King Leonardo and His Short Subjects (1960)

- Genre
- family, animation
- Country
- United States
- Length
- 1 season, 1 episode
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This is a 1960s Saturday morning cartoon. It follows a lion king named Leonardo and his sidekick Odie the dog through silly adventures. The show also includes other short segments with different characters.
whimsicallightheartedplayfuldatedcartoonishfast-pacednostalgicgentle
What happens
King Leonardo and His Short Subjects (also known as The King and Odie Show) is an American Saturday-morning animated television series that aired on NBC from October 15, 1960 to December 23, 1961; the original Short Subjects package last aired on the network on September 28, 1963, when new segments of The King & Odie and The Hunter aired as part of Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales. The show was initially sponsored by General Mills. It was produced by Total Television Productions and Leonardo Productions, named after the main character, and has been referred to as the second original color Saturday-morning cartoon program after The Ruff and Reddy Show. Leonardo Productions was actually Producers Associates for Television, aka P.A.T. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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