Between the Lions
1999, Series, 30 min, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, English, United States, MoviePedia score 69
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
Directed by Richard A. Fernandes, Kathryn Mullen, Lisa Simon, Linda K. Rath, Ted May, Jim Martin, David Turner, Dean Gordon, Anthony Asbury, Bill Berner, Shawn Havens, Tim Lagasse, Randall Balsmeyer, Hugh Martin
Cast
- Anthony Asbury as Arty Smartypants
- Jennifer Barnhart as Mother
- Peter Linz as Announcer Bunny
- Fred Newman as The Golf Announcer (segment: Fred Says) (segment: Tiger Words)
- Pam Arciero as Leona
- Kathryn Mullen as Leona
- Ruth Westheimer as Ruth Westheimer (segment: The Word Doctor with Dr. Ruth Wordheimer)
- Noel MacNeal as Lionel
- Chris Phillips as Cliff Hanger
- Tim Lagasse as Barnaby B. Busterfeild III
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