The Chap with Caps is the 12th episode of Season 1 of Between the Lions.
| The Chap with Caps | |
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| Season 1, Episode 12 | |
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| Air date | April 18, 2000 |
| Written by | Joe Fallon and Christopher Cerf Richard Chevat Diana DeCubellis Sarah Durkee Ellis Weiner 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 | Jim Martin |
| Episode guide | |
| Previous Episode 11: To the Ship! To the Ship! |
Next Episode 13: Pandora's Box |
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COLD OPEN | Announcer Bunny Program Preview: "Announcer Bunny here to show you what's coming up next on Between the Lions!"
A clip from Replaced Letter Songs: A Careless Young Clam is shown. |
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SCENE 1 | The world-famous Babs Caplan is writing a story in the library and does not want to be disturbed, as she put a "do not disturb" sign in Click's hard drive. Lionel pounces on Leona, and Theo tells them not to disturb Babs while she's writing. Babs says that she's not upset at them, but the story she wrote, and reads it to them. The story is about a chap who sells caps, but one day wakes up from his nap to see that his caps have been stolen by a group of monkeys in the tree above him! |
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SCENE 1 (Cont'd) | Babs is angry that it's a terrible ending. However, Leona says that she liked the monkeys and imitates them. Cleo tells Babs it's a good beginning to the story, and Lionel asks if the chap could maybe get his caps back in the next part. Babs thinks that's a great idea and tells the lions to scatter so she can write the next part of the story. But she decides to move into another part of the library because "there's no light". |
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Insert | Walter and Clay have set up a "cap trap" so they can get Busterfield a cap. They succeed in doing so, but Busterfield says he will not wear the cap no matter what. |
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Insert | The Gray Hand removes the "ap" from the word"caps". |
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Puppets | Martha Reader and The Vowelles sing the short "a" sound from their snappy hit word "tap". |
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Celebrity | Fred Says: nap |
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Puppets | Arty Smartypants: Lap, Clap, Flap, Flapjack |
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Insert | Seesaw: flap, lap, clap |
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Celebrity/
Puppets |
The Word Doctor with Dr. Ruth Wordheimer: thunderclap |
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Insert | "And now, a little poem in which letters change, and make something very interesting happen." |
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Cartoon | Replaced Letter Songs: A Careless Young Clam (EKA: Episode 10: Lionel's Antlers) |
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Insert | Sea: clam, cram, crash (without or with bubble popping) |
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Film | Gawain's Word: crash |
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SCENE 2 | Babs has written a continued version of the story, but it still seems to have come out awful. She reads it to the lions, where the chap sets up a trap for the monkeys to get his caps back, but the monkeys don't fall for it. Leona says it still has good monkeys and Cleo says it's a fine middle to the story, but it's missing an actual ending. Lionel says that the chap must be really angry at the monkeys for taking his caps, which gives Babs another great idea and tells them to go away so she can concentrate. |
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Puppets | Sam Spud: Par-Boiled Potato Detective: A Real Ham and Her Name was Honey Glaze [Same Spud or Sam Spud] |
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Insert | Boy: "Mom, there's a talking potato, and he's got no mouth, and he's doing knock-knock jokes!"
Kid's mother: "That's okay, dear. It's educational television. I'm sure it will help you in school, somehow." |
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Insert | "Dr. Bertice Berry with the A in "cap". (EKA: Episode 01: Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West) |
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Celebrity | Dr. Bertice Berry blows a note and shouts the sound of the letter A in "cap". |
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Insert | Silent E Word Maze: cap/cape |
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Cartoon | Silent E: Cap/Cape |
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Celebrity | Fred Says: ape, scrape |
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Cartoon | The Adventures of Cliff Hanger: Cliff Hanger and the Big Ape and the Banana Drop |
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Insert | Color Patterns: ape, cape, cap, sap, sad |
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Celebrity/
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The Word Doctor with Dr. Ruth Wordheimer (back again): sad, glad |
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SCENE 3 | Theo and Cleo are doing their jobs, and, out of nowhere, start singing We Choose to Cha, Cha, Cha!. After the song is over, they continue their jobs as if nothing had happened. Lionel and Leona come by and the latter is still imitating a monkey. All of a sudden, Babs yells offscreen and throws her cap in Lionel's face, and Lionel thinks that Babs is finally done with her story. |
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Insert | The Gray Hand puts the "ap" back in the word "caps". |
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SCENE 4 | Babs reads the lions the next part of the story, where the chap snaps and makes angry motions, but the monkeys just copy everything he does and he still doesn't get his caps! Babs is so frustrated that she throws her cap on the ground. Lionel asks Leona to stop copying him and Babs says that's just what monkeys do. Then three monkeys walk by, each saying "I must protest- monkeys don't do that", humorously coming off as hypocritical. |
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SCENE 4
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Then Theo points out Bab's cap on the ground, as she has thrown it there, and then Babs gets another idea! In the story, the chap gets a great idea- he throws his cap down, making the monkeys do the same, resulting in the chap getting his caps back! Now the story has a beginning, a middle and an ending! But Leona is sad because now the monkeys don't have caps anymore, but she likes hat stories. Babs knows this book will be a hit. |
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Insert | Busterfield now has the cap on and demands that somebody should take it off of him. However, there's nobody around, and he does thinks it looks good on him. |
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Designated Reader | Theo and Leona read "The Popcorn Popper". (Version 1) (EKA: Episode 04: Farmer Ken's Puzzle) |
Featured Story[]
The Chap with Caps by Babs Caplan
Quotes[]
- Busterfield: Take this cap off for me. Hello? Ah, never mind. I look gorgeous.
- Announcer Bunny: And now, Walter and Clay Pigeon trap a cap!
- Busterfield: What?!
- Clay: Buster, you'd look better in a cap.
- Walter: So we're gonna get you one.
- Leona: Well, I loved the monkeys. (chatters like a monkey)
- Babs: That's very nice, but a story's got to be more than chattering monkeys, at least until it's made into a movie.
- Pelican: Is that (sighs with delight) Babs Caplan, the author?
- Click: Affirmative. That is Babs Caplan.
- Pelican: Oh. Do you think she'd mind if I watched her write with my beak resting on her shoulder, just for an hour or two?
- Click: Yes. She posted a 'do not disturb' sign on my hard drive.
Notes and Trivia[]
- The story in this episode is somewhat loosely based on the book Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
- This is the second episode that involves a character writing a story.
- This is the first appearance of Babs Caplan.
- This is the only episode where both The Word Doctor with Dr. Ruth Wordheimer segments.
- This episode was last broadcasted on PBS in June 2007.
- The Gawain's Word segments Crash, Slam and Smack are the same, because the 2 knights crash.
- This episode aired the same Day as Sesame Street Episode 3897 (With Elmo's World Episode: Food).
Gallery[]
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Releases[]
- VHS (Singular episode; October 21, 2003)
- The Chap with Caps and More! DVD Boxset (June 7, 2005)
- Fuzzy Wuzzy, Wuzzy? and Other Stories (June 7, 2005)
- Complete First Season 5-Disc DVD Boxset (January 8, 2008)
- Vowel Power (April 15, 2014)
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