▁his ▁min ions ), ▁All ▁H ail ▁King ▁Jul ien ▁( V ig man ▁Wil de be est ), ▁Ph ine as ▁and ▁Fer b ▁( New ton ▁the ▁G nu ), ▁The ▁Great ▁Space ▁Co aster ▁( new sc aster ▁Gary ▁G nu ), ▁and ▁The ▁Lion ▁King ▁( the ▁w ilde be est ▁stamp ede ▁that ▁resulted ▁in ▁M uf asa ' s ▁death ). ▁ ▁Michael ▁Fland ers ▁wrote ▁a ▁hum orous ▁song ▁called ▁" The ▁G nu ", ▁which ▁was ▁very ▁popular ▁when ▁he ▁performed ▁it , ▁with ▁Donald ▁Sw ann , ▁in ▁a ▁rev ue ▁called ▁At ▁the ▁Drop ▁of ▁a ▁Hat , ▁which ▁opened ▁in ▁London ▁on ▁ 3 1 ▁December ▁ 1 9 5 6 . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁British ▁tea ▁brand ▁Ty ph oo ▁ran ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁Television ▁advert is ements ▁featuring ▁an ▁animated ▁anth rop omorphic ▁G nu ▁character . ▁ ▁The ▁w ilde be est ▁is ▁the ▁mas cot ▁of ▁the ▁GNU ▁Project ▁and ▁GNU ▁operating ▁system . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁L l ama ▁L l ama ▁picture - book ▁series ▁by ▁Anna ▁D ew d ney , ▁an ▁anth rop omorph ised ▁w ilde be est ▁named ▁Nel ly ▁G nu ▁is ▁the ▁main ▁character , ▁L l ama ▁L l ama ' s ▁best ▁friend , ▁and ▁is ▁also ▁featured ▁in ▁a ▁title ▁of ▁her ▁own , ▁Nel ly ▁G nu ▁and ▁D addy ▁To o . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁ ▁Information