Episode 38: Bobby the Hopping Robot

Bobby the Hopping Robot is the eighth episode of Season 2 of Between the Lions, and episode 38 in total.

Plot
Lionel's new toy, Bobby the Hopping Robot, doesn't seem to be working properly. No matter how many times he and his father read the instructions, nothing fixes the problem. Eventually, Leona and Click discover that there was a typo in the instructions.

Segments and Songs

 * Baranby Busterfield and the Pigeons: hopping robot, hopping robot, not, hop, hope
 * Chalkboard: stop, top
 * Tiger Words: Lots of Tops [top, not pot]
 * The Monkey Pop-Up Theater: Irish Step Dance with the Short O
 * Arty Smartypants: Hop, Hopping, Hopped, Hopper, Grasshopper (four or five words)
 * Fred Says: pop
 * Replaced Letter Songs: Ollie the Ox
 * Vowel Boot Camp: Camp Hoppa-Woppa-Coppa-Nope - not/note
 * Fun with Chicken Jane: Chicken Jane and the Pond
 * Tammy Lionette and Jasmine Guy sing Hung Up on H (EKA: Episode 32: Humph! Humph! Humph!)
 * Baranby Busterfield, the Pigeons and Bobby the Hopping Robot: hop, hop, hop, hoppy ending

Notes and Trivia

 * Since The Vowelles sung the short O sound in the previous season without Martha Reader, they didn't appear in this episode because the gray cursor hand takes the "op" ending to the Chalkboard Word Morph segment instead.
 * 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 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 19: But, Mama, But...
 * 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 April 2009.

Gallery
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Goofs

 * When Theo says "This is standing back and enjoying?!", the top of Peter Linz's head can be seen in the bottom right corner.