Episode 54: The Chess Mess

The Chess Mess is the 54th episode of Between the Lions.

The Chess Mess
Season 2, Episode 54
Air date	May 3, 2001
Written by	Peter Hirsch
Directed by	Lisa Simon
Episode guide
Previous Episode 53: Good Night, Knight	Next Episode 55: Stop That Chicken!

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Theo and Cleo are dressed up for "Alice Day" as they sing a song about "Alice Day", while Leona and Lionel dress up too.
	SCENE 1 cond't	The gang reads the book "Through the Looking Glass" by Lewis Carroll
	SCENE cond't	Then, Click drags and drops a large chess board from the story,
File:Buster Walter and Clay Chest Game.png	Insert	Walter and Clay Pigeon play ¨chest¨ which Busterfield finds ¨madness¨.
File:Pullout Short E-.png	Insert condt	The grey hand pulls out a short ¨e¨ from the word chess.
	Muppets	Martha Reader and The Vowelles: dress
	Muppets	Arty Smartypants: dress, press, pressing, impressing, impressive
	Muppets/Celebrity	The Word Doctor with Dr. Ruth Wordheimer: testy, zesty, best
	Cartoon	Replaced Words Song: quest, test, best (EKA: Pebble Trouble)
	Celebrity	Fred Says: stretch
	Celebrity	14 Karat Soul: short e (deh deh deh deh) (EKA: Pebble Trouble)
	Cartoon	The Lone Rearranger Rewrites Again: Remember To Milk The Cow And Take The Eggs From The Chicken (EKA: Pebble Trouble)
	SCENE 2	Theo and Click play 27 games of chess and Click won but Theo lost. He was happy when he lost instead of sad, so he left for chess books and snacks.
	SCENE 2 cond't	The cubs were puzzled about Theo when he's happy when he lost instead of sad and Click explained to them that it's Alice Day by saying that up is down and down is up, fast is slow and slow is fast. Which means that happiness is sadness. Leona is worried because Theo is happy because if he is, he will be sad and Lionel is too because if he loses he will get sadder and sadder. They have to let him win, but when Lionel said "If" Leona and Click asked him "If what?" then Click said "What?" three times.
	Cartoon	Stage Words: chess, mess, met, bet
	Muppets	Vowel Boot Camp: bet/beat
	Cartoon	Microbes: beat, bead, bed, red
	Cartoon	Fun with Chicken Jane: Chicken Jane and the Red Elephant (EKA: Quest! Quest! Quest!)
	Song	What's Your Name: short e (Season 2 version) (EKA: Pebble Trouble)
	Celebrity	A word from Bruno Kirby: excellent
	Insert	The grey hand puts the  ¨e¨ back in the word chess.
	FINAL SCENE	Theo and Click play chess and Theo won but Click lost. He was sad when he won instead of happy, and he asked Cleo how he wins all of a sudden and she replied that he should winning all of a sudden. But when she said "If" like Lionel,then Click said "What?" two times and she finally confessed by saying that the cubs made her do it by asking her to let him win on purpose.
	FINAL SCENE condt	Theo sings a song called "You Can Win When You Lose" with the cubs in a page of the book.
	FINAL SCENE condt	The lions act out "Through the Looking Glass" and the chess board floats back in the book.
	Closing	Busterfield heard the announcer saying "The Beginning" instead of "The End". Busterfield corrected him because it's not the beginning, it's really the end. But the announcer said "The Beginning" instead again and Busterfield understand that everything's backwards. So, he turns his head and said "Hello" instead of goodbye as the episode ends.

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Between The Lions Episode 54 The Chess Mess