Lambert the Sheepish Lion

Lambert the Sheepish Lion is a Disney animated short film that was released in 1952. Lambert the Sheepish Lion was directed by Jack Hannah, and the voice of the narrator and the stork was provided by actor and Disney Legend, Sterling Holloway.
==Plot==
A stork is making a delivery to a flock of sheep. All the ewes get lambs except for one, but a lion cub makes his way out of the stork's sack and bonds with the childless ewe. The stork sees the lion is destined for South Africa, but decides to let him remain with the flock when the ewe has taken in the cub and named him Lambert. Because Lambert is different, he is ostracized by the rest of the lambs, which continues after he matures into a full-grown lion. However, when a wolf attacks the flock, Lambert is only one powerful enough to confront him. After scaring off the wolf, Lambert is now carried around as the flock's hero. And as for the wolf, he's last seen clinging onto a bush on a cliff. The narrator assures us not to worry about him. He has a place to cling; he won't starve because that bush has berries, every spring.
==Voices==
*Narrator, Mr. Stork - Sterling Holloway
===Uncredited===
*Jimmy MacDonald - Wolf, Lambert
*Clarence Nash - Lambert meows and purrs
*Hannes Schroll - Wolf yells (archive sound)
==Releases==
===Television===
*Disneyland, episode #3.2: "The Great Cat Family"
*The Mouse Factory, episode #28: "Lions"
*The New Mickey Mouse Club, May 6, 1977
*Disney's Salute to Mom
*Disney's All-Star Mother's Day Album
*Disney's Coyote Tales
*Good Morning, Mickey, episode #30
*Dumbo (NBC Airing)
*Donald's Quack Attack, episode #56
*Sing Me a Story with Belle: "Overcoming Fear"
*The Ink and Paint Club, episode #1.16: "Escapees From the Ark"
===Home video===
VHS
*Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Limited Gold Editions - Disney's Best: The Fabulous '50s
*Walt Disney Cartoon Classics - Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore (non-U.S. release)
*Walt Disney Mini Classics: Willie the Operatic Whale
*Walt Disney's Fables: Volume 5 
DVD
*Walt Disney Gold Classic Collection: Melody Time (bonus) (unrestored 90s transfer with 1960s Buena Vista opening logo)
*Walt Disney Treasures: Disney Rarities (unrestored 90s transfer with 1960s Buena Vista opening logo)
*The Fox and the Hound: 25th Anniversary Edition (bonus) (unrestored 90s transfer with 1960s Buena Vista opening logo)
*Walt Disney Animation Collection: Classic Short Films, Vol. 2: Three Little Pigs (restored, with incorrect Silly Symphonies closing titles)
*Walt Disney's Fables: Volume 5 (unrestored 90s transfer with 1960s Buena Vista opening logo)
Blu-ray
*Melody Time (bonus) (unrestored 90s transfer with 1960s Buena Vista opening logo)
====Streaming====
*Disney+ (restored, with correct reissue titles but no Buena Vista opening logo)
==Trivia==
*The original print of the film was given as a gift to of Japan because it was his favorite Disney cartoon.
*In 1952, the film was nominated for an Academy Award in the category "Best Short Subject, Cartoons", but lost to The Two Mouseketeers, a cartoon.
*Sterling Holloway was also the voice of Mr. Stork in Dumbo, in which he plays a similar role in the plot.
*This short is also included in the film Other Disney Lions.
*The Goofy holler is heard when the wolf gets bumped off the cliff.
*The restored version of this cartoon released as part of Walt Disney Animation Collection: Classic Short Films, Vol. 2: Three Little Pigs DVD used the Silly Symphonies opening and closing titles instead of the "A Walt Disney Production" opening and closing titles, even though the cartoon was released 13 years after the Silly Symphonies ended in 1939. On Disney+, the original "A Walt Disney Production" ending titles are restored back to the cartoon, however the first few seconds of the cartoon's opening music cue heard in the Buena Vista reissue logo (originally the RKO Radio Pictures logo) is cut for unknown reasons.
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Category:Animated shorts
Category:Silly Symphonies
Category:1952 shorts
Category:Academy Award nominated films
Category:Bonus Features