Could Between the Lions ever come back?

[LittleJerry92]

Why wasn't GBH in favor of streaming the show?

Because they make the final decisions in the end and don’t owe the fans any official streaming release.

 

[Muppets02]

Why do you not see the point of new Between the Lions material being made when the Theo and Cleo puppets have appeared in videos for the Ed Games Expos from 2021 and later?

I did not say that the characters from Between the Lions should never make appearances again. I said that there is no point in having the show be brought back in a full length format, especially as too much time has passed from when it was originally in production. It would be challenging to replicate its quality and success from the past.
And I would advise you not to worry about the decisions made by GBH, as there are other ways to watch the episodes from Between the Lions. It is important to remember to be thankful that there are plenty of ways to re-watch movies and shows for nostalgic purposes.

 

[salemfan]

Because they make the final decisions in the end and don’t owe the fans any official streaming release.

Thank you, but my question still remains. Why didn't GBH want an official streaming release of the show?

 

[LittleJerry92]

It doesn’t matter what the reason is. We don’t know and don’t need to know. End of discussion.

 

[Flaky Pudding]

Since this thread is becoming less about a potential return and more about BTL in general, I felt this would be the place to share this… thing I made up.
About an hour ago, I was riding my bike around my neighborhood as I do, when I found myself oddly drawn toward a lake near someone’s lawn. I thought of it as a “lovely lakeside lawn”, and noticed the alliteration isn’t unsimilar to something from BTL, which gave me an idea to use it as the basis for this Robot Chicken-esque parody of the show’s “Fun With Chicken Jane” Segments featuring the Letter L. Without further ado, here’s it is:

Narrator: And now, Fun with Chicken Jane. Today, Chicken Jane and the Landslide.
Singer: Look Look, See See, coming down the lane. Here comes Scot, here comes Dot, here comes Chicken Jane.
Dot: Look, Scot, look. See the lovely lakeside lawn.
Scot: Yes, Dot, Yes. The lakeside lawn is lovely.
(The ground begins to crumble, and Chicken Jane begins bawking frantically.)
Scot: Look, Dot, look. The lovely lakeside lawn has come loose.
Dot: Yes, Scot, Yes. We are in a landslide.
(Chicken Jane panics)
Scot: Look, Dot, look. See Chicken Jane write the letters L-E-A-V-E. Leave.
Dot: Leave, Scot, Leave!
(The kids jump off the falling land, but Chicken Jane doesn’t and drowns. The kids then float by in an inflatable raft.)
Scot: Look, Dot, look. Chicken Jane has lost her life in the lake.
Dot: Yes, Scot, Yes. We didn’t lose our lives in the lake. We luckily landed in this lifeboat lying around.
Both: Thank you Chicken Jane!
Singer: Look look, see see, paddling around. There goes Scot, there goes Dot, Chicken Jane has drowned.

I haven't watched Robot Chicken in years, but if they ever do anything with Between the Lions, I'll have to check out that episode lol.

I would be both excited and nervous if that happened. The main reason I stopped watching was the amount of skits that were downright disturbing. The moment they showed a little girl getting brutally mauled to death by a giant rooster, I was done.

 

[CoolGuy1013]

Yeah, that was written when I was a bit more of an edgy teenager. I don’t care much for Robot Chicken either (it’s pretty much a show that consists solely of one of my least favorite kinds of Family Guy cutaway gags: the kind where the whole joke is just “beloved character gets killed in a brutal way”).

 

[LittleJerry92]

I don’t mind the series but do feel it’s run its course. If it’s not a pop culture reference skit then it’s otherwise characters just being killed or tortured left and right.

But that’s another topic for another day.

 

[Flaky Pudding]

Yeah, that was written when I was a bit more of an edgy teenager. I don’t care much for Robot Chicken either (it’s pretty much a show that consists solely of one of my least favorite kinds of Family Guy cutaway gags: the kind where the whole joke is just “beloved character gets killed in a brutal way”).

I actually like those jokes on Family Guy, they use them pretty rarely and generally have some sort of punchline to go with them. It's the ones where they take cheap shots at celebrities that get on my nerves. As much as I love the episode about Brian's son, Dylan, I always fast forward through the cutaway that's literally just 3 straight minutes of Stewie explaining to Matthew McConaughey why he sucks.

I only like when they make fun of celebrities for their actions rather than their appearances or public image. For example, the Mel Gibson cutaway with his blatantly fake "apology" for being anti-Semitic was hilarious. It perfectly summed up how celebrities act when they get called out for their horrible actions.

 

[Flaky Pudding]

Back on topic, does anybody remember Sam Spud from Between the Lions? Those skits were extremely funny. They were basically just an excuse to make a bunch of food puns, but I personally love that type of humor.

They feel like the types of videos I used to make when I was younger. Turning a potato into a full-blown character and using it to make corny jokes is 100% something I would've done.

 

[salemfan]

Back on topic, does anybody remember Sam Spud from Between the Lions? Those skits were extremely funny. They were basically just an excuse to make a bunch of food puns, but I personally love that type of humor.

They feel like the types of videos I used to make when I was younger. Turning a potato into a full-blown character and using it to make corny jokes is 100% something I would've done.

Yes, I remember Sam Spud. The skits often ended with a revelation that a girl was watching it on TV and weirded out, and her mother saying not to worry because of "how educational the material was and good for children and that it could somehow assist children in school." I guess that's why the starter of this thread felt Between the Lions was an important show.