Merrie Melodies - Inki At The Circus (1947)

a hungry lion. As such, it is very similar to "Little Hiawatha", a Silly Symphonies cartoon Thorson had worked on in 1937. The cartoon also introduces a strange, minimalist character in an expressionless mynah bird (spelled "minah bird" in the third film’s title). The bird hops in time to Felix Mendelssohn's "Fingal's Cave Overture," totally oblivious to any obstacles or dangers. Jones officially named the character in the next film, "Inki and the Lion" (1941), another jungle hunting scenario ...