Lamb Chop's Play-Along (1992–1997)

Shari Lewis: Charlie Horse, Hush Puppy, Lamb Chop, Shari, Host

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Quotes 

• Shari Lewis : Did you ever wish upon a star?

  Lamb Chop : I once asked Mr. Rogers for his autograph.

• Lamb Chop : [admiring a baby chick]  Why is it going "cheep cheep"?

  Shari Lewis : Well, would you rather it went "expensive, expensive"?

  Lamb Chop : Is that a joke?

  Shari Lewis : I guess not.

• Shari Lewis : Go sing outside!

  Lamb Chop : But that's not fair! I was here first!

  Charlie Horse : No. I'm the oldest; *I* was here first!

• Lamb Chop : I'm a little teapot, short and stout. Here is my handle...

  [curls up left arm] 

  Lamb Chop : ... and here is my...

  [curls up right arm the same way] 

  Lamb Chop : ... oh darn, I'm a sugar bowl.

• Lamb Chop : Our next song is going to be...

  [starts singing] 

  Lamb Chop : Yankee Doodle went to town on a horse named Maxi, but Lamb Chop always got there first because she took a taxi!

• Lamb Chop : Little Boy Blue, come blow your nose...

• Lamb Chop : [Shari removes Lamb Chop's headphones]  What happened to the band?

  Shari Lewis : Hey!

  Lamb Chop : Oh, hi, Shari. What's up?

  Shari Lewis : What's up? All the neighbors.

  Lamb Chop : Huh?

  Shari Lewis : Do you know they can hear you all over town?

  Lamb Chop : Is that a new song by The Slobs?

• [upon discovering that Lamb Chop has the hiccups] 

  Shari Lewis : How do you get rid of the hiccups?

  Lamb Chop : Oh! When I get the hiccups, I can ne - *hic* - ever get rid of them!

  Charlie Horse : Lamb Chop...

  [Charlie Horse screams at Lamb Chop, and Lamb Chop screams in shock] 

  Lamb Chop : Whatever were you doing?

  Charlie Horse : I was trying to scare the hiccups out of you.

  Lamb Chop : You scared the daylights out of me! My hiccups are still fine, thank you. *Hic*

  Shari Lewis : Lamb Chop...

  Lamb Chop : Don't fool around!

  Shari Lewis : I'm not going to touch you! Oh, I know what to do!

  [to Lamb Chop] 

  Shari Lewis : Look the other way. Now, don't listen.

  [Lamb Chop looks the other way] 

  Shari Lewis : Now, Charlie Horse, what you have to do is...

  [Lamb Chop looks back at Shari] 

  Shari Lewis : Don't listen!

  [Lamb Chop looks away again] 

  Shari Lewis : What you have to do is look at her, and make a horrible face, and you'll scare the hiccups out of her.

  Charlie Horse : Okay, I'll do it. Lamb Chop?

  [Lamb Chop screams] 

  Charlie Horse : I didn't make a horrible face yet!

  Lamb Chop : Oh! I couldn't tell!

• [Charlie Horse is training Hush Puppy to fight against a bully. Hush Puppy is lifting weights] 

  Charlie Horse : C'mon higher! Higher! Higher!

  [Hush Puppy falls forward and drops the weights] 

  Hush Puppy : Are you sure that Arnold Schwarzenegger started like this?

• [said every time Lamb Chop wishes to hear a story of her babyhood] 

  Lamb Chop : [dreamily]  Tell me about when I was a baby... I was a baby...

• Charlie Horse : [singing before the Joke segments]  If ever you're at bat and you can feel yourself begin to choke...

  [spoken] 

  Charlie Horse : just step out of the box, *straighten* your socks, and tell yourself a *joke*!

• Shari Lewis : [singing before Funny Poems segments]  I love to dance, I love to sing/But laughing is my favorite thing/You are not the first to hear/A funny poem can make my year.

  [spoken] 

  Shari Lewis : Come on, Charlie Horse, make my year!

• Charlie Horse : Oh boy, Alpha-toons!

• Lamb Chop : Oh goody, Alpha-toons!

• Hush Puppy : Oh yes, Alpha-toons!

• Charlie Horse , Lamb Chop , Hush Puppy : [singing after Joke segments]  It's a funny, funny, funny, funny, funny... it's a funny joke!

  [all laugh indistinctly] 

• Shari Lewis : [singing before Funny Poems segments]  I love to dance, I love to sing/But laughing is my favorite thing/And don't forget, before you speak,/A funny poem can make my week.

  [spoken] 

  Shari Lewis : Come on, Hush Puppy, make my week!

• Lamb Chop : [chuckling, then singing before Joke segments]  If ever you're so angry you can feel you ears begin to smoke...

  [smoke emits from her ears as a bell rings or a train whistles in the background] 

  Lamb Chop : You can put out the flame, playing the game of "Tell Yourself a Joke"!

• Shari Lewis : [singing before Joke segments]  If ever you wake up so sad that/You could use a friendly stroke/Just climb into your chair,/And the moment you're there/Tell yourself a joke!

• Charlie Horse : [singing after Knock-Knock Joke segments]  That was a knock-knock joke/I love a knock-knock joke/They can be *awful*, it's true!/Still, I'm telling you, I love a knock-knock joke!

• Shari Lewis : [singing before Knock-Knock Joke segments]  Give me a knock-knock joke/Don't knock, knock-knock joke/They're always dumb, so tell me how come?/After one, I laugh a bubble up, after four, I always double up!/Don't be an old slowpoke, give me a knock-knock joke, please?

• Charlie Horse : [singing before Riddle segments]  I got a riddle, you bet!/I got a riddle, get set!/It is a little mystery./Can you solve the riddle?

  [spoken] 

  Charlie Horse : We'll see!

• Shari Lewis : [singing after Riddle segments]  Riddle are great fun, you know./We got a million, also!/But look at the time now; it's late/So I'm afraid they'll have to wait...

  [spoken] 

  Shari Lewis : till next time!

• Shari Lewis : [singing before Funny Poems segments]  I love to dance, I love to sing/ But laughing is my favorite thing/And that is why I'm known to say/A funny poem can make my day.

  [spoken] 

  Shari Lewis : Come on, Lamb Chop, make my day!

• Shari Lewis : [singing after Funny Poem segments]  The happy smile you see on me/Did not happen magically/It's all because of, take my word/A funny little poem that I just heard!

• Shari Lewis : [singing before Betcha segments]  It's betcha time, it's betcha time/And though I've never met 'cha/I know something you can't do, I betcha, betcha, betcha/I'll teach you how to do what I propose.

  [spoken] 

  Shari Lewis : Ready, set, here it goes!

• Shari Lewis : [singing after Betcha segments]  You'll get a lotta laughter, I will doubt/I betcha if you'll only try it out!