Linus the Lionhearted (1964)

Genre

comedy television series

Country

United States

Length

2 seasons, 3 episodes

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A lion king rules his jungle kingdom from a barber's chair. The show is a collection of short comedic adventures from the 1960s.

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What happens

Linus the Lionhearted is an American Saturday morning animated television series that aired on CBS from September 26, 1964 to December 11, 1965, originally airing in black and white. Color versions of the episodes started airing on CBS in 1965, and continued in reruns on ABC, until September 7, 1969. It was an early Saturday morning cartoon. The show follows a jungle-dwelling lion king who rules from his personal barber's chair. The character was created in 1959, by the Ed Graham advertising agency, originally as a series of ads for General Foods' Post Cereals. At first, Linus the lion was the spokesman for the short-lived Post cereal "Heart of Oats" (a Cheerios imitation). Eventually, the lion was redesigned and reintroduced in 1963, to sell Crispy Critters, which featured Linus on the box. The ads were so popular that a television series was created in 1964, with General Foods as sponsor. The show ran on the CBS network until 1966, and reruns aired on ABC from 1966 to 1969. As of September 2025, Linus the Lionhearted airs on MeTV Toons. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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