Ernie Sabella and Nathan Lane explain the origin of Pumbaa's farts in Disney's 1994 'Lion King' Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella are shedding light on Pumbaa's penchant for flatulence in The Lion King.

Those fart jokes are mostly centered around Pumbaa, the bumbling warthog who makes up half of the movie’s comedic duo. The other half is Timon, the wise-talking meerkat voiced by Nathan Lane.