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{{short description|American animated television series}}
{{Infobox television
| image                = Lippy&Hardy-Har-Har-1962.png
| image_alt            =
| caption              = Running on a ship's deck, Lippy (right) leads Hardy Har Har (left) in an episode of the show.
| genre                = {{Plainlist|
* [[Comedy]]
}}
| creator              =
| director             = {{Plainlist|
* [[William Hanna]]
* [[Joseph Barbera]]
}}
| voices               = {{Plainlist|
* [[Daws Butler]]
* [[Mel Blanc]]
}}
| theme_music_composer = [[Hoyt Curtin]]
| opentheme            = Theme from ''Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har''
| endtheme             = Theme from ''Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har''
| composer             = Hoyt Curtin
| country              = United States
| language             = English
| num_seasons          =
| num_episodes         = 52
| list_episodes        =
| executive_producer   =
| producer             = {{Plainlist|
* William Hanna
* Joseph Barbera
}}
| camera               =
| runtime              =
| company              = [[Hanna-Barbera|Hanna-Barbera Productions]]
| network              = [[Broadcast syndication|First-run syndication]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|1962|9|3}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|1963|8|26}}
}}
'''''Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har''''' is an American [[animated series|animated television series]] produced by [[Hanna-Barbera|Hanna-Barbera Productions]], and aired as one of the three segments of the [[Broadcast syndication|syndicated]] show ''[[The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series]]'', the other two being ''[[Wally Gator]]'' and ''[[Touché Turtle and Dum Dum]]''. The segment stars the titular [[anthropomorphism|anthropomorphic]] lion and hyena duo in a series of goofy misadventures.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Perlmutter |first1=David |title=The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows |date=2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1538103739 |page=362}}</ref>
==History==
Lippy the Lion (voiced by [[Daws Butler]] impersonating [[Joe E. Brown]]<ref name=Woolery>{{cite book |last1=Woolery |first1=George W. |title=Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981 |date=1983 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=0-8108-1557-5  |url=https://archive.org/details/childrenstelevis0000wool/page/130/mode/2up |access-date=14 March 2020 |page=130}}</ref>) and Hardy Har Har the [[hyena]] (voiced by [[Mel Blanc]]) first appeared in ''[[The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series]]'' on September 3, 1962, along with ''[[Wally Gator]]'' and ''[[Touché Turtle and Dum Dum]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 |date=2005 |edition=2nd |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-1476665993 |page=501}}</ref> Mel Blanc used the same voice, personality and expressions for Hardy Har Har that he used playing the [[Mail carrier|postman]] on the [[Burns and Allen]] radio show.
Their cartoons revolve around ever-hopeful Lippy's attempts to conduct a [[get-rich-quick scheme]], with reluctant Hardy serving as a foil. Whatever the consequences were to Lippy's schemes, Hardy ends up getting the worst of it — a fact he always seems to realize ahead of time, with his moans of "Oh me, oh my, oh dear". Although the intro shows them in a jungle setting proper for such beasts, most of the cartoons' stories take place in an urban setting.
Since then, the duo have been infrequently included in the cast of Hanna-Barbera's ensemble shows (e.g., ''[[Yogi's Gang]]''). They are no longer constantly pursuing Lippy's get-rich-quick schemes, but their personalities were unchanged: Lippy is still the smiling optimist, Hardy the moaning pessimist.
==List of episodes==
{{main|The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series#List of episodes}}
== Voice cast==
* [[Daws Butler]] – Lippy the Lion
* [[Mel Blanc]] – Hardy Har Har
* Additional voices – [[Julie Bennett]], [[Don Messick]], [[Jean Vander Pyl]], [[Doug Young (actor)|Doug Young]]
'''NOTE''': Before the series regained its popularity among Hanna-Barbera fans, websites describing the series claimed that Mel Blanc left the series after 18 episodes, with Daws Butler taking over the role of Hardy as well as Lippy for the remaining 34 episodes. This is untrue, however – Mel Blanc voiced Hardy in all 52 episodes. This confusion likely came about because a prototype Hardy Har Har first appeared in a ''[[Snooper and Blabber]]'' cartoon several years before, in which he was voiced by Butler.
==Home media==
The show's first episode, "Sea-saw", is available on ''Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960's Vol. 2''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1960s - Volume 2 DVD Review - IGN |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/11/03/saturday-morning-cartoons-1960s-volume-2-dvd-review |website=[[IGN]] |date=3 November 2009 |access-date=1 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
On July 9, 2019, [[Warner Archive Collection|Warner Archive]] released ''Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har: The Complete Series'' on DVD in region 1 as part of their [[List of works produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions#Hanna-Barbera Classic Collection|Hanna-Barbera Classic Collection]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har: The Complete Series (MOD) |url=https://www.wbshop.com/products/lippy-the-lion-and-hardy-har-har-the-complete-series-mod |website=WB Shop |access-date=11 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
==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 sequel series, ''[[Yogi's Gang]]''. In both appearances, Hardy Har Har was voiced by [[John Stephenson (actor)|John Stephenson]] while Daws Butler reprised Lippy.
* Lippy and Hardy appeared in one issue of a 1963 comic book by [[Gold Key Comics]], and also featured in three issues of Gold Key's 1962-1963 ''Hanna-Barbera Bandwagon''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rovin |first1=Jeff |title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals |date=1991 |publisher=Prentice Hall Press |isbn=0-13-275561-0 |access-date=8 April 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc00rovi/page/156/mode/2up/ |page=156}}</ref>
* 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 were seen in ''[[Yo Yogi!]]'', voiced by [[Greg Burson]] and [[Rob Paulsen]] respectively. Hardy Har Har is a teenager that appears in the episode "Tricky Dickie's Dirty Trickies" where Yogi ended up hanging out with Hardy after [[Dick Dastardly]] does something to get Yogi fired from the L.A.F. Squad so that Dick Dastardly can lead the L.A.F. Squad. In "Polly Want a Safe Cracker", Lippy the Lion appears as the proprietor of "The Precious Gems and Jams Store" that gets robbed by the Birdbrain of Alcatrax.
* Lippy and Hardy appeared in [[DC Comics]] ''Deathstroke/Yogi Bear Special'' #1 as captured animals alongside other Hanna-Barbera characters.
* Lippy and Hardy appeared in the series ''[[Jellystone!]]'' with Lippy the Lion voiced by [[Jeff Bergman]] in a Yiddish accent and Hardy Har Har voiced by Jenny Lorenzo in a Latina accent.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hemmert |first=Kylie |title=Jellystone!: Hanna-Barbera Characters Return in HBO Max Original Animated Series |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/trailers/1179885-jellystone-hanna-barbera-characters-return-in-hbo-max-original-animated-series |website=Comingsoon.net|date=June 24, 2021}}</ref> Both characters are elderly, Hardy is also depicted as a female and wears glasses, and they are married.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HAVgdujUWQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211217/-HAVgdujUWQ |archive-date=2021-12-17 |url-status=live|title=Jellystone! I Official Trailer I HBO Max Family|website=[[YouTube]]|date=June 24, 2021|access-date=June 24, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The episode "Face of the Town" reveals that Lippy is Jellystone's oldest citizen and that he knew Jellystone's founder Hubert Bartholomewbert who Lippy stated lied about his stories which he did for fame and money. The episode "Baby Shenangigans" reveals that Lippy and Hardy were still in their prime when they were 72.
==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0284753|title=Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har}}
* {{IMDb title|id=0278220|title=The New Hanna-Barbera Cartoon Series}}
* [http://www.toonopedia.com/lippy.htm Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har] at [[Don Markstein's Toonopedia]]. [https://archive.today/20150308223923/http://toonopedia.com/lippy.htm Archived] from the original on March 8, 2015.
* [https://archive.today/20130102024329/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Hanna-Barbera_Studios/G-J/The_Hanna-Barbera_New_Cartoon_Series/Lippy_the_Lion_and_Hardy_Har_Har/index.html Episode guide] at the [[Big Cartoon DataBase]]
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