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The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Season 1, Episode 8
The Boy Who Cried Wolf Title Card 2
Air date April 12, 2000
Written by Ellis Weiner
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Christopher Cerf
Richard Chevat
Diana DeCubellis
Sarah Durkee
Joe Fallon
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 Dean Gordon
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The Boy Who Cried Wolf is the eighth episode of Season 1 of Between the Lions.

Picture Segment Description
Announcer Bunny Program Preview
SilentE
COLD OPEN Announcer Bunny Program Preview: "Announcer Bunny here to show you what's coming up next on Between the Lions!"

A clip from Silent E: Pin/Pine is shown. (EKA: Episode 03: Little Big Mouse)

Theo is asleep
A Chicken Waits
SCENE 1 In the library, Theo has fallen asleep, and a chicken needs help with something. She tries to wake him up, but after Theo starts talking in his sleep about food, she decides to wait until he wakes up. So "A Chicken Waits" will soon continue, but first, this...
Cleo reads "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" with Lionel and Leona
The Boy
SCENE 1

(cont'd)

Cleo reads Aesop's "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" to Lionel and Leona. She reads up to the part where the boy is asked to watch a herd of sheep, and is warned that if he sees the wolf, he should cry out. The boy doesn't think he can take this much responsibility (he didn't learn about sheep-watching in school because of a doctor's note), so the cubs take him out of his book, and they all go to find a book on how to watch sheep.
Gray Hand Removing ig from "Big"
Cleo sees the grey hand pull out ig to another segment
Insert Cleo sees the Gray Hand pull out the "ig" in "big".
Martha Reader and the Vowelles Wig 5
Puppets Martha Reader and The Vowelles kick the short "i" sound from their big hit word "wig".
Busterfield in a wig
Insert Walter and Clay try to take a picture of Busterfield in a wig, but Busterfield, embarrassed, wiggles the wig off and it lands on Walter's face.
Fred Says Jiggle 2
Celebrity Fred Says: jiggle
Letters Change Intro with Heath
Insert "And now, a little poem in which letters change, and make something very interesting happen."
Replaced Letter Songs A Fellow Named Sig
Cartoon Replaced Letter Songs: A Fellow Named Sig
Gawain's Word Title
Gawain's Word Jig
Gawain's Word Ending Title
Film Gawain's Word: jig
Robot Word Morph jig, wig, big
Insert Robots: jig, wig, big
The Adventures of Cliff Hanger
Adventure 1465
Cliff Hanger and the Fuzzy Wuzzy Bear and the Big Wig 2
Cartoon The Adventures of Cliff Hanger: Cliff Hanger and the Fuzzy Wuzzy Bear and the Big Wig
The monkey and the cannon are not allowed to in the library
SCENE 2 We return to "A Chicken Waits". As the chicken continue waiting, a french monkey and a cannon come in. The hen yells at the monkey, (Who claims it to be Bastille Day) and pushes the cannon out just as it explodes. To avoid Theo hearing any further loud noises, the chicken puts earmuffs on him.
Just Cry Wolf
Just Cry Wolf 3
SCENE 2 (cont'd) Lionel and Leona find a book on how to watch sheep. The first step is simply to watch your sheep, and the second step is explained through song, about crying wolf.
Stage Word Morph big, bag, bat, bit, it
Insert Stage: big, bag, bat, bit, it
Johnny Consonanti and the Vowelles It
Puppets Johnny Consonanti and The Vowelles performed from the big hit show "it".
Dr
Puppets Dunderhead Lab with Dr. Nitwhite and Watson: Words with the Short I and the Long I
Color Pattern Word Morph it, sit, six
Insert Color Patterns: it, sit, six
Heathtonguetwisterintro
Insert "Now, twist your tongue around this one!"
This is the Sixth Sister
Film Tongue Twisters: This is the Sixth Sister
Ms
Celebrity A word from world-renowned mezzo-soprano Ms. Denyce Graves: is
Silent E Word Maze Word Morph pin, pine 2
Insert Silent E Word Maze: pin/pine
Silent E Pin 2
Silent E Pine 2
Cartoon Silent E: Pin/Pine (with announcer dialouge, debut) (EKA: Episode 03: Little Big Mouse)
Ruth-WordDoctor-title
Dr
Celebrity/

Puppets

The Word Doctor with Dr. Ruth Wordheimer: intelligent (EKA: Episode 03: Little Big Mouse)
Sam spud logo 4
A Terrible Pickle with a Zipper on It 2
Puppets Sam Spud: Par-Boiled Potato Detective: A Terrible Pickle with a Zipper on It [pickle, not pockle]
Girl says "Mom! There's a potato talking to a dumb-looking pickle with a zipper on it!"
Insert Girl: "Mom! There's a potato talking to a dumb-looking pickle with a zipper on it!"

Kid's mother: "Don't worry, sweetie. It's educational television. It's good for you. And you shouldn't say "dumb". It's not nice."

Gray Hand Putting the ig back in "Big"
Insert The Gray Hand puts the "ig" back in "big".
Just Cry Wolf 4
The boy in trouble
SCENE 3 Lionel and Leona send the boy back into the book with his newly found knowledge. But as they read the rest of the story, the boy continuously cries "wolf", and every time the people come, there really isn't a wolf. Then when a wolf actually comes and takes his sheep, nobody helps him. The boy sings another song about not crying for help unless he really need it, and everybody learns a big lesson that they should stop the wolf instead of ignoring the assistance.
A Chicken Waits 3
Don't Cry for Help
SCENE 3

(cont'd)

We return to the the conclusion of "A Chicken Waits". The chicken starts becoming impatient, until a group of singers sing part of the previous song. The chicken, now thinking that what she needs isn't so important after all, decides to find the book she needs herself.
Theo wakes up from his nap and tells Cleo all about his dream
SCENE 3 (cont'd) Theo wakes up from his long nap and tells Cleo that he had this strange dream about a chicken (thinking that the episode's events were all a dream), and the announcer ends the story.
Walter Pigeon in a wig
Insert Walter Pigeon in a wig. As Clay takes pictures, Busterfield says that if he had a stomach, he would be sick to it.
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". (EKA: Episode 01: Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West)

Featured Stories[]

  • The Boy Who Cried Wolf by Aesop
  • How to Watch Sheep

Gallery[]

This page has a limited amount of images in the template. For extended images, see The Boy Who Cried Wolf/Gallery.

Quotes[]

  • It was just a big wig
  • Oh Nuts!
  • Cliff Hanger: Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't fuzzy, was he?
  • Fuzzy: I am a baldy waldy!
  • (from Cliff Hanger sketch)
    • Chorus: And that's why he's called Cliff Hanger!
    • Cliff Hanger: Can't hold on much longer.
  • Narrator: And now, back by popular demand… "A Chicken Waits".
  • Hen: Shh! Oh, dear. [the French Monkey comes in with a cannon] Shh, shh, shh! What are you doing?! This is a library. You can't fire a cannon in here!
  • French Monkey: Not even on Bastille Day?
  • Hen: Not even on your birthday! Get it out! Out, out, out, out!
  • Leona: Good point. Studies show girls are better than boys at taking responsibility.
  • Lionel: (snickers) No way. How hard is it to watch sheep?
  • Boy Who Cried Wolf: Hey, I'm just a little boy. I don't know if I'm ready to take on such a big job.
  • Hen: (reading sign) 'If you really need help, wake the big lion.' Okay. All right. Very good. Yes, um...
  • Theo: (talking in his sleep) Hungry! Food! Yum, yum, yum...
  • Hen: I shouldn't cry for help unless I really mean it.
  • Theo: I had the strangeness dream about that chicken.

Notes and Trivia[]

  • The Cliff Hanger segment "Cliff Hanger and the Fuzzy Wuzzy Bear and the Big Wig" airs on this episode and the next one. Adventure 1465, this installment finds Cliff Hanger asking a bear to let down his hair, only to find out it isn't exactly what he expected.
  • This is the only time the Gray Hand appears in the library before it pulls out the target vowel and takes it to the Martha Reader and The Vowelles segment. This is also the only time that anybody has seen the Gray Hand pull out the vowels.
  • This is the second time where the story was written by Aesop, the first was Little Big Mouse.
  • This is Johnny Consonanti's first appearance in the series. He also appears in these Season 1 episodes: To the Ship! To the Ship!, The Old Man, The Roar That Makes Them Run & Piggyback, Piggyback.
  • This episode was last broadcasted on PBS in March 2009.
  • This episode aired the same Day as Sesame Street Episode 3893 (With Elmo's World Episode: Babies).
  • Morals of Episode: Telling too many lies can't lead to everybody believing you, So ALWAYS tell the truth and trust them! Also, no one can cry for help unless they really need it.

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Video[]

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