1.) Mrs. Bugs Bunny's higher-pitched voice is similar to Bugs'.
1.1.) This is the only time Bugs is married.
1.2.) This cartoon marks the first appearance of
Honey Bunny (
Mrs. Bugs Bunny) in animation, though she have many appearances in the comics. For the rest of the late-1940s, Bugs would not have a love interest until
1996 when
Lola Bunny debuted in
Space Jam.
2.) Bugs became shorter in "Hold the Lion Please"; Chuck Jones would continue to use this version of Bugs until "A Feather in His Hare", where he used the modern Bugs perfected by Bob Clampett and Robert McKimson.
3.) Aside from "Elmer's Pet Rabbit", this is the first Bugs Bunny short directed by Chuck Jones, as he appears in this cartoon with buck teeth, white gloves and his most famous Brooklyn accent.
4.) Unlike most other Bugs Bunny cartoons released from 1941 to 1944, the intro did not feature Bugs lying on top the WB shield.
5.) This is one of a handful of Bugs Bunny shorts that do not feature the words Bugs, Bunny, Rabbit/Wabbit, or Hare in the title.
6.) Tex Avery voices the Hippo, having recorded his lines before he left the studio.
7.) Leo the Lion would make two more appearances after this cartoon; "The Lion's Busy" (1950), and in Tweety's High-Flying Adventure (2000).
8.) The Cartoon Festivals print is a damaged duplicated a.a.p. print where the a.a.p. logo plays first, then the 1947-49 Blue Ribbon Color Rings from "Inki and the Lion" open, also notice the light blue borders. The 1939-40 version of "Merrily We Roll Along" plays instead of the 1941-45 version. The print then changes to another print that says "Hold the Lion, Please". This is a MGM/UA print and probably was hacked off by United Artists in the 1980s. This print had aired on TBS, TNT and later Cartoon Network before 1995.