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A comedian who was sued by the singer of a hit tune featured in Disney\u2019s \u201cThe Lion King\u201d<\/a> was served the $27 million lawsuit while performing a set onstage \u2014 but said it surprisingly made his show even funnier.<\/p>\n Zimbabwean comedian Learnmore Jonasi was in the middle of telling a joke at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles, when someone suddenly slipped legal papers onto the stage, he told The Post Friday.<\/p>\n \u201cIt actually made the show better,\u201d he said. \u201cThe audience thought it was a bit at first.\u00a0I was like, \u2018no I\u2019m actually getting served.\u2019 It was a real moment and the energy of the room went up. It was the feeling of, \u2018Wait, did this actually happen?\u2019<\/p>\n Comedian Learnmore Jonasi was served a lawsuit during his act. @learnmore_jonasi\/Instagram<\/p>\n Learnmore Jonasi said the audience was thrilled by the unexpected twist in his set. Trae Patton\/NBC via Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cI thrive in the unexpected. I like a good challenge, I like a good heckle.\u201d<\/p>\n Jonasi was slapped with the summons by\u00a0Grammy-winning South American vocalist Lebohang Morake<\/a> over the\u00a0famous opening chant in the song \u201cCircle of Life\u201d at the beginning of the popular animated 1994 movie<\/a>.<\/p>\n The funnyman had joked that the song\u2019s chant\u00a0\u201cNants\u2019ingonyama bagithi Baba\u201d is literally translated to, \u201cLook, there\u2019s a lion. Oh my God,\u201d on the podcast \u201cOne54\u201d<\/a> \u2014 allegedly damaging Morake\u2019s reputation and hurting his business relationships, court papers said.<\/p>\n Disney\u2019s official translation of the phrase, sung in the South African language of Zulu, is \u201cAll hail the king, we all bow in the presence of the king.\u201d<\/p>\n The comic learned of the March 16 legal filing, which seeks more than\u00a0$27 million in damages, while poking fun of West Virginia on stage four days later, he said.<\/p>\n Jonasi is being sued over a line in the song \u201cCircle of Life,\u201d which appeared in Disney\u2019s \u201cThe Lion King\u201d \u00a9Walt Disney Co.\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n Jonasi spoke about the lyrics during an appearance on the podcast, \u201cOne54.\u201d @learnmore_jonasi\/Instagram<\/p>\n \u201cThe joke was that it was my dream to come to America because America advertises itself so well with Las Vegas and Times Square,\u201d he told The Post. \u201cAnd then I went\u00a0to a place called West Virginia.\u201d<\/p>\n