| The Lost Rock | |
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| Season 1, Episode 2 | |
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| Air date | April 4, 2000 |
| Written by | Richard Chevat and Christopher Cerf Diana DeCubellis Sarah Durkee Ellis Weiner Joe Fallon Michael K. Fifth Judy Freudberg Tony Geiss Louise Gikow Peter Hirsch Sean Kelly Sharon Lerner Kathryn Mullen Fred Newman Norman Stiles Belinda Ward Kathy Waugh Tom Whedon |
| Directed by | Ted May |
| Episode guide | |
| Previous Episode 01: Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West |
Next Episode 03: Little Big Mouse |
The Lost Rock is the second episode of Season 1 of Between the Lions.
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SCENE 1 | A rock named Larry flies into the library. Then he explains that he came from a book and has been lost for over 2 years. He then shows the lion family and sings the song he wrote. He can't remember his book completely, but he remembers that he was on the same page as a rooster, a robot, a rocket, and a roof. |
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Insert | The grey hand takes the "ock" out of rock. |
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Puppets | The Vowelles sing the short "o" sound from their hit word "sock". |
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Insert | Barnaby B. Busterfield III: sock music
The sock annoys Busterfield. |
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Cartoon | The Un-People vs. The Re-People: locked |
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Celebrity | Fred Says: clock |
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Insert | Sky: clock, lock, mock, mom |
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Puppets | Dunderhead Lab with Dr. Nitwhite and Watson: |
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Song | What's Your Name?: short O (With kids lines) |
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SCENE 2 | Cleo has found a tape with all the items Larry described were in where he came from, and they watch Rocket-Doodle-Doo. Unfortunately, that is not where Larry came from, despite that fact that they say "rock" several times. |
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Insert | Meanwhile, the Information Hen talks about coming to the library. |
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Insert | "Dr. Bertice Berry double O in "tooth". (EKA: Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West) |
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Celebrity | Dr. Bertice Berry sing with the double O in "tooth". |
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Cartoon | Tiger Words: A Tube of Toothpaste
[toof or tooth] |
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Puppets | Sam Spud: Par-Boiled Potato Detective: Cool as a Cucumber
[cowl or cool] |
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Insert | Girl: "Mom, there's that talking potato with no mouth again. This incessant word play's making me queasy."
Kid's mother: "It's educational television, dear! Remember, sometimes things that are good for us are hard to swallow!" |
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Song | Fonix sings Double O, OO |
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Insert | Space: oo, hoot, root, rot, rock, rocket |
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Celebrity | Fred Says: rock, rocket |
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Insert | Sky: rocket, rock, sock, stock, stop |
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Celebrity/
Puppets |
The Word Doctor with Dr. Ruth Wordheimer:
stop, hop |
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Puppets | The Great Smartini: Popping Popcorn |
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Insert | The grey hand puts "ock" back in the paper. |
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SCENE 3 | Larry thinks he'll never find his book again, but then a monkey comes up and complains that the rock picture in the dictionary is missing. Everyone realizes at last where he is from and Larry sings "My Rock and Rollin' Days Are Over" and goes back into his dictionary. Then, suddenly, a Bowling Ball rolls down the stair banister and can't find his book! |
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Insert | Barnaby B. Busterfield III (again): clock music, tick, tock, tick, tock
Busterfield likes the tick and tock. |
Gallery
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Notes and Trivia
- This is the first episode to feature the short "O" sound.
- This is the first episode in which Martha Reader wasn't shown with The Vowelles.
- This is the first episode that does not involve a storybook being read.
- This episode is the first episode without Gawain's Word.
- This is the first episode to feature the song, What's Your Name? with the short O.
- This is the first episode in which Barnaby B. Busterfield III was shown without Walter and Clay.
- This is the first episode where Click the Mouse doesn't appear in.
- This episode marks the first appearance of The Fonix, both in The Library and in the Song Double O, OO.
- The Un-People vs. The Re-People segment is later seen in The Popcorn Popper and Be Bop (both in Season 1).
- The Dunderhead Lab with Dr. Nitwhite and Watson segment is later seen in Pandora's Box and Be Bop (both in Season 1).
- The What's Your Name? song is later used in Pandora's Box, The Fox and the Crow and Be Bop (all in Season 1).
- The Rocket-Doodle-Doo Music Video is later seen in Touching the Moon and Be Bop (both in Season 1).
- The Tiger Words segment first appeared as it's later seen in Touching the Moon.
- The Sam Spud: Par-Boiled Potato Detective Segment first appeared as it's later seen in Touching the Moon.
- The Fonix Music Video is later seen in Touching the Moon and Pandora's Box (both in Season 1).
- The Word Doctor with Dr. Ruth Wordheimer segment is later seen in Be Bop.
- The Arty Smartypants (segment) is later seen in The Popcorn Popper and Be Bop (both in Season 1).
- This episode was released on VHS on June 12, 2001, along with The Lucky Duck.
- This episode was released on reprint VHS on October 1, 2002, along with other four episodes. They are:
- 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 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
- Episode 30: Be Bop
- This episode was released on the Vowel Power DVD on April 15, 2014, along with it's other 4 episodes. They are:
- This is one of the many episodes from Season 1 where Fred Says is shown twice. The others being Shooting Stars, The Hopping Hen, Touching the Moon, The Chap with Caps, Pandora's Box, There's a Fly in My Soup, The Ram in the Pepper Patch, Piggyback, Piggyback, The Fox and the Crow and Be Bop.
- This episode was last broadcasted on PBS in Either March or April 2009.
- This episode aired the same Day as Sesame Street Episode 3887 (With Elmo's World Episode: Babies).
