1924: Fledgling film studio Metro Goldwyn Mayer begins screen-testing candidates for its new logo. Over the course of three weeks, the studio will audition six cats, three pugs, a bull mastiff, a bull, a goose, a chain-smoking gorilla, a shrieking kindergartener and a surprisingly loud hamster before signing Leo the Lion.
Via Imgur.
RAWWWWWWWWRRR, rawwwwwwwrrr…..!!!
Leo the Lion lived two towns over in the same township I grew up in and is buried there.
Ack- chain smoking gorilla! 🙂 What brand? Menthol? 100’s? Unfiltered? Lighter? Matches?
Camel
Hello, my name is Max and I’m a graduate of the Actor Studio, I live by the teaching of Stanislavsky and … Oh yes OK yes do the line, yes sir.
Ok ok …. here we go … see the lion … feel the lion … BE the lion!
MEOWRRRRRR!
“Oh, and just between us, you might want to work on that little roar of yours. Hmm?”
Thank you, we’ll be in touch!
Ok, it’s a tiger…close enough…
I’m totally hearing the hovertext in Bob Newhart’s voice (yep, I’m dating myself).
“surprisingly loud hamster” – I LOVE IT!!
Remember Mimsie the kitten at the end of the Mary Tyler Moore show? And all MTM productions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_8aDvzwElY&list=PL9D8F025B54B139AC
Metro Goldwyn Meower?
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🙂 Thanks, NTMTOM!
I’d hire me because I’d be afraid he’d slash my tires if i didn’t.
“I’ll be in my trailer…and don’t forget the Meow Mix this time!”
Now I’m sad they didn’t choose the bullmastiff!
Really! (By the way, welcome to my site, first-time commenter!)