The Napoleon and Lafayette Show is a 1958 American animated television series.
The theme played over the previews of each episode was a fast instrumental version of Whistle While You Work from Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs. To start the ending credits, it shows Napoleon and Lafayette in a binplane, flying across the screen carrying a banner than reads the end. A large ape, resembling King Kong, promptly swipes said plane as well a Napoleon and Lafayette out of thin air, dropping them in his mouth and devouring them. In season 2, this was changed to Chief uttering the phrase it won't work.
The song played over the end credits is Minnie's Yoo Hoo, the theme song from the original Mickey Mouse Clubs that met in theaters starting in 1929.
Due to low ratings, the series was cancelled after its second season.
| The Napoleon and Lafayette Show | |
|---|---|
| File:The Napoleon and Lafayette Show (1958).png Screenshot of the Title Card of The Napoleon and Lafayette Show | |
| Genre | Animation
Comedy Western |
| Created by | Ward Kimball |
| Written by | Ken Anderson |
| Directed by | Wolfgang Reitherman |
| Starring | Pat Buttram
George Lindsey Bill Dana Mickey Rooney Kurt Russell Tom Conway |
| Theme music composer | George Bruns |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 43 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company | Walt Disney Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Syndicated |
| Release | January 22, 1958 - March 4, 1959 |
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Cast[]
- Pat Buttram as Napoleon, Sheriff of Nottingham, Chief (The Fox and the Hound), Himself
- George Lindsey as Lafayette, Himself
- Bill Dana as Himself
- Mickey Rooney as Tod
- Kurt Russell as Copper, Himself
- Tom Conway as The Narrator