01x27 - Piggyback, Piggyback

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Woman: ♪ hey, now... ♪

♪ Hey, wow... ♪

♪ Here's how ♪

♪ Come and read ♪

♪ Between the lions ♪

Chorus: ♪ come on ♪

♪ Come in ♪

♪ Begin ♪

♪ The world awaits ♪

Woman: ♪ between the lions ♪

♪ Between the covers of a book ♪

♪ It's time to look between the lions ♪

♪ Behold the tales beyond the tails ♪

Chorus: ♪ behind the door ♪

♪ Become, explore ♪

♪ Come in between the lions ♪

♪ Begin between the lions ♪

♪ Be here between the lions! ♪

Let's see, uh, tub...

Check.

Towel...

Check.

Book...

Check.

Tongue...

Perfect.

That's everything.

( Grunts )

Cleo, I think we're ready.

( Inhaling deeply )

Both: tongue bath time!

Lionel: me first, me first

Me first, me first!

Uh-uh!

Me first, lionel.

Mommy, could you pay special attention

To my back, please?

Oh, my pleasure, leona.

Aah, I'm old enough to give myself

My own tongue bath anyhow.

No, you can't do your own back.

Uh-huh...

Mm-hmm.

Uh-uh.

( Grunting )

Perhaps this would be a good time

To read our tongue bathtime story

For today, huh?

( Chuckles )

Now, it's loosely based

On a very old tale from india.

It is called

The dirty, smelly king, by sir hackney mackinack.

( Reading aloud )

Zack of hackensack?

Uh, I said loosely based.

( Laughing ): very loosely based.

( Chuckling )

( Theo continues reading aloud )

Woman: oh, what a stinkpot!

Man: p.u.!

Is my crown on backwards?

Is my jacket tacky?

What is it, jack?

Go jump in the lake, zack.

( Sniffs )

King zack of hackensack is no longer dirty and smelly.

He is clean and...

Not smelly!

Hooray for clean and not smelly king zack of hackensack!

Hooray for clean and not smelly leona of the library!

I can't see.

Oh!

"Then king zack of hackensack looked down

"And saw that he was standing in the mud

And his feet were dirty!"

Hey, my feet are dirty!

My feet are dirty again.

And back out

And back in and back out

And back in and back out

And back in and back out

And back in and back out and back in...

You may continue.

( Chuckles )

"Sir jack told king zack to relax.

"Everyone in the kingdom had dirty feet

So it was no problem."

No problem!

( Chuckles )

Yeah, but having dirty feet

Was a problem for king zack.

He thought he would be unpopular again

If any part of his body was dirty.

From now on, I will ride piggyback on you, jack.

My feet will never touch the ground

So they won't get dirty.

( Jack groans )

This guy should cut down on his snacks.

And king zack rode piggyback

All over the place

On sir jack's back forever and ever.

The end.

That can't be the end.

Zack can't ride piggyback on sir jack

Forever and ever.

He can so!

Uh-uh.

Daddy?

Yes, leona?

Can I ride piggyback

Just like king zack rode on sir jack's back?

Oh, your wish is my command.

Oh!

Here you go.

Oh, oh, oh!

Whoa, whoa!

Here we go!

Yee-ha!

( Chuckling )

That isn't really the end of the story, is it, mom?

No, it isn't, lionel.

( Laughs )

( Water splashes )

I knew it.

( Chuckles )

So, are you ready

For your tongue bath now?

Oh! Or would you prefer

To do it yourself, old-timer?

Well, I've been thinking about it.

You can do it if you want to.

I mean, I know it's important to you, mom.

Oh... You're too kind.

( Cleo slurping )

Ah!

Oh, you're a good mom.

Whoops!

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

And sometimes "y"

Give it up for martha reader and the vowelles

Singing the short "a" sound

From their smash word, "pack."

♪ ♪ ♪

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

( Song ends; cheering and applause )

The "un" people.

Weary of all the rhinos sliding down her banister

Unflappable little monica maxwell has packed them all

Into a gigantic travel sack.

But wait a minute.

What's this?

Oh, no!

It's the evil "un" people.

They're putting an "un" in front of the word "packed."

Monica's sack has become unpacked.

Those dratted rhinos are loose again.

But be not sad, little monica.

The heroic "re" people are here.

Look!

They've rerounded up the dratted rhinos

And repacked them in monica's travel sack.

Thank you, "re" people.

You're fabulous!

( Making repeated "ck" sound )

Ack.

Ack.

Qu... Qu... Ack.

Qu... Ack, quack.

( Quacks )

( Quacks )

Quack.

( Quacks )

Quack.

Quack!

( Quacks )

( Glass shatters )

( 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 "sm"...

( Crowd cheers )

And on your right, sir "ack."

( Cheering )

Blend on, dudes!

That's gawain's word for today.

And this is gawain saying see you next time on...

( Rap b*at playing )

And now, 24 names

With the short "a"-- "aah"-- sound in them.

♪ Meet annie, annie's granny, tammy ♪

♪ Danny, danny's nanny, pammy ♪

♪ Sandy, sandy's basset, dash ♪

♪ And this is brandy... ♪

♪ Meet nancy, alexandra, cabot ♪

♪ Clancy, alexandra's rabbit ♪

♪ Shaq and mack and matt and hannah ♪

♪ Zack and jack and pat and vanna. ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, what's your name? ♪

♪ What's your name, what's your name? ♪

♪ Enjoy your little moment of fame! ♪

♪ ♪ ♪

♪ Orlando, jan... ♪

♪ Fernando, fran and mia hamm ♪

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

♪ It sounds like "aah"-- that's that, good day. ♪

( Making short "a" sound )

( Clucking )

( Phone rings )

Oh!

Barnaby b. Busterfield iii public library.

Information hen speaking.

Oh, why yes, dear, yes, the library is absolutely free.

Anyone can come here and read

Or you can borrow a book and take it home.

Of course, you must bring it back, yes.

All you need is a library card, mm-hmm.

Oh, yes, yes, that's free, too.

You're welcome.

( Phone rings )

Library.

Information hen speaking.

Oh, oh!

Long distance.

Well, how may I help you?

Ah, one moment.

I'll just look that up.

Ah! Here it is, here it is.

The answer is, "to get to the other side."

Oh, you're welcome, your majesty.

( Inhales contentedly )

( Sighs )

Let's see now.

( Clucking )

Oh! That's good.

Theo: whoa!

Leona: wow, look how high I am, daddy!

What a view!

Oh, hello down there!

Yoo-hoo! Hey, lionel!

( Chuckles )

Dad, race to the end

Of the balcony, okay?

All right, leona, my dear.

Charge!

( Imitating bugle call )

Theo: excuse me, sir.

( Leona giggling )

( Music begins playing )

♪ I got a brand-new game called piggyback ♪

♪ It's a little thing we learned ♪

♪ From good king zack ♪

♪ Who rode around forever on his friend sir jack ♪

♪ Hey, I love riding piggyback. ♪

♪ Piggyback, piggyback ♪

♪ It's fun and it's easy ♪

♪ Once you get the knack ♪

Both: ♪ oh, piggyback, piggyback ♪

♪ I love riding piggyback. ♪

♪ If you're feeling down, don't blow your stack ♪

♪ Hop right up ♪

♪ And get your life on track ♪

♪ Yeah, the best thing to do when things look black ♪

♪ Is to try riding piggyback. ♪

♪ Piggyback, piggyback ♪

♪ It's fun and it's easy once you get the knack ♪

♪ Oh, piggyback, piggyback ♪

♪ You're gonna love riding piggyback. ♪

♪ Piggyback, piggyback ♪

♪ It's fun and it's easy once you get the knack ♪

♪ Doesn't matter if your name is john or jill or mack ♪

♪ You're gonna love riding piggyback... ♪

♪ You're gonna love riding piggyback... ♪

♪ You're gonna love riding piggyback. ♪

Yeah!

( Both laughing )

That was great, daddy!

Yeah.

Oh, daddy, daddy, daddy.

Can I stay up here forever and ever?

Well, if that's what you really want, sure.

Yeah, yeah!

What?!

She can't do that.

Jealous.

No... No!

Cleo: all right, cubs

It's time for soccer practice.

Yay! Soccer practice.

( Laughing )

You can't play soccer

From up there.

Come on, mom!

Yeah, but i...

Oh, come on, daddy.

Let's go play soccer.

Come on, come on.

Oh, I'm sorry, leona, I can't.

I have to stay here

And take care of the library.

Oh... Yeah.

You know what?

If you want to go, I could put you down.

No, no, daddy.

I said I was going to stay up here forever

And I'm going to stay up here

Forever and ever.

Yeah.

Well, okay, great.

Then let's get to work.

Oh, yay! Let's get to work.

Let's see, uh...

( Audience applauds after each word is read aloud )

( Gasps )

The monkey pop-up theater!

( Audience murmuring )

Man: shh! Shh!

( Audience hushes )

( Quavers ): oh! Dwight!

What?

What is it that has given you such a fright?

( Piano plays )

( Singing ):

( Singing ):

( Tempo quickens )

( Singing in a round ):

( Singing together ):

( Music ends; audience cheers )

( Monkeys hooting excitedly )

( Laughs )

( Insects chirping )

And now arty smartypants will read four words

Without any assistance whatsoever!

( Applause )

Thank you.

May I have a "build the excitement" drum roll please?

( Drum roll, applause )

Thank you.

"Lap"...

"Clap"...

"Flap"...

"Flapjack."

"Lap," "clap," "flap" and "flapjack."

Thank you.

( Applause )

Audience: look out!

Oh, no.

Whoa!

( Thud )

Ooh!

Oh, my aching smartypants!

Arty! Arty! Arty!

( Chuckles ): oh!

Flapjack.

( Laughs heartily )

Hmm?

Flapjack.

Now twist your tongue around this one.

Nat's knapsack snap strap.

Nat's nap snack strap...

Snap strapped.

Nack's next...

Nack's... Nack's n...

Nat's knack sack...

Strap snaps.

Snat naps...

Snat naps sap sap.

Nat's knapsack straps snaps.

Nat's knack...

Nap shack strap snapped.

( All say something different )

Nat's nap stack strap stack.

Nat's knapsack strap snapped.

Nat's knapsack strap snapped.

Nat's knapsack strap snapped.

( Chuckles )

Announcer: ladies and gentlemen

The moment you've been waiting for--

The fabulous vowelles and the magnificent johnny consonanti

Come together on our stage in an earth-shattering performance

Of that smash hit word, "at"!

( Singing short "a" sound )

( Makes "t" sound )

( Song ends; cheering and applause )

And now fun with chicken jane.

Today, "chicken jane and the fat cat."

Woman ( singing ):

( Squawks )

( Purring )

( Squawks )

( Squawking in alarm )

S-c-a-t.

S... Ca... T, scat-- "scat."

( Squawks )

( Clucking )

Woman ( singing ):

( Squawks sadly )

And now a word from world-renowned mezzo-soprano

Ms. Denyce graves.

( Maestro taps baton, audience hushes )

That.

( Audience cheers and exclaims )

That was amazing!

You are all that and a bag of chips

You know that?

Did you hear that?

I heard that.

That was amazing.

Thank you.

I just love that.

I love that, too.

I just love that.

All right, let's find out who's who.

Here!

Who's here?

Yes.

What?

Here.

Who are you?

No, I'm what.

You're who?

No, I'm who.

Where?

Here!

Where are you?

Yes.

What?

That's me.

You're who?

No, I'm what-- he's who.

Where?

I'm where, he's what.

And I'm who.

Oh, why me?!

No, why me-- I'm why.

All right.

So you're why...

Mm-hmm.

Yep.

You're who...

Yeah.

You're where...

And you're what.

All: right.

Fine.

Now, when...

Here!

( Feet squeal )

What?

No, I'm what.

( Groans )

( All laughing )

( Kids laugh and shout )

Lionel: guys, guys, I'm over here!

I'm over here! I'm over here!

Whoa! You want to put some pressure on that.

Let's see, "www..."

Leona: dad...

Dad, can we go play soccer now, please?

Oh, I'm sorry, leona, I can't right now.

I've got to stay here

In case somebody needs something.

Uh, "www..." Oh!

Gosh, I wonder how king zack likes

Staying up on sir jack's back forever and ever.

Oh, well, why don't we read the rest of the dirty, smelly king

And find out?

Oh, okay.

Yeah, yeah, let's do that.

"King zack of hackensack decided to ride piggyback

"On his prime minister, sir jack of nyack

Forever and ever."

Like me.

"And then one day...

( Theo continues reading )

"But king zack was not having fun playing kick the sack."

I never get to kick the sack.

This is no fun, jack.

( Gasping ): tell me about it.

"King zack couldn't kick the sack

"As long as he was on sir jack's back

"But if he got off sir jack's back

His feet would get black."

Oh!

Hey, wait a minute.

I just thought of something.

Yeah?

Shoes!

Why didn't he just put shoes on his feet?

Good thinking, leona.

But shoes hadn't been invented yet.

Oh, well, he has an excuse then.

( Theo continues ):

"But king zack's feet still got dirty!"

But... How come he wasn't wearing his shoes?

Oh... Huh?

Are you crazy?

They're brand-new.

I don't want to ruin them.

( Theo laughs )

Boy ( outside ): lionel sh**t-- he scores!

Daddy.

Yes, leona, my little cublet.

Uh, I don't think

I want to be carried around on your back

Forever and ever.

( Chuckles ): are you sure?

Uh... Yeah.

Yeah, I'm sure, I'm sure.

Here you go.

( Grunting )

Easy does it.

( Sighs )

B-but, dad, but I can still ride

On your back sometimes, can't i?

Oh, leona, you can ride on my back

Anytime you want to.

Oh, thanks, dad.

( Both chuckle )

Oh, boy, oh, boy!

Leona sh**t-- she scores, oh, boy!

Bye, mom.

Whoa! Bye, leona.

( Sighs )

Theo: one day it's piggyback, the next it's halfback.

Kids: hi, leona!

Oh, my little lioness is growing up fast.

Are you all right, theo?

Yeah, I'm fine.

I'm just fine.

( Both chuckle, then sigh contentedly )

( Grunting )

Ah, finally, the silliness is over.

Oh, that piggyback business is strictly for the birds.

( Laughing )

That's not what I meant!

( Groans )

There are games and stories at the between the lions web site:



Cleo: reading to children every day creates warm family memories

And it helps them become better readers.

Help a child get wild about reading.

Be a designated reader.

Okay, mom.

( Both laughing )

Do your "designated reader" thing!

Okay.

♪ ♪ ♪



Chorus: ♪ between the lions... ♪

♪ Between the lions... ♪

Woman: ♪ come in between the lions ♪

♪ Begin between the lions ♪

♪ Be here between the lions!