🦁📖 Between the Lions Season 2 Episode 1 – “The Sad Dad” (Season 2 Premiere) is now streaming in Full HD English on CartoonLTV!
Originally released in 2001, Between the Lions is a beloved PBS Kids educational series created by WGBH Boston and Sirius Thinking, Ltd. It teaches reading, spelling, and phonics to children through creative storytelling, lovable puppet characters, and catchy songs.
This Season 2 premiere, “The Sad Dad,” opens with the Lions exploring the story of a father who learns to express his emotions and the importance of reading together as a family. The episode highlights words with the “ad” sound and focuses on rhyming, comprehension, and emotional intelligence.
🦁 Series Information:
Series Title: Between the Lions
Season: 2
Episode: 1 (Season Premiere)
Episode Title: The Sad Dad
Original Release Year: 2001
Production Companies: WGBH Boston / Sirius Thinking Ltd. / PBS Kids
Genre: Educational, Family, Reading, Children’s TV, Puppetry
Language: English
Country: United States
Runtime: ~27 minutes
Format: Live-action + Puppet + Animated segments
📚 Main Characters:
Theo Lion – The wise father who runs the library.
Cleo Lion – The mother who helps children love reading.
Lionel Lion – The adventurous son who loves action stories.
Leona Lion – The curious daughter learning to read.
🎞️ Episode Summary:
In The Sad Dad, the Lions dive into a book that explores how a dad learns to deal with sadness and reconnect with his family through reading. Along the way, children learn phonics patterns using “ad” words like “dad,” “sad,” and “glad.” The show also features fun musical numbers, interactive spelling segments, and the popular “Cliff Hanger” mini-story.
✨ Educational Focus:
Phonics pattern: -ad
Literacy skills: Reading comprehension & sound blending
Social-emotional learning: Understanding and expressing feelings
Learning method: Storytelling, songs, repetition, and interaction
🌟 About the Series:
Between the Lions aired on PBS Kids from 2000 to 2010, delivering 130+ episodes of top-quality literacy programming. The show won multiple Daytime Emmy Awards and remains one of PBS’s most effective tools for early reading education.
📺 Why Kids Love It:
It mixes fun, music, humor, and learning through unforgettable characters and catchy songs — helping preschoolers fall in love with books and reading.
🌍 Watch more PBS Kids classics and educational English cartoons only on:
👉 https://www.dailymotion.com/CartoonLTV
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Originally released in 2001, Between the Lions is a beloved PBS Kids educational series created by WGBH Boston and Sirius Thinking, Ltd. It teaches reading, spelling, and phonics to children through creative storytelling, lovable puppet characters, and catchy songs.
This Season 2 premiere, “The Sad Dad,” opens with the Lions exploring the story of a father who learns to express his emotions and the importance of reading together as a family. The episode highlights words with the “ad” sound and focuses on rhyming, comprehension, and emotional intelligence.
🦁 Series Information:
Series Title: Between the Lions
Season: 2
Episode: 1 (Season Premiere)
Episode Title: The Sad Dad
Original Release Year: 2001
Production Companies: WGBH Boston / Sirius Thinking Ltd. / PBS Kids
Genre: Educational, Family, Reading, Children’s TV, Puppetry
Language: English
Country: United States
Runtime: ~27 minutes
Format: Live-action + Puppet + Animated segments
📚 Main Characters:
Theo Lion – The wise father who runs the library.
Cleo Lion – The mother who helps children love reading.
Lionel Lion – The adventurous son who loves action stories.
Leona Lion – The curious daughter learning to read.
🎞️ Episode Summary:
In The Sad Dad, the Lions dive into a book that explores how a dad learns to deal with sadness and reconnect with his family through reading. Along the way, children learn phonics patterns using “ad” words like “dad,” “sad,” and “glad.” The show also features fun musical numbers, interactive spelling segments, and the popular “Cliff Hanger” mini-story.
✨ Educational Focus:
Phonics pattern: -ad
Literacy skills: Reading comprehension & sound blending
Social-emotional learning: Understanding and expressing feelings
Learning method: Storytelling, songs, repetition, and interaction
🌟 About the Series:
Between the Lions aired on PBS Kids from 2000 to 2010, delivering 130+ episodes of top-quality literacy programming. The show won multiple Daytime Emmy Awards and remains one of PBS’s most effective tools for early reading education.
📺 Why Kids Love It:
It mixes fun, music, humor, and learning through unforgettable characters and catchy songs — helping preschoolers fall in love with books and reading.
🌍 Watch more PBS Kids classics and educational English cartoons only on:
👉 https://www.dailymotion.com/CartoonLTV
#CartoonLTV#BetweenTheLions #TheSadDad #PBSKids #CartoonLTV #EducationalCartoon #LearnToRead #ReadingShow #EnglishCartoon #PBSClassic #PreschoolEducation #PhonicsLearning #ReadingCartoon #KidsShow #PBSLearning #FamilyEntertainment #AnimatedLearning #EnglishLearning #CartoonForKids #EducationalSeries #KidsEducation #ReadingSkills #PreschoolLearning #PhonicsFun #ReadingIsFun #PBSKidsShow #LanguageLearning #AnimatedEducation #KidsEntertainment #CartoonSeries #PreschoolCartoon
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00:01Announcer Bunny here! Don't touch that remote!
00:04Here comes between the lions!
00:10A is for Albrecht and B is for Busterfield
00:14And Click and Cleo start with C
00:17D's for Dot, E's for Elephant, and F is for Fred
00:21I'm Gawain, but I start with G!
00:26If you think that was fun, watch this!
00:30Hey now, hey wow
00:37Here's how
00:40Come and breathe between the lions
00:46Come on, come in
00:51Begin, the world awaits
00:57Between the lions
01:00Between the covers of the book
01:02It's time to look between the lions
01:04Behold the sail beyond the sail
01:08Behind the door
01:10We come explore
01:14Come in between the lions
01:18Be here between the lions
01:21We're here between the lions
01:22We're here between the lions
01:26The lions
01:29The lion
01:32You know, for you to go
01:33Oh, what?
01:35Oh, cubs
01:36Cubs, listen, will you please keep it down in the library?
01:43Click!
01:45The cubs are in that book there about ships, the Admiral's adventure.
01:49You're on the seas, you're on the high seas.
01:51I'm having an adventure.
01:53Oh, that's my toe.
01:54Oh, Leona, could you please stay over there?
01:57I am over there.
01:59You've bumped into me.
02:01There's just not enough room in this book, that's all it is.
02:03Oh, this is bad, this is so bad.
02:06It's terrible, it's very, very bad.
02:07Thank you, listen to you.
02:08Engage in drag and drag.
02:09Exactly, right. Thank you, Clint.
02:13I'm picking up.
02:17All right, what's the problem, Cubs?
02:21Dad, Dad, this is very bad. It's very bad.
02:24There's not enough room in this book.
02:26Yes, and it's making me mad.
02:28Yes, and it couldn't get any worse.
02:32Couldn't get any worse.
02:33Say, you know, I know a story that I think you two should hear.
02:39I'll go get it.
02:40Click. Drag me out.
02:45Wait, the kids are like this.
02:47Okay, gather around.
02:48This is a Russian book tale.
02:51It could be worse.
02:52Adapted by Vladimir Vladimirovich Vladivostov.
02:55Enacted by Bruno Kirby, Denny Dillon,
02:57the Vandemonium Puppets,
02:59and a Genuine Elk.
03:00Long ago, in a very small farmhouse,
03:04there lived a very big family.
03:06There was barely room to eat porridge noodles.
03:10Ooh, very hard to hear.
03:12There was barely room to read a book.
03:14There was barely even room to put on pants.
03:17This made everyone mad.
03:20Very mad.
03:22Push.
03:29This is mad.
03:31Very mad.
03:32And because it was very mad,
03:35it made Dad very sad.
03:37I am very safe.
03:43So the sad dad went to a wise woman
03:46to get some advice.
03:54Speak.
03:56Speak to the wise woman.
03:58That's me.
04:00Oh, wise woman.
04:02There's no room in my house
04:04for all of my family.
04:05It's bad.
04:06Very bad.
04:08It could be worse.
04:10Maybe I'm not making myself clear.
04:13Everyone is mad.
04:14Very mad.
04:16It is bad.
04:17Very bad.
04:18And I am sad.
04:20Very sad.
04:22I look at you,
04:23and I think,
04:24it's very sad.
04:25But,
04:26I can solve all your troubles.
04:29So the wise woman charged the sad dad
04:32eight kopecks.
04:33Eight kopecks?
04:34In advance.
04:35And the advice she gave the sad dad was this.
04:40Bring all your animals into the house.
04:44Bring all my animals into the house.
04:46The sad dad gladly followed this advice
04:56and even added additional animals.
04:59But now,
05:00there was even less room to be poured.
05:04Less room to read a book
05:06and less room to put on pants.
05:09This made everyone mad.
05:11Very, very mad.
05:13This is bad.
05:15Very, very bad.
05:17And because it was very, very bad,
05:20it made dad very, very sad.
05:23I am sad.
05:26Very, very sad.
05:29Theo, my love,
05:30could you please read louder?
05:33Read louder, Cleo, my sweet?
05:35Yes.
05:36Everyone is trying to hear you read.
05:39Yeah, man.
05:40We never looked at one book
05:41and heard a lion inside it
05:43reading a different book before.
05:45Way nutty, man.
05:48You know, Cleo,
05:49if everyone wants to hear this story,
05:52why don't we have Click
05:53drag and drop you all in here?
05:55Hmm?
05:56What?
05:57All of us?
05:58Yeah.
05:58Send them in, Click.
06:00Executing command.
06:01And now,
06:17advice from pigeons.
06:20Heh.
06:20Just what the world needs.
06:23Dear Walter and Clay Pigeon,
06:25I want to be a basketball player.
06:28What should I do?
06:29Find Adam, age 37.
06:32Huh.
06:33Adam, our advice is, um, um, um, uh...
06:38Feed the pigeon.
06:39Yeah, right.
06:41What?
06:42That is bad advice.
06:45Very bad advice.
06:48Hey, it could be, uh...
06:50Worse?
06:51Yeah.
06:52We could tell all pigeons
06:53to come and sit on Buster's, um, uh...
06:57Hey!
06:58Yeah.
06:58Don't make me mad.
07:03Uh, uh, uh...
07:04Uh, uh, uh...
07:06Bye!
07:09This has been advice from pigeons.
07:12Hey, it's standing room only for Martha Reader and the Bowel.
07:27Sing that fabulous short A-A sound in the word lag.
07:42Flag!
07:59Flag!
08:03Flag!
08:04Flag!
08:06Flag!
08:07Act!
08:08B-back!
08:09Ban!
08:12Ban!
08:15N.
08:17A-N.
08:18N.
08:19B-B.
08:22B-N.
08:24Ban.
08:25Ban.
08:26J-O.
08:29Joe.
08:30Banjo.
08:32Banjo.
08:34Banjo.
08:41Banjo.
08:42B-N.
08:44B-N.
08:47Banjo.
08:48Banjo.
08:49Banjo.
08:50Banjo.
08:51Banjo.
08:52San retihers.
08:53Banjo.
08:54Sometimes D.I.T. Big looks like D.I.T. Dick.
08:58B.I.T. are driving me insane.
09:02When I look at those crazy letters, B.I.T. they look a little alike.
09:11But punk and punk and move and doom are as different as day and night.
09:19When I look at them close together, I can see they're kind of turned around.
09:28But punk and dance and bear and dare have a very, very different sound.
09:38B.I.T. confusion turns my friend to dread.
09:45When I see the word brag, sometimes I think it's a brag.
09:50B.I.T. you're messing with my head.
09:57B.I.T. confusion
09:59Thought my fog was a dog.
10:06B.I.T. confusion
10:08Got my mind in a fog.
10:13B.I.T. confusion
10:16Thought my break was a drink.
10:22Huh.
10:23Imagine my surprise.
10:24I tried to drink my break.
10:27What do you think?
10:28He he he he he he
10:30And now, Albrecht, Roser and the Dancer.
10:38This is Albrecht.
10:43Hello, Albrecht.
10:54What?
10:55What?
10:56What?
10:58What?
10:59Can you read that, Leona?
11:00Leona?
11:01Um, A, A, A, A, D, E, E, E, E, E, E, E, E, E, E, E, E, E, E.
11:10That's right.
11:11Very good, Leona.
11:12It's a dancer.
11:15A dancer.
11:16A dancer?
11:17A dancer.
11:23The dancer is dancing.
11:27Dance, dancer, dance.
11:39Dance, dance, dance.
11:41Dance, dance.
11:46Uncle Albrecht!
11:48Would you like to dance with me, Leona?
11:50Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
11:52Let's dance together.
11:53Okay.
11:59Leona is dancing.
12:04Dance, Leona, dance.
12:12Thank you, Albrecht.
12:24You've got to finish that buck!
12:27As soon as everyone's here, Leona...
12:31Is that everyone?
12:34I am losing power.
12:36Hey!
12:37Wait for me!
12:38I hope I have a strike to lift heat!
12:46Did she say heat?
12:54Aw, this is bad!
12:56So bad!
12:58Aw, hurry up, Dad!
12:59Read the story!
13:01I can't get the book open!
13:06Ow!
13:07Ow!
13:08Ow!
13:09Ow!
13:10Ow!
13:11Ow!
13:16If you can read A-T-S, then you can read cat and chat.
13:22And you can read fat and rat.
13:25And you can read rat.
13:26See, I got you reading with me.
13:28All you need is a little A-T.
13:30If you can read A-T-S, then you can read fat and flat.
13:35And you can read sat and scat.
13:38And you can read splat.
13:39See, I got you learning with words.
13:41Don't you love every at that you've heard?
13:43If you can read A-T-S, then you can read hat and hat.
13:49And you can read rat.
13:50And you can read fat.
13:51And you can read fat.
13:52And you can read fat.
13:53Cause you can read at...
13:55F-O-L-A-T-T.
13:57Flat.
13:58Flat.
13:59Yes, I've done it!
14:00I've done it!
14:01Watson!
14:02Get in here quickly!
14:03Oh, I'm sorry, Dr. Netwit!
14:04That is...
14:05The quiet!
14:06The quiet!
14:07Yes, yes!
14:08I'm sorry!
14:09Watson!
14:10Cast your eyes on my latest and greatest discovery.
14:21The only...
14:22I say the only four-letter word in the English language.
14:26With the A-T-AT sound on the end.
14:29The word...
14:31Flat.
14:33Flat?
14:35Yes.
14:36Flat.
14:38Well...
14:40How about that?
14:42Yes, I know, isn't it?
14:44What did you say?
14:46How about...
14:48That?
14:49Oh, no...
14:51That...
14:52That...
14:53Oh, no, no, no, no!
14:55Why don't I just scat, eh?
14:57Scat?
14:58Oh!
14:59That's it!
15:00Why am I...
15:01Why am I...
15:02Why am I...
15:03Why am I...
15:04Why am I...
15:05Why am I...
15:07Why am I...
15:36That, that makes this seem big and tall, but that makes this seem very small.
15:45Thank you. That's very nice.
15:54This is too long. I don't deserve this.
16:01Thank you. Okay, that's enough.
16:11The team called the Madison Cats
16:15Had a terrible problem with rats
16:19Let the catcher let's see if we swap arms for V
16:23We can turn all those rats into bats
16:30Swammy Smarmy Marmy
16:32That's a Swammy's name
16:34And reading what the future writes
16:36Is Swammy Marmy's game
16:39Come in future
16:42Come in future
16:44Write to me in this crystal ball
16:47I want to read what the future brings
16:51Pass a monkey catch willa
16:57Huh?
16:59The future isn't making much sense today
17:03Oh future!
17:05We need a rewrite here
17:10A monkey will catch a pass
17:14I got it! I got it!
17:16Oh!
17:17Nice catch!
17:19Oh thanks!
17:21Yay team!
17:27I got you! I got you! I got you!
17:30I should have worn a helmet
17:33Ooh!
17:37Ladies and gentlemen,
17:38Mr. Leon Redbone
17:40Mmm!
17:42The Barnaby B Busterfield
17:44The Third Memorial Public Library
17:46I love it
17:47You'll find it all here
17:49Cataloged A to Z
17:51All according to the alphabet
17:53Here, check it out!
17:55A is for Albrecht
18:01And B is for Busterfield
18:03And Click and Cleo start with C
18:07D's for Dot
18:08E's for Ella
18:09And F is for Fred
18:11I'm Gawain!
18:12But could I start with G?
18:15Hello!
18:16A stands for Heath
18:17And I's for Ines
18:19And J's for Johnny Consonanti
18:22It's fun to sing
18:24About each person
18:25And sing
18:26In the Busterfield Library
18:29K stands for King
18:32L's for Lionel
18:33And Leona
18:34And Leon
18:35Lots of luck
18:38M's for Mommy
18:40N's for Knitwick
18:41O's for Arch
18:43And P's for Puck
18:45Q's for Queen
18:47R's for Grand
18:48And S's for Sam
18:50And Tiger Woods
18:51And Tiger Woods
18:52Starts with T
18:54The Unfeebled name
18:56Has a U at the beginning
18:58And the Bowel
18:59Starts with B
19:02W's for Walter
19:04X Marks
19:05For Scott
19:06Boys for Y
19:07And now we're up to Z
19:10And Z is for Zoo
19:12Now it's goodbye to you
19:14From the Busterfield Library
19:16We're proud to be in
19:18The Busterfield Library
19:20We're A to Z
19:21In
19:22The Busterfield Library
19:24Yes!
19:33Back!
19:35Resources over text
19:38Must go into sleep mode
19:41Snore
19:43Snore
19:44Sleep mode
19:45Everyone!
19:46Everyone!
19:47Everyone!
19:48Take a deep breath
19:49So Theo can open the book
19:50Oh yeah!
19:51Ready?
19:52One
19:53Two
19:56Got it!
19:59Okay!
20:00Now where were we?
20:03The wise woman told the sad family
20:05To bring all their animals into the house
20:07And they had even less room to eat porrits
20:10And less room to eat
20:11And less room to eat
20:12And less room to do bum pants
20:13And stuff like that
20:14Yeah!
20:15Whoa!
20:16Whoa!
20:17Very good summarizing!
20:18Thanks guys!
20:19We just go!
20:20Oh yeah!
20:21Right! Right! Right! Right! Right!
20:22Okay! Okay!
20:24So the very sad dad
20:25Went back to the wise one
20:27Hmm...
20:28I had a feeling you'd be back
20:31It's big
20:32Very very big
20:34So the wise woman charged the sad dad
20:36Eighteen copecks
20:42My advice to you
20:43Take the chickens out of the house
20:45Take the chickens out of the house
20:54And that's what bad dad did
20:57Now there was a little more room
20:59But there was still not enough room to eat porrits
21:03Still not enough room to read a book
21:05There was still not enough room to put on pants
21:10Everyone was still mad
21:12Very very mad
21:14It's still bad
21:16Very very bad
21:18And because it was still bad
21:20Very very bad
21:22Very bad
21:23The dad was still sad
21:24Very very sad
21:25Very very sad
21:27Very very sad
21:29Very very sad
21:31Very very sad
21:33So the very very sad dad went back to the wise woman
21:37Things are still bad? Very very bad?
21:43Very very bad
21:44Oh yes wise woman
21:45Oh yes wise woman
21:46It's still bad
21:47Very very bad
21:48Very very bad
21:50So the wise woman charged the sad dad twenty eight copecks
21:53My advice to you is
21:58Take the goats out of the house
22:00Take the goats out of the house
22:01Take the goats out of the house
22:02Goats go
22:06Goats go
22:07The sad dad took the goats out of the house
22:11Goats go
22:13Goats go
22:14Things were still bad
22:15So the next day he went back
22:17So the wise woman charged the sad dad forty eight
22:2458 kopecks!
22:29Take all the animals out of the house.
22:32All the animals out of the house.
22:39The Tad Tad follows a wise woman's last advice
22:42and sends all the animals out of the house.
22:45Once again, there was barely room to eat porridge.
22:49There was barely room to read a book.
22:54There was barely even room to put on pants.
22:58You know, barely enough room is not so big.
23:03The family realized that even though it was crowded,
23:07it could be worse.
23:09And everyone was glad.
23:11I'm glad! Very glad!
23:14Hoopa!
23:19You know, I know, I think that that story is kind of like this.
23:36You know what I mean?
23:37I mean, we thought it was bad when it was just you and me,
23:39but I couldn't work.
23:41Yeah?
23:42Yeah.
23:43Dad?
23:44You were trying to make a point and stuff, weren't you?
23:46Yes, I was.
23:49Well, we get it, don't we?
23:52Yeah.
23:53There's room for both Leona and me in this book.
23:56Ha, ha, ha.
23:57Yeah, yeah.
23:58See?
23:59Oh, very good, Theo.
24:01But I think we can all go now.
24:03Ha, ha.
24:04Right, right.
24:05Okay, let's do it like the story
24:07and send the chickens out first.
24:10Click!
24:11No.
24:12Sleep mode.
24:13No.
24:14Sleep mode.
24:15No.
24:16Are you there?
24:17She's in sleep mode!
24:19No!
24:20No!
24:21How do I get out of this book and back into the library?
24:25This is bad.
24:26Oh, yeah.
24:27Very bad!
24:29Actually, remember the story?
24:32Uh-huh.
24:33It could be worse.
24:35I can see that.
24:36No!
24:37It could be!
24:38Quick!
24:39Quick!
24:40Quick!
24:41Quick!
24:42Quick!
24:43Let it go!
24:44Snore.
24:45Sleep mode.
24:46Snore.
24:47Sleep mode.
24:48Snore.
24:49Sleep mode.
24:50Snore.
24:51Sleep mode.
24:52Sleep mode.
24:53Snore.
24:54Sleep mode.
24:55Snore.
24:56The Admiral's Adventure.
24:57It's the perfect book for me to read
24:59on my two year voyage around the world.
25:02I'd like to check this book out.
25:05Where is everybody?
25:07Sleep mode.
25:08Sleep mode.
25:09Hello?
25:10Sleep mode.
25:11Sleep mode.
25:13Snore.
25:13What kind of library is this?
25:14Slark.
25:15Slark.
25:16Slark.
25:17Slark.
25:18And now it's time for Glad Advice from Pigeon.
25:20Glad Advice?
25:21Heh.
25:22I'll be the judge of that.
25:24Dear Walter and Clay Pigeon, I want to be a soccer star.
25:33What should I do?
25:35Signed, Madeline, age 42.
25:38Madeline, our advice is, um...
25:41Uh...
25:42Feed the pigeons.
25:44Yeah, feed the pigeons.
25:46What?
25:47That's the same bad advice.
25:50But feeding the pigeons makes us...
25:53Glad.
25:54And you know...
25:56It could be worse.
25:59Do pigeons make you mad too?
26:02Or is it just me?
26:03Uh, it's just you.
26:32Hooray,
26:46Howche!
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