tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post7254203178618707427..comments2024-03-06T00:01:06.897-08:00Comments on Likely Looney, Mostly Merrie: 371. Hold the Lion, Please (1942)Steven Hartleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13825398324719609394noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post-69573549785250268802018-07-26T05:09:33.979-07:002018-07-26T05:09:33.979-07:00When Bugs Bunny performs the tune (which I will ca...When Bugs Bunny performs the tune (which I will call here "When the Swallows Return to Capistrano"), I wonder if he is mimmicking the performance of someone in a WB live action film; not at all sure where the song comes from, although we've heard it parodied in WB cartoons. One of Bugs Bunny's funniest takes in this cartoon is when he's giggling to himself at the outcome of the makeshift doorway gag after the lion's offscreen crash, only to turn and find the lion glaring angrily. The change of his facial expression extends to his ears drooping when he finds out his dilemma, along with Mel's voicing him with a weak "yipe!" Beautifully timed.Kevin Wollenweberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08458065257912587522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post-1051860573508042202018-04-01T02:43:25.436-07:002018-04-01T02:43:25.436-07:00Specifically a corkscrew, which suggests the lion ...Specifically a corkscrew, which suggests the lion imbibes from time to time...chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12509178948884361307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post-21259509751509852922015-04-03T15:17:42.693-07:002015-04-03T15:17:42.693-07:00The lion's claw isn't faulty, the joke is ...The lion's claw isn't faulty, the joke is it's like a Swiss army knife with different blades<br />like corkscrews, nail files, etc.Ramjethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15772686923116678745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post-6932659707644070662015-03-31T05:50:24.511-07:002015-03-31T05:50:24.511-07:00Warners' writers and directors were kind of ge...Warners' writers and directors were kind of getting comfortable with the basic rules for Bugs by now -- i.e. he could be triumphant, as long as he didn't brag to the audience by acting too cocky and denigrating his opponent. That's the denouncement here -- once Bugs starts putting Leo down for being henpecked, the cartoon gods demand their revenge in the form of his own wife showing up (the studio would, for the most part, move the rabbit's shows of ego to the middle of the cartoon in later outings, but not always, so that Bugs would still get something of a comeuppance but emerge triumphant at the iris-out).J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post-3802335956207458942015-03-30T22:03:53.406-07:002015-03-30T22:03:53.406-07:00Rudy Larriva animates the hippo in his robe -- met...Rudy Larriva animates the hippo in his robe -- meticulous work, but in a way the antithesis of Ken Harris. Ben Washam, not yet in his teeth-chiseling phase, handles the scene with the Mrs. Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446855706531749726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post-77622739730796701232015-03-30T21:33:37.362-07:002015-03-30T21:33:37.362-07:00It sounds like a Bruce character voice to me.
Aver...It sounds like a Bruce character voice to me.<br />Avery would have been gone by the time the voice track for this was cut.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post-44411318387537972572015-03-30T20:26:51.853-07:002015-03-30T20:26:51.853-07:00Actually, the hippo is Tex Avery (in one of his la...Actually, the hippo is Tex Avery (in one of his last roles for a Warner's cartoon...).Jonathan Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12233850225669612698noreply@blogger.com