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🦁🎨 Between the Lions Season 4 Episode 1 – “Art Party” marks the Season 4 Premiere of the award-winning PBS Kids educational series designed to help children fall in love with reading, storytelling, and language through songs, humor, and creativity!

Originally aired in 2003, Between the Lions was produced by WGBH Boston, Sirius Thinking, Ltd., and Mississippi Public Broadcasting. It combines live-action puppetry, 2D animation, and music to teach early literacy skills in a fun and engaging way for children aged 4 to 8.

In this colorful “Art Party” episode, the Lions’ library comes alive with creativity! 🎭 The family hosts an art celebration that mixes reading, painting, poetry, and imagination. Kids learn new words, explore rhymes, and understand how stories inspire artwork. Through interactive storytelling, Theo, Cleo, Lionel, and Leona help viewers connect reading and art while promoting creativity and literacy together.

🎵 Expect catchy songs, colorful visuals, and playful literacy lessons that help preschoolers learn phonics, vocabulary, and comprehension through art-themed fun!

📚 Series Information:

Title: Between the Lions

Season: 4

Episode: 1 (Season Premiere)

Episode Title: Art Party

Original Network: PBS Kids

Year of Release: 2003

Production Companies: WGBH Boston, Sirius Thinking, Mississippi Public Broadcasting

Country: United States

Genre: Educational, Animation, Family, Live Action, Reading

Target Audience: Preschool and early readers

🎓 Educational Focus:

Reading comprehension & vocabulary building

Word and sentence recognition

Encouraging creativity and imagination through art

Teaching phonics and language patterns

🦁 About the Show:
Between the Lions takes place in a magical library where books come to life! Theo, Cleo, and their lion cubs — Lionel and Leona — explore reading adventures using stories, songs, and games that make learning to read exciting and fun for everyone.

📺 Watch more classic educational cartoons and PBS Kids learning shows here:
👉 https://www.dailymotion.com/CartoonLTV

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Transcript
00:01Announcer Bunny here! Don't touch that remote!
00:05Here comes between the lions!
00:20In Star!
00:26If you think that was fun, watch this!
00:31Between the Lions is funded in part by
00:33A Ready to Learn Television Cooperative Agreement
00:36From the U.S. Department of Education
00:38Through the Public Broadcasting Service
00:42And by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
00:44I love how you said that, Cleo!
00:49You know, Theo, I never get tired of telling people about our funders.
00:52Me either! I could do it at least once every day!
00:55We do!
00:56Oh, yeah. Right. We do.
01:00Hey now
01:05Hey wow
01:08Here's how
01:11Come and read
01:13Between the Lions
01:16Come on
01:18Come on
01:19Come in
01:21Begin
01:22The world awaits
01:27Between the Lions
01:29Between the covers of the book
01:32It's time to look between the lions
01:34We're here between the lions
01:35Behold the tail beyond the tail
01:38Behind the door
01:40We come explore
01:44Come in between the lions
01:48We're here between the lions
01:52We're here between the lions
01:56Arts party
02:01What is it Leona?
02:11Lovey and I would like you to come to our tea party
02:15Mom's coming to my cliffhanger party
02:17I asked first
02:19Well I thought of it first
02:21Watch out, big box of junk coming through
02:23Cleo my dear
02:28Remember that messy closet we've been meaning to clean out?
02:30You didn't
02:32I did
02:33And now we can have that yard sale
02:37Yard sale, yard sale, yard sale
02:39Not yet
02:41Later
02:42What's that Lovey?
02:45Okay
02:46Lovey wants to know
02:48What's a yard sale?
02:49Yard sale, yard sale, yard sale
02:51No, no, no, no
02:52Not now, later
02:54Okay
02:54See you later
02:55Okay
02:56Now in answer to your
02:59Oh, I mean
03:00Novie's question
03:02It's when you can make lots of money
03:04From putting all your old junk on the yard
03:06And putting up a sign
03:07That's right here
03:08That says
03:10Yard sale
03:11Yard sale, yard sale, yard sale
03:13Yard sale, yard sale
03:15Now does this look like a yard to you?
03:17No
03:18A yard is outside the house
03:22Outside
03:23Good, good
03:26Oh, I remember this
03:28Oh, this used to hang over our kitchen table
03:32Can I see?
03:33And it's got the gravy stains to prove it
03:34Oh, Mubby wants to see too
03:36Oh, that's cool
03:38Oh, yes
03:39I remember those long candlelit dinners
03:42Just Cleo, myself, and the Sleeping Gypsy
03:47Yeah
03:48The Sleeping Gypsy?
03:52Mm-hmm
03:52That's the name of the painting
03:54The Sleeping Gypsy
03:56And it was painted by Henri Rousseau in 1897
04:01Wow
04:03Look at that lion
04:04Cool name
04:06I like the striped coat
04:08It's like a rainbow
04:10But everything else is so dark
04:13Except the moon
04:15Lovey says
04:17The painting makes her feel sleepy and quiet
04:20Makes me feel kind of spooky
04:24Like something weird's about to happen
04:26It's a spooky picture, right, Mom?
04:28No, it isn't
04:30It's sleepy and quiet, right, Mama?
04:32Actually, you're both right
04:34Yes
04:35Hang on a second
04:37How can we both be right?
04:39Yeah
04:39Well, because people can get different feelings from the same painting
04:42Oh
04:44Okay
04:45Well, here's what I'm feeling then
04:48This painting is like way too cool to be getting rid of
04:51You're right, Lionel
04:54Hey
04:55Maybe I should go through that box and see if there's anything else we want to keep
04:59Oh, yeah
05:00Yes, and maybe you should do that before we have the yard sale
05:03Right
05:03Yard sale! Yard sale! Yard sale! Yard sale! Yard sale!
05:06Excuse me
05:07Not yet
05:09Thank you
05:10Maybe I should go through that box on the roof, huh?
05:13Good idea
05:14I'll see you later
05:14Hey, look
05:16That sleeping gypsy has a really cool guitar
05:19Actually, it's called a lute
05:22But it's like a guitar
05:23Oh
05:24What's that, Lovie?
05:27Ah-ha
05:28Lovie says the gypsy is going to wake up soon and have a tea party with the lion and play the lute
05:35A tea party?
05:37So, Lovie thinks the picture of the lion and the sleeping gypsy is at the beginning of a story?
05:42Well, that's what Lovie thinks. It's the beginning of a story
05:46So, what's the middle and the end? What happens next?
05:49Oh, what happens, Lovie?
05:52Uh-huh
05:53Oh, really?
05:55Oh, hang on a second. Hang on. Can we hear it too?
05:58Oh, sure
06:00Lovie and I will tell you the story of the sleeping gypsy
06:04Once upon a time, there was a gypsy sleeping outside
06:10It was dark
06:12There were lots of stars
06:15A lion woke up a gypsy and said
06:17Let's have a tea party
06:19So, they drank tea from her jar
06:22And the gypsy played the lute, which is like a guitar
06:26And they sang
06:28Tea party, tea party, tea party
06:30Tea party, tea party, tea party
06:33Tea party, tea party
06:35The end
06:36Well, that's a very good story, Lovie
06:41Yeah, if you think the sleeping gypsy picture's in the beginning of a story, that is
06:47What? You don't think it's at the beginning of a story?
06:49No
06:49I think it's in the middle of the story
06:52Really?
06:53In the middle?
06:54Mm-hmm
06:54Well then, what's the beginning and the end?
06:59Sorry?
07:00Well, what's the beginning and the end?
07:04What's the beginning and the end?
07:06Um, I've got to get a drink of water
07:08And then I'll be back with the greatest beginning and ending you ever heard
07:16He's stalling for time, isn't he, Mama?
07:23Hmm, learned it from his father
07:25Alrighty, let's see what we're going to keep and what goes in the yard sale
07:32Oh, not yet, not yet, not yet, not yet, fellas
07:36Yeah, it's okay
07:38Hmm, an old jar
07:42Oh, that scent, I knows it well, yeah
07:48Cleo used to keep her perfume in this jar
07:51The musky scent of steak tartare
07:54Hmm, she was wearing it the first night we hunted together
07:58Hmm, hmm, ugh, well, this is definitely a keeper
08:02Yeah
08:03Alrighty
08:05Hey, hey, hey, ha-ha, it's my old buddy
08:09The Barking Shark
08:12Arf, arf, arf, arf, arf, arf, arf, arf, arf, arf
08:16Arf, arf, arf, arf, arf, arf
08:18It still works
08:21Oh, yeah, but Cleo never liked it
08:25Hmm, yard sale
08:27Yardsale
08:28Oh, no, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, not yet.
08:33Yeah, okay.
08:35Well, let's see what else we have in here.
08:40What are you doing with that yard?
08:43Oh, hey, Buster.
08:44We're going to knit you a, um, uh...
08:47Uh, scarf?
08:48Yeah, a scarf.
08:51Pigeon is knitting a scarf?
08:53This will not turn out well.
08:58Party.
09:04Arr.
09:06And now, here to sing the A-R-R sound from their hit word, Star,
09:12is the Polka King and his Polka Marmy,
09:15Arty and Smarty Marmy, Smarty Paints.
09:18Take it, Smarty Polka King.
09:23Arr, arr, arr, arr, arr, arr, arr, arr, arr, arr, arr, arr.
09:26Arr, arr, arr, arr, arr, arr, arr, arr, arr, arr, arr, arr, arr.
09:28Arr, arr, arr, arr, arr, arr, arr, arr, arr, arr, arr, arr, arr, arr, arr, arr, arr.
09:32In Star!
09:34Yeah!
09:34Star!
09:36Thank you, thank you, thank you.
09:38And now, Ms. Kelly Ripper recites a poem.
09:42Star light, star bright,
09:44First star I see tonight,
09:47I wish I may,
09:49I wish I might,
09:50Have the wish I wish tonight.
09:53Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you.
09:59All right, back my wish.
10:01Monkeys were flowers.
10:04Oh, my feet.
10:05If you can read C.A.R. Car, then you can read card, and carp, and carpet too.
10:17And you can read car, and you can read cart.
10:21C.A.R.
10:23C.A.R. at the beginning is a great big clue,
10:28And as long as you check out the ending too,
10:31You can read lots of words with C.A.R. at their start.
10:36Car, car, car, car, car, car, car.
10:39You can read lots of words with C.A.R. at their start.
10:44C.A.R. Car.
10:46Car.
10:47And now, fun with Chicken Jane.
10:51Today, Chicken Jane and the Aardvark.
10:58Look, look, see, see, coming down the lane.
11:03Here comes Scott, here comes Dot, here comes Chicken Jane.
11:06C.A.R. Car.
11:07C.A.R. Car.
11:08C.A.R. Car.
11:10C.A.R. Car.
11:11C.A.R. Car.
11:12C.A.R. Car.
11:13C.A.R. Car.
11:13C.A.R. Car.
11:14C.A.R. Car.
11:14C.A.R. Car.
11:17C.A.R. Car.
11:18C.A.R. Car.
11:19C.A.R. Car.
11:20C.A.R. Car.
11:21C.A.R. Car.
11:22C.A.R. Car.
11:23C.A.R. Car.
11:24C.A.R. Car.
11:25C.A.R. Car.
11:26C.A.R. Car.
11:27C.A.R. Car.
11:28C.A.R. Car.
11:29C.A.R. Car.
11:30C.A.R. Car.
11:31C.A.R. Car.
11:32C.A.R. Car.
11:33C.A.R. Car.
11:34C.A.R. Car.
11:35C.A.R. Car.
11:36C.A.R. Car.
11:37C.A.R. Car.
11:38C.A.R. Car.
11:39A-R-T
11:42Depart
11:45Depart
11:47Depart, Dot. Depart
11:54Look, Dot, look!
11:56See Chicken Jane inside the large marshmallow.
12:00We are not inside the large marshmallow.
12:03Thank you, Chicken Jane!
12:09Look, look, Cici, going up the lane.
12:15There goes Scott, there goes Dot, there goes Chicken Jane.
12:22El baño de pollo está a la derecha.
12:25Buena suerte!
12:27Mom, Leona, I did it, I did it!
12:29Alright!
12:30I came up with a story that has a sleeping gypsy painting in the middle.
12:34And, and, it has the greatest beginning and ending you've ever heard.
12:40Just like I said it would.
12:42Are you ready? Are you ready?
12:44I'm ready.
12:45Oh, Lovey's ready.
12:47Well, if only two out of three want to hear my story, I don't know.
12:51Oh, I want to hear your story, Lionel.
12:55Well, that's better.
12:57It's called, Cliffhanger meets the sleeping gypsy.
13:03Oh, the sleeping gypsy's in the middle of a cliffhanger story?
13:08Well, yeah.
13:09It is, Mom, I promise.
13:11I believe you, Lionel.
13:13Alright, let's hear it.
13:14Okay.
13:17It begins just like all the other cliffhangers.
13:21Oh, you mean with that silly book flying off the shelf?
13:26Oh, yeah.
13:28Flying off the shelf, once again, it's the continuing daring and dangling adventures of Cliffhanger.
13:35Today's adventure, number 3,975.
13:40Cliffhanger meets the sleeping gypsy.
13:44Cliffhanger, hanging from a cliff.
13:49And that's why he's called Cliffhanger.
13:52Excuse me.
13:54Excuse me.
13:55We find Cliffhanger where we left him last.
13:58Hanging from a cliff.
14:00Can't hold on much longer.
14:06All of a sudden, far away, Cliffhanger sees a lion and a sleeping gypsy.
14:14Cliffhanger reaches into his backpack and takes out his trusty survival manual.
14:20Using his expert decoding skills, Cliff starts to read.
14:26When you see a sleeping gypsy far away, set off an alarm.
14:37Pardon me.
14:39Can you help me get off this cliff?
14:42We'd love to.
14:44Could this be it?
14:47Will Cliffhanger finally depart from that cliff and be free?
14:51But we're late for a party.
14:53Sorry.
14:54A party?
14:56Arg!
14:58Don't forget your jar and your guitar.
15:02It's not a guitar.
15:04It's a lute.
15:05Oh.
15:07And that's why he's called Cliffhanger.
15:11Can't hold on much longer.
15:18See?
15:19I told you.
15:20The sleeping gypsy was in the middle of a story.
15:23Just like I promised.
15:24He was in the middle.
15:25Right, Mom?
15:26Right in the middle, Lionel.
15:27Slam dunk.
15:29Both of your stories were great.
15:32Leona's and Lovie's story had the sleeping gypsy at the beginning,
15:35and your story had the sleeping gypsy in the middle.
15:38But what if the sleeping gypsy was at the end of a story?
15:43The end of a story?
15:45The end of a story?
15:46Yes, the end of a story.
15:49What?
15:50Shh!
15:51Mom's thinking.
15:54Rummage, rummage, rummage, rummage, rummage, rummage, rummage, rummage.
15:58Ooh.
15:59Haha.
16:00My good old guitar.
16:01Yeah.
16:02From my old days with the band.
16:04We used to call ourselves Earth Wind and Barbecue.
16:08Yeah.
16:09Ah, the concerts we did.
16:11With Cleo in the front row.
16:14Cleo backstage.
16:15Cleo at the after party.
16:18Cleo.
16:19Well, I could never put this in the yard sale.
16:24Yard sale.
16:25Yard sale.
16:26Yard sale.
16:27Yard sale.
16:28No, no, no, no.
16:29No, no, no, no.
16:30No, no, no, no.
16:31Not yet.
16:32Not yet.
16:33Oh, man.
16:37Oh!
16:38Hahaha.
16:39This is my marshmallow alarm clock.
16:41Hehehe.
16:42It always was a little soft.
16:44Hehehehe.
16:45Nope.
16:46Not a keeper.
16:47Yep.
16:48Yard sale.
16:49Yard sale.
16:50Yard sale.
16:51Yard sale.
16:52Yard sale.
16:53Yard sale.
16:54Yard sale.
16:55No, no, no, guys.
16:56Not yet.
16:57Ugh.
16:58Hey, Buster!
16:59We're almost finished with your, uh, uh, scarf?
17:05Yeah!
17:06Yeah!
17:07Scarf!
17:08Haha!
17:09Oh, what fools these pigeons be.
17:12What a tangled scarf they weave.
17:15You're stealing on the yarn.
17:16Oh.
17:17Ugh.
17:18Yarn.
17:19Barn.
17:20Bar.
17:21Bar.
17:22Bark.
17:23Ark.
17:24Dark.
17:25And now it's time for...
17:29Dwayne's Brave!
17:30Dwayne's Brave!
17:31Yes!
17:32Excellent!
17:33Dwayne here once again at Blending Fields, where two brave knights in armor will charge together
17:44at high speed and make a word.
17:47Competing today we have Sir...
17:49Duh!
17:50Duh!
17:51Duh!
17:52And Sir...
17:53Ark!
17:54Ark!
17:55Ark!
17:56Went on, dude!
17:58Duh!
17:59Ark!
18:00Duh!
18:01Ark!
18:02Duh!
18:03Ark!
18:04Duh!
18:05Ark!
18:06Duh!
18:07Ark!
18:08Duh!
18:09Dark!
18:10Excellent!
18:11That's Gwayne's Word for today!
18:15And this is Gwayne saying, mark this down!
18:18I'll see you next time on...
18:20Gwayne's Word!
18:21Gwayne's Word!
18:22Gwayne's Word!
18:23Gwayne's Word!
18:24Gwayne's Word!
18:25S
18:30R
18:31R
18:32D
18:34D
18:35D
18:36Dod
18:37Dar
18:38C
18:39D
18:40Dark!
18:41Dark!
18:42Dark!
18:43Dark!
18:46Dark.
18:47Star. Star. Star. Star. Star. Stars.
19:07Stars.
19:11It's magic time with the Great Smartini.
19:19Thank you, a little anti-parm.
19:23And a little lots of money.
19:27And now a real dish,
19:31the remarkable Smarmy Marmy Smartini.
19:35That sonny boy Great Smartini, you're a real card.
19:39Yes I am.
19:41And now I,
19:43the Great Smartini,
19:45will do my
19:47trouser defying.
19:49Two words into
19:51one trick.
19:53I will now get
19:55the two words.
19:57Fish.
19:59Fish.
20:01Fish.
20:03And
20:05Star.
20:07Thank you, thank you, Marmy.
20:09I will now
20:11put the two words into
20:13my Sparky Pants.
20:15Fish.
20:17Star.
20:19And say a magic word.
20:25Arbacadibra.
20:27And do a magic dance.
20:29Ooh, ah.
20:31That's just about the pants.
20:33Ooh, ah.
20:35Let's see what we got.
20:37A starfish.
20:39Thank you, thank you.
20:41Twinkle, twinkle,
20:43little starfish,
20:45how I wonder
20:47what you are fish.
20:49Oh, fish, that's good.
20:51Ha, ha, ha, ha.
20:53Hey, let's have a harpy, ha, ha.
20:55Good morning.
20:57Ha, ha, ha, ha.
20:59Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
21:01Yes, yes, yes.
21:03applause
21:05Sh én
21:06All
21:07...
21:09...
21:13All
21:15...
21:17...
21:22...
21:23...
21:24...
21:25...
21:30Hey, wake up!
21:32Oh!
21:34Party!
21:40I've got it!
21:42Okay, yeah, yeah!
21:44I have a story where the sleeping gypsy is at the end of a story.
21:48Would you like to hear it?
21:50Oh yeah, oh yeah!
21:52Once upon a time, there was a lion and a gypsy who were on their way to a tea party at a far away farm.
22:00A tea party, Lionel! Hear that? A tea party!
22:04I heard.
22:05They were so late, they didn't have time to stop and help a man on a cliff.
22:11Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Was it cliffhanger?
22:14Yup!
22:15Cool!
22:17So...
22:19The gypsy and the lion went speeding in a car and came upon a charming farm before they had gone far.
22:28The party must be here, they said, and found a place to park.
22:33They waited near the large red barn until it grew quite dark.
22:38Out came the moon and sparkling stars.
22:41They marveled at the sight.
22:43A sky lark started singing, making music in the night.
22:47Let's party! said the lion as he drank tea from a jar.
22:52The gypsy played the lute, which looks a lot like a guitar.
22:57The lion danced the Charleston and did cartwheels cross the floor.
23:04The gypsy marched around the yard and played the lute some more.
23:10But as the yard grew darker, the lark sang a slower tune.
23:15And the gypsy soon fell fast asleep beneath the harvest moon.
23:21The end.
23:22Wow!
23:23Great story, Mom!
23:24Yeah!
23:25Way cool!
23:26Yeah!
23:27Thanks, Cubs!
23:28Okay, let's see what else is in the old box here.
23:29Oh!
23:30Uh, Cleo knitted me this scarf.
23:31And knitted, and knitted, and knitted, and knit it.
23:46And knitted, and knitted, and knitted, and knitted, And knitted.
23:51Wow, there's no way this is going in the, Drey-elous!
23:53Ha!
23:54OK!
23:56There's no way this is going in the...
23:59Dre-elis?
24:01Oh, that's yard sale.
24:03Backwards.
24:04Yard sale!
24:05No, no, guys, guys, almost, almost.
24:07In a minute.
24:08In a minute.
24:10You're still early, Bruce.
24:14Got it, Lionel?
24:16Oh, yeah, I'm good, thanks.
24:18Come on, let's take the sleeping gypsy back up to Dad on the roof.
24:21He's gonna love this.
24:23Yeah, yeah, yeah.
24:24Oh, and then we can tell him all of our stories, too.
24:27Hey, I like yours best, Mom.
24:29Drummage, drummage.
24:31Hmm.
24:33I once wore this to a garden party in Zanzibar.
24:39Oh, yeah, but Cleo wasn't there.
24:47Hmm, I smell something.
24:51Ah, I remember.
24:54Well, Cleo was knitting.
24:56I was eating veal parmesan.
25:01Hmm, smells so good.
25:06Hey, Dad looks like the picture.
25:10See?
25:12Wow.
25:12That's weird.
25:22Hmm.
25:23Hmm.
25:30Veal parmesan?
25:32Veal parmesan.
25:34Oh, okay, everybody.
25:36It's time for the yard sale.
25:39All right.
25:41Um, I said it's time for the yard sale.
25:46Yard sale?
25:48Yeah, yard sale.
25:50Yard sale.
25:52Oh, no, no, no, no.
25:55This stuff isn't for sale.
25:57No, no, it's that other stuff.
25:59Oh, look at that helmet.
26:03Uh, three bananas, sir.
26:04Oh, fun.
26:05Can you round it?
26:06You did it.
26:09You pigeons made a beautiful, uh...
26:12Uh, scarf?
26:14Yes, scarf.
26:16It make me look, um...
26:18Uh, sharp?
26:21Yes, sharp.
26:23Yeah, real sharp.
26:24Uh, and that's the end of our yarn.
26:29Ha, ha, ha, get it?
26:30Yarn!
26:31Uh, yarn is also a tale.
26:33Uh, story.
26:35And that's the end of our story.
26:36You know, the...
26:37Oh, never mind.
26:44There are games and stories at the Between the Lions website.
26:48EBSKids.org or America Online.
26:51Keyword, PBS Kids.
26:53Exercise a child's mind every day.
26:57And help her get ready for the big game of life.
26:59Be a designated reader.
27:01Hot one.
27:02Hot two.
27:03Ha, ha.
27:04Wow, very good book opening technique.
27:07Hey, I'm a pro.
27:08Ha, ha, ha.
27:23Come in between the lions.
27:26Come in between the lions.
27:30Be in between the lions.
27:33Be here between the lions.
27:37Ha, ha, ha.
27:39Ha, ha, ha.
27:39I'm a pro.
27:41Ha, ha.
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