The Chess Mess is the twenty-fourth episode of Season 2 of Between the Lions, and episode 54 in total.
The Chess Mess | |
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Season 2, Episode 24 | |
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 |
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Celebrity | Announcer Bunny Program Preview: 14 Karat Soul: Short E | |
SCENE 1 | Theo and Cleo, dressed in Alice in Wonderland-inspired costumes, sing a song about "Alice Day." Leona and Lionel dress up too. | |
SCENE 1
cont'd |
The gang reads the book Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll | |
SCENE 1 | Cleo and Lionel says the word "chess". | |
SCENE 1
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Then Click drags and drops a large chessboard from the story, looking at these giant chess game pieces and ready for play chess. | |
Insert | Walter and Clay Pigeon play "chest" which Barnaby B. Busterfield III considers to be "madness". | |
Insert
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The grey hand pulls out a short "e" from the word chess. | |
Puppets | Martha Reader and The Vowelles singing the zesty short "e"-- "eh"-- sound in the word "dress". | |
Puppets | Arty Smartypants: Dress, Press, Pressing, Impressing, Impressive (four or five words) | |
Puppets/Celebrity | The Word Doctor with Dr. Ruth Wordheimer: testy, zesty | |
Cartoon | Replaced Letter Songs: Sir Fester, A Knight on a Quest (EKA: Pebble Trouble) | |
Celebrity | Fred Says: stretch | |
Celebrity | 14 Karat Soul: Short E (deh dedeh deh deh) (EKA: Pebble Trouble) | |
Cartoon | The Lone Rearranger Rewrites Again: Remember To Milk The Cow And Take The Eggs From The Chicken (whipcrack sound added at the end) (EKA: Pebble Trouble) | |
SCENE 2 | Theo and Click play 27 games of chess and Click wins. He's happy that he lost, and departs in search of chess books and snacks. | |
SCENE 2
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The cubs are puzzled about why Theo is happy to have lost his chess matches. Click explains that on Alice Day, up is down and down is up, fast is slow and slow is fast, which means that happiness is sadness. Leona is worried that Theo appears happy because that means he's sad. They realize they have to let him win. | |
Insert | Stage: chess, mess, met, bet | |
Puppets | Vowel Boot Camp: Camp Easy-Peasy-Eat-a-Lot - bet/beat | |
Insert | Microbes: beat, bead, bed, ed, red | |
Cartoon | Fun with Chicken Jane: Chicken Jane and the Red Elephant (with elephant noises) (EKA: Quest, Quest, Quest!) | |
Song | What's Your Name?: short e (Season 2 version) (EKA: Pebble Trouble) | |
Celebrity | A word from star of stage, screen and television Mr. Bruno Kirby: excellent | |
Insert | The grey hand puts the "e" back in the word chess. | |
FINAL SCENE | Theo and Click play chess and Theo wins. He appears to be sad, and questions how we was able to win all of a sudden. Click confesses that the cubs asked her to let him win on purpose. | |
FINAL SCENE
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Theo sings a song called "You Can Win When You Lose" with the cubs in a page of the book. | |
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The lions act out Through the Looking Glass and the chess board floats back in the book. | |
Closing | Busterfield hears the announcer saying "The Beginning" instead of "The End." Busterfield corrects him: it's not the beginning, it's really the end. The announcer repeats "The Beginning" and Busterfield understands that everything is backwards. He turns his head and said "Hello" as the episode ends. |
Featured Story[]
Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Gallery[]
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Notes and Trivia[]
- This episode was last broadcasted on PBS in April 2005.
Releases[]
- VHS (Singular episode; October 30, 2001, later reprinted on October 1, 2002)
- Complete Second Season 4-Disc DVD Boxset (September 2, 2008)
Goofs[]
- At the end of the Vowel Boot Camp segment, when Sergeant Mark gets locked in the room and bangs on the door to get the Vowel Squad's attention, the camera accidentally goes too far to the right, revealing the edge of the set, before quickly adjusting to the right position, though the edge of the set is still visible as the wall shakes.