write their new story in order to make the tornado clean up the library. It is successful, and Bill (along with the tornado) heads back into his book, then they sing again about how he was the best, then rest.
Cleo reading a book called "The Adventure of Mississippi Skip and his Pirate Ship" with Lionel
Designated Reader Cleo and Lionel read "The Adventures of Mississippi Skip and his Pirate Ship".

Featured Story[]

How Pecos Bill Cleaned Up the West: A Tall Tale by Beth Western

Quotes[]

  • Leona: (singing) Click clicked with her trickiest, slickest click / And dragged and dropped that twister quick.
  • Busterfield: I am not a cowboy. I am Barnaby B. "Don't Call Me Buster" Busterfield III, founder of this library. Get this hat off my head this instant!
  • Pecos Bill: Story's not true. Never happened. Never could happen. It's a tall tale. I'm just a paper hero.
  • Cleo: Stay calm. We're having a technical problem. A slight tornado. Perfectly harmless.
  • Theo: Bill said to Tess, "I must confess. If there's one thing I detest, it's a mess."
  • Theo: Pecos Bill was the best. The best in the west.
  • Cleo: Oh. Sweet Nursery Rhymes for Sleepy Cubs. Sounds nice, doesn't it, Leona?
  • Lionel: (singing) Gonna read a story before bed.
  • Female Monkey Singer: (singing) Let's start with our favorite vowel, a pretty good place to start.
  • Theo: Cleo, That is one heck of a bedtime story.
  • Cleo: You said it, partner.

Notes and Trivia[]

Gallery[]

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