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Lionel's Antlers
Season 1, Episode 10
Lionel's Antlers Title Card 2
Air date April 14, 2000
Written by Sarah Durkee
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Christopher Cerf
Richard Chevat
Diana DeCubellis
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 Dean Gordon
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Lionel's Antlers is the tenth episode of Season 1 of Between the Lions.

Picture Segment Description
Announcer Bunny Program Preview
What's Your Name short A Season 1 Version
COLD OPEN Announcer Bunny Program Preview: "Announcer Bunny here to show you what's coming up next on Between the Lions!"

A clip from What's Your Name?: Short A is shown.

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SCENE 1 It seems to be any other morning in the library, that is, until Lionel emerges with antlers on his head! He thinks this is just a bad dream, but when Leona pinches him, it turns out not to be. Cleo tells him that there's a story in the library with a girl that has the same problem...
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Insert Walter Pigeon says he can relate to the antlers situation- he woke up with feathers again, and Clay agrees. Busterfield yells that they're birds in shock.
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SCENE 1 (Cont'd) Cleo reads "Imogene's Antlers" by David Small to Lionel. But Lionel says the story didn't help him feel better at all, because at the end Imogene has a peacock's tail. Leona tells him that they'll go away and Cleo says that he should enjoy them while he can, but Lionel objects. ("You're not the one who's turning into Bullwinkle!") So the family decides to cheer him up. Lionel tries to pinch himself again, but it still doesn't help.
Gray Hand Removing an from "Antlers"
Insert The Gray Hand removes the "an" from "antlers".
Martha Reader and the Vowelles Man 5
Puppets Martha Reader and The Vowelles sing the short "a" sound from their bad word "man". (without or with fading in)
Arty Smartypants an, pan, plan, planet
Puppets Arty Smartypants: An, Pan, Plan, Planet
Dr
Celebrity Dr. Bertice Berry opens the chest box and says the word "an".
Rectangular Bug Word Morph an, am, arm, ark, mark
Insert Rectangular Bugs: an, am, arm, ark, mark
WhenIt'sanAR
Film Fonix sings When It's an A-R (EKA: Episode 05: Shooting Stars)
Stage Word Morph part, pat, pant, ant, antlers
Insert Stage: part, pat, pant, ant, antlers
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SCENE 2 Lionel tries sneezing the antlers off, but it doesn't work. Then, through song, Leona shows Lionel that she has antlers too (they're really fake), and they aren't so bad. Then Theo and Cleo get an idea- they try to turn Lionel into a coat rack, and a few people do hang their clothing items on his antlers. But Lionel just wants the antlers off of his head, and the family gets another idea. Lionel then remarks "What a weird family", and faints.
Gawain's Word Title
Gawain's Word Dance
Gawain's Word Ending Title
Film Gawain's Word: dance
Abstract Word Morph dance, damp, lamp, clamp, clam
Insert Abstract: dance, damp, lamp, clamp, clam
Letters Change Intro with Heath 4
Insert "And now, a little poem in which letters change, and make something very interesting happen."
Replaced Letter Songs A Careless Young Clam 18
Replaced Letter Songs A Careless Young Clam 21
Cartoon Replaced Letter Songs: A Careless Young Clam
What's Cooking Title 2
What's Cooking Slammed and Rammed Ham with No Yam or Clam 8
Puppets What's Cooking? with Theo and Cleo: Slammed and Rammed Ham with No Yam or Clam
Fun with Chicken Jane
Chicken Jane and the Bad Ram Title Card
Chicken Jane and the Bad Ram 2
Cartoon Fun with Chicken Jane: Chicken Jane and the Bad Ram
What's Your Name short A Season 1 Version
Film What's Your Name?: short a
Ruth-WordDoctor-title
Dr
Celebrity

/Puppets

The Word Doctor with Dr. Ruth Wordheimer: enchanting (without door slamming sound effect) (EKA: Farmer Ken's Puzzle)
Gray Hand Putting the an back in "Antlers"
Insert The Gray Hand puts the "an" back in "antlers".
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SCENE 3 Lionel sees a giant curtain in the middle of the library. As it turns out, the rest of the family is putting on a play. In it Leona plays a magical princess that every animal in the magic forest adores. Click plays a squirrel that is searching for nuts while Theo plays a bear that has just woken up from hibernation. Then she sees a sleeping lion cub (that being Lionel himself) with antlers on his head, and does her special "Antlers-Off-Your-Head" dance, and when the cub wakes up, the antlers are still there! Leona moans and sobs as the screen goes black and white...
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SCENE 3 (Cont'd) Then, Leona wakes up thanks to Lionel pinching her. The whole episode was all a bad dream (nightmare), supposedly brought on by Theo reading "Imogene's Antlers" before Leona went to sleep. Then the family goes down for breakfast, and Lionel scoffs at the fact that he would ever have antlers. Then he sees himself in the mirror with two branches behind his head and believes that they're antlers as he runs to tell the family and the episode ends!
Theo reading a book called "The Popcorn Popper" with Leona
Designated Reader Theo and Leona read "The Popcorn Popper". (Version 3) (EKA: Episode 06: The Hopping Hen)

Featured Story[]

Imogene's Antlers by David Small

Notes and Trivia[]

  • This is the first episode to feature the short "A" sound.
  • This episode is the only season 1 episode without Fred Says.
  • This is the first episode where a preexisting children's book is read.
  • Lionel makes a Rocky and Bullwinkle reference when he says to Cleo "You're not the one who's turning into Bullwinkle!", causing Theo and Cleo to laugh. And ironically enough, this episode and the Rocky and Bullwinkle movie both came out in 2000.
  • This is the first episode to feature the song, What's Your Name? with the short A.
  • When It's an A-R also appears in Shooting Stars and The Ram in the Pepper Patch.
  • This episode was last broadcasted on PBS in December 2008.
  • This episode aired the same Day as Sesame Street Episode 3895 (With Elmo's World Episode: Flowers, Plants & Trees).
  • The Ram from the book "Ram in the Pepper Patch" by Chile Ramirez has made a first cameo appearance from one of the segments of this episode, as well as his major role will appear in Episode 19: The Ram in the Pepper Patch. And his next cameo will appear in Episode 24: The Old Man.

Goofs[]

  • During the Antlers Medley, the first time Leona says "Side by antlered side", Kathryn Mullen's head can be seen.

Gallery[]

This page has a limited amount of images in the template. For extended images, see Lionel's Antlers/Gallery.

Quotes[]

Lionel: I wish I could sneeze these antlers off.


Lionel: What a weird family!

Releases[]

Cast[]

  • Anthony Asbury as Lionel Lion
  • Kathryn Mullen as Leona Lion
  • Peter Linz as Theo Lion, Announcer Bunny, Gawain
  • Jennifer Barnhart as Cleo Lion
  • Tim Lagasse as Barnaby B. Busterfield III, Arty Smartypants
  • Tyler Bunch as Walter Pigeon, Heath the Thesaurus
  • Heather Asch as Clay Pigeon, Monkey
  • Jim Napolitano as various roles
  • Fred Newman as Chicken Jane
  • Jack Berner as Scot
  • Kate Berner as Dot
  • Dr. Bertice Berry as herself
  • Dr. Ruth Westheimer as Dr. Ruth Wordheimer
  • Makeba Mooncycle as rapper (uncredited)
  • Elizabeth Withers as Fonix member
  • Cindy Mizelle as Martha Reader and Fonix member
  • Sharon Bryant as Fonix member
  • Babi Floyd as Vowelles announcer and Replaced Letter Song singer

Video[]

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Lionel's Antlers

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