Linus the Lionhearted
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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 ABC in 1966, and continued in reruns until September 7, 1969. It was an early Saturday morning cartoon. The show follows a jungle-dwelling lion king who ruled from his personal barber's chair.[1]
Linus the Lionhearted | |
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Genre | Comedy |
Created by | Ed Graham Jr. |
Developed by | Gene Schinto |
Directed by | Ed Graham |
Voices of | Sheldon Leonard Ed Graham Jr. Carl Reiner Ruth Buzzi Bob McFadden Jesse White Jonathan Winters Gerry Matthews "Bashful Bigshots" |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 39 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer | Ed Graham |
Producer | Ed Graham |
Running time | 30 minutes (with commercials) |
Production companies | Ed Graham Productions General Foods |
Original release | |
Network | CBS (B&W) ABC (color) |
Release | September 26, 1964 (1964-09-26) – December 11, 1965 (1965-12-11) |
The character was created in 1959, by the Ed Graham advertising agency, originally as a series of ads for General Foods' Post Cereals.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]