Hopping Hen For Lions

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Get ready to hop fun like hens should. It talks about where usually cluck for hens. Title so, outro four. Simply instead of Dash, it's Dot.

Catalogue Number: 7864

Title Date: July 16, 2001

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FRAME 1

Leona and Lionel approach a patron who is being disturbed by a hopping hen. Lionel tells the hen to get out. Theo Lion enters with a box of signs that have just arrived from the printer. Theo explains that the signs are intended to be hung up all over the library to let everyone know the rules. Click interrupts to notify the lions that there is a plumbing emergency in the basement that requires Theo and Cleo's immediate attention. Theo leaves Lionel in charge of posting the signs. Lionel begins reading the signs, which seem somewhat confusing. Walter and Clay Pigeon are having fun with Barnaby B. Busterfield III, who has a party hat on his head. Barnaby protests, but Walter insists they're just obeying a posted sign which reads "fun here."

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Celebrity

Fred Says: Hen

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Puppets

Martha Reader and The Vowelles singing the short "e" sound from their sensational hit word "men". (without curtain)

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Seesaw: men, en, hen, when.

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Who's Here

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Seesaw: when, hen, en, pen, pet, wet.

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Film

Gawain's Word: wet

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Robots: wet, pet, pen, hen.

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Puppets

The Great Smartini: Ten Red-Vested Hens

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The Un-People vs. The Re-People: dressed

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FRAME 2

Lionel tells Leona that this is the last sign: "hopping hen here." Click warns the cubs that some strange things are happening in the library, and they observe that patrons are following the rules on signs reading "bare feet allowed in the computer room", "eating and whistling at the same time", "saxophone playing", "breaking bricks permitted", "monkeys on the stair railing", and a few "hopping hen here" signs, too. Realizing that the new rules allow all manner of crazy behavior, Lionel sings "Brand New Rules" to the patrons. Alarmed by all the ruckus, Theo and Cleo arrive and ask what is going on. Cleo realizes that the printer forgot to include the word "No" on all the signs; they should have read "No saxophone playing", "No breaking bricks permitted", etc. Just then, a delivery man arrives with a box, and Cleo is relieved to find that inside the box is the word "No".

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Celebrity

Fred Says: Yell

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Stage: yell, yes.

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Puppets

Dunderhead Lab with Dr. Nitwhite and Watson: Words with the Short E

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Martha Reader and The Vowelles sing "Dreamy Vowel E" (without curtain)

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The Adventures of Cliff Hanger: Cliff Hanger and the Bed (without music)

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Film

Sloppy Pop sings Read the Signs.

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FRAME 3

Soon, they put them all over the signs, and everything is put back to normal. Leona finds one remaining "hopping hen here" sign without a "No" but Cleo reveals that it's not a mistake. They put it outside so the hen can happily hop, and everyone else can read in private. The "fun here" sign near Barnaby has also been corrected to read "No fun here." And Barnaby sings "Party Pooper".

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OUTRO 4

Cookie Monster tells Rosita about the importance of running for exercise, and they have a race. Hey, You're Back. Thanks For Visiting Us. And Remember, There Are Lots Of Amazing Animals In The Big Big World That You Can Learn More About. Do You Know Any Amazing Animals In Your Neighborhood? Cool!

Notes and Trivia

 * This is the third episode that does not have a particular book involved.
 * This is the second episode that has the word hen as the main word, the first was Farmer Ken's Puzzle.
 * Jennifer Barnhart (Cleo's voice) plays the annoyed patron.
 * In the Fred Says segment, Fred gives the hen a slightly similar voice to Candle, a baby dragon from the show Dragon Time in the rejected Jim Henson Company sitcom pilot Puppetman, which Fred starred on, as the head puppeteer Gary, who puppeteered Candle, as well as Butane and Clyde.
 * This is the only episode that the grey hand pulls out the end of the word from Fred Says and takes it to the next segment.