That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for June 24, 2019

“Yes, I’m listening.”

“You can’t hide your lion eyes

And your smile is a thin disguise…”

“And furthermore, you never take me anywhere!”

“Ok, we’ve cast Mufasa and Sarabi. Now, who’s auditioning for Simba?”

“And you’re going to lie down all day? But if my mom told me that you didn’t suit me.”

“What are you thinking right now?”

“The producer’s my daddy. Treat me right and you’ve got a shot at playing the Lion King.”

“I know you’re the ‘King of the Veldt’/ and the tourists see you, and melt/ but the poachers don’t care/ about your ‘Lordly’ air/ to them, you’re merely a pelt!”

You said, “Let’s move to the mountains, let’s move to the mountains.” This sucks. You can’t sneak up on nothin, and the bed is hard as a rock.

“The Andersons are coming for dinner tonight. How about we have a nice Antelope”

You left your mane hair all over the watering hole again this morning. PLEASE learn to clean up after yourself before the neighbors start talking!

“I know, let’s name him Cubby. Look at his ears. Cubby. He’ll be famous one day.”

I heard there’s a Costco going in.

“Where do YOU want to eat?”

“I don’t care. You pick.”

“I picked last time. You pick.”

“I don’t care…”

Him: “Urp!”

How many times do I have to tell you…don’t eat before going to bed!

Nature vs. Nuture. While it’s true it’s in his nature, he WAS brought up that way !

“YO! You wit da cargo shorts.” / “Whata ya lookin at?” / “Taka picture.” / “Come her ya little idiota!”

You bum. I do all the hunting and killing! I’m just a meal ticket to you. And then you have the nerve to tell me you’re horny!

It turns out that Rosa Bonheur did lots of lions and even owned a pair. Her life is a case study of the 19th century’s narrative of a woman living as an artist. https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/rosa-bonheurs-lions/

Now that’s phunny!

OK, King of the Jungle—why are we in a desert?

Look, sweety, lionizing someone doesn’t mean eating them.

Her: “OK, I’m ready again. And don’t give me that nonsense about being tired! But go easy on the love nips!”

“Can You Feel the Love Tonight”

“So I sez to Elsa, I sez ‘Look, I know you was friends with her and all but I gotta eat and she was just sitting there with that camera, pencil, and paper practically BEGGING for me to let her become one with the lions’…”

“So, tell the truth now, does this fur make my haunches look fat?”

“Listen, Mr. King of the Beasts, you leave the seat up on the thone, in the middle of the night, one more time, and you’re gonna wind up one castrated cat. They’ll be calling you Eunuch of the Jungle.”

You know, I’d really like a salad.

First in line for The Lion King.

YES! i’ll nag you for ever mr. high and mighty, and don’t forget it.

Look at the size of those toe beans !!!

“You’re not fooling anyone with that cheap toupee, Claude!”

Royalty at Home: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rosa_Bonheur_-_Royale_%C3%A0_la_maison.jpg

has info and links that point to info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting.

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/bonheur_rosa.html 

https://www.wikiart.org/en/rosa-bonheur 

https://www.the-athenaeum.org/people/detail.php?ID=1016 

https://www.wga.hu/bio_m/b/bonheur/rosa/biograph.html 

https://www.clarkart.edu/Mini-Sites/Women-Artists-in-Paris/Rosa-Bonheur 

https://www.daheshmuseum.org/spotlight-on-march-april-2017 

https://www.artrenewal.org/Artist/Index/333 

https://books.google.com/books?id=UK_jTggtYl8C&pg=PT300#v=onepage&q=&f=false 

http://www.schillerandbodo.com/artists/bonheur/artworks/lion-at-rest 

https://www.theartstory.org/artist-bonheur-rosa.htm 

https://arthistoryproject.com/artists/rosa-bonheur/ 

all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist, perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL. So far, 2 works by her have been used here. 

https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2019/03/07?comments=visible 

has the prior (my comment there included the same artist info URls, the 3rd of which may be unresponsive).

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2228 (June 23, 2019) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.