Martha Reader and The Vowelles
Martha Reader and The Vowelles is a segment that appeared in Between the Lions Seasons 1-4.
Segments and songs[]
Season 1[]
- best
- mess
- hit
- men
- Dreamy Vowel E
- wig
- buzz
- man
- lip
- tap
- kick
- fish
- dish
- rug
- jam
- Crazy Vowel A
- pep
- bed
- mud
- fan
- sing
- fun
- pack
- tub
- un
Seasons 2, 3, and 4[]
Lyrics[]
Martha Reader and The Vowelles/Lyrics
Appearances[]
Season 1[]
- Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West (debut)
- Little Big Mouse
- Farmer Ken's Puzzle
- The Hopping Hen
- The Boy Who Cried Wolf
- Fuzzy Wuzzy, Wuzzy?
- Lionel's Antlers
- To the Ship! To the Ship!
- The Chap with Caps
- Lionel's Great Escape Trick
- Something Fishy
- Hug, Hug, Hug!
- The Ram in the Pepper Patch
- A Peck of Peppers
- Sausage Nose
- Red Hat, Green Hat
- The Lucky Duck
- The Old Man
- A King and His Hawk
- The Roar That Makes Them Run
- Piggyback, Piggyback
- Giants and Cubs
- The Pest in the Tent
Seasons 2, 3 and 4[]
- The Sad Dad
- The Good Seed
- Icarus's Wings
- Zoop! Zoop!
- Clickety-Clack, Clickety-Clack!
- Poetry Day
- Teacher's Pet
- The Last Cliff Hanger
- Pebble Trouble
- Oh, Yes, It Can!
- Five, Six, and Thistle Sticks
- Bug Beard
- Trains and Brains and Rainy Plains
- Quest, Quest, Quest!
- The Spider and the Lie
- Why the Baboon's Balloon Went Ka-boom!
- But, Mama, But...
- Dreaming Shakespeare
- Rats
- Tweet! Tweet!
- Good Night, Knight
- The Chess Mess
- Pigs Aplenty
- What Parakeets Need
- Too Cool
- You Can't Catch Me!
- Huff and Puff
- Help!
- Treats!
- Step by Step
- Dance in Smarty Pants!
List of Words[]
Season 1[]
- best
- mess
- hit
- men 👬
- bed 🛏️
- fed
- wig
- buzz
- man
- lip 👄💋
- tap
- kick 🦵⚽️
- fish 🐠
- dish
- rug
- jam
- mad
- bad
- pep
- bed 🛏️
- mud
- fan
- sing 🎶
- fun
- pack
- tub
Seasons 2, 3, and 4[]
- flag
- feet 👣
- ring 📞☎️
- hoop
- brick 🧱
- pail
- meat 🥩🥩🥩
- fast 💨
- web 🕸
- pan 🍳
- pig 🐖
- pigs 🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖
- bug 🐞🐞🐞🐞
- paint 🎨
- vest 🦺
- kite 🪁🪁🪁
- boot 🥾
- hat 🤠🎩
- light 💡
- dress 👗
Gallery[]
Another rare photo!
2000 stage set
2001 updated set
Segments[]
Season 1[]
A
E
I
U
best
mess
hit
buzz (Version 1)
buzz (Version 2)
man (Version 1)
man (Version 2)
lip
tap
kick
fish
pep (Version 1)
pep (Version 2)
Martha Reader and The Vowelles in "Dreamy Vowel E" (Version 2)
dish (Version 2)
bed
mud (Version 1)
mud (Version 2)
fan
sing
fun
pack
tub (Version 1)
tub (Version 2)
un
Seasons 2, 3 and 4[]
flag
feet (Version 1)
ring
hoop
brick (Version 1)
pail
meat (Version 1)
fast
web
pan (Version 1)
pig (Version 1)
pig (Version 2, with adding the letter s in the word "pigs")
bug (Version 1)
paint
vest (Version 1)
kite
boot (Version 1)
bug (Version 2)
meat (Version 2)
hat (Version 1)
feet (Version 2)
light
dress (Version 1)
brick (Version 2)
feet (Version 3)
boot (Version 2)
hat (Version 2)
bug (Version 3)
dress (Version 2)
meat (Version 3)
vest (Version 2)
pan (Version 2)
Trivia[]
- It is sometimes replaced with Click the Mouse and Mauswerk, Polka King and his Polka Marmy, and the Word Morph sketches.
- The same music is used in the short A and the short U sketches.
- The same music is used in the long I and the double O sketches.
- The same music is used in the letters A-I and E-A, and the double E sketches.
- Oddly, there was no segment made for short O in Season 2.
- Their name is a reference to the Motown group Martha and the Vandellas.