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Beethoven's Whiff
Beethoven's Whiff
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Attribution information
Director

   Tony Craig
   Roberts Gannaway

Writer

Roberts Gannaway

Production information
Series

The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa

Season

2

Episode

21a (first short)

Air date

November 25, 1996

Episode guide
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"Home is Where the Hog Is"

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"Bumble in the Jungle"

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Pumbaa[src]

"Beethoven's Whiff" is the first short from the first segment of the twenty-first and final episode of Season 2 of The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa, and alongside "Bumble in the Jungle", the eighty-ninth episode of the series overall. It premiered on November 25, 1996 on the syndicated Disney Afternoon block, alongside "Bumble in the Jungle" and "Mind Over Matterhorn".

Plot summary[]

Timon is conducting an orchestra composed of several instrument-playing animals. At first, the concert is going beautifully, with a perfect introduction to Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, until Pumbaa interjects with his own music, which falls flat in comparison to the orchestra's earlier music.

At first, Timon puts up with Pumbaa's disruptions, clearly annoyed but more focused on his job as a conductor. The interruptions, however, soon become so disruptive that Timon begins to use his baton to fight with Pumbaa. The fight escalates, nearly destroying the orchestra's instruments, until Rafiki and Simba interject, forcing the two to clean up the mess that they've made.

Voice cast[]

Starring[]

Appearances[]

Trivia[]

  • In 1997, the short's color director, Kexx Singleton, won the Daytime Emmy Awards for "Outstanding Individual in Animation."[1]
  • "Beethoven's Whiff" is likely a nod to the 1940 film Fantasia due to visual similarities and a lack of dialogue with the music.

Media[]


References[]

  1. Two tooners win Daytime Emmys. Variety. Accessed 12 May 1997.


Season 2 of The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa
Palm BeachedJamaica Mistake?Oregon AstrayNew Guinea PigIsle of ManhoodPuttin' on the BritsKlondike ConIsle Find OutBeetle RomaniaRumble in the JungleWide Awake in WonderlandZazu's Off-by-One DayAnimal BarnRoach HotelAfrica-Dabra!I Don't BoliviaShopping MauledLibrary BrouhahaCatch Me if You KenyaScent of the SouthMonster MassachusettsHandle with CaribbeanForbidden PumbaaWashington ApplesauceAlcatraz-MatazOahu Wahoo!I Think I CanadaZazu's Off Day OffBeast of EdenSense & SenegambiaTimon on the RangeThe Man From J.U.N.G.L.E.Maine-IacsFiji-Fi-Fo-FumRome AloneAmusement BarkOnce Upon a TimonHome is Where the Hog IsBeethoven's WhiffBumble in the JungleMind Over Matterhorn
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