01x14 - Lionel's Great Escape Trick

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Uh, dinosaurs--

Down the hall to the left, okay?

Thanks, leona.

And then your right...

Whoa!

Oh, oh, oh, sorry, sorry.

Leona!

Well, you...

Uh, lionel... Why?

Why what?

Why are you all tied up in ropes like that?

Oh-- that.

Well, I'm training to be an escape artist

Like harry houdini-i-i.

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

Oh! Oh! Oh!

Whoa!

I'm okay.

Ha... Harry who?

Harry houdini.

He's only the greatest magician who ever lived.

Oh.

Never heard of him.

( Chuckles )

I don't know what you'd do

If I wasn't here to educate you, leona.

Here, look at this.

( Struggles )

It's a houdini web site.

Whoa!

( Yelps )

( Grunting )

You know... You know, lionel

I don't know what you'd do

If I wasn't here to help you up.

Let's see.

( Groans )

( Computer plays tune )

Oh, yeah, that's him.

That's harry houdini.

Whoa! He lived a long time ago

But there's never been a better magician since.

"Houdini's greatest tricks."

Click on that top hat.

( Lionel reading tricks ):

Oh! Oh! Oh! The sunken box escape trick!

That's my trick!

Click on it.

Okay, okay. There.

( Lionel reads aloud ):

Ooh, ooh! Click on the top hat again.

Click on the top hat.

That's the trick I'm going to do.

Oh, wait, lionel, what about your chains of steel

And bands of iron, hmm?

You don't start with chains.

You work your way up to chains.

( Chuckles )

Oh, well, yeah.

But what about your box?

What about that?

You don't start with a box.

You start with a... Closet!

( Grunting )

And now i, liondelini, super escape artist, shall escape!

( Grunting )

Oh, yeah? Okay.

Okay, okay, okay.

Oh, can you close the door, please?

Oh, wait, wait, wait!

What about the magic words?

Do you know houdini's magic words?

No, because houdini didn't use magic words.

It takes skill to do a trick, not magic words.

( Chuckles )

Okay.

Close the door.

Okay.

Okay.

( Grunts then sighs )

Okay.

Uh... Lionel?

Lionel?

Don't worry, lionel

I'll get you some magic words!

I don't need any magic words!

Oh, a lot of new acquisitions today.

Theo: yep, yes, indeed.

That's great.

( Closet thumping )

Oop... Whoa!

( Grunts )

Theo, is that your stomach grumbling?

I don't know.

It could have been yours, cleo.

Hmm.

Hmm.

Oh! We'd better get something to eat!

Oh, great idea.

Got to keep our strength up.

Oh, boy, here we go.

( Both groaning )

Cleo: careful!

Theo: I got it.

Announcer: and now, lovers of the vowels "a," "e," "i," "o," "u"

And sometimes "y"

Martha reader and the vowelles are in the house

Singing the short "i" sound in their zippy big hit "kick."

( Zippy soul music playing )

( Singing repeated short "i" sound to soul tune )

( Song ends; cheering and applause )

( Scatting "the daring young man on his flying trapeze" )

( Imitates drum roll then crashing cymbal )

( Sounds out "t," then "tr" )

( Scats song, then imitates drum and cymbal )

Ick, ick.

Tr... Ick.

Trick.

( Scatting "flying trapeze" )

Trick!

( Scatting continues )

( Audience applauds each time new word is formed )

( Loud applause )

( Telephone rings )

Oh!

Barnaby b. "Don't call me buster" busterfield iii

Public library-- information hen.

( Patron prattles )

Oh! Yes, one moment.

Uh, let's see, yes...

No, dear, no.

You forgot sneezy.

Well, that's all right, everybody does.

You're welcome, mr. President.

( Phone rings )

Public library-- information hen.

( Patron prattles )

What?

What kind of bird is a hen?

Well, you've certainly come to the right place.

Listen to this.

( Music starts )

♪ Hens are simply fowl ♪

♪ And crows are for the birds ♪

♪ And while we're on the subject ♪

♪ Let me say a few more words ♪

♪ A pigeon is a smidgen ♪

♪ Like a dove mixed with a quail ♪

♪ A peacock's like a turkey ♪

♪ With a psychedelic tail... ♪

♪ Oh, hens are simply fowl ♪

♪ I'll say it once again ♪

♪ A hen is also a chicken ♪

♪ And a chicken is a hen ♪

♪ And if my explanation ♪

♪ Increases your frustration ♪

♪ The only thing important in the end ♪

♪ Is fowl or not, we're all you're feathered friends. ♪

( Patron prattles )

You're welcome.

( Phone rings )

Information hen.

How may I help you?

Oh!

Commentator: we're here at the national word club masters

Where the word-writing phenom tiger words

Is approaching the "t."

He's got to make the word "truck."

It's a difficult word

With the ( makes "t" and "r" sounds ) at the beginning

The ( makes short "u" sound ) in the middle

And the ( sounds out "ck" ) sound at the end.

Tr... U... Ck.

If he makes it, he will win a truck.

He's selecting his writing implement from his pencil case

It's a pen!

( Applause )

Tiger steps up to the "t" and he makes the letter "r."

With the letter "t," that makes the sound "t"-"r"-- "tr."

So far, so good.

Tiger now raises his pen

And writes the letters "c" and "k."

He's got the beginning of the word "truck":

( Makes "tr" sound )

And the last sound in the word truck: ( makes "ck" sound ).

He's got to add a vowel to make the ( makes short "u" sound )

In the middle.

And he writes the letter "i" for ( makes short "i" sound ).

Ooh, that's the word "trick," not "truck."

This kid never lets a mistake get him down

But he wrote that word in ink.

It can't be erased.

What will he do?

( Gasping )

He's reaching into his pencil case

And he's pulling out a magic wand!

( Gasping )

He waves it, and the letter "i" changes into the letter "u"

And that changes the word "trick" into "truck."

Unbelievable! Another incredible example of penmanship magic

Displayed by the fearless tiger words!

( Crowd cheering )

( Rap music playing )

And now 30 names

With the short "i" ( makes short "i" sound ) in them.

( Rapping ): ♪ meet ginny, gilda, vin and sig ♪

♪ Brunhilda, vin and ginny's pig ♪

♪ Timmy, twister, pecos bill ♪

♪ And kim and her twin sister, jill ♪

♪ Billy on her filly, misty ♪

♪ Lily, millie, will and christie ♪

♪ Trish, matilda, trip and d*ck ♪

♪ And kishma, hilda, chip and click ♪

Chorus: ♪ yeah, yeah, yeah, what's your name? ♪

♪ What's your name? What's your name? What's your name? ♪

♪ Enjoy your little moment of fame. ♪

♪ ♪ ♪

♪ Here's whiney, britney, chris and biff ♪

♪ And cliff! ♪

♪ In all these names you'll find short "i" ♪

♪ It sounds like "it," that's it, good-bye. ♪

( Makes short "i" sound )

And now two of the brightest lights on broadway--

Ms. Faith prince and mr. Walter bobbie-- will sing

The sound of the letter "i" in the word "hit."

( Sings short "i" )

( Joins in )

( Song ends; cheering applause, whistling )

Quack, quack, quack.

Quack, quack.

You're welcome!

Click, click, I need magic words.

Lionel's doing a magic escape trick

And he has no magic words!

Searching magic words data base.

700 Magic word patterns located.

Which would you prefer, leona?

Oh, I don't care.

You pick.

Making random selection.

( Reading words ):

Magic words do the trick.

Uh... Thick, uh, brick

Fiddle... "Fiddlepick"...

Oh! I'll never remember that.

Would you print it out, please?

But you are just learning how to read, leona.

Yeah, but I'm a fast learner.

Very well.

Printing.

Oh.

Watch your whiskers, leona.

Here it comes.

( Whooping )

Ride the monkey!

Hey, what's going on in there ?

Come on, I really got to...

Oh, it's lionel.

Lionel, I got the magic words

To help you escape.

Lionel!

Lionel ( muffled ): it's not about magic words.

It's about skill, leona...

( Yelping )

He needs magic words.

( Makes "th" sound )

( Makes "ck" sound )

( Makes "b" sound )

( Makes "f" sound )

Oh!

Oh!

Pickle, tickle, do the trick!

( Grunts )

Hi, lionel.

( Screams )

Leona, close the door!

Can't you see I'm escaping?

Oh!

( Grunts )

Oh! Oh! Oh!

Don't worry, lionel

I'll read these words

And I'll come back and escape you!

Oh.

Don't go away.

How many times do I have to tell you?

It's not about magic words!

( Leo and theo grunting )

Oh, boy.

( Grunts )

Whoa!

Okay, I got it.

Me, too.

( Closet thumps )

Oh, there it goes again.

Oh, I knew I shouldn't have skipped

That third helping of meat.

Oh!

How about a snack?

Good idea, cleo.

Oh, yes.

Come on, let's go.

Yes, let's do that.

All right, all right.

Whoa, not all right.

Okay, all right again.

Here we go.

( Thumping )

And now, once again, it's time for the adventures of sam spud

Parboiled potato detective.

Spud: the name is spud, sam spud.

I was working late one night.

The flicker-flicker of the neon sign outside my window

Was about to drive me crazy

When the phone rang.

Sam spud, potato detective.

( High voice babbling )

Yeah?

( Babbling )

You better get right over here.

Pockle? That's not right.

P-o-c-k-l-e?

That shouldn't be an "o," that should be an "i"--

P-i-c-k-l-e.

"Pickle," not "pockle."

Yeah?

Oh, she was in a terrible pickle, all right.

As a matter of fact, it was the worst pickle I'd ever seen.

She was talking a mile a minute.

I told her to put a zipper on it.

I hadn't noticed there already was one.

Ouch.

( Crowd cheering )

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, we have sir "t"...

And sir "ickle."

Blend on, dudes.

( Crowd cheering )

( Giggling )

Gawain: "tickle!" Excellent!

That's gawain's word for today

And this is gawain, saying

I'll be tickled to see you next time on...

Click: banana.

Oh, that's right.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Click, click, what does this say again?

You got to teach me how to read it.

( Beeping )

Reading instruction program activated.

Remember, start on the left.

Yeah, okay, the left.

( Sounding out "th" )

Ick.

I... Ck.

Th... Ick.

Th... Ick.

Thick, thick, thick.

Yay! Excellent, leona!

Applause for cub learning to read!

( Makes sound of applause )

Click!

Oh, sorry.

Next word.

( Sounds out "b" )

( Sounds out "b" )

( Sounds out "r" )

( Sounds out "r" )

Ick.

Ick.

B... R... Ick.

Brick, brick.

Announcer: and now, lovers of the vowels "a," "e," "i," "o," "u"

And sometimes "y"

Martha reader and the vowelles are in the house

Singing the short "i" sound in their zippy big hit, "fish."

( Background vocals singing repeated short "i" sound )

( Martha passionately singing short "i" sound to soul tune )

( Song ends; cheering and applause )

And now a little poem in which letters change

And make something very interesting happen.

♪ Young tish had a big empty dish ♪

♪ To get something to eat was her wish ♪

♪ Tish's dad, with no trouble ♪

♪ Exchanged "f" for "w" ♪

♪ Now tish is munching a fish, oh, yeah ♪

♪ Now tish is munching a fish! ♪

( Cheering and applause )

( Cheering and applause )

( Cheering and applause )

( Cheering and applause )

( Cheering and applause )

Dr. Bertice berry with the "i" sound from "ick."

( Screams short "i" sound )

( Applause and cheering )

Thank you.

Thank you, thank you all.

It's magic time with the great smartini.

Hey, thank you, little announcer bunny.

Hello, it is i, the great smartini!

( Applause )

And I'm his marmy.

Remarkable, smarmy marmy smartini.

( Applause )

And now i, the great smartini

Will do his amazing trouser- defying short "i" trick.

Marmy, may I have three words

That contain the short "i" sound in them please?

Yes, you can.

Marmy: "wig."

"Jig."

"Chicken."

Ah...

I will now put these words into my smartypants.

I will say a magic word and do a magic dance.

"Ibricadibra."

♪ Ooh, ah, dance in smartypants, ooh-ah! ♪

Let's see what we got.

Oh, look!

It's a chicken in a wig doing a jig.

( Applause )

Oh, let's hear it for my sonny boy, arty.

Hey, everyone do a jig.

Come on.

Lionel, I got them, I got them.

I got those magic words.

Listen, here they are.

Okay... ( Clears throat )

"Thick".... "Brick".... "Fiddlestick"...

"Tickle"... "Pickle"... "Limerick"

Magic words do the trick.

Ha! I read it.

Lionel, lionel...

Lionel!

Lionel?

Lionel!

He's gone.

My magic words made him disappear.

( Theo grunting )

I feel like I ate three meals.

Cleo: you did, theo.

Oh, yeah.

Whoa.

Why is this closet

In the middle of the room?

Good question.

Oh, hi, leona.

Mom, dad, i...

How would you feel about just having one cub?

What?

What?

Well, i...

My magic words made lionel disappear.

Whoa.

( Thud )

What?!

What?!

Click: ow!

Oh, I'm sorry about that, click.

You okay?

Be calm, be calm.

Lionel has not disappeared.

I know where he is.

Where?

And? Where? Yes?

I sent him into the houdini web site as he requested.

Oh, see, leona.

Honey, lionel didn't disappear.

He's in the houdini web site.

Yeah.

( All gasp )

All: in the houdini web site?!

Click!

Click!

Click!

Theo: houdini's "sunken box escape trick"?

Lionel's in that box.

Lionel ( over computer ): thanks for showing me how to escape from these ropes.

Houdini: my pleasure, lionel.

Now, if you'll excuse me

I have to escape from these chains and bands of steel

Before this box is dropped in the river.

Lionel: right, dropped in the river.

Oh, no! I'm being dropped in the river!

( Both gasp )

All: click, get him out of there!

Executing command.

Lionel has been extricated from the box in the nick of time.

Applause for mouse!

( Makes sound of applause )

All: but where is he?

I put him back in the closet where I found him, of course.

Oh, the closet.

There you go, little click.

( Squeals )

Silly lions.

( All roaring )

Oh, oh, don't open the closet yet.

I forgot something.

What could you...

I'll be right back.

But... Your brother.

I got it, I got it.

Here she comes.

Here it is.

"Thick".... "Brick".... "Fiddlestick"...

"Tickle"... "Pickle"... "Limerick"

Magic words do the trick.

( Giggles )

Cleo: did you read them?

I remembered it.

But still, you read some of it.

We're very impressed.

Ta-dah!

( All exclaim "lionel!" )

Oh, come here, boy.

I did it.

My magic words escaped you.

No, they didn't.

I escaped from the ropes myself.

I learned how to do it from houdini.

No, it was my magic words.

No way.

I'm going to go and learn a new trick.

Then you'll see it wasn't those magic words.

Whoa, the great liondelini!

Be careful this time, son.

You know what?

I'm going to go get some new magic words

So that next time he needs help, I'll be ready.

Oh, there you go.

You know what?

I think another little snack

Would do the "trick" about now.

Oh, you know what, theo?

Those words are "magic" to my hungry stomach.

( Snickers ): magic.

Love that word play, cleo.

( Snickers )

Magic...

And now, barnaby b. Busterfield iii

Does his famous escape trick.

Yeah, buster, come on.

Go, buster.

I do not have a famous escape trick.

I do not do tricks of any kind.

Oh...

No tricks?

No tricks!

Oh, well then, let's, uh...

Go!

Yeah, that's it.

Let's go.

No, no, no, wait-- untie me.

Come back here!

Oh.

All right, let's see...

( Reciting ):

( Gasps )

I am the great bustini!

Ta-dah!

( Chuckles )

And now for my next trick

I'm going to make all this disappear.

Deedle, deedle, lee...

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And it helps them become better readers.

Help a child get wild about reading.

Be a designated reader.

Hi, dad.

I'm ready to get wild.

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♪ Between the lions... ♪

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♪ Begin between the lions ♪

♪ Be here between the lions! ♪