[quote="Moka"]Does anyone know why Nathan Lane isn't voicing Timon in this (or anything other than the movies)? Ernie Sabella has been Pumbaa in
everything.[/quote]
Actually, Lane did voice Timon in a couple of the earlier "Timon and Pumbaa" TV show episodes before Kevin Schon and Quinton Flynn completely took over and for all of the other media about him like the "Wild about Safety" online videos, after
Lion King 1 1/2.
As far as everything else goes that you wrote, from everything I know about Lane, he's a very talented person and is/has been a pretty busy guy in years past and pretty much does everything in Hollywood. Not just films and television. On the other hand, some people move onto other things in their life and career, and I'm pretty sure
The Producers with Matthew Broderick a short while after LK 1 1/2 was released, really took his mind off of Disney (along with Broderick's).
And, as far I know about Sabella, he isn't as widely popular of a guy as Lane is as I've only seen that Sabella simply does / voices characters from TV, film and animation.
I'm just glad that Lane came back to voicing my fave one more time on his own film of 1 1/2, and he won the Annie award (animated film/media awards) or DVD Exclusive award for best character acting in this film by voicing Timon. But what's surprising about all this though, when I watched the 15 minute making of the Lion King 1 1/2 documentary on blu-ray version of the film, Nathan Lane isn't shown much at all like Sabella is...
* But at least Lane gave Timon lots of life here.
"I found a place that was beyond my wildest dreams. But..., it still wasn't home." - Timon; Lion King 1 1/2 (3)
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