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Be Bop
Season 1, Episode 30 (season finale)
Be Bop Title Card
Air date May 12, 2000 (season finale)
Written by Peter Hirsch
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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
Sean Kelly
Sharon Lerner
Kathryn Mullen
Fred Newman
Norman Stiles
Belinda Ward
Kathy Waugh
Tom Whedon
Directed by Dean Gordon
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"Be Bop" is the 30th and final episode of Season 1 of Between the Lions.

Picture Segment Description
Announcer Bunny Program Preview
RocketDoodleDoo-03
Celebrity Announcer Bunny Program Preview: Rocket Doodle-Doo (EKA: Episode 02: The Lost Rock)
Unusual music surrounds the library
SCENE 1 Unusual music surrounds the library and Busterfield doesn't know what language it is.
The lion family reads "Charlie Parker played Be Bop"
SCENE 1

(cont'd)

The dancing shoes step back inside the book and the lion family reads "Charlie Parker Played Be Bop" by Chris Raschka. After reading the story, the overshoes come back out and they dance to the jazzy beat.
Theo gives a brief explanation on the life of Charlie Parker
SCENE 1

(Cont'd)

Busterfield is quite confused, and doesn't know who's playing the saxophone, so Theo gives a brief explanation on the life of Charlie Parker. He also explains that his Parker's was "Bird", which leads Walter and Clay to believe that a bird is playing the music.
Gray Hand Removing op from "Bop"
Insert The grey hand takes out the "op" from "bop".
The Vowelles Pop 5
Puppets The Vowelles with the short "o" sound from their popping hit word "pop".
Dr
Puppets Dunderhead Lab with Dr. Nitwhite and Watson: Words with the Short O and the Letters O-W (EKA: The Lost Rock/Pandora's Box)
Color Pattern Word Morph pop, prop, drop
Insert Color Patterns: pop, prop, drop
Fred Says Drop 2
Celebrity Fred Says: drop
The Adventures of Cliff Hanger 4
Adventure 3462 3
Cliff Hanger and the Big Ape and the Banana Drop 3
Cartoon The Adventures of Cliff Hanger: Cliff Hanger and the Big Ape and the Banana Drop (EKA: The Chap with Caps)
Color Pattern Word Morph drop, prop, pop, pot, tot
Insert Color Patterns: drop, prop, pop, pot, tot
Letters Change Intro with Heath 5
Insert "And now, a little poem in which letters change, and make something very interesting happen." (First: Episode 12: The Chap with Caps)
Replaced Letter Songs A Mischievous Tot 3
Cartoon Replaced Letter Songs: A Mischievous Tot (EKA: Pandora's Box/The Popcorn Popper
Leona seems to be misspelling the words with "bop" and "pop" since she's only 4 years old
SCENE 2 Leona seems to be misspelling the words with "bop" and "pop" since she's only 4 years old.
Buster wants to know what "be bop" is
Cleo explains jazz
SCENE 2

(cont'd)

Buster wants to know what "be bop" is. This leads to Cleo explaining the definition for him, but he still doesn't understand.
Leona seems to be misspelling the words with "lollibop" and "lollipop"
SCENE 2

(cont'd)

Leona seems to be misspelling the words with "lollibop" and "lollipop".
Fred Says Lollipop 4
Celebrity Fred Says: lollipop (EKA: The Popcorn Popper)
Footprint or Shoeprint Word Morph pop
Insert Footprints or Shoeprints: pop
The Great Smartini Popping Popcorn 6
Puppets The Great Smartini: Popping Popcorn (EKA: The Lost Rock/The Popcorn Popper)
Footprint or Shoeprint Word Morph pop, top, stop
Insert Footprints or Shoeprints: pop, top, stop
Ruth-WordDoctor-title-02
Dr
Dr
Celebrity/ Puppets The Word Doctor with Dr. Ruth Wordheimer: stop, hop (EKA: The Lost Rock)
Dr
Insert "Dr. Bertice Berry with the O in "bop". (EKA: Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West)
Dr
Celebrity Dr. Bertice Berry sing the sound of the letter O in "bop".
What's Your Name short O 4
Song What's Your Name?: Short O (with kids says louder) (EKA: The Lost Rock/The Fox and the Crow)
Gawain's Word Hop 4
Film Gawain's Word: hop (EKA: Pandora’s Box/The Popcorn Popper/The Fox and the Crow)
The Vowelles Hot 11
Puppets The Vowelles with the short "o" sound from their hit word "hot".
What's Cooking Hot Chop Cheese Drop Soup in a Pot with No Top 10
Puppets What's Cooking? with Theo and Cleo: Hot Chop Cheese Drop Soup in a Pot with No Top (without music) (EKA: Pandora’s Box)
Knock at my door 3
Puppets Sam Spud: Par-Boiled Potato Detective: A Real Tomato [knuck at my door or knock at my door] (with girl watching on TV) (EKA: Hug, Hug, Hug!/The Fox and the Crow)
Sam Spud A Real Tomato Screen to Left Transition
Girl says "Mom, there's that talking potato with no mouth again
Insert Girl: "Mom, there's that talking potato with no mouth again. This incessant word play's making me queasy." (EKA: The Lost Rock)

Kid's mother: "That's okay, dear. It's educational television. I'm sure it will help you in school, somehow." (EKA: The Chap with Caps)

The Un-People vs
Cartoon The Un-People vs. The Re-People: locked (EKA: The Lost Rock/The Popcorn Popper)
RocketDoodleDoo
Song "Rocket-Doodle-Doo" (sung by Chris Cerf) (EKA: The Lost Rock/Touching the Moon)
Footprint or Shoeprint Word Morph rock, mock, mop, stop, bop
Insert Footprints or Shoeprints: rock, mock, mop, stop, bop
Gray Hand Putting the op back in "Bop"
Insert The grey hand puts "op" back in it's word place in "bop".
The Lion family and the pigeons do the funky beat
SCENE 3 The Lion family and the pigeons do the funky beat.
Then the overshoes jump on his head and he finally gets the right idea
And groovy inserts happen inside as they make up certain words again
SCENE 3 (Cont'd) Busterfield tries to understand the funky beat, but he can only come up with sentences that make sense. Then the overshoes jump on his head and he finally gets the right idea.
Theo closes the episode out by saying "Oh, yeah
SCENE 3

(Cont'd)

The dancing shoes step back inside the book again. Theo closes the episode out by saying "Oh, yeah." And the 1st season of Between the Lions comes to an end.

Featured Story[]

Charlie Parker Played Be Bop by Chris Raschka

Quotes[]

Gallery[]

This page has a limited amount of images in the template. For extended images, see Be Bop/Gallery.

Notes and Trivia[]

  • One of the clips of Walter and Clay dancing while Buster is confused can be seen in the intro.
  • Also, clips of this episode including the Arty Smartypants skit can be seen in the PBS Kids Pinball bumper for the show. The clip of the intro seen in the bumper happens to be from this episode.
  • This is Tyler Bunch's final episode portraying Walter. Jim Kroupa took over the role in Season 2 onward.
  • This is Tyler Bunch's final appearance as Heath the Thesaurus. Peter Linz took over the role in Season 2.
  • Janis Siegel, a member of the singing group, Manhattan Transfer, does the jazz vocals in this episode.
  • This is the second episode where a preexisting children's book is read.
  • The Footprint or Shoeprint word morph segment is later used in the Season 2 episode Why the Baboon's Balloon Went Ka-Boom! (With it being a different Vowel Sound that time!).
  • This episode was last broadcasted on PBS in January 2008.
  • This episode aired the same Day as Sesame Street Episode 3904 (With Elmo's World Episode: Drawing).

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Between The Lions Episode 30 Be Bop

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