Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har
Running on a ship's deck, Lippy (right) leads Hardy Har Har (left)
Genre
Directed by
Voices of
Theme music composerHoyt Curtin
Opening themeTheme from Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har
Ending themeTheme from Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har
ComposerHoyt Curtin
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes52
Production
Producers
  • William Hanna
  • Joseph Barbera
Production companyHanna-Barbera Productions
Original release
NetworkSyndication
ReleaseSeptember 3, 1962 (1962-09-03) –
August 26, 1963 (1963-08-26)

Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera and aired as part of the 1962 series The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series starring the titular anthropomorphic lion and hyena duo in a series of goofy misadventures.[1]

History

Lippy the Lion (voiced by Daws Butler impersonating Joe E. Brown[2]) and Hardy Har Har the hyena (voiced by Mel Blanc) first appeared in The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series in 1962, along with Wally Gator and Touché Turtle and Dum Dum.[3] Mel Blanc used the same voice, personality and expressions for Hardy Har Har that he used playing the postman on the Burns and Allen radio show.

Their cartoons revolved around ever-hopeful Lippy's attempts to do a get-rich-quick scheme, with reluctant Hardy serving as a foil. Whatever the consequences were to Lippy's schemes, Hardy would end up getting the worst of it — a fact he always seemed to realize ahead of time, with his moans of "Oh me, oh my, oh dear". Although the intro shows them in a jungle setting proper for such beasts, most of the cartoons' stories took place in an urban setting.

Since then, the duo have been infrequently included in the cast of Hanna-Barbera's ensemble shows (e.g., Yogi's Gang). They were no longer constantly pursuing Lippy's get-rich-quick schemes, but their personalities were unchanged: Lippy was still the smiling optimist, Hardy the moaning pessimist.

Episode list

Main article: The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series § Episode list

Cast

NOTE: Before the series regained its popularity among Hanna-Barbera fans, websites describing the series claimed that Mel Blanc left the series after 18 episodes, with Daws Butler taking over the role of Hardy as well as Lippy for the remaining 34 episodes. This is untrue, however - Mel Blanc voiced Hardy in all 52 episodes. This confusion likely came about because a prototype Hardy Har Har first appeared in a Snooper and Blabber cartoon several years before, in which he was voiced by Butler.

Home media

The show's first episode, "Sea-saw", is available on Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960's Vol. 2.[4]

On July 9, 2019, Warner Archive released Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har: The Complete Series on DVD in region 1 as part of their Hanna-Barbera Classic Collection.[5]

Other appearances

References

  1. ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 362. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  2. ^ Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981. Scarecrow Press. p. 130. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  3. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 501. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  4. ^ "Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1960s - Volume 2 DVD Review - IGN". IGN. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har: The Complete Series (MOD)". WB Shop. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  6. ^ Rovin, Jeff (1991). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals. Prentice Hall Press. p. 156. ISBN 0-13-275561-0. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  7. ^ Hemmert, Kylie (June 24, 2021). "Jellystone!: Hanna-Barbera Characters Return in HBO Max Original Animated Series". Comingsoon.net.
  8. ^ "Jellystone! I Official Trailer I HBO Max Family". YouTube. June 24, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-17. Retrieved June 24, 2021.

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