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  1. Hold the Lion, Please is a 1942 Merrie Melodies cartoon, first released on June 6, 1942, distributed by the Vitaphone Corporation and Warner Bros.

  2. Hold the Lion, Please: Directed by Chuck Jones. With Tex Avery, Mel Blanc, Robert C. Bruce, Harry Lang. It seems the whole animal kingdom make fun of the lion as a has-been.

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    • Family, Animation, Short
    • Chuck Jones
    • 1942-06-06
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    The title is an obvious play on the expression used by switchboard operators of the day, asking the caller to "hold the line, please." The Three Stooges made a short with a similar title, "Hold That Lion", which also featured a renegade lion.

    A lion named Leo tries to prove he is still "King of the Jungle" by hunting a small, defenseless animal. He chooses Bugs Bunnyas his intended victim, but Leo soon finds himself to be the defenseless one in a battle of wits. However, Leo eventually gets Bugs under one paw while raising the other one, claws extended, and looking extremely furious. Be...

    This is one of a handful of Bugs Bunny shorts that do not feature the words "Bugs", "Bunny", "Rabbit", "Wabbit", or "Hare" in the title.
    Unlike most other Bugs Bunny cartoons released from 1941 to 1944, the intro did not feature Bugs lying on top the WB shield; instead, it had the generic WB shield used in other non-Bugs Bunny carto...
    Mrs. Bugs Bunny's higher-pitched voice is similar to Bugs'.
    Bugs became shorter in this cartoon; Chuck Jones would continue to use this version of Bugs until "A Feather in His Hare", where he used the modern Bugs established by Bob Clampett and Robert McKim...
  3. Jun 6, 2022 · All right reserved to Warner Bros.Thanks Alex for the print. He's was one of my another awesome pal. :)

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  4. Hold the Lion, Please. 3. 226 views. A dim-witted lion sets out to prove he’s still “king of the forest” and attempts to capture Bugs Bunny. While Bugs proves that the lion is no match for his superior wit, they both discover they each have someone else to answer to – the lady of the house! Merrie Melodies. Bugs Bunny.

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  6. The 367th cartoon for Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies. This is part of the Merrie Melodies series.Release Date: June 13, 1942

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    • Looney Tunes - My Intros & Outros
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