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The Charlie Horse Music Pizza

1998-01-05 Kids 10

The Charlie Horse Music Pizza is a children's television show that was shown on PBS in the United States from January to May 1998. Re-runs aired until late 1999, with infrequent airings throughout 2000. It is a spin-off of the series Lamb Chop's Play-Along and was hosted by Shari Lewis, whose strong belief in the benefits of music education for children led to the creation of the series. The show takes place around a pizzeria on the beach. Alongside the original cast of Lamb Chop, Hush Puppy, Charlie Horse, and Shari, Charlie Horse Music Pizza introduced four new characters – Take-Out, a big anthropomorphized orangutan who makes deliveries on roller skates; Fingers, a giant purple raccoon that lives in the dumpster behind the pizzeria; Cookie the soft-hearted, opera-loving cook; and Junior, who works at the pizzeria part-time, and plays musical instruments, such as the tuba for his high school marching band. The series was put on hiatus after the May 30 episode aired due to Lewis' treatment in a local hospital. It was then cancelled when she died on August 2.

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The Charlie Horse Music Pizza is a children's television show that was shown on PBS in the United States from January to May 1998. Re-runs aired until late 1999, with infrequent airings throughout 2000. It is a spin-off of the series Lamb Chop's Play-Along and was hosted by Shari Lewis, whose strong belief in the benefits of music education for children led to the creation of the series. The show takes place around a pizzeria on the beach. Alongside the original cast of Lamb Chop, Hush Puppy, Charlie Horse, and Shari, Charlie Horse Music Pizza introduced four new characters – Take-Out, a big anthropomorphized orangutan who makes deliveries on roller skates; Fingers, a giant purple raccoon that lives in the dumpster behind the pizzeria; Cookie the soft-hearted, opera-loving cook; and Junior, who works at the pizzeria part-time, and plays musical instruments, such as the tuba for his high school marching band. The series was put on hiatus after the May 30 episode aired due to Lewis' treatment in a local hospital. It was then cancelled when she died on August 2.

  • First Aired
    1998-01-05
  • Last Aired
    1998-01-30
  • Creator
    Shari Lewis
  • Genre
    Kids
  • Seasons
    1
  • Episodes
    20
  • Status
    Ended
  • Language
    English
  • Network
    PBS
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  • Season 1
Back Story

1. Back Story

Charlie Horse, Lamb Chop, Shari, and Fingers clash stories on how The Music Pizza was founded. MUSICAL...More
Charlie Horse, Lamb Chop, Shari, and Fingers clash stories on how The Music Pizza was founded. MUSICAL TIE-IN: Shari introduces musical notes and beats.Less
30mins 1998-01-05
My Dog Has Fleas

2. My Dog Has Fleas

A dog has wandered off the beach to the Music Pizza, and both Lamb Chop and Hush Puppy coax Shari to k...More
A 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.Less
30mins 1998-01-06
Musicians of Bremen

3. Musicians of Bremen

Lamb Chop is banging away on anything remotely like a drum. It's up to Junior to quell her by telling ...More
Lamb 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.Less
30mins 1998-01-07
Blow Hard

4. Blow Hard

Charlie Horse is at first upset when his best friend attend to his grandfather. But the old hand shows...More
Charlie 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.Less
30mins 1998-01-08
Follow the Leader

5. Follow the Leader

Charlie Horse and the others want to play in the Fourth of July parade, but none is on pace with anybo...More
Charlie 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.Less
30mins 1998-01-09
Spooky Opera Show

6. Spooky Opera Show

With Cookie taking his birthday off work, everyone agrees to stage the perfect gift for him: an opera....More
With 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.Less
30mins 1998-01-12
A Pirate's Life

7. A Pirate's Life

Hush Puppy discovers what appears to be a treasure map, but does it make any sense? The only clues are...More
Hush 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.Less
30mins 1998-01-13
The Audition

8. The Audition

Lamb Chop is ready to go to any length to land a role in the school production of Little Red Riding Ho...More
Lamb 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.Less
30mins 1998-01-14
Group Soup

9. Group Soup

Charlie Horse doesn't want to study for his American History test with his friend Chris. At the same t...More
Charlie 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.Less
30mins 1998-01-15
Rapunzel

10. Rapunzel

It's Lamb Chop's birthday, and Shari gets her a tape recorder as a present. At Lamb Chop's request, th...More
It'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.Less
30mins 1998-01-16
Toy Exchange

11. Toy Exchange

Junior comes down with the flu, putting a huge crimp on the toy exchange Charlie Horse is trying to st...More
Junior 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.Less
30mins 1998-01-19
Charlie on the Run

12. Charlie on the Run

Charlie Horse has been taking ice cream from just about everybody. He has to get a job to try and pay ...More
Charlie 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.Less
30mins 1998-01-20
Wise Queen

13. Wise Queen

Shari has to show Lamb Chop that a variety of music is better than one kind. She tells a story of a la...More
Shari 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.Less
30mins 1998-01-21
Star-Spangled Charlie

14. Star-Spangled Charlie

Why has Charlie Horse bailed out of the scouts? Perhaps it's the requirements for one of those badges....More
Why 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.Less
30mins 1998-01-22
Charlie's Ant

15. Charlie's Ant

Shari wants no part of Charlie Horse's ant farm, even though it is his school project. The ants must g...More
Shari 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.Less
30mins 1998-01-23
Whistle While You Work

16. Whistle While You Work

Shari is prepared to sell the Music Pizza, provided she can clean it up for the prospective buyer. The...More
Shari 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.Less
30mins 1998-01-26
Jazzy

17. Jazzy

Shari wants to help a friend get a dog for the deaf. It's the inspiration for the Music Pizza's concer...More
Shari 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.Less
30mins 1998-01-27
Hush Puppy the Hero

18. Hush Puppy the Hero

Charlie Horse makes up a story about a sea monster, moving Hush Puppy to an extreme. Cookie offers dri...More
Charlie 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.Less
30mins 1998-01-28
Can I Sing You My Song?

19. Can I Sing You My Song?

Junior books a birthday party at the Music Pizza, and then has to scramble to deliver the goods. Maybe...More
Junior 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.Less
30mins 1998-01-29
Drum Show

20. Drum Show

Shari is tired of everybody using the phone constantly using the phone. Maybe things will change when ...More
Shari 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.Less
30mins 1998-01-30

Cast

Shari Lewis

Shari Lewis

Herself (Host) / Lamb Chop (voice) / Hush Puppy (voice) / Charlie Horse (voice)
Dom DeLuise

Dom DeLuise

Cookie the Cook
Gord Robertson

Gord Robertson

Fingers (voice)
Chancz Perry

Chancz Perry

Takeout (voice)
Burt Metcalfe

Burt Metcalfe

Mr. Nichols

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