Between the Lions season 1 The Popcorn Popper - Metacritic

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Between the Lions

Summary Five years in the making, Between the Lions has set out to get kids "wild about reading". Between the Lions is written by many of the major greats of Sesame Street, such as Christopher Cerf. Many former Arthur staff are involved as well, including Joe "Toolbox" Fallon and Ken Scarborough. New episodes are now airing! In every episode, th...

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Apr 23, 2000

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Apr 23, 2000

Between the Lions

S1 • Episode 16

The Popcorn Popper

Air Date: Apr 23, 2000

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Summary Five years in the making, Between the Lions has set out to get kids "wild about reading". Between the Lions is written by many of the major greats of Sesame Street, such as Christopher Cerf. Many former Arthur staff are involved as well, including Joe "Toolbox" Fallon and Ken Scarborough. New episodes are now airing! In every episode, th...

Created By: Kathryn Mullen, Lou Berger

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Episode 1 • Apr 3, 2000

Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West

The library's family of lions demonstrate their wonderful facility for bringing books to life by taking folklore figure Pecos Bill out of the pages of a book to join them in the library.

Episode 2 • Apr 4, 2000

Illustrating the dictionary's definition of "rock" is a stone that longs to "rock and roll to freedom," so the lions oblige him by lifting him from the dictionary's pages.

Episode 3 • Apr 5, 2000

Little Big Mouse

The story of the day is an update of the classic tale of the mouse, let go by a lion, who, to the lion's surprise, is able to keep her promise to the lion to be helpful to him someday in return.

Episode 4 • Apr 6, 2000

Farmer Ken's Puzzle

Cub Lionel and the pigeons attempt an animated computer-game version of the classic river-crossing puzzle, telling Lionel's little sister Leona that the game is too advanced for a four-year-old.

Episode 5 • Apr 7, 2000

The whole Lion family stay up, fighting off sleep, to view a spectacular meteor shower.

Episode 6 • Apr 9, 2000

The Hopping Hen

New signs arrive for the library, ordering the hopping of hens and other strange commands, puzzling the Lion family and the library's patrons, until Cleo figures out that each sign lacks the word "not."

Episode 7 • Apr 11, 2000

Touching the Moon

Episode 8 • Apr 12, 2000

The Boy Who Cried Wolf

The classic tale that warns against calling for help when it's not needed is illustrated with much humor and music.

Episode 9 • Apr 13, 2000

Fuzzy Wuzzy, Wuzzy?

"Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't fuzzy, was he?" Even Theo gets a kick out of the corny lines, but seven-year-old Lionel deems such humor beneath him.

Episode 10 • Apr 14, 2000

Lionel's Antlers

Lionel wakens with antlers, but the lion cub is nearly as taken aback by the nonchalant reaction of his parents, who merrily suggest he become a coat rack in this tune-filled episode.

Episode 11 • Apr 17, 2000

To the Ship! To the Ship!

Episode 12 • Apr 18, 2000

The Chap with Caps

The lion family again comes to the aid of hapless author Babs Kaplan, who has written a story with a beginning and a middle but no end.

Episode 13 • Apr 19, 2000

Lionel and Leona hear the story of Pandora and her box but fail to heed its warning: they find a similar box, open it, and unleash a rash of hiccups among the library's patrons.

Episode 14 • Apr 20, 2000

Lionel's Great Escape Trick

Lionel's emulation of his latest hero, Houdini, has little sister Leona worried that her brother will disappear permanently.

Episode 15 • Apr 21, 2000

There's a Fly in My Soup

Sensible, no-nonsense computer mouse Click warns the lions that she cannot be made to laugh, even at corny jokes about flies.

Episode 16 • Apr 23, 2000

The Popcorn Popper

The cubs read a book about a village with no readers that becomes inundated with popcorn because no one can read the instructions on the popcorn popper to turn off the machine.

Episode 17 • Apr 25, 2000

Something Fishy

Leona, skeptical of Lionel's claim that there are fish-eating eagles, asks Click to disguise her as a fish and drop her into a book about eagles.

Episode 18 • Apr 26, 2000

Classical mythological figure Pygmalion emerges from a book to seek the lion family's aid in bringing his beloved statue to life.

Episode 19 • Apr 27, 2000

The Ram in the Pepper Patch

The ram in the pepper patch escapes from his book to run wild in the library, wreaking havoc.

Episode 20 • Apr 28, 2000

A Peck of Peppers

Leona and flaky library visitor Babs Kaplan test Lionel's impressive ability to rattle off tongue twisters.

Episode 21 • May 1, 2000

The cubs listen to the classic tale of how a couple, granted three wishes, spent them as sausage, sausage attached to the wisher's nose, sausage gone from the wisher's nose.

Episode 22 • May 2, 2000

Red Hat, Green Hat

A tale from Africa illustrates for the cubs the value of friendship and of seeing things from the other person's point of view.

Episode 23 • May 3, 2000

Leona exclaims over the cuteness of a fluffy yellow duck in a book, but the duck is tired of being thought cute, so Lionel tries to help the duck change his image, starting by muddying him up a bit.

Episode 24 • May 4, 2000

Flaky would-be author Babs Kaplan comes to the library with a story that's far from ready for publication until she gets some help from the Lion family.

Episode 25 • May 5, 2000

A King and His Hawk

The tale of a king and his winged pet teaches the cubs about friendship and trust. It's also an occasion for Leona to understand that stories don't always end happily.

Episode 26 • May 8, 2000

The Roar That Makes Them Run

Lionel realizes he has never heard his father roar. When Theo tries to explain that a library is no place for a lion's roar, Lionel decides that his father must not be a real lion, and hides his head in shame.

Episode 27 • May 9, 2000

Piggyback, Piggyback

Leona is read a story about a rather unkingly king who wanted to be carried about so he wouldn't get his feet dirty. Leona then decides she'd like to be carried piggyback, too, and dad Theo tries to oblige.

Episode 28 • May 10, 2000

The Fox and the Crow

The cubs hear the classic tale of the crow flattered by a fox into dropping her piece of cheese.

Episode 29 • May 11, 2000

Giants and Cubs

Hearing a newspaper story written in classic sports hyperbole about how the Giants clobbered the Cubs, lion cub Lionel is in distress until the players emerge from the story to explain that the Cubs often clobber the Giants in return.

Episode 30 • May 12, 2000

The cubs learn about the music of jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker through a tuneful poem.

12 Seasons

Top Cast

Anthony Asbury

Lionel, Lionel Lion, Arty Smartypants

Jennifer Barnhart

Cleo, Grey Hand, Information Hen (segment: "Information Hen")

Peter Linz

Theo, Heath the Thesaurus, Announcer Bunny

Fred Newman

Self, The Golf Announcer, Self (segment: "Fred Says")

Pam Arciero

Leona

Kathryn Mullen

Leona

Ruth Westheimer

Dr. Ruth Wordheimer, Dr. Ruth Wordheimer (segment: "The Word Doctor with Dr. Ruth Wordheimer"), Ruth Westheimer (segment: "The Word Doctor with Dr. Ruth Wordheimer")

Noel MacNeal

Lionel

Chris Phillips

Cliff Hanger

Stephen Scott Scarpulla

Bunny-Season Announcer

Makeeba Mooncycle

Self

Tim Lagasse

Arty Smartypants, Barnaby B. Busterfield III, Arty Smartypants (segment: "The Great Smartini"), Barnaby B. Busterfeild III, Fuzzy Wuzzy, Gus, Larry the Lost Rock

Michael K. Frith

Announcer Bunny (segment "Bertice Berry"), Cliff Hanger Narrator, Sam Spud, Sam Spud (segment: "Sam Spud: Par-Boiled Potato Detective"), Sir "et", The Lion

Alison Fraser

Babs Caplan

Heather Asch

Clay Pigeon, Click, Girl Monkey, The Mouse

Tyler Bunch

Walter Pigeon, Dr. Nitwhite (segment "Dunderhead Lab with Dr. Nitwhite and Watson")

Jim Napolitano

Additional Roles

Jasmine Guy

Self

Bertice Berry

Self

Faith Prince

Lady Esther

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