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'''Nickname:''' "Leo the | '''Nickname:''' "Leo the Lion" | ||
'''Logo:''' Essentially the new MGM lion design that was been put into use on films around this time, only with "CARTOON" tacked on to the bottom in red. | '''Logo:''' Essentially the new MGM lion design that was been put into use on films around this time, only with "CARTOON" tacked on to the bottom in red. | ||
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'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
* On "Switchin' Kitten" and "Down and Outing", the then-current MGM movie logo would play (without "CARTOON" at the bottom, and without the theme song accompanying it) followed by a screen saying "A METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER CARTOON", whose font and background vary depending on the cartoon. The theme song would start whenever this screen came up. While the standard movie logo also appeared on "Buddies Thicker Than Water" and "Carmen Get It!", the second screen was not shown and the opening music played over it. | * On "Switchin' Kitten" and "Down and Outing", the then-current MGM movie logo would play (without "CARTOON" at the bottom, and without the theme song accompanying it) followed by a screen saying "A METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER CARTOON", whose font and background vary depending on the cartoon. The theme song would start whenever this screen came up. While the standard movie logo also appeared on "Buddies Thicker Than Water" and "Carmen Get It!", the second screen was not shown and the opening music played over it. | ||
* On the short "The Dot and the Line", the movie logo is used instead (surrounded by a red border) and is accompanied by a majestic horn fanfare composed and conducted by Eugene Poddany. | * On the short "The Dot and the Line", the movie logo is used instead (surrounded by a red border) and is accompanied by a majestic horn fanfare composed and conducted by Eugene Poddany. | ||
'''FX/SFX:''' | '''FX/SFX:''' Same as before. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' The updated 1st logo fanfare, plus, with the lion roar, it had three roar tracks: the 1960 roar, another which sounded like a yawning roar, and on "Calypso Cat" a fierce-sounding roar. Both roars were made by Tod Dockstader. | '''Music/Sounds:''' The updated 1st logo fanfare, plus, with the lion roar, it had three roar tracks: the 1960 roar, another which sounded like a yawning roar, and on "Calypso Cat" a fierce-sounding roar. Both roars were made by Tod Dockstader. | ||