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The Popcorn Popper
Season 1, Episode 16
The Popcorn Popper Title Card 2
Air date April 24, 2000
Written by Belinda Ward
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Christopher Cerf
Richard Chevat
Diana DeCubellis
Sarah Durkee
Ellis Weiner
Joe Fallon
Michael K. Fifth
Judy Freudberg
Tony Geiss
Louise Gikow
Peter Hirsch
Sean Kelly
Sharon Lerner
Kathryn Mullen
Fred Newman
Norman Stiles
Kathy Waugh
Tom Whedon
Directed by Jim Martin
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The Popcorn Popper is the 16th episode of Season 1 of Between the Lions.

Picture Segment Description
Announcer Bunny Program Preview
Sloppy Pop Song 5
COLD OPEN Announcer Bunny Program Preview: "Announcer Bunny here, check out what's coming up here on Between the Lions!"

A clip from Sloppy Pop is shown.

Howaboutthis
Young girl, the girl's designated reader and the popcorn popper
SCENE 1 On the roof garden Lionel and Leona are disagreeing over books. Theo and Cleo look for a book they can both agree to read. They decide on a book called The Popcorn Popper. As their parents go off to work in the library, Lionel starts reading the book, which is about a young girl who discovers a popcorn popper but is unable to read the instructions. The girl's designated reader appears to tell her how to make the popcorn popper start and stop.
Itstartedpopping
SCENE 1

(cont'd)

After Lionel's finished reading the book, he and Leona are craving popcorn so they ask Click to drag and drop the popper out of the book so they can have popcorn. After Click leaves, the cubs start the popper by saying "Popcorn popper, pop, pop, pop. Popcorn popper, do not stop." The popper starts popping, and the cubs start eating the popcorn.
Whereisthatpopping
Insert Busterfield expresses his disapproval with all the popping that's going on. Walter and Clay, excited at the prospect of popcorn, both leave so they can have popcorn with the cubs as well.
Gray Hand Removing op from "Popcorn"
Insert The Gray Hand removes the "op" from the word "popcorn".
The Vowelles Top 7
Puppets The Vowelles with the short "o" sound from their bopping hit word "top".
Gawain's Word Title
Gawain's Word Hop 2
Gawain's Word Ending Title
Film Gawain's Word: hop (EKA: Pandora's Box)
Ms
Celebrity World-renowned mezzo-soprano Ms. Denyce Graves sings the sound of the letter O in the word "opera".
Yummy!
SCENE 2 The cubs and pigeons eat the popcorn as the popper continues its prodigious popping. Lionel says that he's full, but the pigeons tell him that it's not enough, so they all continue eating.
The Great Smartini Popping Popcorn 5
Puppets The Great Smartini: Popping Popcorn (EKA: The Lost Rock)
Heathtonguetwisterintro
Insert "Now, twist your tongue around this one!" (EKA: Episode 11: To the Ship! To the Ship!)
Choppers Chop, Shoppers Shop
Film Tongue Twisters: Choppers Chop, Shoppers Shop
Abstract Word Morph shop, slop, stop, top, pop
Insert Abstract: shop, slop, stop, top, pop
Stopthepopper!
SCENE 3 The cubs want the popper to stop popping since they are full now, but the pigeons tell them that it'll be terrible if they do. Neither Lionel nor Leona remember the right words to stop it, so they put the lid on the popper. That doesn't work!
Fred Says Lollipop 2
Celebrity Fred Says: lollipop
The Adventures of Cliff Hanger
Adventure 3462 2
Cliff Hanger and the Big Ape and the Banana Drop 2
Cartoon The Adventures of Cliff Hanger: Cliff Hanger and the Big Ape and the Banana Drop (EKA: The Chap with Caps)
Ruth-WordDoctor-title
Dr
Puppets/

Celebrity

The Word Doctor with Dr. Ruth Wordheimer: helicopters
Draganddropitback!
SCENE 4 While the popper continues popping, Lionel asks Click to drag it back in the book so it will stop popping. For a moment, this seems to work, but before long the popping continues.
Hahahahaha
SCENE 4

(cont'd)

Inside the library, Cleo asks Theo if she smells popcorn, and he tells her to not be silly. A man pulls a book off the shelf and gets pelted in the face with popcorn.
Sloppy Pop Song 5
Film Sloppy Pop sings Sloppy Pop (EKA: Pandora's Box)
Robot Word Morph pop, hop, hot, tot
Insert Robots: pop, hop, hot, tot
Letters Change Intro with Heath 3
Insert "And now, a little poem in which letters change, and make something very interesting happen." (EKA; Episode 12: The Chap with Caps)
Replaced Letter Songs A Mischievous Tot 2
Cartoon Replaced Letter Songs: A Mischievous Tot (EKA: Pandora's Box)
Color Pattern Word Morph tot, lot, lock
Insert Color Patterns: tot, lot, lock
The Un-People Yellow BG
The Un-People vs
Cartoon The Un-People vs. The Re-People: locked (EKA: The Lost Rock)
Gray Hand Putting the op back in "Popcorn"
Insert The Gray Hand puts the "op" back in the word "popcorn".
Itfinallystops
SCENE 5 Lionel finds the instructions for the popcorn popper. The cubs stop the popper by saying "Poppity boppity, pop, pop, pop. Hoppity poppity, hop, hop, hop. Dop and a loppity. Lop and a doppity. Pop and a boppity. Stop, pop, stop!" Lionel and Leona aren't sure how to get rid of all the popcorn before their parents get back, so the pigeons decide to clean the mess by eating all the popcorn themselves.
Whhhhhhh
Fat pigeons
SCENE 5

(cont'd)

Lionel and Leona return to the roof garden and are surprised that the pigeons have eaten up all the popcorn! Cleo and Theo come back and ask the cubs if everything is okay. Just then, they see Walter and Clay Pigeon fattened up from willingly consuming all of the popcorn on their own. Walter tells Clay that he could go for a room full of water right now. Due to their increased weight and bulk, instead of flying, the pigeons roll away. Even though the whole popcorn popper ordeal was her idea, Leona tries to blame Lionel.
Theo reading a book called "The Popcorn Popper" with Leona 4
Designated Reader Theo and Leona read "The Popcorn Popper". (Version 1) (EKA: Episode 04: Farmer Ken's Puzzle)

Featured Story[]

The Popcorn Popper by Pops Popadopoulis (an original story)

Quotes[]

Notes and Trivia[]

  • This story would be read again in Season 9.
  • When the popper starts popping, Lionel sings the opening lines of "Hooked on a Feeling" by Blue Swede.
  • This episode was last broadcasted on PBS in either March or April 2009.
  • This episode aired the same Day as Sesame Street Episode 3901 (With Elmo's World Episode: Singing).

Gallery[]

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