Larry Kenney for his voice work as Lion-O on the 1980s Rankin-Bass cartoon "ThunderCats", and Karate Kat, a martial arts blackbelt cat featured as part of "The Comic Strip". He was also the voice of Bluegrass in "SilverHawks" and Dolph in "TigerSharks". Kenney also did voice work for several breakfast cereal characters, including Count Chocula and Sonny the Cuckoo Bird. In recent years, he has reprised this role for humorous "ThunderCats" references on the animated series "Family Guy". Warner Bros announced that a new ThunderCats animated series is in the works, set to air in 2011 on Cartoon Network. Kenney will return
Lambert the Sheepish Lion to "The Two Mouseketeers", a "Tom and Jerry" cartoon which shared one of 7 Oscars for the Tom and Jerry series. A picture book adaptation for children was also released in the 1970s as part of the "Disney's Wonderful World of Reading" series. The original print of the film was given as a gift to Emperor Hirohito of Japan because it was his favorite Disney cartoon. The short was included as an extra on the 25th anniversary DVD release of "The Fox and the Hound". It also aired as a prelude to Disney's "The Lion King" when originally released on