''Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har'' is an animated television series produced by

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and aired as part of the 1962 series '' The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series'' starring the titular

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lion and hyena duo in a series of goofy misadventures.

History

Lippy the

Lion The lion (''Panthera leo'') is a large Felidae, cat of the genus ''Panthera'' native to Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body; short, rounded head; round ears; and a hairy tuft at the end of its tail. It is sexually dimorphi ...

(voiced by

Daws Butler Charles Dawson Butler (November 16, 1916May 18, 1988) was an American voice actor. He worked mostly for the Hanna-Barbera animation production company where he originated the voices of many familiar characters, including Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Ho ...

impersonating

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) and Hardy Har Har the

hyena Hyenas, or hyaenas (from Ancient Greek , ), are feliform carnivoran mammals of the family Hyaenidae . With only four extant species (each in its own genus), it is the fifth-smallest family in the Carnivora and one of the smallest in the clas ...

(voiced by

Mel Blanc Melvin Jerome Blanc (born Blank ; May 30, 1908July 10, 1989) was an American voice actor and radio personality whose career spanned over 60 years. During the Golden Age of Radio, he provided character voices and vocal sound effects for comedy ra ...

) first appeared in '' The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series'' in 1962, along with

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and

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. Mel Blanc used the same voice, personality and expressions for Hardy Har Har that he used playing the

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on the

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radio show. Their cartoons revolved around ever-hopeful Lippy's attempts to do a

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, 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 ''Yogi's Gang'' is an American animated television series and the second incarnation of the ''Yogi Bear'' franchise, which aired 16 half-hour episodes on ABC from , to . The show began as ''Yogi's Ark Lark'', a special TV movie on ''The ABC Satur ...

''). They were no longer constantly pursuing Lippy's

s, but their personalities were unchanged: Lippy was still the smiling optimist, Hardy the moaning pessimist.

Episode list

Cast

- Lippy the Lion *

- Hardy Har Har * Additional Voices -

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, Doug Young,

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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 ''

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'' 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''. On July 9, 2019,

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released ''Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har: The Complete Series'' on DVD in region 1 as part of their

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Other appearances

* Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har were seen in ''

Yogi's Ark Lark ''Yogi's Ark Lark'' is a 1972 animated television special produced by Hanna-Barbera, intended to raise ecological awareness. It was broadcast on September 16, 1972, as part of ''The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie'' and served as the four-part episod ...

''. In one scene, Lippy was fed up with Hardy's behavior when those that were on the Noah's Ark were getting bored looking for the perfect place. Though he did save Hardy when the Ark ended up in a storm. Both of them were also in the TV movie's spin-off series ''

''. In both appearances, Hardy Har Har was voiced by John Stephenson while Daws Butler reprised Lippy. * Lippy and Hardy appeared in one issue of a 1963 comic book by

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, and also featured in three issues of Gold Key's 1962-1963 ''Hanna-Barbera Bandwagon''. * Lippy and Hardy appeared in the 1977 Hanna-Barbera comic book issue called "The Flintstones' Christmas Party". * Lippy and Hardy had appeared in an episode of ''

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''. * Lippy and Hardy were seen in ''

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'', voiced by

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and

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respectively. While Lippy owns a jewelry store, Hardy Har Har is a teenager that appears the episode "Tricky Dickie's Dirty Trickies" where Yogi ended up hanging out with Hardy after

Dick Dastardly Dick Dastardly is a fictional character who has appeared in various animated series by Hanna-Barbera Productions from 1968 onward. Dastardly's most famous appearances are in the series ''Wacky Races'' (his initial appearance) and its spin-off, ''D ...

does something to get Yogi fired from the L.A.F. Squad so that Dick Dastardly can lead the L.A.F. Squad. * Lippy and Hardy appeared in

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''Deathstroke/Yogi Bear Special'' #1 as captured animals alongside other Hanna-Barbera characters. * Lippy and Hardy appeared in the series ''

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'' with Lippy the Lion voiced by

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in a Yiddish accent and Hardy Har Har voiced by Jenny Lorenzo in a Latina accent. Both characters are elderly, Hardy is also depicted as a female and wear glasses, and they are married. The episode "Face of the Town" reveals that Lippy is Jellystone's oldest citizen and that he knew Jellystone's founder Hubert Bartholomewbert who Lippy stated lied about his stories which he did for fame and money. The episode "Baby Shenangigans" reveals that Lippy and Hardy were still in their prime when they were 72.

References

External links

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at the

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