09x117 - The Popcorn Popper; Oh, Yes, It Can!

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Between the Lions". Aired: April 3, 2000 – November 22, 2010.*
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Follows a family of clumsy anthropomorphic lions operating and living in a large, busy library called "The Barnaby B. Busterfield III Memorial Public Library", starring alongside characters such as Click, an electronic, anthropomorphic computer mouse; the Information Hen, who answers library calls; and Heath, a dinosaur who serves as the library's thesaurus.
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09x117 - The Popcorn Popper; Oh, Yes, It Can!

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pbs kit

hey now

hey wow

here's how

come and read

between the lions

come on

begin

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is

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between the

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the popcorn popping

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no this one no

this one

no

this one no

uh this one no way

uh this one

i don't think so

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yes i will

the owner just doesn't want to read the

books that i like oh

have you tried looking for a book that

you both like

that's a good idea

wait a second what

i don't like anything that she likes

oh well now let's see what we've got

here

oh

how about the popcorn

yummy the popcorn popper yeah that's a

good one let's read that one i like that

one mom you're like a genius or

something yeah the popcorn popper by

pops papadopoulos i'm sure he's a very

popular author

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once upon a time there was a young girl

who really loved popcorn mmm do i love

popcorn

one day she was digging in her garden

when suddenly a popcorn popper popped

out of the ground a popcorn popper

i wonder how it works

luckily

the popcorn popper came with

instructions but unluckily i do not know

how to read

i know i'll ask someone to read to me

hey can anyone here read to me

but alas no one in the town knew how to

read either oh

if only someone could read to me

then i could make popcorn

suddenly a woman popped out from behind

a poplar tree are you my fairy godmother

even better dear i'm your designated

reader i read to people who don't have

anyone to read to them

i'm very popular

cool can you read these instructions

positively

instructions to start the popcorn popper

say popcorn popper pop pop pop popcorn

popper do not stop

suddenly the popcorn popper started

popping

yummy

well that'll be all designated reader

all right

i'm off to read a bedtime story in

ottawa

she popped back behind the poplar tree

and was gone

soon the popcorn popper popped popcorn

all over the town

before long the population was pooped

from all the popping hey enough already

stop that popper

stop the popper i can't i don't know how

oh if only my designated reader were

here suddenly the designated reader

popped up out of the pop card

i mean you called

oh designated reader could you please

stop the popcorn popper

hey i'm a reader not a magician

but you can read the instructions

positively

to stop the popcorn popper say poppity

boppity pop pop pop hoppity poppity hop

hop hop stop better loppity lap and

adoptee pop and a bobbity stop pop stop

instantly the poppers stopped popping

the townspeople put all the popcorn into

little bags and went to the movies

after that the designated reader taught

everyone in the town how to read

they read mary poppins

the end yummy

oh that story always makes me hungry

i sure wish we had some popcorn yeah me

too

i wish we had a popcorn popper yeah well

we could if we could ask to take

the popper out of the book

click the mouse and drink with style

hey click could you please drag and drop

that popcorn popper out of this book

yeah yeah of course

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what do you say we make some popcorn

huh

yeah all right

i

um

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how you start this thing again oh i i

remember the instructions to get it

started so do i

popcorn popper pop pop pop popcorn papa

do not stop

huh get ready

here it

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that is enough

popcorn no it's not enough

yes it is

leona what do we say to stop the popper

stop no stop stopping if you stop the

popper it'd be

i think it's a property property

no no no no that's not it it's a

puppy bobby stop it he stop

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neither can i

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theo do you smell

popcorn

in the library oh don't be silly

you're right

popcorn

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with the short o sound from their boppin

hit word

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and now it's time for great work great

work

duane here once again at blending fields

where two brave knights and armor will

charge together at high speed and make a

word competing today we have sir

and on your right sir up

land on div

up

up

up

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excellent

that's the wayne's word for today and

this is gawain saying hop on back and

we'll see you next time on

great word great word

lol

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lollipop

lollipop

lollipop

now twist your tongue around this one

choppers shopper shop shoppers chop

shopper shop shopper shop shopper shop

choppers shop shoppers shop traffic shop

shop and shop choppers chop shop or shop

jumper chop chop or shop chopper shop

shop or shop

give me one more

shop

slop

stop

top

pop

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up

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popcorn

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click

let's get click to put the popper back

in the book

that'll work

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there she is

click

click

please put the popper back in the book

fast executing drag and drop power into

book command

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and

there

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great good good job why thanks

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[Applause]

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excuse me

pardon

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say

poppity boppity pop pop pop poppity

poppity hop hop hop duff been a loppity

lop and a doppity pop and a bobbity stop

pop stop

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so now all we have to figure out is how

to get rid of all this popcorn before

mom and dad get back this looks like a

job four

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whoa

i can't believe they ate all that

popcorn

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is everything okay here uh

fine we're fine

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you know what i can really go for right

now

a room full of

water

exactly

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i hope you're still hungry for stories

cause there's a tasty one coming right

up yummy

hey

did you know you can tell a story

without a book

yeah you can

i remember one time a storyteller came

to my library and she told us a great

story

there's one part i remember really well

cause we got to say it a lot it goes

it can it can oh yes it can

it can it can oh yes it can

that was my favorite part

oh yes it can

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come in we have a special storyteller

today special storyteller

hi mom here take a flyer lionel please

put your baseball things away and get

ready for story time okay okay mom

thanks

here you go don't miss our special

storyteller

storytelling day today at the library

lady that means some special storyteller

is coming to tell us stories yes i know

you do oh hello karen welcome to our

library huh leona dear this is the

storyteller

yes

oh

hi miss gandalf please come right on in

won't you thank you for inviting me oh

thank you for coming we have a full

house today come on i'll show you where

the auditorium is

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now this last story

comes to us

from a people called the ashanti

ashanti

the ashanti people live here

on the west coast of africa

ashanti chiefs used to sit on stools

a lot like this one

wow it looks very comfortable

some of them

weave beautiful fabric

like this

some of them catch fish with

traps

like this well how clever

and some of them are country men

they grow food for the ashanti people to

eat

such as the big root vegetables called

yams yes

this is a yam

now our word yam is actually an african

word it means something like

yummy

yummy

i know that word yes you do

well once an ashanti country man went

out to gather some yams and as he was

digging

he heard a voice

hey man

you never looked after me

you never weeded me now you think you

can come to take me up

leave me alone

the man looked around

who's doing that yapping

he asked

i am

said his yam

the man gasped

this can't be happening

but the yam said

it can

it can

oh

yes it can

the man

dropped the yam

and ran away

as fast as his legs could carry him

he ran until he met a fisherman

who was standing on the path with a fish

trap on his head

nah are you uh uh running after an

antelope the fisherman asked

no said the countryman

my yam commanded me to leave him alone

the fisherman laughed

that can't happen

but then a voice said

it can

it can

oh yes it can

uh uh uh uh who's doing that uh uh or

chattering the fisherman asked

i am

said his fishtrap

the fisherman gasped

this can't be happening

but his fist trap said

it can

it can

oh

yes it can

the man dropped the fishtrap and both he

and the countryman ran away

as fast as their legs could carry them

they ran until they met a weaver

who was holding a basket of fabric

are you two

running after a gazelle

the weaver asked

no

said the countryman my yamm commanded me

to leave him alone

and uh uh my uh fish trap said uh he

should have paid attention to his yam

that's right added the fishermen

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the weaver left

that can't happen

but then a voice said

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who's doing that uh blabbering the

weaver asked i am

said her fabric

the weaver gasped

this can't be happening said the weaver

but her fabric said

it can

it can

oh

yes it can

the weaver dropped the fabric and the

three of them ran away

they ran away as fast as their legs

could carry them until they arrived at

the head man's house

the head man was grasping his staff and

sitting on his stool

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tell me what's happening here

he demanded

my yamm commanded me to leave him alone

said the countryman and uh uh uh my fist

trap said he should have paid attention

to his yam

said the fisherman

and my fabric said it was glad

at that

the head man got very angry

you people are imagining

things yams can't talk

fish traps can't talk

fabric can't talk

no

go back to your work before i clock you

in jail

oh so the three of them went sadly away

that's absurd

fantastic

said the head man to himself

i agree said a voice

imagine that

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who's that

yammering

he asked uh uh i am

said his stool um

can't be happening

he said

but his stool said

it can

it can

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coming up next on between the lions give

a hand to the short a sound

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[Applause]

hey i'm hanging here anyway i might as

well watch

and so should you

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here's some words that begin with the

letter a

ah

alligator

apricot

abacus

alphabet

avocado

ant

you gotta get your mouth moving hear

that scat you gotta get your mouth

groovin just like that you gotta get

your mouth get your mouth get your mouth

get your mouth get your mouth moving

it's where it's at

and now it's time for blaine's word

great word

excellent green here once again at

blending fields where two brave knights

and armor will charge together at high

speed and make a word

competing today we have sir

and

sir anne

and

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[Applause]

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today and this is gwen saying it'll be

fantastic

to see you next time on

queen's word gwen's word

capital a

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a sound in them meet annie annie's

granny tammy danny danny's nanny pamy

sandy sandy's basset dash and this is

brandi

meet nancy alexandra cabot clancy

alexandra's rabbit shaq and mac and matt

and hannah zack and jack and pat and

banner

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what's your name what's your name what's

your name

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orlando jan

fernando fran and mia ham and all these

names you'll find short a it sounds like

ad that's that good day

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if you can

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and you can read back

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hey leona what's cooking well i know

guess what what i'm gonna take care of

her things

wow that's a big responsibility well i'm

gonna play baseball see you later okay

see you later

wow

that was such a great story

hey i wonder what that yam would say if

he could really talk

okay little yammy come here oh i dropped

it

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okay

next time be more careful oh i'm sorry

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[Applause]

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