Overall, the hyenas' more sinister tone added a new layer to the characters, but they also couldn't abandon their original purpose. "We had the challenge of injecting comedy into some of the most dramatic scenes in the movie," Eric Andre said. Far from the only funny characters in the movie (Timon and Pumbaa remain and are voiced by Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen), Key and Andre were tasked with bringing the mood back up after what's seen as one of the most devastating scenes in Disney history. "We're trying to be the comic relief after Mufasa dies." In itself, that directive is pretty grim. Andre compared this to a stand-up comedian taking the stage after another comedian bombs; "It's an extremely undesirable spot in the line-up," he explained, "because it takes more effort to make an audience laugh when they're not already feeling good." "At the same time," Andre noted, that particular moment is "so heavy, people need to laugh to break the tension." Since Key and Andre, both comedy veterans, had the benefit of recording together, "we just kind of improvised until we got it right," he said. More polished than the '94 hyenas, using their hysterical laughter as the cue to buck up, the duo's humor worked. With one ongoing bit, in particular, garnering the necessary chuckles to warm audiences up for Timon and Pumbaa's mid-movie debut.
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