Lights, Camera, Traction
- Studio
- Walt Disney Television Animation
- Animation studio
- Studio B Productions
- Distributor
- Buena Vista Television
Synopsis
Pumbaa helps Timon become a movie star to impress a female meerkat.
Characters
Timon Berkowitz, Pumbaa
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Tony Craig, Robert Gannaway, Brad Neave
- Supervising Director
- Joe Horne
Producing
- Producer
- Chris Bartleman, Blair Peters
- Executive Producers
- Patsy Cameron, Tedd Anasti
- Associate Producer
- Chris Henderson
Writing
- Writer
- Jeff Abel, Tracy Berna, Kevin Campbell, Henry Gilroy, Rick Gitelson, Michael Keyes, Kat Likkel, Daryl G. Nickens, Ford Riley, Brian Swenlin
- Script Coordinator
- Brian Sintay
Voices
- Voice
- Quinton Flynn (Timon), Kevin Schon (Timon), Ernie Sabella (Pumbaa), Corey Burton (Quint, Speedy), Cam Clarke (Simba), Tress MacNeille (Shenzi), Rob Paulson (Bansai, Chitayta), Jim Cummings (Ed, Chitahto), Robert Guillaume (Rafiki), Edward Hibbert (Zazu), Pat Fraley (Jumbo)
Music
- Music
- Stephen James Taylor, Elton John
- Lyrics
- Tim Rice
Animation
- Layout Supervisor
- Nickle Wang
- Layout Artists
- M. F. Hsieh, Martin Hwang, Royal Chen
- Continuity Checker
- Myles Pederson
- Dialogue Breakdown
- Bob Tompkins, Ralph Barrat
- Exposure Sheets
- Glenn Wright, Ron Crown
- Inbetween Artist
- Tony Quelch
Art Department
- Storyboards
- Glen Lovett, Lazarino Baarde, Marlon Deane
- Character Designers
- John Beverage, Josh Mepham, Tina Akland
- Background Artist
- Dianel Kao
- Storyboard Revisors
- Janet Ward, Jarret Ward, Lyn Hart
- Key Layout Designers
- Ken Mimura, Chris Mizzoni, Ian Bartolo, Olaf Miller, Trevor Bentley
- Background Supervisor
- Nicky Chen
- Key Background Stylists
- Sung Woo Hong, Hector Martinez, Lorraine Mimura, Marnie Wells
- Color Key Stylists
- Karen Rasi, Tara Miller
- Property Designer
- Jarret Ward
- Prop Design
- Chris Roberts
Camera
- Camera Operator
- Jun-Xiang Zhou
Editing
- Editor
- Robert S. Birchard
- Assistant Film Editor
- Ted Supa
- Pre-Production Editor Supervisor
- Robert Jakubec
Sound
- Supervising Sound Editor
- William Griggs
- Production Sound Mixer
- Deb Adair
- Audio Coordinator
- Ken Poteat
- Supervising Dialogue Editor
- Elliot Anders
- Dialogue Editor
- Robert Poole, II
- Foley Artist
- Phyllis Ginter
- Foley Recordist
- Kris Daly
- Sound Effects
- Peggy McAffee, Scott A. Jennings
- Sound Re-Recording Mixers
- Fil Brown, Melissa Gentry-Ellis
Music Department
- Music Editor
- Fil Brown
- Music Assembler
- Stephen Felsing
Casting
- Casting
- Julie Morgavi
- Dialogue Director
- Julie Morgavi
Production Management
- Production Manager
- Michele Furuichi-Yost
- Post-Production Supervisor
- P. J. Aminpour
- Production Coordinator
- Jamie Turner
- Art Coordinator
- Christopher Collins
- Post-Production Coordinator
- Craig Sawczuk
- Talent Coordinator
- David Wright, III
- Production Accountant
- April Livesay
- Production Assistant
- Roseanne Kwan
Crew
- Slugging
- Greg Sullivan
- Assistant Supervisor
- Ching Huang
- Design Assembler
- Stephen Felsing
- Lip Assignment
- Cathy Luker
- Dubbing Supervisor
- Christopher Longe
Production notes
The Lion King's hyperactive meerkat and flatulent warthog came to Saturday morning in 1995. Timon, the meerkat, was the pushy one who frequently got the duo in trouble. Pumbaa, the warthog, was the more sensible one and the better fighter. The two lived in the jungles of Africa, holding fast to their philosophy of "hakuna matata," or "no worries" (the phrase was also the show's theme song, the Elton John hit from the feature film).
The animated series featured the pair's misadventures both in and out of the jungle, foraging for grubs and trying to lead a carefree lifestyle. Actors Nathan Lane (Timon) and Ernie Sabella (Pumbaa) reprised the roles they had created in The Lion King. Other carryovers from the film were Rafiki the baboon, the Hyenas and Zazu, each of whom appeared in brief segments between the Timon & Pumbaa featurettes.
The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa relied on the slapstick humor that had worked so well in the film, setting the antics to classical music in the finest Bugs Bunny tradition. The show lasted two seasons on Saturday morning before reappearing on cable's Disney Channel and Toon Disney.
The animated series featured the pair's misadventures both in and out of the jungle, foraging for grubs and trying to lead a carefree lifestyle. Actors Nathan Lane (Timon) and Ernie Sabella (Pumbaa) reprised the roles they had created in The Lion King. Other carryovers from the film were Rafiki the baboon, the Hyenas and Zazu, each of whom appeared in brief segments between the Timon & Pumbaa featurettes.
The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa relied on the slapstick humor that had worked so well in the film, setting the antics to classical music in the finest Bugs Bunny tradition. The show lasted two seasons on Saturday morning before reappearing on cable's Disney Channel and Toon Disney.