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The Lion's Busy (1950)

The Lion's Busy poster
Directed by
Friz Freleng
Genre
animation, family, comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
7 min
Rated
NR
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A cartoon lion named Leo tries to hide from a hungry buzzard named Beaky. The buzzard is clever and keeps finding new ways to get at the lion.

slapstickfast-pacedplayfulbrightsillylightheartedcartoonishenergetic

What happens

The Lion's Busy is a 1950 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon written by Tedd Pierce and directed by Friz Freleng. It features Leo the Lion (who had previously appeared in Hold the Lion, Please) and Beaky Buzzard (who had previously appeared in Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid and The Bashful Buzzard), both voiced by Mel Blanc. This cartoon is the first time Blanc voices Beaky due to Kent Rogers' death in 1944, and the final appearance of Leo the Lion from Looney Tunes cartoons until Tweety's High-Flying Adventure in 2000. It is also Beaky's only appearance in which he is smarter than his opponent rather than dumber. The cartoon itself sometimes appears on public domain and grey market VHS and DVDs, however, the cartoon is actually still copyrighted. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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