Timon & Pumbaa (TV series)
1995 American animated television series by Disney / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa is an American animated buddy comedy television series created by Walt Disney Television Animation.[1] It was based on Disney's 1994 animated feature film The Lion King, centering on Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog as they continue to live by their problem-free philosophy hakuna matata. Compared to most other The Lion King media, the tone of the series is more slapstick comedy-oriented.[2]
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Also known as | The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa |
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Based on | The Lion King produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios |
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Opening theme | "Hakuna Matata" |
Ending theme | "Hakuna Matata" (instrumental) |
Composer | Stephen James Taylor |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 85 (171 segments) (list of episodes) |
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Editor | John Royer |
Running time | 22 minutes |
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Release | September 8, 1995 (1995-09-08) – September 24, 1999 (1999-09-24) |
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Ernie Sabella reprised his role as Pumbaa for the show's entire run, while Nathan Lane reprised his role as Timon in ten episodes, the last of which being "Paraguay Parable".[3]
The show ran for three seasons, with the first two as part of the syndicated The Disney Afternoon block,[4] CBS, and the third season on Toon Disney. It aired from September 8, 1995 to September 24, 1999. It is notably the first Lion King-related media to feature on-screen appearances by humans, as humans did not appear in the film and the subsequent direct-to-video follow-ups. It is also the first of two television series to be based on the film, the second being The Lion Guard (2016–2019).
Bobs Gannaway and Tony Craig, who would later work on shows like 101 Dalmatians: The Series, House of Mouse, and Lilo & Stitch: The Series, served as the show's executive producers for the first two seasons. As of Season 3, the series was produced by Chris Bartleman and Blair Peters, with Tedd and Patsy Cameron-Anasti (who have previously worked on DuckTales and The Little Mermaid TV series) serving as the executive producers.