Vowel Boot Camp

Vowel Boot Camp is a segment from Between the Lions featuring the recurring character Sergeant Mark, a drill sergeant whose head is an exclamation point. Sergeant Mark tells the Vowel Squad to make words and the vowels must determine what sound to make. In a three-letter word, the vowels will make their short sounds. In a four-letter word, the vowels will make their long sounds. When two vowels go in the four-letter word, they sing, "When two vowels stand side by side, the first one says its name with pride." When silent E makes it in the four-letter word at the end, they sing, "When E on the end plays a no-talking game, the vowel before it says its name." The sergeant always ends up getting trampled by the vowels as they leave. On one occasion, he misses them, but they end up shutting the door on him, locking him in, causing him to bang on the door.

Lyrics
Troops:

A, E, I, O, U

Sometimes Y's a vowel, too

Sound off-- A, E

Sound off-- I, O, U

Sound off-- A, E, I, O, U

Y, too!

Vowels

 * a
 * e
 * i
 * o
 * u
 * y

Segments

 * Camp Gummy-Wummy-Cutie-Pie - cut/cute - u
 * Camp Hoppa-Woppa-Coppa-Nope - not/note - o
 * Camp Nappy-Packy-Wacky-Lake - man/main - a
 * Camp Itty-Bitty-Kitty-Time - rip/ripe - i
 * Camp Easy-Peasy-Eat-a-Lot - bet/beat - e

Transcript
Vowel Boot Camp/Transcript

Appearances

 * Humph! Humph! Humph!
 * Bobby the Hopping Robot
 * Oh, Yes, It Can!
 * The Spider and the Lie
 * The Chess Mess
 * Stop That Chicken!
 * Help!

Words

 * man
 * main
 * bet
 * beat
 * rip
 * ripe
 * not
 * note
 * cut
 * cute

Words by Sergeant Mark

 * Camp Gummy-Wummy-Cutie-Pie - cut
 * Camp Hoppa-Woppa-Coppa-Nope - note/not
 * Camp Nappy-Packy-Wacky-Lake - main man
 * Camp Itty-Bitty-Kitty-Time - rip/ripe
 * Camp Easy-Peasy-Eat-a-Lot - bet/beat

Trivia

 * The archive clip of Camp Nappy-Packy-Wacky-Lake - man/main - a flies around during the virus in The Good Seed.

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