Hocus Focus (Lippy the Lion)

This article is about the Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har episode. For the Motormouse and Autocat episode, see "Hocus Focus."

Hocus Focus
File:.png
Premiere date	June 17, 1963
Run time	4:40
Starring	Daws Butler Mel Blanc Don Messick
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Episode navigation
← Previous	Next →
Title card

"Hocus Focus" is the sixteenth episode of Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har season two, and the forty-second episode overall. It came as part of The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series. It aired on June 17, 1963 in syndication. It was produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

Set to work as photographers for Strife Magazine, Lippy and Hardy venture into the city to take pictures of interest.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Strife Magazine Editor	Don Messick
Lippy the Lion	Daws Butler
Hardy Har Har	Mel Blanc
Baby pigeon	Unavailable
Mother pigeon	Unavailable
Diamonds Dubois	Don Messick
Police officer	Don Messick

Organizations

• Strife Magazine

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Jewelry store

Release

Dates are in order of release.

• United States: June 17, 1963 in syndication

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • January 11, 2020: Warner Archive Collection releases Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har: The Complete Series on DVD.