Review of Between the Lions

I started watching this show last year during a school break, when I was teaching young kids with special needs. I was hooked, & started taping it for my class. Our class' favorite episode was "Huff & Puff" (I cawn't stop HUFFing und PUFFing!). The show has the gift of using known strategies to help kids read (including, yes, Dr. Ruth Wordheimer) that not only entertains them, but also adults - at least baby boomer adults! Favorite adult jokes are "Walter and Clay Pigeon," "Gawain's Word" (which my little guys LOVED to play in class!), the story parodies, especially the "sequels" to "The Three Little Pigs" & "Chicken Jane. No, Mr. Smarty Pants wasn't my favorite, but I couldn't get his little chant out of my head, either! The kids had no idea why I was howling with laughter at the jokes that whizzed by their head, but then, I couldn't understand why my dad laughed at Bugs Bunny & Underdog when I was their age! And yes, the show DID help reinforce what I was teaching my munchkins in class about reading and learning - and taught ME a few things as well. Now, I teach 5th graders & miss having the opportunity to watch it.