The Vowelles

The Vowelles are vocalists, made up of of floating lips and wigs, who perform with Johnny Consonanti and Martha Reader. They often accompany Reader in Motown-style harmonies as part of a group, Martha Reader and the Vowelles (playing on the Motown group Martha Reeves and the Vandellas).

Martha Reader and the Vowelles usually perform the vowel sound out of the middle of a monosyllabic word, singing it to a tune similar to Martha and the Vandellas' 1963 hit "Heat Wave," accompanied by saxophone. In Season 1, they also occasionally performed two-letter words, with them performing the vowel, and Consonanti performing the consonants.

In the first season, they performed in front of a black background. This background was changed in Season 2 to a bright silver background, revealing that the group is nothing more than a floating group of lips. Additionally, their appearances were now preceded by an introduction from Consonanti.

Season 1

 * best (Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West)
 * mess (Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West)
 * sock (The Lost Rock)
 * hit (Little Big Mouse)
 * men (Farmer Ken's Puzzle/The Hopping Hen)
 * Dreamy Vowel E (The Hopping Hen/A Peck of Peppers)
 * wig (The Boy Who Cried Wolf)
 * it (The Boy Who Cried Wolf/To the Ship! To the Ship!)
 * buzz (Fuzzy Wuzzy, Wuzzy?)
 * man (Lionel's Antlers)
 * lip (To the Ship! To the Ship!)
 * tap (The Chap with Caps)
 * fox (Pandora's Box)
 * kick (Lionel's Great Escape Trick)
 * fish (Lionel's Great Escape Trick)
 * my (There's a Fly in My Soup)
 * cry (There's a Fly in My Soup)
 * top (The Popcorn Popper/The Popcorn Popper/Oh, Yes, It Can!)
 * dish (Something Fishy/Sausage Nose)
 * rug (Hug, Hug, Hug!)
 * jam (The Ram in the Pepper Patch)
 * Crazy Vowel A (The Ram in the Pepper Patch)
 * pep (A Peck of Peppers)
 * bed (Red Hat, Green Hat/The Pest in the Tent)
 * mud (The Lucky Duck)
 * fan (The Old Man)
 * an (The Old Man/A Shower of Stars / Two Moons and One Lagoon)
 * sing (A King and His Hawk)
 * fun (The Roar That Makes Them Run)
 * up (The Roar That Makes Them Run/Pigs, Pigs, Pigs! / The Three Little Pigs)
 * pack (Piggyback, Piggyback)
 * at (Piggyback, Piggyback)
 * ox (The Fox and the Crow)
 * tub (Giants and Cubs)
 * pop (Be Bop)
 * hot (Be Bop)

Seasons 2, 3 and 4

 * flag (The Sad Dad)
 * feet (The Good Seed/Tweet! Tweet!/What Parakeets Need)
 * ring (Icarus's Wings)
 * hoop (Zoop! Zoop!)
 * brick (Clickety-Clack, Clickety-Clack!/Pigs Aplenty)
 * pail (Poetry Day)
 * meat (Teacher's Pet/Dreaming Shakespeare/Treats!)
 * fast (The Last Cliff Hanger)
 * web (Pebble Trouble)
 * pan (Oh, Yes, It Can!/Dance in Smarty Pants!)
 * pig (Five, Six, and Thistle Sticks)
 * bug (Bug Beard/But, Mama, But.../Huff and Puff)
 * paint (Trains and Brains and Rainy Plains)
 * vest (Quest, Quest, Quest!/Step by Step)
 * kite (The Spider and the Lie)
 * boot (Why the Baboon's Balloon Went Ka-boom!/Too Cool)
 * hat (Rats/You Can't Catch Me!)
 * light (Good Night, Knight)
 * dress (The Chess Mess/Help!)

Seasons 2, 3 and 4
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