Likely Story, A - Let's Be Friends--Episode 6

DateApril 20 1989

Can DescriptionsMaster X5194 Closed Caption Master A Likely Story Let's Be Friends #6 Rec. 4/20/89 Air: TBA

Viewing NotesBars and tone and black. Show starts at 1:27 Alison talks about her birthday and friendship while driving the book mobile. Show opening. Doug Lipman and Nikki Tilroe Puppets in opening credits. Alison excited about her birthday. Talks to three girls reading books who pretend they don’t know its her birthday. Alison is sad that her friends forgot her birthday. She introduces book Cartoon “The Beast of Monsieur Racine” by Tomi Ungerer Kids sneak balloons and presents onto the bus Break Kids discuss a surprise party and go into the magic book. “What do you think is good about having friends?” Montage of kids answering. Alison and a kid pick up a cake. The baker is Doug Lipman. He pulls out a guitar and tells a story about a fight between friends and a teddy bear. He sings a song/tells the story directly to the camera. Writes “That’s a Likely Story” on the cake. Break Alison and Ashley bring the cake back to the book mobile. They go in the magic book and arrive at Alison’s surprise party. Two of the guests are dog puppets that sing a song about friends. Alison blows out the candles on the cake and starts a story. Break Come back to Alison still telling a story while the kids have fallen asleep. One of them introduces Your Story: “Susie’s Blanket” written and illustrated by Nadia Nassif “If I only Had a Dinosaur” written and illustrated by Jose [?] Kids and Alison come back to the book mobile and recommend books while credits roll.

OtherCredits: Produced by Hamilton B. Fisher Directed by Dan F. Smith Senior Associate Producers: Linda Adler & Curtis Poole Assistant to the Director: Gloria Ortiz Principal Writers: Alison Martin & Curtis Poole Associate Producer: Simone Bloom Casting: Linda Adler Photography: Judy Guild, Roger Rice, Richard Erickson Sound: Ellen Boyce, Roger Rice, Richard Erickson Technical Director: Bayard Peabody IIIl Floor Directors: Clarence Williams, Scott Philbrick, Bruce Goldman Lighting Director: Wayne Smith Editor: Dave Teixeira Post Production Editors: Doug Devitt & George Ellard Engineering Supervisor: Jack Barry Location Coordinator: Gerri Powers Set: Ted Talanian Scenic Construction: Michael Field Props Master: Bruce Goldman Graphic Design: Christine Finn Interns: Timothy Monaghan, Jack Feerick Puppets designed & worked by: Nikki Tilroe Incidental Music: Jeff Loeb & Musictracks “Friends, Amis, Amigos” written by Alison Martin, Jeff Loeb, Bones Fisher Theme Song written and performed by Livingston Taylor Consultant: Dr. Miriam Marecek, Ph.D. Boston U. & Dr. Barbara Flagg, Ph.D. Harvard U. “The Beast of Monsieur Racine” from the book by Tomi Ungerer 1971. Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Film 1974 by Weston Woods Studio Still Photography: Molly Lynch Special Thanks to: Herrell’s Ice Cream The Agarwall Family Produced in Association with Weston Woods Studios Produced in Association with Morton Schindel/Carie Best Program Administrator: Leona P. McCarthy Executive Producer: Judith Stoia VP Programming: Paul La Camera Copyright 1988 WCVB-TV Hearst Broadcasting Closed Captioning funded by Dunkin Donuts