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"And now, it's time for... Gawain's Word! Gawain's Word!"
—Announcer and Gawain
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Gawain's Word is a main segment in Between the Lions that lasted from Seasons 1-10. The main segment is a companion piece to Blending Bowl.

Synopsis[]

A Wayne's World (part of SNL) spoof featuring two jousting knights on "horseback" charging at each other, one silver and one gold, each touting a speech balloon containing part of a word which then became their respective names, then demonstrating the word. For example, one skit featured "Sir D" (silver) and "Sir Ance" (gold). Then Gawain says, "Blend on, dudes!" when it's time to put the two halves together. When Sir D bumps into Sir Ance. their speech balloons meld together to form the word "dance". Then they react to the word, by dancing. The knights' steeds were actually hobby horses, an homage to the Pythons' use of look alike "animals" in Monty Python & the Holy Grail.

In Season 6, segments instead took place at "Blend Mart", where the two knights charge at each other with shopping carts to form a word, and shop for the item.

Segments[]

Blending Fields[]

Season 1[]

  1. wet (Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West, The Hopping Hen & A Peck of Peppers)
  2. tickle (Little Big Mouse & Lionel's Great Escape Trick)
  3. shark (Shooting Stars)
  4. snooze (Touching the Moon)
  5. jig (The Boy Who Cried Wolf)
  6. hug (Fuzzy Wuzzy, Wuzzy?, Hug, Hug, Hug!, Giants and Cubs & Pigs, Pigs, Pigs! / The Three Little Pigs)
  7. dance (Lionel's Antlers, The Old Man & Ruby Sings the Blues / The Camel Dances)
  8. slip (To the Ship! To the Ship!, Sausage Nose, & The Noisy Morning)
  9. crash (The Chap with Caps)
  10. crack (The Chap with Caps)
  11. hop (Pandora's Box, The Popcorn Popper, The Fox and the Crow, Be Bop & The Popcorn Popper/Oh, Yes, It Can!)
  12. cry (There's a Fly in My Soup & Click, Clack, Moo / The Little Red Hen)
  13. slam (The Ram in the Pepper Patch)
  14. sleep (Red Hat, Green Hat)
  15. stuck (The Lucky Duck & A Shower of Stars / Two Moons and One Lagoon)
  16. smack (Piggyback, Piggyback)

Season 2[]

  1. jump (Humph! Humph! Humph! & Huff and Puff)
  2. Rain Flying Around the Library (The Good Seed)
  3. weep (The Good Seed & Are You a Snail?/Wonderful Worms)
  4. sing (Icarus's Wings)
  5. hoop (Zoop! Zoop!Too Cool & Click, Clack, Moo / The Little Red Hen)
  6. kick (Clickety-Clack, Clickety-Clack!)
  7. paint (Poetry Day, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble / I Miss You, Stinky Face & Elephants Can Paint, Too!/Jamaica Louise James)
  8. dress (Pebble Trouble, Quest, Quest, Quest! & Pablo the Artist/Dream Carver)
  9. scratch (Oh, Yes, It Can!)
  10. spin (Five, Six, and Thistle Sticks, Pigs Aplenty & The Class Trip)
  11. juggle (Bug Beard & The Three Legged Pot/When Jabo Jammed)
  12. rain (Trains and Brains and Rainy Plains)
  13. chime (The Spider and the Lie)
  14. broom (Why the Baboon's Balloon Went Ka-boom!)
  15. tug (But, Mama, But...)
  16. tag (Rats)
  17. sweep (Tweet! Tweet!)
  18. night (Good Night, Knight & Bear Snores On/Night in the Country)
  19. scream (The Chess Mess)
  20. golf (Stop That Chicken!)

Season 3[]

  1. Gawain's Word: Fast (You Can't Catch Me!)
  2. bow (Out in Outer Space)
  3. net (Help! & Step by Step)
  4. soak (Two Coats, One Goat and One Boat, Three Goats, No Waiting, The Carrot Seed / The Empty Pot & The Goat in the Coat)
  5. creak (Treats!)

Season 4[]

  1. dark (Art Party)
  2. chase (Grow, Mane, Grow, A Tasty Piece of Cheese / The Lion and the Mouse & The Problem with Chickens/An Egg is Quiet)
  3. fan (Dance in Smarty Pants!, Earl's Too Cool / When I Was Five, The Popcorn Popper/Oh, Yes, It Can! & Fang)

Season 5[]

  1. nap (A Shower of Stars / Two Moons and One Lagoon)

Blend Mart[]

Season 6[]

  1. kitty (Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash/Knuffle Bunny & I Don't Want a Birthday Party/Knuffle Bunny)
  2. straw (Sheep on a Ship/Mississippi Skip and his Pirate Ship)
  3. yo-yos (Yo! Yes?/Very Loud, Very Big, Very Metal & Bein' with You This Way / How to Be)
  4. vines (Yo! Yes?/Very Loud, Very Big, Very Metal)
  5. box (I'll Fix Anthony / Jamaica Louise James)
  6. shorts (Cheesybreadville / Stolen Smells & Making Bread/Cheesybreadville)
  7. toys (Cheesybreadville / Stolen Smells)

Characters[]

Knights[]

Silver[]

Blending Fields[]

  1. w
  2. t
  3. sh
  4. sn
  5. j
  6. h
  7. d
  8. sl
  9. cr
  10. h
  11. cr
  12. cr (unused)
  13. sl
  14. sl
  15. st
  16. sm
  17. j
  18. w
  19. s
  20. h
  21. k
  22. p
  23. dr
  24. scr
  25. sp
  26. j
  27. r (unused)
  28. ch
  29. br
  30. t
  31. t
  32. sw
  33. n
  34. scr (unused)
  35. g
  36. f (unused)
  37. b
  38. n
  39. s
  40. cr
  41. d
  42. ch
  43. f
  44. n

Blend Mart[]

  1. k
  2. p (unused)
  3. str
  4. yo
  5. v
  6. b
  7. sh
  8. t
  9. r
  10. v

Gold[]

Blending Fields[]

  1. et
  2. ickle
  3. ark
  4. ooze
  5. ig
  6. ug
  7. ance
  8. ip
  9. ash
  10. op
  11. y
  12. ack (unused)
  13. am
  14. eep
  15. uck
  16. ack
  17. ump
  18. eep
  19. ing
  20. oop
  21. ick
  22. aint
  23. ess
  24. atch
  25. in
  26. uggle
  27. ain (unused)
  28. ime
  29. oom
  30. ug
  31. ag
  32. eep
  33. ight
  34. eam (unused)
  35. olf
  36. ast (unused)
  37. ow
  38. et
  39. oak
  40. eak
  41. ark
  42. ase
  43. an
  44. ap

Blend Mart[]

  1. itty
  2. uppy (unused)
  3. aw
  4. yos
  5. ines
  6. ox
  7. orts
  8. oys

Cheerleaders[]

Red[]

  1. n
  2. h
  3. ch

Blue[]

  1. ap
  2. oop
  3. ase

List of Words[]

Blending Fields[]

  • wet 🌊
  • tickle 🤗
  • shark 🦈
  • snooze 😴
  • jig Jig
  • hug Hug🫂
  • dance 💃🕺
  • slip Slip🍌
  • crash 💥
  • hop Hop
  • cry 😭
  • crack Crack (unused)
  • slam 💥
  • sleep 🛌
  • stuck 😝
  • smack 💥
  • jump Jump rope
  • weep 😪
  • sing 🎶
  • hoop Hoop
  • kick 🦵Red football
  • paint 🎨Paint cansPaint cans 2Paint cans 3Paint cans 4
  • dress 👗
  • scratch Scratch 4
  • spin Spin
  • rain 🌧☔️⛈🌦 (unused)
  • juggle 🤹‍♀️
  • chime Big bell chimes
  • broom 🧹
  • tug Tug of war
  • tag Tag
  • sweep 🧹
  • night 🌃
  • scream 😱 (unused)
  • golf ⛳️🏌️🏌️‍♀️🏌️‍♂️
  • fast 💨 (unused)
  • bow 🙇‍♀️
  • net Butterfly net
  • soak 🛁
  • creak Creak
  • dark Dark
  • chase Chase
  • fan 🪭Paper fanPaper fan 2
  • nap 😴

Blend Mart[]

  • kitty Ginger mix, black and white kitten🐱
  • puppy 🐶 (unused)
  • straw Grass straws
  • yo-yos 🪀🪀
  • vines Vines
  • box 📦
  • shorts 🩳
  • toys Toys

Words or Without Words by Gawain[]

Blending Fields[]

  1. bet - wet/net
  2. tickled - tickle/kick
  3. mark - shark/dark
  4. soon - snooze/soon
  5. thing-a-ma-jig - jig
  6. dance - dance
  7. hip/slip - slip
  8. hop - hop
  9. try/cry - cry
  10. weep - beep
  11. stuck - stuck
  12. pumped - jump
  13. deep - weep
  14. swing - sing
  15. whoop/hope - hoop
  16. complain/pack - paint
  17. stress/guess - dress
  18. catch - scratch
  19. finished - spin
  20. snuggle - juggle
  21. complain - rain (unused)
  22. crime - chime
  23. plug - tug
  24. drag - tag
  25. jeepers creepers - sweep
  26. nighty-night - night
  27. screamed - scream (unused)
  28. holler - golf
  29. fantastic - fast (unused)
  30. bow - cow
  31. groan/see - soak
  32. sneak - creak
  33. erase/check - chase
  34. fantastic - fan
  35. next - nap

Blend Mart[]

  1. very - kitty
  2. stop - straw
  3. yo! - yo-yos
  4. hasta la vista - vines
  5. expect - box
  6. shy - shorts
  7. joy - toys

Gallery[]

Main article: Gawain's Word/Gallery

Transcript[]

  1. Gawain: Excellent! Gawain here once again at Blending Fields, where two brave knights in armor will charge together at high speed and make a word! Competing today (on your left) we have sir (silver) (Cheerleaders: Yay (red)) and (on your right) sir (gold) (Cheerleaders: Yay (blue)). Blend on, dudes!
  2. Gawain: Excellent! Gawain here today at Blend Mart, where two brave knights in armor with shopping carts will charge together at high speed, make a word and go shopping. Competing today we have sir (silver) and (on your right) sir (gold). Blend on, shopping dudes!
  3. Cheerleaders: Yay (red and blue)!
  4. Gawain: Excellent! That's Gawain's word for today as this is Gawain saying [variable line for the involved suffix]

Intro[]

Opening[]

  1. Announcer: And now it’s time for…
  2. Gawain: “Gawain’s Word!” (2x)

Closing[]

  1. Gawain: See you next time on…, when I see you next time on…, to see you next time on…, cause I'll see you next time on…, I'll see you next time on…, and I'll see you next time on…, we'll see you next time on…, and we'll see you next time on… or swing on by next time on… "Gawain's Word!" (2x)

Season Versions[]

Notes and Trivia[]

  • An archive clip of Gawain's Word: Stuck flies around during the Theme Song.
  • In the "dark" sketch, when the two knights crash into each other, the sky turns dark. The end result also has a dark sky.
  • Two versions of the "smack" sketch exist, one in which the crowd cheering plays followed by a clip of the knights running up to each other smacking themselves in the head and falling flat on the ground with the "smack" oval on top and Gawain says "Smack! Excellent!", and another where the clips are removed due to violence. The latter was used on the 2001 VHS of "Piggyback, Piggyback" and on all DVD releases for this episode, while the former's existence remains unconfirmed.
  • An archival clip of an unknown Gawain’s Word segment flies around during the virus in The Good Seed.
  • Another segment, Blending Bowl, follows a similar structure to this segment. Coincidentally, both have segments with the word "jump".
  • In the Blend Mart sketch, the knights make their sound three times have the same sound such as Blending Bowl.
  • This segment is a parody of SNL's Wayne's World.
  • In the "weep" sketch, the crowd's cheering sound fades out and the knights make their crying sound in The Good Seed, but the crowd's cheering sound continues, and the knights' crying sound is not used in Are You a Snail?/Wonderful Worms.
  • No knight clips are used in the sketches, "crash", "slam", and "smack" due to the collision self-demonstrating the action.
  • In the "chime" sketch, the knights go backwards and forwards and crash over and over again, creating several bell chimes.
  • In the "dance" and "jig" sketches, a melody plays.
  • The "smack" sketch includes three cheering crowd shots and it doesn't include Gawain's final "Excellent!".
  • The "slam" and "smack" sketches don't include Gawain's final "Excellent!".
  • The "wet" and "soak" sketches include the knights doing the same thing to each other with their pails after the collision.
  • The "broom" and "sweep" sketches include the knights doing the same thing to each other with the broom after the collision.
  • In the "tug" sketch, the knights argue over their rope when they pull it.
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