Lion Around (Peter Potamus)

This article is about the Peter Potamus and So-So short. For the Laurel & Hardy short, see Lion Around (Laurel & Hardy).

Lion Around
Premiere date	October 28, 1964
Run time	6:46
Starring	Daws Butler Don Messick
Writer(s)	Tony Benedict Warren Foster Dalton Sandifer
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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"Lion Around" is the seventh episode of Peter Potamus and So-So season one. It aired as a segment of The Peter Potamus Show. It first aired on October 28, 1964 in first run syndication. It was written by Tony Benedict, Warren Foster and Dalton Sandifer, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

Characters

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Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Peter Potamus	Daws Butler
So-So	Don Messick
Lion	Daws Butler
Roman soldier #1	Don Messick
Roman soldier #2	Daws Butler
Roman soldier #3	Don Messick
Unicorn	Daws Butler
Caller	Don Messick
Phelonius	Unavailable
Referee	Don Messick

Locations

• Earth
  • Italy
    • Rome
  • United States (indirectly mentioned)
    • North Dakota (mentioned)
      • Fargo (mentioned)

Vehicles

• Peter's hot air balloon

Music

• 0:00 - Main title theme (Hoyt Curtin).

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 28, 1964

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • November 1, 2016: Warner Archive Collection releases The Peter Potamus Show: The Complete Series on DVD.