02x54 - The Chess Mess

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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02x54 - The Chess Mess

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hey hey well here's a coming read

between the lion

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tell me why is a raven like a

writing-desk why is a raven like a

writing this idea

nor I oh here nothing like a gray Mouse

just day

Callooh Catholic dad Samara from Alice

in Wonderland and click click the girl

Mouse that means kids

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Callay we're all dressed up for Alice

day we're all dressed up all dressed up

we're all gladness

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reading Lewis Carroll's through the

looking-glass and what Alice found their

illustrations by John to neo it is a

book with which I'm not compatible no

logic no I wouldn't go that far Dormouse

know things just make a different kind

of sense in Wonderland much well left is

right if that's the direction you want

to go in that's right now when we last

left Alice she had just walked through

the mirror in her house into another

world which was very fair

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for some minutes Alice stood without

speaking looking out in all directions

over the country

I declare it's locked up just like a

large chess board Alice said at last

it's a great huge game of chess that's

being played all over the world if this

is the world all you know oh what fun it

is how I wish I was one of them I

wouldn't mind being a pawn

if only I might join of course I should

like to be a queen best that's easily

managed you can be the white Queens pawn

if you like and you're in the second

Square to begin with when you get to the

eighth square just at this moment

somehow or other they began to run

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the time has come the walrus said to

talk of many things and cabbages and why

the sea is boiling hot not at all Leona

it's just a sea an H and E and two S's

plain just is a bit more difficult than

saying chests Leona

mm-hm you see you play on a board chess

is a battle when you try to capture the

other side's King your army tries to

outsmart the other army and when you

capture their King you win you tip over

and yell checkmate checkmate checkmate

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you know I used to be quite a good chess

player myself after a while I I couldn't

find anyone who could beat me so I gave

up the game no one can beat a computer

at chess

well perhaps I should come out of

retirement there's one right here click

kindly bring the chess board out of this

book I'll do better than that

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ready for chess

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chest no no no you play chess oh no sir

buster

we play just yeah it's a pigeon oh you

see how far you can stick out your just

lets play chest come on

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in the word

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press pressing and now the word doctor

with dr. Ruth Wertheimer

hello here's dr. Reid I'm dr. Ruth

Mortimer

with another word that's tired of being

what it is and once to change isn't that

right yes but I am thirsty and I can't

change I can't yes you can

no I can't have you tried letting go of

your first letter the letter T no should

I

absolutely okay go scram better very

good now you've got to let a little Z

into your life

z yes negative and it will change you I

promise

and city zesty not tasty Oh Peggy

daiquiris thank you you are welcome I'm

the best

did that heat win the big king test he

just

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Bing that deep

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stretch stretch stretch stretch stretch

Oh stretch

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a fiery horse a cloud of eraser dust in

a hearty hiyo with his trusty sidekick

rustle up some breath again

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where is it give it to me

Oh loan do you think something is wrong

here

I'll ask what do you folks doing

remember to milk the eggs and take the

chicken from the cow give me your

chicken where is your chicken oh they're

following orders Russell

nothing wrong here alone don't you think

perhaps that note could use a bit of

rearranging hmm

hi-ho shines him light on this

remember to milk the eggs and take the

chicken from the cow remember to milk

the cow and take the eggs from the

chicken thank you who was that banana

nose masked stranger we didn't even get

a chance to thank him how to make him an

omelet

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you yell in that poor horses ears

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weep why should I weep I'm having a

great time oh hey Cleo time to feed my

brain and stomach chest books and snacks

haha just books and snacks hey click

don't go anywhere I'll be back dad's

really happy

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luzhin he's going to get sadder and

sadder you're right he can't keep

loosing he's gotta win I cannot be

beaten he cannot win yes he can yeah

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wake up wake up this isn't camp

easy-peasy

eat a lot this is vote boot camp now and

you thought bowel bootcamp was going to

be easy front and center but suddenly

Abby comes straight at you then at E

att*cks from the rear

give me your sound soldier word bet you

bet soldier so you call in a backup and

a joins the fight by your side what's

the rule of engagement so what's your

sound now Wow word beat you bet now beat

it bow squad let's go make some word

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and now today chicken Jane and the red

elephant yes the sled is right Scott

look see chicken Jane write the letter G

EMT good get it now see you write the

letters hey W a fly away look Scott look

chicken Jane is what we are not what

Thank You chicken Jane see going up the

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and now a word from star of stage screen

and television mr. Bruno Kirby excellent

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yes

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checkmate what is it 15 games in a row

more like 17

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maybe he really is said could I be

winning so easily all of a sudden Oh

Co you can be winning all of a sudden

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contrariwise losing is winning on Alice

Day and winning unfairly is losing happy

when you're losing now you're really sad

cuz you're winning that is so very so

how can you be happy when you lose if

that isn't the song cue I don't know

what is I don't fight back it's quite a

music cuz I can learn a lot from a

defeat

you see games just aren't fun when I'm

winning everyone but losing fair and

square can be a treat because you can

you lose it's up to you to choose to

give up or start play yes you can win

when you lose

forget about booze just stand up and

shout hooray prepare to do your best if

you're put to the test it's not about

the fortune or the fame keep feeding

your desire don't let losing quench your

fire win or lose it's how you play the

game

it's up to you to choose together or

start to play

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so dormouse are you ready for a rematch

well fall Callooh Callay

let bout a rematch could be one of them

would not mind being a pawn if only I

could join

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that's easily managed you can be the

white Queens pawn if you like and you're

in the city in the square to begin with

when you get to the eighth square you'll

be a queen

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check

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the beginning what no it's not the

beginning it's the end the beginning no

right I get it everything is backwards

today so I guess it's time for me to say

sweetie

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be a designated reader once upon a time

there was

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