Episode 70: Dance in Smarty Pants!

"Dance in Smarty Pants!" is the fifth and final episode of Season 4 of Between the Lions, and episode 70 in total.

Plot
Lionel tries to teach his parents the latest dance craze sweeping the library.

Segments

 * Arty Smartypants: Blast, Fantastic, Bombastic, Gymnastic
 * Barnaby Busterfield and the Pigeons: Ooh, aah, dance in smarty pants! Ooh, ahh, dance you silly birds, pants!
 * Martha Reader and The Vowelles singing the fabulous short "a"-- "ah"-- sound in the word "pan". (Monkeys hooting cut) (EKA: Oh, Yes, It Can!)
 * Gawain's Word: fan
 * 14 Karat Soul: Short A (rammalam) (EKA: Oh, Yes, It Can!)
 * Missing Letter: hands (EKA: You Can't Catch Me!)
 * Marmy's Poetry Corner: A Funny Word with Al Franken [underpants]
 * Fred Says: slant
 * Sky: slant, plant, pant, pants
 * Get Your Mouth Moving: short a (EKA: You Can't Catch Me!)
 * Vowel Preview: The Sad Dad
 * Backyard: sad, sack, tack, stack
 * Tiger Words: A Stack of Flapjacks [stack, not stick] (EKA: The Last Cliff Hanger)
 * What's Cooking? with Theo and Cleo: Tackled and Paddled Hamburger Patty (EKA: The Last Cliff Hanger)

Songs

 * Dance in Stany's Pantskis!
 * Do the Rubber Stampy!
 * Noisy, Noisy, Noisy
 * Dance in Smarty Pants! (Version 4) (EKA: You Can't Catch Me!)

Featured Stories

 * The Stanispantski Method by Konstantin Stantispantski
 * No Dancing based on the folk tale by Arty Smartypants

Trivia

 * The episode was originally going to be aired on December 19, 2002 in Season 3, but it was rescheduled back to September 19, 2003 in Season 4.
 * This is the last episode to feature the show's original format.
 * This is the last episode to feature the short "A" sound.
 * The sky words segment has the background from the Fred Says segment instead of the usual background.
 * This is the last episode where Johnny Consonanti is the announcer for The Vowelles segments.
 * This is the last episode to have Martha Reader singing with The Vowelles. Starting next season, Johnny Consonanti replaces her.
 * This is also Tim Lagasse's final time portraying Theo. Peter Linz returned to the role full-time in Season 5.
 * This is the final appearance of Barnaby B. Busterfield III, although he continues to be seen in the theme song. Walter and Clay Pigeon also disappear for a while after this episode, before making one final appearance in Season 9.
 * It's possible that they might return if the show gets revived as Sirius Thinking is looking into bringing them back according to these tweets on Twitter.
 * This episode was released on VHS on April 26, 2005, along with it's 14 other episodes.
 * This episode was released on the Complete Third and Fourth Seasons 3-Disc DVD Boxset on January 13, 2009, along with Seasons 3 and 4's other 14 episodes.
 * This episode was last broadcasted on PBS in March 2009.

Gallery
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Cast

 * Anthony Asbury - Lionel Lion
 * Pam Arciero - Leona Lion
 * Tim Lagasse - Theo Lion (new footage), Arty Smartypants, Barnaby B. Busterfield III, Johnny Consonanti, hands
 * Jennifer Barnhart - Cleo Lion
 * Heather Asch - Marmy Smartypants, Clay Pigeon
 * Jim Kroupa - Walter Pigeon, Monkey
 * Peter Linz - Theo Lion (recycled footage), Gawain
 * Fred Newman - himself, Preview announcer, Golf announcer, King
 * Bruno Kirby - The Sad Dad (recycled footage)
 * Denny Dillon - Wise Woman (recycled footage)
 * Al Franken - himself, Smarty Pants dancer
 * Oliver Platt - himself, Smarty Pants dancer
 * India Arie, Steve Carell, Melissa Etheridge, Mo Lewis, Kelly Ripa, Mo Rocca, Meredith Vieira - Smarty Pants dancers
 * 14 Karat Soul - themselves