Slap Happy Lion
| Slap Happy Lion | |
|---|---|
 The mouse gets one up on the lion. | |
| Directed by | Tex Avery |
| Produced by | Fred Quimby |
| Story by | Heck Allen |
| Voices by | Frank Lee Graham (mouse) |
| Music by | Scott Bradley |
| Animation by |
Ray Abrams Robert Bentley Walter Clinton |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | September 20, 1947 |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 7 minutes |
| Language | English |
Slap Happy Lion is a 1947 cartoon directed by Tex Avery and produced by Fred Quimby. It is about the tragic downfall of a lion from king of the beasts to a gibbering, pill-popping wreck. It is narrated by a mouse whose torments drove him crazy. The mouse's voice was supplied by Frank Graham. Scott Bradley provided the music.
The closing title does not display the regular MGM card but rather the Tom and Jerry card. This might indicate that the currently available version could be a re-release print (and many MGM cartoons from the 1940s were reissued with newer title cards, as well as occasionally with minor edits[1]).
The lion's design served as the inspiration for Genghis from The Wacky World of Tex Avery.
References
- ↑ http://cartoonresearch.com/mgm.html MGM CARTOON ORIGINAL TITLES, by Jerry Beck
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