Episode 55: Stop That Chicken!

Stop That Chicken! is the twenty-fifth and final episode of Season 2 of Between the Lions, and episode 55 in total.

Featured Story
Chicken Jane and the Pond

Cooking Items

 * ten gallons berry jelly Berry jelly.jpg
 * 27 red bell peppers Red bell peppers.jpg
 * hen 🐓

Spell the Words
b-e-l-l t-o-w-e-r

K-i-s-s h-e-r

j-e-l-l-y

Blending Words with the Others
b-e-ll t-ow-er

Say the Words

 * bell tower
 * Kiss her
 * jelly

Quotes

 * Lionel: Mom, Dad, Leona, Look, look, look in the book.
 * Theo: She was on that page earlier.


 * Click: Oh, dear. She flew into "Cook a Lot Like Me" by Molly Stewpot.
 * Everyone: A chicken....in a cookbook?!


 * Molly Stewpot: I need more jelly! What is the matter with you, people?

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 If You Can Read: op instead.
 * This is the last episode to feature the short "O" sound.
 * This is the last appearance of the word family "op".
 * This is the last episode until Pigs, Pigs, Pigs! / The Three Little Pigs where Peter Linz performs Theo. Tim Lagasse takes over for Seasons 3 and 4.
 * This is also the last time Kathryn Mullen performs Leona.
 * This is the only time a Fun with Chicken Jane book opened without the theme song, though this segment was previously featured with the theme song in Bobby the Hopping Robot.
 * This is the third episode that the gray hand grabs the letters from a segment; the first was The Hopping Hen, and the second was Five, Six, and Thistle Sticks.
 * Broadway actress Polly Adams guest stars as Molly Stewpot.
 * 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 8: Bobby the Hopping Robot
 * 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
 * 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 May 2009.
 * This is the second time where Leona is shown wearing umpire gear; the first is Giants and Cubs.

Gallery
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Cast

 * Anthony Asbury - Lionel Lion
 * Kathryn Mullen - Leona Lion
 * Peter Linz - Theo Lion, Heath the Thesaurus, Paul Revere, Announcer Bunny, Gawain, Prince, Monkey Student
 * Jennifer Barnhart - Cleo Lion, Monkey Student
 * Tim Lagasse - Barnaby B. Busterfield, Arty Smartypants, Sergeant Mark, Colonial soldier, Sir "olf"
 * Heather Asch - Click the Mouse, Girl Monkey, Clay Pigeon
 * Jim Kroupa - Walter Pigeon
 * Jim Napolitano - Monkey Student
 * Michael K. Frith - The Word Doctor announcer
 * Fred Newman - himself, Chicken Jane, Fred choir
 * Jack Berner - Scot
 * Kate Berner - Dot
 * Polly Adams - Molly Stewpot
 * Ruth Westheimer - Dr. Ruth Wordheimer
 * Paul Jacobs - Ollie the Ox singer, Spinning Monkey, If You Can Read singer, Monkey Student