The funniest one was when Simba asks Rafiki if he knew about his father, only to find out he was asleep. Then Simba tries to wake him up and Rafiki falls over

I thought it was funnier than when Rafiki drops Simba off of Pride Rock.
And yeah, the characters didn't look too good. Timon's face kind of looks like he just came back from the dead

.., and nowhere near how he looks in TLK 1.5/3.