Episode 29: Giants and Cubs

"Giants and Cubs" is the 29th episode of Season 1 of Between the Lions.

Plot
Lionel reads a newspaper sports article about baseball on how the San Francisco Giants clobbered the Chicago Cubs and asks Click to transport two San Francisco Giants baseball players out of the newspaper. But Leona thought they were real giants (like in "Jack and the Beanstalk") clobbering real cubs (like her and Lionel).

Segments and Songs

 * The Clobbered Song
 * Martha Reader and The Vowelles sing the short "u" sound from their bubbly hit word "tub".
 * Rectangular Bugs: tub, rug, bug, buzz
 * Fred Says: buzz
 * Color Patterns: buzz, buck, puck
 * Not as Smart as a Puck (the Announcer Bunny's outro cut) (EKA: Episode 26: The Roar That Makes Them Run)
 * Grubby Pup (with words) (EKA: Episode 09: Fuzzy Wuzzy, Wuzzy?/Episode 23: The Lucky Duck)
 * Heath the Thesaurus sings Ten Small Words (EKA: Episode 15: There's a Fly in My Soup/Episode 28: The Fox and the Crow)
 * Replaced Letter Songs: A Seafaring Bug (EKA: Episode 09: Fuzzy Wuzzy, Wuzzy?/Episode 26: The Roar That Makes Them Run)
 * Gawain's Word: hug (EKA: Episode 09: Fuzzy Wuzzy, Wuzzy?/Episode 18: Hug, Hug, Hug!)
 * Silent E Word Maze: cub/cube
 * B.B. the King of Beasts and the singers sings Silent E Blues (EKA: Episode 18: Hug, Hug, Hug!)
 * Silent E: Cap/Cape (EKA: Episode 12: The Chap with Caps)
 * Barnaby B. Busterfield III: because that little cub learned a good lesson

Quotes
Busterfield: I suppose you can say that all this silliness was worth it, because that little cub learned a good lesson. You can say it, but I won't.

Cleo: Leona, you really did think the Giants who clobbered the Cubs were the great, big, scary "fee-fi-fo-fum" giants, didn't you? Leona: Well, maybe. Cleo: Mmm. Well, if you ever have a worry like that again, tell us. We'll help. Your father and I would never bring anything into the library that might hurt you or your brother. Leona: Well, how do I know that? I've only known you for, what, four years. Cleo: Well, now you know. Leona: Now I know.

Leona: The giants are coming. They clobber cubs. What am I going to do? What am I going to do?

Lionel: How can a cub stop a parent from making the biggest mistake of his life?

Notes and Trivia

 * The footage that plays while Lionel reads the newspaper article appears to be from an actual game between the Giants and Cubs. The Major League Baseball (MLB) is given special thanks for use of the footage in the credits.
 * Another headline on the newspaper reads "Subway Strike Averted".
 * Arty and Marmy's puppets as seen in "Not as Smart as a Puck" are noticeably different, possibly indicating that this was the first segment produced with the characters. Their voices (Marmy's in particular) are not as developed, either.
 * 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 The Fox and the Crow.
 * 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!
 * 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
 * Hug! Hug! Hug!
 * A Peck of Peppers
 * Sausage Nose
 * The Old Man
 * A King and His Hawk
 * The Roar That Makes Them Run
 * 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 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 28: The Fox and the Crow
 * Episode 30: Be Bop
 * This episode was last broadcasted on PBS in September 2008.
 * This episode aired the same Day as Sesame Street Episode 3914 (With Elmo's World Episode: Balls).
 * Moral of Episode: Talk to someone if you're feeling scared about something, you misunderstood and they'll help.

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