Season 1
20 episodes · Jan 5, 1998
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- S1E1
Back Story
Jan 5, 199830mCharlie Horse, Lamb Chop, Shari, and Fingers clash stories on how The Music Pizza was founded. MUSICAL TIE-IN: Shari introduces musical notes and beats.
- S1E2
My Dog Has Fleas
Jan 6, 199830mA dog has wandered off the beach to the Music Pizza, and both Lamb Chop and Hush Puppy coax Shari to keep him—at least until his owner shows up. MUSICAL TIE-IN: Shari discusses how to tune a ukulele or any other stringed instrument with the tune My Dog Has Fleas.
- S1E3
Musicians of Bremen
Jan 7, 199830mLamb Chop is banging away on anything remotely like a drum. It's up to Junior to quell her by telling the story of the Bremen Town Musicians. MUSICAL TIT-INS: Anything cam be a drum; the families of musical instruments.
- S1E4
Blow Hard
Jan 8, 199830mCharlie Horse is at first upset when his best friend attend to his grandfather. But the old hand shows Charlie the tricks of the harmonica. MUSICAL TIE-INS: Blowing and drawing notes on a harmonica; practice for success.
- S1E5
Follow the Leader
Jan 9, 199830mCharlie Horse and the others want to play in the Fourth of July parade, but none is on pace with anybody else. MUSICAL TIE-IN: The conductor.
- S1E6
Spooky Opera Show
Jan 12, 199830mWith Cookie taking his birthday off work, everyone agrees to stage the perfect gift for him: an opera. Their inspiration comes from a Saturday thunderstorm and a few haunted cleaning items. MUSICAL TIE-IN: Voice and vocal chords.
- S1E7
A Pirate's Life
Jan 13, 199830mHush Puppy discovers what appears to be a treasure map, but does it make any sense? The only clues are the opening stanzas to Rock-a-Bye Baby and other songs. MUSICAL TIE-IN: The musical staff acts as a map.
- S1E8
The Audition
Jan 14, 199830mLamb Chop is ready to go to any length to land a role in the school production of Little Red Riding Hood. It comes to an extreme when she wants Shari to teach Charlie Horse ventriloquism.
- S1E9
Group Soup
Jan 15, 199830mCharlie Horse doesn't want to study for his American History test with his friend Chris. At the same time, Chris's mother is preparing for her citizenship test. In the process, she prepares her albondigas soup. MUSICAL TIE-IN: The waltz.
- S1E10
Rapunzel
Jan 16, 199830mIt's Lamb Chop's birthday, and Shari gets her a tape recorder as a present. At Lamb Chop's request, the tape recorder becomes a plot point in Shari's retelling of Rapunzel.
- S1E11
Toy Exchange
Jan 19, 199830mJunior comes down with the flu, putting a huge crimp on the toy exchange Charlie Horse is trying to stage. MUSICAL TIE-IN: Any sound can make music provided it creates a pattern.
- S1E12
Charlie on the Run
Jan 20, 199830mCharlie Horse has been taking ice cream from just about everybody. He has to get a job to try and pay the ice cream man (and Shari) back.
- S1E13
Wise Queen
Jan 21, 199830mShari has to show Lamb Chop that a variety of music is better than one kind. She tells a story of a land that has to end a quarrel of musical tastes.
- S1E14
Star-Spangled Charlie
Jan 22, 199830mWhy has Charlie Horse bailed out of the scouts? Perhaps it's the requirements for one of those badges. Sensing he needs encouragement, Shari teaches Charlie Horse the meaning of The Star-Spangled Banner. MUSICAL TIE-IN: Singing harmony.
- S1E15
Charlie's Ant
Jan 23, 199830mShari wants no part of Charlie Horse's ant farm, even though it is his school project. The ants must go before Cookie's father visits. MUSICAL TIE-IN: How a tuba works.
- S1E16
Whistle While You Work
Jan 26, 199830mShari is prepared to sell the Music Pizza, provided she can clean it up for the prospective buyer. The real problem is trying to evict a skunk. MUSICAL TIE-IN: Music that repeats rhythm; tempo.
- S1E17
Jazzy
Jan 27, 199830mShari wants to help a friend get a dog for the deaf. It's the inspiration for the Music Pizza's concert. MUSICAL TIE-IN: Scat singing.
- S1E18
Hush Puppy the Hero
Jan 28, 199830mCharlie Horse makes up a story about a sea monster, moving Hush Puppy to an extreme. Cookie offers driving lessons to Junior. MUSICAL TIE-INS: Pianistic technique; names of the keys.
- S1E19
Can I Sing You My Song?
Jan 29, 199830mJunior books a birthday party at the Music Pizza, and then has to scramble to deliver the goods. Maybe Charlie Horse will help with a song he made up. MUSICAL TIE-IN: Public domain.
- S1E20
Drum Show
Jan 30, 199830mShari is tired of everybody using the phone constantly using the phone. Maybe things will change when a Haida nation drummer visits the Music Pizza. MUSICAL TIE-INS: Various drums; the heartbeat is a natural human rhythm.