| Piggyback, Piggyback | |
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| Season 1, Episode 27 | |
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| Air date | May 9, 2000 |
| Written by | Peter Hirsch and 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 | Lisa Simon |
| Episode guide | |
| Previous Episode 26: The Roar That Makes Them Run |
Next Episode 28: The Fox and the Crow |
Piggyback, Piggyback is the 27th episode of Season 1 of Between the Lions.
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Celebrity | Announcer Bunny Program Preview: What's Your Name?: Short A (EKA: Episode 10: Lionel's Antlers) |
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SCENE | Lionel and Leona are about to have their tongue baths, as they read The Dirty Smelly King by Sir Hackney Mackinhack. Leona wants to go first, but Lionel says he's old enough to have his own tongue bath. He attempts to give himself a tongue bath in fast motion but afterwards admits he prefers to have it done by their mother. |
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Insert | The gray hand pulls out the word family "ack" from the name "Zack". |
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Puppets | Martha Reader and The Vowelles sing the short "a" sound from their smash word "pack". |
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Cartoon | The Un-People vs. The Re-People: packed (EKA: Episode 24: The Old Man) |
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Insert | Color Patterns: pack, quack |
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Celebrity | Fred Says: quack |
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Insert | Sky: quack, pack, sack, smack |
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Film | Gawain's Word: smack |
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Song | What's Your Name?: short A (Season 1 version) (EKA: Episode 10: Lionel's Antlers/Episode 19: The Ram in the Pepper Patch) |
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Puppets | Information Hen calls a customer about getting a library card, then looking up something in a dictionary and tells get the other side. (EKA: Episode 07: Touching the Moon) |
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Insert/ Song | Leona and Theo make up a brand new song called "The Piggyback Song" while footage of animals being carried piggyback plays. |
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SCENE
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Leona wants to have another piggyback on Theo, but Lionel thinks she can't and is annoyed, so he goes to play soccer. |
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Insert | Stage: back, lack, lick, lit, light |
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Puppets | The Monkey Pop-Up Theater: There is No Need to Light a Night-Light (EKA: Episode 05: Shooting Stars/Episode 25: A King and His Hawk) |
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Insert | Rectangular Bugs: light, lip, lap |
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Puppets | Arty Smartypants: Lap, Clap, Flap, Flapjack (EKA: Episode 12: The Chap with Caps) |
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Celebrity | Fred Says: flap, flapjack |
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Insert | "Now, twist your tongue around this one!" (EKA: Episode 11: To the Ship! To the Ship!) |
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Film | Tongue Twisters: Nat's Knapsack Strap Snapped |
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Puppets | Johnny Consonanti and The Vowelles in that smash hit word "at". |
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Cartoon | Fun with Chicken Jane: Chicken Jane and the Fat Cat (EKA: Episode 05: Shooting Stars) |
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Celebrity | A word from world-renowned mezzo-soprano Ms. Denyce Graves: that |
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Insert | Space: that, than, then, hen, when |
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Cartoon | Who's Here? (EKA: Episode 06: The Hopping Hen/Episode 15: There's a Fly in My Soup) |
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Insert | The gray hand puts "ack" back in it's place from the name "Zack". |
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SCENE
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Leona wants to play soccer with Theo, but he has to work at the library, so Leona and Theo read the rest of the story. Leona now wants to take a break from piggyback rides and goes to play soccer. |
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Insert | Busterfield is glad that piggyback time is over, but Walter and Clay are still doing it, and now it's non-stop! |
Featured Story[]
The Dirty Smelly King by Sir Hackney Mackinhack
Gallery[]
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Goofs[]
- When Chicken Jane first sees the cat, her eyes and eyebrows are disconnected for a split second. (EKA: Episode 05: Shooting Stars)
Notes and Trivia[]
- This is the only episode where Lionel is shown without clothes, being completely naked. He's only naked in the beginning, as he has his gray hat and green and white-striped shirt on for the rest of the episode.
- Theo also read "The Dirty Smelly King" in a Season 6 episode.
- The Ms. Denyce Graves segment is later seen in the Season 6 Episode Pete's a Pizza/Pygmalion.
- This episode was last broadcasted on PBS in July 2007.
- The Gawain's Word Segment of Crash, Slam and Smack are the same, because 2 knights crash without another silly thing to demonstrate. (EKA: The Chap with Caps/The Ram in the Pepper Patch)
- This episode aired the same Day as Sesame Street Episode 3912 (With Elmo's World Episode: Food).
Releases[]
- VHS (Singular episode; October 30, 2001, later reprinted on October 1, 2002)
- The Hopping Hen and More! DVD Boxset (September 27, 2005)
- The Popcorn Popper and Other Stories (September 27, 2005)
- Complete First Season 5-Disc DVD Boxset (January 8, 2008)
