Episode 05: Shooting Stars

Shooting Stars is the fifth episode of Season 1 of Between the Lions.

Quotes

 * Cleo: Lionel?
 * Lionel: Hmm?
 * Cleo: Are you ready to not go to bed tonight?
 * Lionel: Yes, mom!
 * Cleo: Good. Be sure your sister’s ready to not go to bed, too.
 * Lionel: Okay, mom! (grunts) Leona?

Transcript
Shooting Stars/Transcript

Featured Story
The Night of the Shooting Stars by Arlis Parknark

Notes and Trivia

 * This is the first episode in which Martha Reader and The Vowelles do not appear.
 * This is the only episode in which the gray hand doesn't pull out a target vowel sound. It just points at the word star to look at the "ar" ending instead.
 * This is the first episode in which there is no library around.
 * This episode takes place outdoors, not indoors.
 * The Night of the Shooting Stars is later Read by Theo instead of Lionel in the Season 5 episode A Shower of Stars / Two Moons and One Lagoon.
 * When It's an A-R also appears in Lionel's Antlers and The Ram in the Pepper Patch.
 * The Adventures of Cliff Hanger segment also appears in Sausage Nose.
 * The Monkey Pop-Up Theater segment also appears in A King and His Hawk and Piggyback, Piggyback.
 * The Music used in the Sky Words segment is also used in The Old Man.
 * The Fun with Chicken Jane segment also appears in Piggyback, Piggyback.
 * The Sam Spud: Par-Boiled Potato Detective segment also appears in The Ram in the Pepper Patch.
 * The Ms. Denyce Graves segment is later seen in the Season 6 Episode Pete's a Pizza/Pygmalion.
 * The Mighty Star Lion Song at the end later appears in the Season 5 episode A Shower of Stars / Two Moons and One Lagoon.
 * This episode was released on the Shooting Stars and Other Stories DVD on June 7, 2005, along with it's 2 bonus episodes There's a Fly in My Soup and Pandora's Box.
 * This episode was released on The Chap with Caps and More! DVD Boxset on June 7, 2005, along with other eight episodes. They are:
 * The Chap with Caps
 * Fuzzy Wuzzy, Wuzzy?
 * Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West
 * The Boy Who Cried Wolf
 * Pandora's Box
 * Touching the Moon
 * There's a Fly in My Soup
 * Lionel's Great Escape Trick
 * 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
 * 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
 * Giants and Cubs
 * Be Bop
 * This episode was released on VHS on June 7, 2005, along with other four episodes. They are:
 * Zoop! Zoop!
 * Oh, Yes, It Can!
 * Huff and Puff
 * Help!
 * 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 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 29: Giants and Cubs
 * Episode 30: Be Bop
 * This episode was last broadcasted on PBS in November 2004.
 * This episode aired the same Day as Sesame Street Episode 3890 (With Elmo's World Episode: Hair).

Goofs

 * When Fred grabs the 'k', a person's finger can be seen in the second Fred Says segment.
 * When Chicken Jane first sees the cat, her eyes and eyebrows are disconnected for a split second.

Gallery
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