The Charlie Horse Music Pizza (partially lost PBS Kids "Lamb Chop's Play-Along" spin-off series; 1998-1999)

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The show's title card.

Status: Partially Lost

The Charlie Horse Music Pizza was a spin-off of Lamb Chop's Play-Along that premiered on PBS Kids in 1998.

The show tells the story of a seaside pizzeria run by Shari Lewis and her puppet friends Charlie Horse, Lamb Chop and Hush Puppy, alongside some new characters created for this show. The show emphasized music education, and each episode taught a specific lesson about music. The show was cancelled in the fall of 1998 after Shari Lewis died of complications from ovarian cancer.

The show is extremely hard to find on the internet. Of the 23 episodes made of the show, only 15 exist in full, and one exists partially. Other than these episodes, no other episodes exist on the Internet. Wikipedia claims that Sony Wonder released VHS tapes of the show,[1] but no evidence of the tapes can be found online, meaning that this claim could be false. On July 7th, 2018, LMW user peter uploaded ten complete episodes of the show on Archive and Myspleen.[2] The episodes “Star Spangled Charlie” and “One Man Band” (in addition to outtakes featuring Lamb Chop swearing and getting into a fistfight with Hush Puppy, behind the scenes footage of Shari’s last day recording “Goodbye, Hello,” and a Japanese dub of the previously available episode “The Audition”) are available to watch on VHS at Emerson College in Boston, MA in their Dom DeLuise archives; however this is only available for in-person appointments.[3] More detailed descriptions of the first season's episodes from the show's official site have been preserved on the Wayback Machine.[4]

Episode List

Season 1

# Episode Title Air Date Status
1 Back Story Jan 5, 1998 Found
2 My Dog Has Fleas Jan 6, 1998 Found
3 Musicians of Bremen Jan 7, 1998 Found
4 Blow Hard Jan 8, 1998 Found
5 Follow The Leader Jan 9, 1998 Lost
6 Spooky Opera Show Jan 12, 1998 Found (1|2)
7 A Pirate's Life Jan 13, 1998 Found
8 The Audition Jan 14, 1998 Found
9 Group Soup Jan 15, 1998 Found
10 Rapunzel Jan 16, 1998 Found
11 Toy Exchange Jan 19, 1998 Found
12 Charlie On The Run Jan 20, 1998 Lost
13 Wise Queen Jan 21, 1998 Found
14 Star-Spangled Charlie Jan 22, 1998 Only Available at Emerson College
15 Charlie's Ants Jan 23, 1998 Partially Lost (1|2)
16 Whistle While You Work Jan 26, 1998 Found (1)|2)
17 Jazzy Jan 27, 1998 Lost
18 Hush Puppy The Hero Jan 28, 1998 Lost
19 Can I Sing You My Song? Jan 29, 1998 Lost
20 Drum Show Jan 30, 1998 Found

Season 2

# Episode Title Air Date Status
1 One Man Band Jan 3, 1999 Only available at Emerson College
2 The George and Bill Show Jan 10, 1999 Lost
3 Goodbye, Hello Jan 17, 1999 Found

See Also

Lamb Chop's Play-Along

Bumpers

PBS

PBS Kids

References