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In the evening the school bus follows a snow plow back to Elwood City. Everyone is singing. | In the evening the school bus follows a snow plow back to Elwood City. Everyone is singing. | ||
==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
===Major=== | ===Major=== | ||
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*[[Binky Barnes]] | *[[Binky Barnes]] | ||
*[[Francine Frensky]] | *[[Francine Frensky]] | ||
===Minor=== | |||
*[[Fern Walters]] | *[[Fern Walters]] | ||
*[[Alan Powers|The Brain]] | *[[Alan Powers|The Brain]] | ||
===Cameo=== | ===Cameo=== | ||
*[[D.W. Read]] (title card) | *[[D.W. Read]] (title card) | ||
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*[[Violinist Cow]] | *[[Violinist Cow]] | ||
*[[Tuba Playing Pig]] | *[[Tuba Playing Pig]] | ||
=== Mentioned === | === Mentioned === | ||
* [[Ms. Krasny]] | * [[Ms. Krasny]] | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*In this episode, the kids get a glimpse into the past of [[Frederique Fugue|Dr. Fugue]]. | *In this episode, the kids get a glimpse into the past of [[Frederique Fugue|Dr. Fugue]]. | ||
*This is the only episode that [[Alan Silberberg]] wrote. | *This is the only episode that [[Alan Silberberg]] wrote. | ||
*' | *This is another episode focusing on music (with the others being [[Arthur vs. the Piano]], [[Arthur's Almost Live Not Real Music Festival]], [[My Music Rules]], [[Arthur Plays the Blues (episode)|Arthur Plays the Blues]], [[Brother, Can You Spare a Clarinet?]], [[Big Horns George]], and [[Lights, Camera... Opera!]]). | ||
*Like [[Castles in the Sky|the previous episode]], this episode also takes place in winter. | |||
*We learn that Binky went to Crown City with his class the previous year at [[Finkelmeyers]] where he ate a pastrami sandwich and cheesecake. | *We learn that Binky went to Crown City with his class the previous year at [[Finkelmeyers]] where he ate a pastrami sandwich and cheesecake. | ||
* | *[[D.W. Read|D.W.]] is absent from the episode except for the title card. | ||
=== Episode connections === | === Episode connections === | ||
* [[Frederique Fugue]] returns again from [[Arthur Plays the Blues (episode)|Arthur Plays the Blues]]. | * [[Frederique Fugue]] returns again from [[Arthur Plays the Blues (episode)|Arthur Plays the Blues]]. | ||
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=== Cultural References === | |||
* Among the books Francine uses for breathing practise are „Horses for Dunces“ (a parody of the „[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Dummies For Dummies]“-books) and „[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Beauty Black Beauty]“, an 1877 novel by Anna Sewell abut the life of a horse. | |||
* The [[Lakewood Elementary Choir]] sings ''[[In the Good Old Summer Time]] ''during a snowstorm which impeded them from getting to Crown City. This may be a reference to the 1930 Laurel and Hardy short'' Bellow Zero'' in which the characters attempt to earn money as street musicians by singing the song on a cold winter day. | |||
===Errors=== | ===Errors=== | ||
*When the kids are done singing, the waitress brings them the pie. There is ice cream on the plates beside the pie, but when she puts the pie on the table gives it to the kids, the ice cream disappears. But when the shot is a close up of Buster and Binky that are eating the pie, the ice cream reappears. | *When the kids are done singing, the waitress brings them the pie. There is ice cream on the plates beside the pie, but when she puts the pie on the table gives it to the kids, the ice cream disappears. But when the shot is a close up of Buster and Binky that are eating the pie, the ice cream reappears. | ||
*[[Lisa]] appears in the cafeteria, but she's in [[Elwood City Preschool]] '''NOT''' [[Lakewood Elementary School]]. | *[[Lisa]] appears in the cafeteria, but she's in [[Elwood City Preschool]] '''NOT'''[[Lakewood Elementary School]]. | ||
*A sign in the music room reads | *A sign in the music room reads „Plese sign out...“. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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===Promotional images=== | |||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Tipping_the_Scales.JPG | Tipping_the_Scales.JPG | ||
</gallery> | |||
===Screenshots=== | |||
<gallery widths="180" spacing="small" position="center"> | |||
Tippingthescales - we did great!.jpg | Tippingthescales - we did great!.jpg | ||
Tippingthescales - reading the lyrics.jpg | Tippingthescales - reading the lyrics.jpg | ||
Tippingthescales - reading singing.jpg | Tippingthescales - reading singing.jpg | ||
Tippingthescales - pass the salt.jpg | Tippingthescales - pass the salt.jpg | ||
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Tippingthescales - binky jacket.jpg | Tippingthescales - binky jacket.jpg | ||
Tipping the scales.jpg | Tipping the scales.jpg | ||
Tippingthescales - singing at the diner 2.jpg | |||
Last Year.JPG | Last Year.JPG | ||
tippingthescalescheesecake_uk.jpg|Finkelmeyer's Cheesecake | tippingthescalescheesecake_uk.jpg|Finkelmeyer's Cheesecake | ||
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Tippingthescaleswaitress1 uk.jpg | Tippingthescaleswaitress1 uk.jpg | ||
Tippingthescalesschoolbusdriver1 uk.jpg | Tippingthescalesschoolbusdriver1 uk.jpg | ||
</gallery> | </gallery>}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
