Live and Lion

Live and Lion
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Production number	R-9
Premiere date	Week of February 20, 1961
Run time	7:17
Starring	Daws Butler Jimmy Weldon
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Michael Maltese
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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"Live and Lion" is the fourth episode of Snagglepuss season one, and came as a segment of The Yogi Bear Show. It aired on the week of February 20, 1961 in first run syndication. It was written by Michael Maltese, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

Finding Yakky Doodle hiding in his mailbox, Snagglepuss finds himself protecting him from the hunters.

Memorable quotes

Snagglepuss: If a hunter’s to the right, you simply exit stage left. And if a hunter’s to the left, you simply exit visa-versy.
Yakky: Gee, you’re such a swell fella wasting your time like this when I don’t even know what the heck you’re talking about.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Yakky Doodle	Jimmy Weldon
Park ranger	Daws Butler
Snagglepuss Lion	Daws Butler

Locations

• Earth
  • United States

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Crew credits

• Story director: Alex Lovy
• Animator: Lewis Marshall
• Layout artist: Tony Rivera
• Background artist: Art Lozzi
• Title artist: Lawrence Goble
• Production supervisor: Howard Hanson

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: Week of February 20, 1961 in first run syndication

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • August 15, 2006: Warner Home Video releases The Yogi Bear Show: The Complete Series on DVD.
  • June 6: 2017: Warner Home Video releases The Yogi Bear Show: The Complete Series (Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection edition) on DVD.
• In the United Kingdom & Ireland:
  • January 31, 2011: Warner Home Video releases The Yogi Bear Show: The Complete Series on DVD.