Episode 28: The Fox and the Crow

The Fox and the Crow is the 28th episode of Season 1 of Between the Lions.

Plot
The pigeons and all birds complain about the well-known fable "The Fox and the Crow" from Aesop's Fables, in which the fox outsmarts a crow for a tiny piece of cheese (a slice of Swiss cheese).

So the cubs do a remake of the story in which the crow, who holds a very, very, very big piece of cheese in her beak. The crow had a very, very, very big piece of cheese. Wanting the piece of cheese, the fox tried to think of a way to get the crow to drop it. So the fox tries to trick her into singing in hopes of her becoming the queen of all birds; however, the crow gets the last laugh when she lets the cheese drop onto the fox's head. As for the fox, he learned a very important lesson: "Not all birds are birdbrains".

Segments and Songs

 * Barnaby Busterfield and the Pigeons: A story about the crow and birds rule. Birds are cool! Birds rule!
 * Fred Says: glop, gloppy
 * Sloppy Pop sings Sloppy Pop (different instrumental intro) (EKA: Episode 13: Pandora's Box/Episode 16: The Popcorn Popper)
 * Gawain's Word: hop (EKA: Episode 13: Pandora's Box/Episode 16: The Popcorn Popper)
 * What's Cooking? with Theo and Cleo: Hot Chop Cheese Drop Soup in a Pot with No Top (EKA: Episode 13: Pandora's Box)
 * Sam Spud: Par-Boiled Potato Detective: A Real Tomato [knuck at my door or knock at my door] (with boy watching on TV) (EKA: Episode 18: Hug, Hug, Hug!)
 * Heath the Thesaurus sings Ten Small Words (EKA: Episode 15: There's a Fly in My Soup)
 * Color Patterns: of, ox
 * The Vowelles singing the short "o" sound from their hit word "ox".
 * Fun with Chicken Jane: Chicken Jane and the Big Ox (EKA: Episode 13: Pandora's Box)
 * World-renowned mezzo-soprano Ms. Denyce Graves will sing the sound of the letter O in the word "box".
 * Fred Says: box (EKA: Episode 13: Pandora's Box)
 * Robots: box, bop, top
 * What's Your Name?: Short O (without kids says) (EKA: Episode 02: The Lost Rock or Episode 13: Pandora's Box)
 * Barnaby B. Busterfield III: this is the end, this is the very end, this is very, very, very, very, very, very end and stop, stop, I beg you stop

Featured Story
The Fox and the Crow by Aesop

Notes and Trivia

 * This is the second time where Walter and Clay Pigeon holding two signs, the first is The Ram in the Pepper Patch where Walter holding a sign.
 * This episode is dedicated to Dr. Jeanne S. Chall, Professor Emerita, Harvard University Graduate School of Education, longtime advisor and friend to Between the Lions. Chall passed away on November 27th, 1999, just over four months before the series premiered or the WGBH and Sirius Thinking, Ltd. logos. Just click here.
 * This appears to be another episode made early in production, as Leona and Cleo's puppets are slightly different. In addition, Theo's voice is deeper than usual, Clay has more of an accent, and the Fred Says segment has a noticeably different background.
 * This is the third time Lionel's shirt has orange stripes instead of green stripes, the first was in Touching the Moon, the second was in The Lucky Duck.
 * The first Vowelles segment in The Popcorn Popper and Be Bop was supposed to be in this episode because if you look really closely, you will see the typeface of the "op" from the segment is the same typeface from this episode and the book that it was from.
 * This is the second time when a Fred Says segments comes after the grey cursor hand pulls out the target vowel, the first was in Episode 11: To the Ship! To the Ship!.
 * This is the third time where the story was written by Aesop, the first was Little Big Mouse and The Boy Who Cried Wolf.
 * Clay utters the phrase "Hubba-wha?" at one point. This is a phrase frequently used by The Muppets, especially by Frank Oz's characters.
 * This episode was released on the Farmer Ken's Puzzle and Other Stories DVD on September 27, 2005, along with it's 2 bonus episodes Farmer Ken's Puzzle and Giants and Cubs.
 * This episode was released on The Hopping Hen and More! DVD Boxset on September 27, 2005, along with other eight episodes. They are:
 * The Hopping Hen
 * The Popcorn Popper
 * To the Ship! To the Ship!
 * Farmer Ken's Puzzle
 * Hug! Hug! Hug!
 * Giants and Cubs
 * Be Bop
 * Piggyback, Piggyback
 * This episode was released on VHS on October 30, 2001 and reprint on October 1, 2002, along with other five episodes. They are:
 * Farmer Ken's Puzzle
 * The Hopping Hen
 * To the Ship! To the Ship!
 * Something Fishy
 * Piggyback, Piggyback
 * This episode was released on the Complete First Season 5-Disc DVD Boxset on January 8, 2008, along with Season 1's other 29 episodes. They are:
 * Episode 01: Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West
 * Episode 02: The Lost Rock
 * Episode 03: Little Big Mouse
 * Episode 04: Farmer Ken's Puzzle
 * Episode 05: Shooting Stars
 * Episode 06: The Hopping Hen
 * Episode 07: Touching the Moon
 * Episode 08: The Boy Who Cried Wolf
 * Episode 09: Fuzzy Wuzzy, Wuzzy?
 * Episode 10: Lionel's Antlers
 * Episode 11: To the Ship! To the Ship!
 * Episode 12: The Chap with Caps
 * Episode 13: Pandora's Box
 * Episode 14: Lionel's Great Escape Trick
 * Episode 15: There's a Fly in My Soup
 * Episode 16: The Popcorn Popper
 * Episode 17: Something Fishy
 * Episode 18: Hug, Hug, Hug!
 * Episode 19: The Ram in the Pepper Patch
 * Episode 20: A Peck of Peppers
 * Episode 21: Sausage Nose
 * Episode 22: Red Hat, Green Hat
 * Episode 23: The Lucky Duck
 * Episode 24: The Old Man
 * Episode 25: A King and His Hawk
 * Episode 26: The Roar That Makes Them Run
 * Episode 27: Piggyback, Piggyback
 * Episode 29: Giants and Cubs
 * Episode 30: Be Bop
 * This is the third time where the announcer says "This is the end!", the first was Farmer Ken's Puzzle and A King and His Hawk.
 * This episode was last broadcasted on PBS in October 2004, along with Little Big Mouse.
 * This episode aired the same Day as Sesame Street Episode 3913 (With Elmo's World Episode: Water).
 * Moral of Episode: Even though a certain Book can make an Animal or Person look silly, They can teach a VERY Important lesson not to fall for tricksters.

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