📚🦁 Between the Lions Season 1 Episode 1 – “Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West” (Season Premiere) is now streaming in Full HD English on CartoonLTV!
Originally released in 2000 by WGBH Boston and Sirius Thinking, Ltd., Between the Lions is a classic PBS Kids educational series designed to teach children reading, spelling, and language skills through stories, songs, and lovable puppet characters.
This first episode, “Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West,” introduces young viewers to the Lion family who run a magical library where books literally come to life! The episode features a retelling of the American tall tale Pecos Bill, focusing on vocabulary, rhyming, and storytelling.
🦁 Series Information:
Series Title: Between the Lions
Season: 1
Episode: 1 (Season Premiere)
Episode Title: Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West
Original Release Year: 2000
Company: WGBH Boston / Sirius Thinking Ltd. / PBS Kids
Genre: Educational, Family, Children’s Animation, Puppetry
Language: English
Country: United States
Format: Live-action + Puppet + Animated Segments
Runtime: ~27 minutes
📖 Main Characters:
Theo Lion – The wise father who loves books and knowledge.
Cleo Lion – The caring mother who encourages reading fun.
Lionel Lion – Their curious son who loves adventure stories.
Leona Lion – Their energetic daughter who’s learning to read.
✨ Episode Summary:
In Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West, the Lions explore an exciting Wild West story where Pecos Bill, a legendary cowboy, becomes a reading hero. Along the way, kids learn new words, phonics, and storytelling skills. The episode also includes fun songs, spelling games, and reading challenges that encourage children to read along.
📚 Educational Focus:
This episode focuses on phonics, vocabulary, and sentence comprehension, making it both entertaining and educational. Designed for preschool and early elementary learners, it uses humor and imagination to promote a love of reading.
🎞️ Fun Segments Included:
“Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West” story
“The Word Doctor” phonics sketch
“Cliff Hanger” adventure segment
Interactive reading and spelling songs
🌍 About the Show:
Between the Lions aired on PBS Kids from 2000 to 2010 with over 130 episodes across 10 seasons. The show earned multiple Daytime Emmy Awards for its creative approach to literacy education. It remains one of the most beloved PBS series ever produced for early readers.
📺 Watch more classic educational cartoons only on:
👉 https://www.dailymotion.com/CartoonLTV
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Originally released in 2000 by WGBH Boston and Sirius Thinking, Ltd., Between the Lions is a classic PBS Kids educational series designed to teach children reading, spelling, and language skills through stories, songs, and lovable puppet characters.
This first episode, “Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West,” introduces young viewers to the Lion family who run a magical library where books literally come to life! The episode features a retelling of the American tall tale Pecos Bill, focusing on vocabulary, rhyming, and storytelling.
🦁 Series Information:
Series Title: Between the Lions
Season: 1
Episode: 1 (Season Premiere)
Episode Title: Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West
Original Release Year: 2000
Company: WGBH Boston / Sirius Thinking Ltd. / PBS Kids
Genre: Educational, Family, Children’s Animation, Puppetry
Language: English
Country: United States
Format: Live-action + Puppet + Animated Segments
Runtime: ~27 minutes
📖 Main Characters:
Theo Lion – The wise father who loves books and knowledge.
Cleo Lion – The caring mother who encourages reading fun.
Lionel Lion – Their curious son who loves adventure stories.
Leona Lion – Their energetic daughter who’s learning to read.
✨ Episode Summary:
In Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West, the Lions explore an exciting Wild West story where Pecos Bill, a legendary cowboy, becomes a reading hero. Along the way, kids learn new words, phonics, and storytelling skills. The episode also includes fun songs, spelling games, and reading challenges that encourage children to read along.
📚 Educational Focus:
This episode focuses on phonics, vocabulary, and sentence comprehension, making it both entertaining and educational. Designed for preschool and early elementary learners, it uses humor and imagination to promote a love of reading.
🎞️ Fun Segments Included:
“Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West” story
“The Word Doctor” phonics sketch
“Cliff Hanger” adventure segment
Interactive reading and spelling songs
🌍 About the Show:
Between the Lions aired on PBS Kids from 2000 to 2010 with over 130 episodes across 10 seasons. The show earned multiple Daytime Emmy Awards for its creative approach to literacy education. It remains one of the most beloved PBS series ever produced for early readers.
📺 Watch more classic educational cartoons only on:
👉 https://www.dailymotion.com/CartoonLTV
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00:01Announcer Bunny here to show you what's coming up next on Between the Lions!
00:08Let's start with our favorite vowel
00:12A pretty good place to start
00:15It's an E like we see in Ben and Hen
00:18And it sounds like an S in the middle of ten
00:22So, alright then, let's go men!
00:26If you think that was fun, watch this!
00:29Hey now, hey wow
00:39Here's how
00:41Come and read
00:43Between the Lions
00:47Come on
00:49Come in
00:51Begin
00:53The world awaits
00:57Between the Lions
00:59Between the covers of a book
01:03It's time to look between the Lions
01:05Behold the tail
01:07Beyond the tail
01:09Behind the door
01:11Become explore
01:13Become explore
01:15Come in between the Lions
01:19Begin between the Lions
01:21Be here between the Lions
01:23Be here between the Lions
01:25There goes
01:29There goes
01:33There goes
01:35Go, men!
01:36Gonna read a story before bed
01:39Gonna read a story before bed
01:43Howdy, partner!
01:45Howdy, Lionel!
01:47Here's your book, Leona!
01:49Here's your book, Leona.
01:51Thank you, Lionel.
01:52Enjoy.
01:53Oh, sweet nursery rhymes for sleepy cubs.
01:57Sounds nice, doesn't it, Leona?
01:59Yeah.
02:00And this one's for me.
02:03A Pagosville Cleaned Up the West.
02:06Yep.
02:07Wow.
02:07Can I listen to that story instead, Mommy?
02:10Oh, well.
02:12Leona, this story is definitely not for cubs your age.
02:16It's not age-appropriate.
02:19Why not?
02:21Oh, Lionel, I don't think that just listening to the story will do your sister any lasting harm.
02:25Yippee!
02:27I agree.
02:28Okay.
02:29Comfy.
02:31How Pagosville Cleaned Up the West.
02:34A tall tale written by Beth Western.
02:40Now everyone knows Pagosville was the best.
02:43The neatest cowboy in all the West.
02:51But Bill was also the tidiest.
02:54The very cleanest.
02:55The plain best-dressed hombre to wear a well-pressed vest of buckskin on his manly chest.
03:01Peacosville was the best.
03:09The best in the West.
03:17One day, Bill was ridin' the range on test.
03:21The fastest and smartest steed in the West.
03:24When he saw a most unwelcome guest.
03:30It was a twister.
03:32Pickin' up litter and dust and trash and blood makin' a mess of the entire West.
03:39Bill said to test, I must confess.
03:41If there's one thing I detest, it's a mess.
03:47To skew, that meant Bill wouldn't rest.
03:51Till he put that twister under a rest.
03:56Or came that blustery, gusty mess.
04:00That was messin' up the pristine West.
04:04Peacosville won the best.
04:09The best in the West.
04:15Bill started to ride astride his steed.
04:20Through the dust and the tumbling, tumbling.
04:25Swingin' his lasso over his head.
04:28On his quip to stop that twister dead.
04:34Test spring with the springiest spring that was ever sprung.
04:38Bill plug his lasso with the flingiest flings that was ever flung.
04:42And Bill who flung to that thrilling wind and till.
04:47It stopped like a bulldog's deer stalked still.
04:51Peacosville was the best.
04:55The best in the West.
04:59Can't change.
05:01And with old Tess holding that twister steady.
05:06I gotcha now.
05:07Bill jumped on his back.
05:08And he got himself ready.
05:10And that old Peacosville was sent on.
05:15The wildest ride anyone ever will know.
05:20Well, buckaroos, you can get the rest of it.
05:24That twister knew Bill had got the best.
05:27And so, at Peacosville's request.
05:33It cleaned up the mess it had made on the West.
05:38And easy as you please.
05:40That chain twister started dumping every last little bit of litter into trash cans.
05:46Not forgetting to separate out all the recyclables.
05:49No sirree.
05:51Peacosville was the best.
05:56The best in the West.
06:01Peacosville was the best.
06:06The best in the West.
06:09And now, it's time to take a rest.
06:20Yeah, I know it's right.
06:22Good night, little kid.
06:26West.
06:29And now, lovers of the vowels, A-E-I-O-U and sometimes Y.
06:37Give it up for Martha Reader and the Vowels singing the short E sound from their festive hit word,
06:43BEST!
06:44BEST!
07:05BEST!
07:06Best, best, best, bell, oh, eh, eh, l, l, l, b, bell, bell, bell, bell.
07:36Bell, bell, bell, bell, bet, bet, what, what, and now it's time for, Gawain's word, Gawain's
08:00word, excellent, Gawain here once again at Blending Field,
08:05where two brave knights in armor will charge together at high speed and make a word.
08:12Continuing today, we have Sir, and on your right, Sir, Et.
08:20Blend on, Gib.
08:22Et, et, et, et, et, wet, wet, wet, wet.
08:35Excellent, that's Gawain's word for today.
08:39And this is Gawain saying, you bet, I'll see you next time on Gawain's word, Gawain's word.
08:46And now, Archie Smartie fans will read four words without any assistance whatsoever.
08:57May I have a bit of the excitement drum roll, please.
09:06Next, rest, resting, restaurant.
09:18Next, rest, resting, restaurant.
09:22Oh, boy, my smarty pants sure are going to smart in the morning.
09:29Oh, boy.
09:31Oh.
09:31Rest.
09:34Best.
09:36Bet.
09:38Bed.
09:40Flying off the shelf once again, it's the continuing, daring, and dangling adventures of Cliffhanger!
09:47Today's episode, Cliffhanger and the Bed.
09:54Cliffhanger, hanging from a cliff, and that's why he's called Cliffhanger.
10:01Excuse me.
10:02Excuse me!
10:04We find Cliffhanger where we left him last, hanging from a cliff.
10:09Cliffhanger can't hold on much longer.
10:16Suddenly, below him, Cliffhanger sees two movers carrying a large ed.
10:21An ed?
10:22What is an ed?
10:25Deathly, Cliffhanger delves into his backpack and extracts his trusty survival manual.
10:32Using his expert decoding skills, Cliffhanger begins to read.
10:36Earache, easel, here it is, ed.
10:39When you see an ed, find the letter B.
10:45Then drop it.
10:50Ed.
10:51Bed.
10:53I get it.
10:55It's a bed.
10:56As intrepid Cliffhanger made his escape at last,
11:00this is as easy as falling out of bed.
11:05Uh-oh.
11:06And that's why he's called Cliffhanger.
11:12Can't hold on much longer.
11:23Because Bill was the best.
11:27The best in the West.
11:30Eww!
11:33Partner!
11:34Look at that twister over there!
11:37It's really a computer.
11:39You better lasso it!
11:42Well, okay, partner.
11:44You better stand back there, Missy.
11:47Okay.
11:48You missed.
11:55Thanks.
11:57Sorry.
11:58You're lasso, Lionel.
12:00No.
12:01Pecos Bill would never have missed.
12:03Nope.
12:04He never did miss.
12:05Never, never.
12:06Leona, Pecos Bill never misses because he isn't real.
12:10He's imaginary.
12:12So?
12:14So, Pecos Bill's a fictional character.
12:17The story's made up.
12:19You know, just for fun.
12:21It's not true.
12:21Never happened.
12:22Never could happen.
12:23Tall tale.
12:24Hello.
12:25He is so real.
12:28Look, he's even in this book.
12:31Yeah, and if he were here, if he were here, he'd show you he was really real.
12:35Ha!
12:36Would not.
12:37Would so.
12:38Would not, and I'll prove it.
12:40Click, would you please get Pecos Bill for me?
12:44Executing command.
12:45Beep, beep, beep, beep.
12:48Whoa!
12:49Whoa!
12:49Whoa!
12:50Whoa!
12:50Whoa!
12:52Whoa!
12:52Whoa!
12:53Whoa!
12:55Whoa!
12:55Whoa!
12:55Whoa!
12:55Whoa!
12:56Whoa!
12:56Whoa!
12:56Whoa!
12:57Whoa!
12:57Whoa!
12:57Whoa!
12:58Whoa!
12:58Whoa!
12:58Whoa!
12:59Whoa!
12:59Whoa!
13:00Whoa!
13:00Whoa!
13:01Whoa!
13:01Whoa!
13:02Whoa!
13:02Whoa!
13:03Whoa!
13:03Whoa!
13:04Whoa!
13:04Whoa!
13:05Whoa!
13:05Whoa!
13:06Whoa!
13:06Whoa!
13:07Whoa!
13:08Whoa!
13:08Whoa!
13:09Whoa!
13:10Whoa!
13:11Whoa!
13:12Whoa!
13:13Whoa!
13:14Whoa!
13:15Whoa!
13:16Whoa!
13:17Whoa!
13:18Whoa!
13:19Whoa!
13:20Whoa!
13:21Whoa!
13:22Whoa!
13:23Whoa!
13:24Whoa!
13:25Howdy, partners!
13:30Howdy, Bill!
13:32Looks like you got a whole mess of trouble here.
13:36Yeah, a real mess.
13:39You might say, a whole mess of mess.
13:42I sure wish I could help.
13:45Look out! It's coming back!
13:55Oh, a whole! My kingdom, a whole!
14:07Lionel! Leona!
14:12I expect an explanation.
14:15That's Lionel! He did it!
14:18Don't ask me. It was a big swan.
14:22Correction, IS to the beginning of command.
14:25Check my operating manual!
14:27Everyone! Everyone!
14:29Please, please, stay calm!
14:31Stay calm!
14:32A critical problem, a flight tornado.
14:35Now we can talk about perfectly harmless.
14:39Yee-haw!
14:43Mr. Pinkle's Bill!
14:45That's my name!
14:46Mr. Bill, we need a hero!
14:50Couldn't you jump on that twister's wagon and just tame it?
14:54Oh, sorry, senorita. No can do.
14:57You see, I'm imaginary.
15:00I'm just a fictional character.
15:02My story's made up, just for fun.
15:04Whoa! Gotcha!
15:07No, story's not true.
15:09Never happened, never could happen.
15:11It's a tall tale.
15:13I'm just a paper hero.
15:15I can't do that in the real world.
15:18Oh!
15:19Whoa!
15:20Whoa!
15:21Whoa!
15:22Whoa!
15:23I told you so!
15:25Whoa!
15:26Whoa!
15:27Whoa!
15:29Oh, just the cowboy we needed to talk to.
15:32Hmm.
15:33There.
15:34Mr. Pecosville, couldn't you tame this tornado right now
15:38if we write you a new story?
15:40Yes, ma'am. I can do anything in a tall tale.
15:45Well, how about a tall tale called How Pecos Bill Cleaned Up the Library Mess?
15:51Hmm.
15:52So crazy, it just might work.
15:55Brilliant, Cleo. As usual.
15:58Oh, Lionel, that's down my own guitar.
16:01Okay, Dad.
16:03I don't believe this.
16:05Buster is the best, the best in the...
16:10What?
16:11Yes, the best in the...
16:12I am not a cowboy.
16:15I am Barnaby B. Don't call me Buster, Busterfield III.
16:21Founder of this library.
16:23Get this hat off my head. This isn't...
16:26Oh, my.
16:33Thank you, and thank you.
16:35I am finally rid of those.
16:39Good.
16:40Oh, that's simple.
16:41Hey, get this off me.
16:43Ah, good thing I can read up close.
16:48West.
16:51West.
16:51West.
16:53West.
16:53West.
16:56West.
16:57West.
16:58West.
17:01West.
17:01West.
17:01West.
17:02West.
17:03West.
17:04West.
17:05West.
17:06West.
17:07And now,
17:08lovers of the vowels.
17:09A, E, I, O, U,
17:11and sometimes Y.
17:12The vowels sing the short E sound
17:15from their zesty hit word,
17:18match.
17:18Eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh, eeeh
17:48Dr. Ruth Wertheimer.
17:50Hello.
17:52Here's Dr. Ruth.
17:56It must be time for another long word without.
18:03Dr. Ruth, you gotta help me.
18:07I was reading a book and everything was going fine.
18:09And then I came to this word.
18:14Look.
18:15Look how long it is.
18:16I can't read it.
18:17I can't.
18:19Yes, you can.
18:21Now, take a deep breath.
18:24Start on the left.
18:27And take it one part of the word at a time.
18:33Okay.
18:34For you, doctor.
18:35I'm-press-ive.
18:43Good.
18:44Now, put the parts together.
18:47Okay.
18:48Okay.
18:49Imp-press-ive.
18:53Imp-press-ive.
18:55Impressive.
18:56Impressive.
18:58Impressive.
18:59Impressive.
19:00That's right.
19:01You got it.
19:02I got it.
19:03I got it.
19:03I got it.
19:05Oh, thank you, Dr. Ruth.
19:07You're welcome.
19:08I got it.
19:09I got it.
19:11That was very impressive.
19:14Oh, I am good.
19:16Dr. Bertie Spurry with the E in yellow.
19:48And now, 27 names with a short E, S, sound in them.
19:57Meet Wesley, Leslie, Ned and Derek.
20:00Wesley's best friends, Ed and Eric.
20:02Bessie and her nephew, Seth.
20:04And Jesse, Ephraim, and Beth.
20:07Penny, Lenny, Ken Coretta.
20:10Penny's pet hen, Henrietta.
20:12Tess, Hideki, Annabelle.
20:14Chessie, Shecky, and Fidel.
20:16Yeah, yeah, yeah, what's your name?
20:19What's your name, what's your name, what's your name?
20:21Enjoy your little moments of me.
20:26Here's Nelly, Della, Kent, a cell.
20:29And Nelly's elephant, a dell.
20:31In all these names, you'll find short E.
20:33You know it sounds like eh.
20:35See ya.
20:36Eh.
20:41The Unpeople.
20:43It's a great day for a parade here on Van Ness Street.
20:49And for young Monica Maxwell.
20:51Her band has won the award for best dressed.
20:55But wait a minute.
20:57What's this?
20:58Oh, no.
21:00It's the evil Unpeople.
21:03Heavens to Betsy.
21:05They're putting an un in front of the word dressed.
21:07Monica's impeccably dressed band is now undressed.
21:13But despair not, little Monica.
21:16The heroic Re People are here.
21:20Hurrah.
21:21Monica and her band are re-dressed.
21:25Bless you, Re People.
21:26The Monkey Pop-Up Feeder.
21:37Ben said, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten,
22:07Let's start with our favorite vowel, a pretty good place to start.
22:14It's an E like we see in bend and hen, and it sounds like an S in the middle of ten.
22:21So, all right then, let's go, men.
22:27Then, send, ten.
22:29Send, ten, ten.
22:30Ted, send, then.
22:32Sent, ten, ten.
22:33Once, then, sent.
22:35Ted, ten, sent.
22:36Then, send, send.
22:38Then, ten, ten.
22:42Then, send, ted.
22:44Ted, ten, ten.
22:47When, send, sent.
22:51Ted, ten, ten.
22:51See ya!
23:21How Pecos Bill cleaned up the library mess.
23:32Now everyone knows Pecos Bill is the best.
23:35The, uh, uh, how's it go?
23:40The Neatest Cowboy in all the West.
23:43In all the West.
23:45Right.
23:46And his horse name.
23:47Correction.
23:48Oh, his mouse click.
23:50Um, uh...
23:53Got it.
23:54A better mouse than all the rest.
23:56Yeah.
23:57Climb on, Pecos Bill.
24:02Whoa.
24:05But one day they saw the most unwelcome guest.
24:09Uh, uh...
24:10I must confess.
24:11If there's one thing I detest, it's a mess.
24:16Whoa.
24:16Whoa.
24:17Whoa.
24:18Whoa.
24:19Whoa.
24:19Whoa.
24:20Whoa.
24:21Whoa.
24:22Whoa.
24:23Whoa.
24:24Whoa.
24:25Whoa.
24:26Tarnation.
24:27Click, click, with the trickiest.
24:29Click and then drop that twister quick.
24:32Then we'd click the mouse, holding that twister steady.
24:37Uh.
24:37Whoa.
24:38Whoa.
24:39Bill jumped up on it's back.
24:40Oh, you've got himself ready.
24:41Oh, you've got so hard.
24:42Ho, ha, ha.
24:43I've got you now.
24:44To put that twister through its faces.
24:46Whoa.
24:47Whoa.
24:48And right through the wide open of the archer's face.
24:50Whoa.
24:51Oh, come on.
24:52I've got you now.
24:53Ha, ha.
24:54Get up there.
24:55Woo.
24:56Ha, ha, ha.
24:57Woo.
24:58Ha, ha.
24:59Ha, ha, ha, ha.
25:00Yeah.
25:01You big bullhorn.
25:02Ha, ha.
25:03Ha, ha, ha.
25:04Ha, ha, ha.
25:05Woo, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo.
25:07Yahoo.
25:08The whole thing was a great success.
25:10Yeah.
25:11That twister tape cleaned up that mess.
25:13And then, buckaroos, you can guess the rest.
25:18Bill rode that twister right back into the book entitled,
25:22How Bakos Bill Cleaned Up the West.
25:29Yeah.
25:30Woo, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo.
25:32Oh.
25:33Yeah.
25:34Oh, rah.
25:35Oh, thank goodness, sports.
25:37Everybody.
25:38Big ol' Bill was the best.
25:42The best in the West.
25:45Yeah.
25:46Wow.
25:47And now it's time to take a rest.
25:52Good night, Mommy.
25:55Good night, Jack.
25:56Good night, J.
25:57Cleo, that was one heck of a bedtime story.
26:03You said it, partner.
26:27Come in between the lions, begin between the lions, begin between the lions.
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