Episode 24: The Old Man

The Old Man is the 24th episode of Season 1 of Between the Lions.

Plot
Babs Caplan writes a story about an old man who tells a story of his own.

Segments and Songs

 * Barnaby B. Busterfield III: another old man (part 1)
 * Martha Reader and The Vowelles singing the short "a" sound from their smash word "fan".
 * Robots: fan, ran, ram
 * Fred Says: ram (without music) (EKA: Episode 19: The Ram in the Pepper Patch)
 * Fun with Chicken Jane: Chicken Jane and the Bad Ram (EKA: Episode 10: Lionel's Antlers/Episode 19: The Ram in the Pepper Patch)
 * Barnaby B. Busterfield III (again): another old man (part 2)
 * Johnny Consonanti and The Vowelles in their hit word "an".
 * Arty Smartypants: An, Pan, Plan, Planet EKA: Episode 10: Lionel's Antlers)
 * Heath the Thesaurus sings "Ten Small Words" (EKA: Episode 15: There's a Fly in My Soup)
 * Gawain's Word: dance (EKA: Episode 10: Lionel's Antlers)
 * On Broadway with Faith Prince and Walter Bobbie: ham
 * What's Cooking? with Theo and Cleo: Slammed and Rammed Ham with No Yam or Clam (EKA: Episode 10: Lionel's Antlers/Episode 19: The Ram in the Pepper Patch)
 * Sam Spud: Par-Boiled Potato Detective: Orange [Banana, not Binini]
 * Sky: banana, ban, back, pack
 * The Un-People vs. The Re-People: packed
 * Barnaby B. Busterfield III (back once again): another old man

Featured Stories

 * The Old Man by Babs Caplan
 * The Scary Old Man by Babs Caplan
 * The Old Man from Another Planet by Babs Caplan

Notes and Trivia

 * This is the second time where the story written by Babs Caplan, the first is The Chap with Caps.
 * This is the second time where the beginning, the middle and the end, the first was The Chap with Caps.
 * The Johnny Consonanti segment is later seen in the Season 5 episode A Shower of Stars / Two Moons and One Lagoon.
 * The sky words segment has the same music as in Shooting Stars.
 * 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
 * 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 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 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 May 2005.
 * This episode aired the same Day as Sesame Street Episode 3909 (With Elmo's World Episode: Bananas).
 * The Ram from the book "Ram in the Pepper Patch" by Chile Ramirez has made a second cameo appearance from the segments of Fred Says: Ram and What's Cooking? with Theo and Cleo's segment Slammed and Rammed Ham with No Yam or Clam.

Gallery
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