The Sad dad | |
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Season 2, Episode 31 | |
Air date | April 2, 2001 |
Written by | Joe Fallon |
Directed by | Ted May |
Episode guide | |
Previous Episode 30: Be Bop |
Next Episode 32: Humph! Humph! Humph! |
"The Sad Dad" is episode 1 of Season 2 of Between the Lions, and episode 31 in total.
Picture/Segment | Description | ||
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SCENE 1 | Lionel and Leona are being noisy in the book "The admiral's Adventure" so Click drags and drops Theo in the book to read a story of a Russian Folk Tale called "It Could Be Worse" and the story tells about how life could be worse in a crowded house featuring a sad dad (Bruno Kirby). The dad gets advice from a woman (Denny Dillon) who tells him to take the chickens out of his house. Once this happens, he is no longer sad, but glad! | ||
SCENE 1
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Nobody has ever heard of three lions inside a book, so Cleo and the rest of the gang get dragged and dropped inside. | ||
Insert | Walter and Clay Pigeon get some advice with a show called "Advice from Pigeons" | ||
Insert
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The grey hand pulls out a vowel a from the word "bad", and takes it to a segment | ||
Muppets | Martha Reader and The Vowelles: flag (new background and audience added) | ||
Cartoon | Letter Bugs: flag, flat, bat, ban, | ||
Celebrity | Fred Says: banjo | ||
Muppets | Theo sings "B and D confusion" | ||
Muppets/
Celebrity |
Albercht Roser: the dancer and Leona | ||
SCENE 1
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Heath wants to go in the book, and Cleo is surprised that Click took him, and it gets worse and even more crowded, and Theo can't get the book opened because it's too crowded | ||
Song | "If You Can Read" at | ||
Muppets | Dr. Nitwhite and Watson: flat, that | ||
Celebrity | Roma Downey reads a poem with the words "this and that" | ||
Cartoon | Replaced Letter Words: cats, rats, bats | ||
Muppets | Swarmy Marmy: a monkey will catch a pass | ||
Celebrity/song | Leon Redbone sings "Library A to Z" | ||
Insert | The grey hand puts the vowel a back | ||
SCENE 1
cond't |
Click is now in sleep mode, and the gang cannot get out,, but the gang is still able to read the rest of the story and Leona says it could get worse, but Leona and Lionel still have room | ||
SCENE 2 | A pilot comes to pick up the book "the Admiral Adventure", but Click won't answer and nobody is there because they are stuck inside and Click is in sleep mode | ||
Insert | Walter and Clay continue "Advice from Pigeons" but get the same bad advice, and it could be worse. |
Notes
- Bruno Kirby played The Sad Dad
- This is the second time Click goes into sleep mode, the first is Touching the Moon.