Episode 49: But, Mama, But...

But, Mama, But... is the nineteenth episode of Season 2 of Between the Lions, and episode 49 in total.

Plot
Cleo is going away for a while (perhaps for a week) to see Aunt Priscilla and her three newborn lion cubs. This causes Leona to worry. A boy talks to his mother about her adventures in coming home.

Segments and Songs

 * But Mama is Going Away
 * Martha Reader and The Vowelles cutting a rug with the short "u"-- "uh"-- sound in the word "bug". (with crowd cheering and applause) (EKA: Bug Beard)
 * Rectangular Bugs: bug, bun, bunny
 * The Announcer Bunny loves the word "bunny"
 * Construction: bunny, buggy, buddy
 * A word from star of stage, screen and television Mr. Bruno Kirby: buddy
 * 14 Karat Soul: Short U (dum dum dum) (EKA: Bug Beard)
 * Fred Says: drum
 * The Lone Rearranger Rewrites Again: Farmers May Enter Cafe, But They Must Leave Their Dirty Pigs In The Mud (EKA: Bug Beard)
 * Gawain's Word: tug
 * Sky: tug, bug, bus, bust
 * Barnaby B. Busterfield III sings "Must I Just Be a Bust?" (EKA: Icarus's Wings)

Featured Stories

 * Nothing But Lug Nuts
 * I Miss You, Stinky Face by Lisa McCourt; illustrated by Cyd Moore

Notes and Trivia

 * This episode features a rare instance where Watson is seen without Dr. Nitwhite.
 * Aunt Priscilla and Uncle Otto never makes an on-screen appearance making them their mentioned only two characters.
 * This is the third time Click cries, the first is There's a Fly in My Soup and the second is A King and His Hawk.
 * This episode was released on VHS on October 30, 2001, along with it's 24 other episodes. They are:
 * Episode 1: The Sad Dad
 * Episode 2: Humph! Humph! Humph!
 * Episode 3: The Good Seed
 * Episode 4: Icarus's Wings
 * Episode 5: Zoop! Zoop!
 * Episode 6: Clickety-Clack, Clickety-Clack!
 * Episode 7: Poetry Day
 * Episode 8: Bobby the Hopping Robot
 * Episode 9: Teacher's Pet
 * Episode 10: The Last Cliff Hanger
 * Episode 11: Pebble Trouble
 * Episode 12: Oh, Yes, It Can!
 * Episode 13: Five, Six, and Thistle Sticks
 * Episode 14: Bug Beard
 * Episode 15: Trains and Brains and Rainy Plains
 * Episode 16: Quest, Quest, Quest!
 * Episode 17: The Spider and the Lie
 * Episode 18: Why the Baboon's Balloon Went Ka-boom!
 * Episode 20: Dreaming Shakespeare
 * Episode 21: Rats
 * Episode 22: Tweet! Tweet!
 * Episode 23: Good Night, Knight!
 * Episode 24: The Chess Mess
 * Episode 25: Stop That Chicken!
 * This episode was released on reprint VHS on October 1, 2002, along with the other Season 2 episodes (excluding Dreaming Shakespeare).
 * This episode was released on the Complete Second Season 4-Disc DVD Boxset on September 2, 2008. Along with the other Season 2 episodes (excluding Dreaming Shakespeare).
 * This episode was last broadcasted on PBS in July 2007.

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