What a Lion!

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The Captain and Inspector are hunting lions in Africa, though their attempts to sneak up are hampered by alarm clocks and squeaky shoes. Fortunately, there's a lion ready for them: it's the ... Read allThe Captain and Inspector are hunting lions in Africa, though their attempts to sneak up are hampered by alarm clocks and squeaky shoes. Fortunately, there's a lion ready for them: it's the boys, dressed in a lion costume, with an "ah-ooga" horn for the roar. They're soon chasing... Read allThe Captain and Inspector are hunting lions in Africa, though their attempts to sneak up are hampered by alarm clocks and squeaky shoes. Fortunately, there's a lion ready for them: it's the boys, dressed in a lion costume, with an "ah-ooga" horn for the roar. They're soon chasing the Captain, when their costume gets stuck and pulled off. The captain comes in to the co... Read all

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5.7/10

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Billy Bletcher

Captain
(voice)
(uncredited)

Shirley Reed

Fritz
(uncredited)

Robert Winkler

Hans (speaking)
(uncredited)

Director
- William Hanna
Writers
- Rudolph Dirks
- Ray Kelly
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Connections
Followed by The Pygmy Hunt (1938)

Soundtracks
A-Hunting We Will Go
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6/10

King of the Jungle Fever

The appeal of the Katzenjammer Kids is in the universal, undying temptation to oppose authority for the hell of it. As good as we try to be as we mature, the rascal side of our character is always there, tugging at our sleeves, whispering nasty ideas into our ears. Reading the classic comic strip as both kid and adult, there is part of me that roots for them and another part that knows that when punishment time arrives, they are more than deserving. That's definately the case with "What a Lion", a very traditional "Captain and the Kids" cartoon in which the Katzie Brats wreak havoc with the Captain's safari. Oddly enough, the kids do not have German accents in the MGM cartoons. Der Captain does, courtesy of Billy Bletcher. Der Inspector, pretty talkative in the strip, plays the silent partner here and makes an effective second banana.