^Oh, I completely agree with what you have said above buddy.
I have never really been used to "Timon and Pumbaa". Even when I first saw Timon in theaters back in '94. But this of course, was Disney's own stereotypical idea that was held onto too much over time. Thankfully though, all of TLK 1 1/2 proved otherwise for Timon, Only. That's why I have never stopped watching him on that film, since I came back to him last year. And the whole movie makes it clear that he is the only Real star of it.
To summarize it up in this sentence: Without TLK 1 1/2, Timon himself would never have been able to truly shine on the face of TLK.