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Between the Lions(2000)

KidsComedy
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First Air Date: 2000-04-03
Average Runtime: 30m
Rating: 7.6
Votes: 8
Seasons: 10
Episodes: 140

Between the Lions is a PBS Kids puppet television series designed to promote reading. The show is a co-production between WGBH in Boston and Sirius Thinking, Ltd., in New York City, in association with Mississippi Public Broadcasting, in Mississippi. The show has won seven Daytime Emmy awards between 2001 and 2007. The target audience is children 4 to 7 years old. It has the same puppet style as Sesame Street and several season 2 episodes, notably in Dance in Smarty Pants, had a few characters from Sesame Street guest appearing. Between The Lions started its 10th and final season on September 20, 2010. The Show Ended in November, 22 2010 Along with Reading Rainbow

Top Cast

Peter Linz
Peter Linz
Theo
Jennifer Barnhart
Jennifer Barnhart
Cleo
No Photo
Anthony Asbury
Lionel

Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

Episodes: 30
E01
Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West

Air Date: 2000-04-03

30m

Theo reads the cubs a book about the wild adventures of Pecos Bill, specifically about the time ol' Bill wrangled a t...

E02
The Lost Rock

Air Date: 2000-04-04

30m

A lost rock mysteriously appears in the library, and he can't remember who he is or where he comes from. The lions th...

E03
Little Big Mouse

Air Date: 2000-04-05

30m

When a mouse from a children's book becomes a hero, everyone in the library floods her with fan mail - which leaves C...

E04
Farmer Ken's Puzzle

Air Date: 2000-04-06

30m

Lionel plays a computer game called ""Farmer Ken's Puzzle"", in which he must figure out how to get a hen, cat, and b...

E05
Shooting Stars

Air Date: 2000-04-07

30m

The lions try to stay awake at night, in order to see a meteor shower. Of course, this is not as easy as it sounds, a...

E06
The Hopping Hen

Air Date: 2000-04-09

30m

A Hopping Hen causes a mighty ruckus in the library, so the lions decide to put up ""No Hopping Hen Here"" signs, in ...

E07
Touching the Moon

Air Date: 2000-04-11

30m

Cleo reads the cubs a bedtime story about a Queen who wants to be able to touch the moon, but can't. However, Leona i...

E08
The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Air Date: 2000-04-12

30m

Click the Mouse brings the Boy from the story ""The Boy Who Cried Wolf"" out of the storybook, so he can learn more a...

E09
Fuzzy Wuzzy, Wuzzy?

Air Date: 2000-04-13

30m

The famous Fuzzy Wuzzy Bear from the classic children's rhyme visits the library, where everyone is immediately caugh...

E10
Lionel's Antlers

Air Date: 2000-04-14

30m

Lionel wakes up one morning, much like he does every day, to find that overnight, he's grown a pair of antlers on his...

E11
To the Ship! To the Ship!

Air Date: 2000-04-16

30m

The lions learn about a real-life pirate named Ann Bonnie, after Lionel refuses to let Leona play pirates with him (c...

E12
The Chap With Caps

Air Date: 2000-04-18

30m

Writer Babs Caplan visits the library, hoping to smooth out the bumps in her new book, called ""The Chap With Caps""....

E13
Pandora's Box

Air Date: 2000-04-19

30m

After reading the story ""Pandora's Box"", Lionel and Leona come across a similar-looking box, themselves, and wonder...

E14
Lionel's Great Escape Trick

Air Date: 2000-04-20

30m

Lionel gets a few pointers on the technique of doing magic tricks, from the master magician Harry Houdini, himself. W...

E15
There's a Fly in My Soup

Air Date: 2000-04-20

30m

The Lions try to make Click laugh by reading jokes out of Theo's ""The Universal Encyclopedia of Fly Jokes"" book, on...

E16
The Popcorn Popper

Air Date: 2000-04-23

30m

Lionel and Leona read a book about a popcorn popper, and get the idea to take the popper out of the book and into the...

E17
Something Fishy

Air Date: 2000-04-25

30m

Lionel and Leona learn about Eagles and Fish after reading Cliffhanger's latest adventure.

E18
Hug, Hug, Hug!

Air Date: 2000-04-26

30m

A sculpter named Pygmalion carves a statue of a woman, falls in love with her, and gives her a hug - only she can't h...

E19
The Ram in the Pepper Patch

Air Date: 2000-04-27

30m

The naughty ram from the book ""The Ram in the Pepper Patch"" escapes into the library, where he proceeds to make a m...

E20
A Peck of Peppers

Air Date: 2000-04-28

30m

Babs Caplan comes to the library to create a fantastic tongue twister, with some help from the Lions. Then, Babs and ...

E21
Sausage Nose

Air Date: 2000-05-01

30m

The Lions watch a video of a foreign film called ""Sausage Nose"", in which a poor couple receives three wishes from ...

E22
Red Hat, Green Hat

Air Date: 2000-05-02

30m

Leona makes her very own hat, with one red side and one green side. When she walks through the library with it on, on...

E23
The Lucky Duck

Air Date: 2000-05-03

30m

A cute little duck from a cute little children's book becomes sick and tired of being cute all the time! With Lionel'...

E24
The Old Man

Air Date: 2000-05-04

30m

Babs Caplan returns to the library to work on her new book called ""The Old Man"". Unfortunately, it has no middle or...

E25
A King and His Hawk

Air Date: 2000-05-05

30m

Lionel and Leona read a very sad story about a King and his friend, the Hawk. After, Leona wants to take and hide the...

E26
The Roar That Makes Them Run

Air Date: 2000-05-08

30m

Lionel and Leona try to convince Theo to show them his Lion-powered ""Mighty Roar that Makes them Run"", but Theo is ...

E27
Piggyback, Piggyback

Air Date: 2000-05-09

30m

After reading a book about a king who rode on his friend's back (because he didn't want to get his feet dirty), Leona...

E28
The Fox and the Crow

Air Date: 2000-05-10

30m

When ""The Fox and the Crow"" fable is read in the library, Walter and Clay get angry over the way the crow was depic...

E29
Giants and Cubs

Air Date: 2000-05-11

30m

Lionel gets upset over the outcome of a baseball game, where the Giants clobbered the Cubs. Theo and Cleo decide it w...

E30
Be Bop

Air Date: 2000-05-12

30m

The jazzy, rhythmic sounds of Be Bop make their way into the library one day, and soon everyone is singing nonsensica...

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Ruth Westheimer
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