Lippy the Lion & Hardy Har Har

Lippy the Lion & Hardy Har Har are a pair of anthropomorphic Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters, a lion in a tattered top hat and vest and a hyena in a hat and bow tie, respectively. The latter's name is ironic, as it's an onomatopoeia for laughter, and Hardy is an eternal pessimist; indeed, one short implies that expression of joy or happiness actually puts Hardy in pain.

Their names seem to be intended as an evocation of Laurel and Hardy, despite the fact that the two pairs have almost nothing in common.

History

Lippy and Hardy (voiced by Mel Blanc and Daws Butler, respectively) first appeared in "The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series" in 1962, along with Wally Gator and Touché Turtle and Dum Dum.

Their cartoons revolved around ever-hopeful Lippy's attempts to get rich quick, 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."

In 1971, Lippy and Hardy got their own cartoon show, simply titled "Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har"; it lasted one season.

Since then, the duo have been infrequently included in the cast of Hanna-Barbera's ensemble shows (e.g., "Yogi's Gang"). They were no longer constantly pursuing Lippy's get-rich-quick schemes, but their personalities were unchanged; Lippy was still the smiling optimist, Hardy the moaning pessimist.

Episodes

# See Saw
# Watermelon Felon
# Scare to Spare
# Gulp and Saucer
# Map Happy
# Smile the Wild
# Charge of the Fright Brigade
# Film Flam
# Gunflighter
# Hick Hikers
# A Thousand and One Frights
# Double Trouble
# Laugh a Loaf
# Genie is a Meany
# Banks for Everything
# Fiddle Faddled
# Kidnap Trap
# Witch Crafty
# Gas Again
# Horse and Waggin
# Baby Bottled
# Hard Luck Hardy
# Show Use
# Injun Trouble
# Mouse in the House
# Crazy Cat Capers
# Phoney Pony
# Egg Experts
# Rabbit Romeo
# Bird in the Hand
# Legion Heirs
# Hoots and Saddles
# Monster Mix-Up
# Bye Bye Fly Guy
# Wooden Nickels
# Two for the Road
# Kings X
# Amusement Park Lark
# T for Two
# Tiny Troubles
# Flood for a Thought
# Hocus Pocus
# Sham-Rocked
# Old Fuddy Duds
# Chow You Feelings
# Easy Does It
# Drop Me a Lion
# Map Sap
# Shark Shock
# No Spooking Allowed
# Me-My-Mine
# Together Mess

Cast

* Daws Butler - Lippy the Lion
* Mel Blanc - Hardy Har Har

tations

Alphabetized by city.

*WJXT-TV / Channel 4• Jacksonville, Florida
*KCOP-TV / Channel 13• Los Angeles, California
*WPIX-TV / Channel 11• New York, New York

Other Appearances

* Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har were seen in "Yogi's Ark Lark". 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 "Yogi's Gang". In both appearances, Hardy Har Har was voiced by John Stephenson (possibly cause Mel Blanc was presumably unavailable) while Daws Butler reprised Lippy.

* 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 "Yogi's Treasure Hunt".

* Lippy and Hardy appeared in the "Fender Bender 500" segment of "Wake, Rattle, and Roll" where Lippy was voiced by Dom DeLuise and Hardy was voiced by Jess Harnell.

* Hardy Har Har was seen as a teenager in "Yo Yogi!", voiced by Rob Paulsen. His appearance was in the episode "Tricky Dickie's Dirty Trickies" where, after Dick Dastardly does something to get Yogi fired from the L.A.F. Squad, Yogi ended up hanging out with Hardy. For some reason, Lippy the Lion wasn't in this series.

"Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har" in other languages

* Brazilian Portuguese: "Lippy e Hardy"
* Spanish: "Leoncio el León y Tristón"
* French: "Lippy le Lion et Jérémie"
* Polish: "Lew Lippy"

External links

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* [http://www.toonopedia.com/lippy.htm Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har]