Rats is the twenty-first episode of Season 2 of Between the Lions, and episode 51 in total.
| Rats | |
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| Season 2, Episode 21 | |
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| Air date | April 30. 2001 |
| Written by | Sean Kelly and Christopher Cerf Diana DeCubellis Sarah Durkee Joe Fallon Michael K. Frith Louise Gikow Peter Hirsch Sharon Lerner Brian Meehl Fred Newman Norman Stiles |
| Directed by | Lisa Simon |
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Plot[]
Leona comes home crying from the playground because she has been called a nasty name by her friend Tammy, while Frank the rat reads "Tales of the Irish Rats" to the family to resolve the issue. Meanwhile, Walter and Clay Pigeon parody the story titled "Cats!" with special guest Barnaby B. Busterfield III.
Segments and Songs[]
- Announcer Bunny Program Preview: If You Can Read: at (EKA: Oh, Yes, It Can!)
- Martha Reader and The Vowelles singing the fabulous short "a"-- "ah"-- sound in the word "hat". (with crowd cheering and applause)
- Robots: hat, sat, cat
- Barnaby Busterfield and the Pigeons: Cats! (part 1)
- Replaced Letter Songs: The Madison Cats (animation by Reelworks Animation Studios) (EKA: The Sad Dad)
- Moby Duck: Flappy the fantastic white rabbit
- What's Your Name?: Short A (season 2 version) (EKA: The Last Cliff Hanger)
- 14 Karat Soul: Short A (rammalam) (EKA: Oh, Yes, It Can!)
- Leona (song)
- If You Can Read: at (EKA: The Sad Dad)
- Fred Says: rat, rattle
- Color Patterns: rattle, rat, rag, tag
- Gawain's Word: tag
- Rectangular Bugs: tag, tan, an, pan, pant, pants
- Dance in Smarty Pants! (Version 2, with Bert)
- Barnaby Busterfield and the Pigeons: Cats! (part 2)
Featured Stories[]
- How the Rats Were Rhymed out of Ireland by Shannon Shamley; illustrated by Jon R. Friedman
- How the Rats Came Back by Shannon Shamley; illustrated by Jon R. Friedman
Notes and Trivia[]
- Bert from Sesame Street makes a cameo in the segment "Dance in Smarty Pants". Previously, Elmo had appeared in the segment.
- A close up shot of Heath talking to Lionel is recycled from Ten Little Words.
- We now know Leona has a friend named Tammy.
- The Robots said the word hat at the beginning of their sketch in this episode instead of spelling it out first.
- The topic of this episode is typical for PBS Kids, Since it deals with the serious topic of Name Calling. Which there are many other PBS Kids episodes that deal with the same thing.
- The color pattern words segment has the same music as in The Good Seed and the same background as in Poetry Day.
- This episode was last broadcasted on PBS in April 2005.
Goofs[]
- When Frank falls off the table trying to reach for the book, a hand can be seen toppling the books.
- During the credits, Sesame Street is misspelled as Sesmame Street.
Releases[]
- VHS (Singular episode; October 30, 2001, later reprinted on October 1, 2002)
- Complete Second Season 4-Disc DVD Boxset (September 2, 2008)
Gallery[]
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