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Voice Actors. Rich Little(Slink Pink and Pink Ice). First Appearance. The Pink Phink. The Pink Panther is the main and title character in the opening and closing credit sequences of every film in The Pink Panther series except for A Shot in the Dark and Inspector Clouseau. His popularity spawned a series of theatrical shorts, merchandise, a comic book, and television cartoons.
He starred in 1. 24 shorts (either theatrical or televised), 1. De. Patie- Freleng/United Artists cartoons. Edit. The animated Pink Panther character's initial appearance in the live action film's title sequence, directed by Friz Freleng, was such a success with audiences and United Artists that the studio signed Freleng and his De. Patie- Freleng Enterprises studio to a multi- year contract for a series of Pink Panther theatrical cartoon shorts. The first entry in the series, 1. The Pink Phink,(which was also his first appearance) featured the Panther harassing his foil, a little white man who is actually a caricature of Friz Freleng (this character is officially known as "The White Man"), by constantly trying to paint the little man's blue house pink.
Blake Edwards, Writer: The Party. Blake Edwards' stepfather's father J. Gordon Edwards was a silent screen director, and his stepfather Jack McEdward was a stage director and movie production manager. Blake acted in a number.
The Pink Panther is the main and title character in the opening and closing credit sequences of every film in The Pink Panther series except for A Shot in the Dark and Inspector Clouseau. His popularity spawned a series of. MIDI, Archives, Accessories, MIDI Players. Please Click Your Refresh Or Reload Button If It's Been A Few Days Since You've Visited Page! The Pink Panther Show: Watch full length episodes & video clips. Read the latest The Pink Panther Show episode guides & recaps, fan reviews, news, and much more. In 1963's The Pink Panther, the Animated Credits Opening visualized the pink, panther-shaped flaw in the titular diamond as an actual pink panther in an …. The Pink Panther In 1963, movie director Blake Edwards asked David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng (who had just opened their cartoon studio, DePatie-Freleng) to design a character for the opening titles of his movie, 'The Pink. Title Air Date; 1 'Pink Pink, and Away/Down on the Ant Farm' September 11, 1993: 2 'Pink and Quiet/The Pinky 500' September 14, 1993: 3 'The Ghost and Mr. Panther/Cleopanthra' September 18, 1993: 4 'Big Top Pinky/Yeti Nother.
The Pink Phink won the 1. Academy Award for Animated Short Film, and subsequent shorts in the series, usually featuring the Pink Panther opposite the little man, were successful releases. In an early series of Pink Panther animated cartoons, the Pink Panther generally remained silent, speaking only in two theatrical shorts, Sink Pink and Pink Ice. Rich Little provided the Panther's voice in the latter shorts, modelling it on that of David Niven (who had portrayed Clouseau's jewel- thief nemesis in the original live- action film).
Years later Little would overdub Niven's voice for Trail of the Pink Panther and Curse of the Pink Panther. All of the animated Pink Panther shorts utilized the distinctive jazzy theme music composed by Henry Mancini for the 1. Walter Greene or William Lava.
The Pink Panther Show. Edit. In the fall of 1. Pink Panther cartoons made their way to NBC television shown Saturday mornings via The Pink Panther Show. NBC added a laugh track to the original cartoons, with Marvin Miller brought on as an off- camera narrator talking to the Pink Panther during bumper segments featuring the Pink Panther and The Inspector together. Pink Panther shorts made after 1.
United Artists. One version of the show was called The Think Pink Panther Show. A number of sister series joined The Pink Panther on movie screens and on the airwaves, among them The Ant and the Aardvark, Tijuana Toads (a. The Texas Toads), Hoot Kloot, and Misterjaw (a. Mr. Jaws and Catfish).
There were also a series of animated shorts called The Inspector, with the bumbling Clouseau inspired Inspector and his Spanish- speaking sidekick Sgt. Deux- Deux, whom the Inspector is forever correcting. Deux" is French for "two," meaning the little man's name is both a pun and a play on words, "two" appearing twice in the name.) Other De.
Patie- Freleng series included Roland and Rattfink, The Dogfather (a Godfather pastiche), with a canine Corleone family and two Tijuana Toads spinoffs, The Blue Racer and Crazylegs Crane. In 1. 97. 6, the half- hour series was revamped into a 9. The Pink Panther Laugh and a Half Hour and a Half Show; this version included a live- action segment, where the show's host, comedian Lenny Schultz, would read letters and jokes from viewers. This version flopped, and would change back to the original half- hour version in 1. In 1. 97. 8, after nine years on NBC, The Pink Panther moved to ABC, where it lasted one season before leaving the network realm entirely. The ABC version of the series featured sixteen episodes with 3. Pink Panther cartoons, and 1.
Crazylegs Crane. The 3. Pink Panther cartoons were eventually released to theatres by United Artists. In 1. 97. 1, Gold Key Comics began publishing a Pink Panther comic book, with art by Warren Tufts. The Pink Panther and the Inspector lasted 8. Gold Key ceased operations in 1. The spinoff series The Inspector (also from Gold Key) lasted 1.
A Pink Panther comic strip was started in 2. It was written and illustrated by Eric and Bill Teitelbaum, who also create Bottom Liners. It is distributed by Tribune Media Services.
Later television shows and specials. Edit. During the final years of the Panther's theatrical run, De. Patie- Freleng produced a series of three primetime Pink Panther television specials for ABC. The first was 1. 97.
A Pink Christmas. It featured the cool cat in New York being cold and hungry looking for a juicy holiday dinner. The other two specials premiered on ABC after the shorts officially ended in theaters, 1.
Olym- Pinks and 1. Pink at First Sight. In November of late 2. DVD collection, The Pink Panther: A Pink Christmas from MGM Home Entertainment/2. Century Fox Home Entertainment.
The studio was sold to Marvel Comics in 1. Marvel Productions. In the 1. 98. 4 animated Saturday morning series, Pink Panther and Sons in which the still- silent Pink Panther was a father of his two talking sons, Pinky and Panky. Yet another new series of cartoons, called The Pink Panther, produced by Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer Animation, premiered in syndication in 1.
Pink Panther speaking with the voice of Matt Frewer. Unlike the original shorts, not all episode titles contained the word "pink," although many instead contained the word "panther.". In July 2. 00. 7, Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer Inc. Jordan's Rubicon animation company began co- production of the animated series Pink Panther and Pals portraying a teenaged panther and his friends. The 2. 6 episode TV series premiered worldwide in spring 2.
Cartoon Network. After acquiring United Artists in the early 1. MGM continues to own the ancillary rights and trademarks to the Pink Panther franchise today.
The German television version which started airing in 1. ZDF, was presented in 3. Pink Panther cartoon, one episode of The Inspector and one episode of The Ant and the Aardvark.
Most notably, the difference between the German and the English version of The Pink Panther is a rhymed narration in the German version (spoken by voice actor Gert Günther Hoffmann), commenting and describing the plot. For this show, custom intro and end sequences were cut together from existing pieces of animation. Cultural references. Edit. As of today, The Pink Panther continues to be a friendly character in advertising and other media. The Pink Panther Show intro theme was used by Nike in a viral campaign of Pink Mercurial Vapor IV football boots using the French football star Franck Ribery mimicking the character of the Pink Panther.
Pink Panther is a segment guest in the episode "Karate is K" of Sesame Street. American television personality Regis Philbin can be seen in a commercial for Sweet'N Low talking to a taxi cab driver. After the camera changes the view, the audience realize that the driver is The Pink Panther. Owens Corning features him on their website and in advertising for their pink- colored residential building insulation. The German phone company Deutsche Telekom uses Pink Panther as an advertising mascot since 1.
Germany. Japanese Pop/R& B singer Namie Amuro, who is a fan of the cartoon, uses him as the theme of her album cover art for her album "Queen of Hip- Pop". A special character the "Namie Panther" based on Amuro herself was also created as a counterpart to the Pink Panther. Both characters were heavily featured in her music video for her promotional single "Wo. Wa." Because of the Pink Panther deal, all of the material released for the album had been pink. First pressing packaging of the album included Pink Panther stickers and a Pink Panther styled newspaper containing lyrics for the album. In Spain, a Pantera Rosa cake is sold. It is coated in pink.
In the Family Guy episode "Halloween on Spooner Street", after Brian is spray painted pink, the Pink Panther walks up and asks Brian if this is his first day pink. Upon Brian's reply, the Pink Panther says, "Welcome to Hell.". Charitable work. Edit. The Pink Panther is associated with a number of cancer awareness and support organisations. The Pink Panther is the mascot of the New Zealand Child Cancer foundation and for a line of clothing to promote breast cancer awareness. Critical notes. Edit.
As Pink Panther historian Jerry Beck notes, "Classic animation pretty much died in the '6. But his creators didn't rest on their laurels. They didn't make the cartoons to look like Warner Bros. Disney cartoons, or the UPA look of Mister Magoo and Gerald Mc. Boing- Boing. They came up with their own clever new style. The only other important cartoon of the '6.
Yellow Submarine. The Pink Panther was therefore a notable contribution to the animation art form. Top animation directors such as Hawley Pratt, Gerry Chiniquy, Robert Mc. Kimson, and Sid Marcus contributed to a distinctive style, supported by master story writer John W. Dunn. Produced after theatrical cartooning's golden age of the 1. Saturday morning cartoons of 1.
Within these limitations, the Pink Panther made creative use of absurd and surreal themes and visual puns and an almost completely wordless pantomime style, set to the ubiquitous Pink Panther theme and its variations by Henry Mancini. The overall approach is reminiscent of the classic silent movies of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. Cultural references were more muted and stylized, resulting in a cartoon with longer- term, more cross- cultural appeal not shared by contemporaries such as Yogi Bear and The Flintstones, with their greater reliance on contemporary American pop culture. The Pink Panther also remained constrained to the classic six- minute form of theatrical shorts, while contemporaries expanded into longer, sitcom- like storylines, up to a full 3. TV in the case of The Flintstones.
Freleng's colleagues credit his sense of creative timing as a key element to the cartoon's artistic success.