Episode 18: Hug, Hug, Hug!

Hug, Hug, Hug! is the 18th episode of Season 1 of Between the Lions.

Plot
After reading the myth of Pygmalion, the cubs try to help him with his little problem with his non-hugging statue.

Segments and Songs

 * Barnaby Busterfield and the Pigeons: dumb
 * Martha Reader and The Vowelles sing their number one hit word "rug".
 * Gawain's Word: hug (EKA: Fuzzy Wuzzy, Wuzzy?)
 * Fred Says: juggle
 * Stage: juggle, jug, mug, muck, duck
 * Fun with Chicken Jane: Chicken Jane and the Big Flying Duck (EKA: Fuzzy Wuzzy, Wuzzy?/There's a Fly in My Soup)
 * Reporter Lionel with Stephon Marbury: dunk
 * In Other Words
 * Sam Spud: Par-Boiled Potato Detective: A Real Tomato [knuck at my door or knock at my door] (With girl watching on TV)
 * The Great Smartini: Muddy Bunny (With music) (EKA: Fuzzy Wuzzy, Wuzzy?)
 * Space: bunny, bun, but, cut, cub, cube
 * Silent E: Cap/Cape (EKA: The Chap with Caps)
 * B.B. the King of Beasts and the singers sings Silent E Blues
 * Sam Spud: Par-Boiled Potato Detective with Lionel Lion: knuck at the door or knock at the door
 * Barnaby Busterfield and the Pigeons: dumb again, He needs a hug. Hug, hug, hug.

Featured Story
Pygmalion retold by Rudyyard H. Lugnut, the First

Notes and Trivia

 * During the final scene, Lionel imitates Sam Spud by copying the same segment that was featured in the episode when he said "The name was Spud, Sam Spud, Par-boiled Potato Detective. Suddenly, there was knuck at the door. Knuck at the door?, That's not right, It should be knock".
 * The Sam Spud segment will also be featured in The Fox and the Crow and Be Bop because those episode features the short "O" sound when Sam said "The neon sign outside my window is blinking on, off, on, off" and it should've been in The Lost Rock, Pandora's Box or The Popcorn Popper before this episode. Sam should've said "The buzz buzz on the neon sign outside my window" on this episode, he only said it in his segment in The Roar That Makes Them Run.
 * When Pygmalion's statue comes to life, she says to him, "Give me a hug, you big lug!" This same line was later used by the bug in Cliff Hanger and the Big Flying Rug.
 * The Pygmalion story would later be used in a another episode, read by Cleo to cheer up a monkey named HeathCliff, who is saddened that his best friend Kathy moved away.
 * This is the third time a Greek Myth was Read, the first was Little Big Mouse and the second was Pandora's Box.
 * This episode was released on the The Popcorn Popper and Other Stories DVD on September 27, 2005, along with it's 2 other episodes The Popcorn Popper and Piggyback, Piggyback.
 * 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
 * Giants and Cubs
 * Be Bop
 * Piggyback, Piggyback
 * The Fox and the Crow
 * This episode was released on VHS on October 21, 2003, along with it's 18 other episodes. They are:
 * Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West
 * Shooting Stars
 * Touching the Moon
 * The Boy Who Cried Wolf
 * Fuzzy Wuzzy, Wuzzy?
 * Lionel's Antlers
 * The Chap with Caps
 * Pandora's Box
 * Lionel's Great Escape Trick
 * There's a Fly in My Soup
 * The Popcorn Popper
 * A Peck of Peppers
 * Sausage Nose
 * The Old Man
 * A King and His Hawk
 * The Roar That Makes Them Run
 * Giants and Cubs
 * Be Bop
 * 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 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 28: The Fox and the Crow
 * Episode 29: Giants and Cubs
 * Episode 30: Be Bop
 * This episode was last broadcasted on PBS in March 2007.
 * This episode aired the same Day as Sesame Street Episode 3903 (With Elmo's World Episode: Singing).

Gallery
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Quotes

 * Lionel: The name was Spud, Sam Spud, Par-boiled Potato Detective. Suddenly, there was knuck at the door. Knuck at the door, That's not right, It should be knock.