Episode 30: Be Bop

"Be Bop" is the 30th and final episode of Season 1 of Between the Lions.

Featured Story
Charlie Parker Played Be Bop by Chris Raschka

Gallery
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Notes and Trivia

 * One of the clips of Walter and Clay dancing while Buster is confused can be seen in the intro.
 * Also, clips of this episode including the Arty Smartypants skit can be seen in the PBS Kids Pinball bumper for the show. The clip of the intro seen in the bumper happens to be from this episode.
 * This is Tyler Bunch's final episode portraying Walter. Jim Kroupa took over the role in Season 2 onward.
 * This is Tyler Bunch's final appearance as Heath the Thesaurus. Peter Linz took over the role in Season 2.
 * Janis Siegel, a member of the singing group, Manhattan Transfer, does the jazz vocals in this episode.
 * This is the second episode where a preexisting children's book is read.
 * The Footprint or Shoeprint word morph segment is later used in the Season 2 episode Why the Baboon's Balloon Went Ka-Boom! (With it being a different Vowel Sound that time!).
 * This episode was released on the To the Ship! To the Ship! and Other Stories DVD on September 27, 2005, along with it's 2 bonus episodes To the Ship! To the Ship! and The Hopping Hen.
 * 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!
 * Giants and Cubs
 * 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
 * Giants and Cubs
 * 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 29: Giants and Cubs
 * This episode was last broadcasted on PBS in January 2008.
 * This episode aired the same Day as Sesame Street Episode 3915 (With Elmo's World Episode: Drawing) (Also, Both this Episode and that Episode are both their own Season Finales).

Cast

 * Anthony Asbury - Lionel Lion, Dr. Ruth's patient
 * Kathryn Mullen - Leona Lion
 * Peter Linz - Theo Lion, Gawain, Announcer Bunny
 * Jennifer Barnhart - Cleo Lion, Mother
 * Tim Lagasse - Barnaby B. Busterfield III, Arty Smartypants, Watson
 * Heather Asch - Click the Mouse, Marmy Smartypants, Clay Pigeon
 * Tyler Bunch - Dr. Nitwhite, Heath the Thesaurus, Walter Pigeon, The Un-People announcer
 * Michael K. Frith - Sam Spud, The Adventures of Cliff Hanger announcer
 * Chris Phillips - Cliff Hanger, Big Ape
 * Kate Berner - Monica Maxwell
 * Fred Newman - himself
 * Ruth Westheimer - Dr. Ruth Wordheimer
 * Dr. Bertice Berry - herself
 * Janis Siegel - jazz vocals
 * Babi Floyd - Vowelles announcer, Replaced Letter Song singer
 * Christopher Cerf and Norman Stiles - Rocket-Doodle-Doo singers