Episode 213: Riddles & Rhymes

The Good Night Show
Season	Season 2 (2007)
Air date	October 28, 2007
Theme	Riddles & Rhymes

Image	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	After the "Welcome Song," Nina and Star hear a sound, which the latter thinks is a giant basketball going through a miniature net, but is actually the Goodnight Bell. Nina reaches into her basket and pulls out a book with a question mark on the cover, which she reads. The book contains a joke - what do you call a funny book about eggs? A "yolk" book. This leads Star to ask if tonight's adventure is about breakfast, but Nina tells him she was actually reading a riddle, which is one part of the adventure. She flips to the other side of the book, which contains a variation of the "roses are red, violets are blue" poem. Upon hearing it, Star comes to the conclusion that tonight's adventure is about riddles and rhymes. Nina then teaches him the first thing, the Spanish word for "riddle," adivinaza, which she invites him and the Sproutlets to say with her.
	SCENE 2	Nina welcomes back the Sproutlets and Star explains that tonight's adventure is about riddles and rhymes, or adivinaza for the former. The former breaks it that a riddle is like a little puzzle and proceeds to give one - I have a face and hands, but I'm not a person. The answer turns out to be a clock. Star then requests she say a rhyme, and she says one about a dog sitting on a log. Star points out that with riddles are different from rhymes because with them, something has to be figured out. Nina tells him that, while riddles are tricky, they can also make one laugh. Star admits he knows something else that's fun to do - looking through the Sprout-o-scope and, after singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star," look at tonight's constellation - a question mark.
	SCENE 3	Nina welcomes back the Sproutlets and tells them that they're talking about riddles, or adivinaza, and rhymes tonight. The former has another riddle to present - what is the biggest kind of ant? An eleph-ant! She asks the Sproutlets if they're ready to do a Sprout stretch, which she goes out into the Goodnight Garden to do. Nina and her Sproutlet friends pay tribute to Hush by doing Hush's Swim Stretch, in which they pretend to swim and eat fish food. (First: Life Underwater)
	SCENE 4	After singing the Craft Song, Nina and Star make a creativity cap for tonight's craft.
	SCENE 5	After Nina welcomes back the Sproutlets, Star suggests they use their creativity cap craft for a story, in which a girl named Nina meets a star named, well, Star, with his creativity cap, which reminds him of things he can do. When she gets home, she pretends to have her own.
	SCENE 6	Nina welcomes back the Sproutlets and tells them that they're "riddling and rhyming" tonight, and that the Spanish word for "riddle" is adivinaza. Nina is wearing her own creativity cap now, since it's time to hear from some Sproutlet friends, leading to a real kids segment in which they talk about rhymes they know.
	SCENE 7	Star admits he doesn't feel like staying up late tonight, for he doesn't think he has it in him. Nina tells him that's okay, as they can have more fun tonight before he goes to bed. For the Goodnight Game, Nina and Star find matches for pictures that rhyme.
	SCENE 8	Nina and Star welcome back the Sproutlets and give a brief recap of the night. The former then talks about sign language and teaches the sign for "laugh," which her Sproutlet friends do along with her.
	SCENE 9	Nina welcomes back the Sproutlets, explaining that tonight's adventure is about rhymes and riddles, or adivinaza, leading to a poem about her riddles making Star giggle and tickling in his brain, which he points out is true. He wonders if Lucy was tickled by her poem, too, and speaking of Lucy, it's time for her to present Sproutlets' crafts and drawings in the Goodnight Gallery, which Lucy shows. Tara, 7, of Davis, California draws the Goodnight Garden set, complete with Nina and Star on the moon chair, Sonoma, 6, of Lawrence, Kansas draws Kipper, and Nicole, 5, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania shows things she does to be healthy.
	Bumper	An alien in a UFO can be seen, leading to planets and an astronaut jumping. A rocket zooms to the Sprout logo in a telescope.
	Promo	A promo for The Sunny Side Up Show about Chica.
	SCENE 10	It's time to play "Lucy Light the Way." Based on clues (a pig, a sheep, and a horse), Nina and Star guess Lucy is on a farm.
	Bumper	A mom hugs her son in bed and, outside the window, two Sproutlets propel book-like boats and the sails on a ship grow and reveal the Sprout logo in white.
	SCENE 11	It's nearly time for bed, and Nina and Star tell the Sproutlets that they hope they've had fun with them tonight. They explain that tonight's adventure was about riddles and rhymes, and that the Spanish word for "riddle" is adivinaza, but Nina reminds Star that it's time now to take care of some unfinished business - not tell more riddles, like ones about dull pickles and butterflies doing math in school, but brush his teeth and wash his face, leading to "Ready for Bed." Afterwards, Nina tells Star that he's all cleaned up and ready for bed, and he admits that he thinks the singing helps. He also tells her that he's going to dream about the fun things they did tonight.
	SCENE 12	Nina welcomes the Sproutlets back and gives a brief recap of the night. She then points out that Star is already fast asleep, and goes over to Hush to recite his goodnight poem, and invites the Sproutlets at home to sign along with her and make their wishes for tonight. She then sings the "Goodnight Song" and falls asleep, closing the episode.
	Promo	Sproutlets and their grown-up sprouts talk about their nighttime routines in a promo for The Good Night Show

Notes

• Michele Lepe uploaded a copy of this episode to her YouTube channel in 2025.

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