The Old Man is the 24th episode of Season 1 of Between the Lions.
| The Old Man | |
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| Season 1, Episode 24 | |
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| Air date | May 4, 2000 |
| Episode guide | |
| Previous Episode 23: The Lucky Duck |
Next Episode 25: A King and His Hawk |
Plot
Babs Caplan writes a story about an old man who tells a story of his own.
Segments
- 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 (Version 2, without music) (EKA: Episode 19: The Ram in the Pepper Patch)
- Fun with Chicken Jane: Chicken Jane and the Bad Ram (Versions 3 and 4) (EKA: Episode 10: Lionel's Antlers)
- Barnaby B. Busterfield III (again): another old man (part 2)
- Johnny Consonanti and The Vowelles in their hit word "an". (Versions 1 and 2)
- Arty Smartypants: An, Pan, Plan, Planet (Version 2) EKA: Episode 10: Lionel's Antlers)
- Heath the Thesaurus sings "Ten Small Words" (Version 2) (EKA: Episode 15: There's a Fly in My Soup)
- Gawain's Word: dance (Version 3) (EKA: Episode 10: Lionel's Antlers)
- On Broadway with Faith Prince and Walter Bobbie: ham (Versions 1 and 2)
- What's Cooking? with Theo and Cleo: Slammed and Rammed Ham with No Yam or Clam (Versions 5 and 6) (EKA: Lionel's Antlers)
- Sam Spud: Par-Boiled Potato Detective: Orange [Banana, not Binini] (Versions 1 and 2)
- Sky: banana, ban, back, pack
- The Un-People: packed (Version 1)
- Barnaby B. Busterfield III (yet again): another old man (part 3)
Gallery
"Mom, there's a talking potato, and he's got no mouth, and he's doing knock-knock jokes!"
"That's okay, dear. It's educational television. I'm sure it will help you in school, somehow."
