| The Pink Panther Show | |
|---|---|
 Title card from the 1980 syndicated version of The Pink Panther Show | |
| Genre | Comedy Slapstick Anthology |
| Created by | David H. DePatie Friz Freleng |
| Starring | Rich Little Daws Butler John Byner Don Diamond Pat Harrington, Jr. Paul Frees Bob Holt Arte Johnson Diana Maddox Larry D. Mann Bob Ogle Arnold Stang Lennie Weinrib Frank Welker Paul Winchell Mel Blanc June Foray Helen Gerald Joan Gerber Mark Skor |
| Narrated by | Marvin Miller |
| Composers | Henry Mancini Doug Goodwin Walter Greene Steve DePatie William Lava |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 11 |
| No. of episodes | 190 |
| Production | |
| Producers | David H. DePatie Friz Freleng Jim Foss Bill Orcutt Harry Love |
| Running time | 6–7 minutes |
| Production companies | Mirisch Films DePatie–Freleng Enterprises |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC (1969–1978) ABC (1978–1980) |
| Release | September 6, 1969 – September 1, 1979 |
| Related | |
| Pink Panther and Sons | |
The Pink Panther Show is a showcase of animated shorts produced by David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng between 1969 and 1978, starring the animated Pink Panther character from the opening credits of the live-action films. The series was produced by Mirisch Films and DePatie–Freleng Enterprises, and was broadcast Saturday mornings on two American television networks: from September 6, 1969, to September 2, 1978, on NBC; and from September 9, 1978, to September 1, 1979, on ABC.
History
Format
When The Pink Panther Show first aired in 1969, it consisted of one cartoon featuring The Inspector, sandwiched by two Pink Panther entries. Due to the number of shorts produced, two episodes feature a Pink Panther cartoon sandwiched by two Inspector entries. The 30-minute show was then connected via bumper sequences featuring both the panther and Inspector together, with announcer Marvin Miller acting as an off-camera narrator talking to the panther. Bumper sequences consisted of newly animated segments as well as recycled footage from existing cartoons We Give Pink Stamps, Reel Pink, Pink Outs and Super Pink, fitted with new incidental music and voice-over work from Miller.[1]
Pink Panther shorts that were produced after 1969 (starting with A Fly in the Pink) were made for both broadcast and theatrical release, typically appearing on television first, and released to theaters by United Artists.[1] A number of new series were created, including the very popular The Ant and the Aardvark, Tijuana Toads (a.k.a. Texas Toads), Hoot Kloot, Misterjaw, Roland and Rattfink, The Dogfather and two Tijuana Toads spinoffs: The Blue Racer and Crazylegs Crane. The New Pink Panther Show and later shows featured newly animated bumper segments involving the Panther, the Ant and the Aardvark, Misterjaw, and the Texas Toads.[1]
By this time, due to the violent nature of some of the cartoons, they were re-edited for television by omitting the cartoon violent scenes from their broadcasts, in order to make them more family friendly.
In 1976, the half-hour series was revamped into a 90-minute format, as It's the All New Pink Panther Laugh-and-a-Half Hour-and-a-Half Show Introducing Misterjaw; this version included a live-action segment, where comedian Lenny Schultz would read letters and jokes from viewers. This version performed poorly and eventually reverted to the original 30-minute version in 1977 as Think Pink Panther.[1]
After nine years on NBC, the Pink Panther moved to ABC in 1978 and was retitled The All New Pink Panther Show, where it lasted one season before leaving the network realm entirely. The tenth season featured 16 episodes with 32 new Pink Panther cartoons, and 16 featuring Crazylegs Crane: no bumpers were produced for The All New Pink Panther Show, but 10 second "Stay tuned..." bumpers explaining an upcoming entry were produced for the first several episodes. The 32 All New Pink Panther Show entries were eventually released to theaters by United Artists.[1]
Theme music
Henry Mancini composed "The Pink Panther Theme" for the live action films, which would be used extensively in the cartoon series as well. Doug Goodwin composed the show's opening title music while William Lava and Walter Greene composed music scores heard throughout the cartoons, many of which were variations on Mancini's "Pink Panther Theme".
Laugh track
By the time of the show's 1969 debut, fitting cartoon and children's shows with a laugh track was standard practice.[1] In keeping with this standard, NBC added a laugh track to all seasons of The Pink Panther Show, marking the first time in history that theatrical films were fitted with a laugh track for television broadcast (Season 2 utilized an inferior laugh track, utilizing isolated laugh clips from Season 1).[1] This was an anomaly, as other theatrical cartoon series that were aired successfully on television (i.e. Tom and Jerry, Woody Woodpecker, Looney Tunes, Popeye) did not receive this addition.
The soundtracks were restored to their original theatrical form in 1982 when the DFE theatrical package went into syndication. Repackaging over the years has resulted in both theatrical and television versions of the entries being available. The exceptions were Misterjaw and Crazylegs Crane, which were produced specifically for television and never re-released theatrically, resulting in laughter-only versions.[1] The U.S.-based Boomerang occasionally airs versions with the laugh track intact, though these versions are more commonly found outside of the U.S., such as on the BBC Two repeats circa 2011 in the United Kingdom, The Spanish language Boomerang requires that MGM supply them with laugh track-only versions of all shorts. The Portuguese language Boomerang, France-based Gulli, and Poland channels TV 4 and TV6 also broadcast certain entries utilizing laugh track versions.
Incarnations
Over its 10 years on various television networks, The Pink Panther Show had a variety of names:[1]
- The Pink Panther Show (1969–1970, also considered the umbrella title of the series)
- The New Pink Panther Show (1971–1974)
- The Pink Panther and Friends (1974–1976)
- It's the All New Pink Panther Laugh-and-a-Half Hour-and-a-Half Show Introducing Misterjaw (1976–1977)
- Think Pink Panther (1977–1978)
- The All New Pink Panther Show (1978–1979)
- The Pink Panther Show (1980, Syndicated)
Syndication
United Artists Television syndicated The Pink Panther Show in 1980, complete with bumpers and laugh-tracked versions of the shorts. By 1982, MGM Television began syndicating some individual cartoons to local stations to air them as they saw fit. This format did not contain the series' bumpers nor the laugh track.[1]
The following series were included in MGM Television's syndication package:
- The Pink Panther
- The Inspector
- The Ant and the Aardvark
- Tijuana Toads/Texas Toads
- Misterjaw (made-for-television series)
The following series were not included in the MGM Television distribution package:
- Roland and Rattfink
- The Blue Racer
- Hoot Kloot
- The Dogfather
- Crazylegs Crane (made-for-television series)
Most television stations aired the later package released in 1982, featuring the cartoon shorts by themselves, isolated from the show's original bumpers sequences. The laugh track was also silenced on all entries except for Misterjaw. Chicago-based WGN-TV was one of the few stations to air the 1980 The Pink Panther Show syndication package. Conversely, New York City-based WPIX featured a stripped-down version of the shorts, airing the entries without the laugh track, bumpers, or theatrical opening/closing credits.
Reruns
The Pink Panther Show (1969–1971) and The New Pink Panther Show (1971–1974) has been remastered in its original format. It was previously shown on BBC Two, UK Gold, BBC One, Boomerang (2000–2009) and Cartoon Network (1993–2002). In the late 2000s, it aired in Canada on Teletoon Retro weekday mornings at 8:00 am. Teletoon Retro showed all 32 episodes of The Pink Panther Show with the panther and the Inspector, all 17 episodes of The New Pink Panther Show with the panther and the Ant and the Aardvark, and select episodes of the first syndicated Pink Panther Show series (only those episodes with the middle cartoon being an Ant and Aardvark). Teletoon Retro then showed all 16 episodes of The All New Pink Panther Show, with the panther and Crazylegs Crane. The laugh track is muted for most entries.
The episodes shown on Teletoon Retro also featured remastered versions, while the wrap-around content was in rougher condition. The Inspector cartoon, Tour de Farce, had the wrong title card, that for Reaux, Reaux, Reaux Your Boat.
Cartoon Network reran The Pink Panther Show from 1997 to 1999, and intermittently in 2006, 2009, and 2012. A "no-frills" version aired on Boomerang five days a week at 5:30 am, 10 am and 2:30 pm; the Boomerang version included four shorts and no bumpers, in the style of its other theatrical-short compilation shows. Until August 2009, Boomerang only featured shorts from The Pink Panther, The Ant and the Aardvark and The Inspector. The laugh track was present on several entries. Currently, the show remains intact on the Spanish Language Boomerang TV channel with most entries containing their original laugh track. The Pink Panther show aired on Boomerang from 2000 to 2012, and was available on the video on demand network Anime Network from 2012 to 2016.
In the Arab world, it was shown on Spacetoon from 2014 to 2017, due to Spacetoon airing The Pink Panther and low reception from Spacetoon viewers.
The show also previously aired in its original format on This TV on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8:30 am Eastern Time or 7:30 am Central Time (as part of its Cookie Jar Toons programming block) until September 22, 2011. The digital broadcast network Light TV ran the series when the network launched Christmas weekend 2016 until September 29, 2019. On June 1, 2020 to May 29, 2022, the show aired for the first time in Spanish on Galavisión, known as El show de la Pantera Rosa.[2]
From May of 2021 to May of 2023, MeTV rerunned the show under the name Pink Panther's Party, during their Saturday morning block, Saturday Morning Cartoons, from 7:30 am to 8:00 am ET/ 6:30 to 7:00 am CT following Popeye and Pals, which currently aired from 7:00 am to 7:30 am ET/ 6:00 am to 6:30 am CT. The show is collectively called Popeye and Pink Panther's Party, combining Popeye and Pals and Pink Panther's Party into a single show. However, the channel lost the rights to air the non-WB DePatie-Freleng cartoons, which caused Popeye And Pink Panther's Party to be reverted back to Popeye and Pals, which currently only airs Popeye shorts.[3][4]
Amazon Prime carries The New Pink Panther Show episodes (As of 2023) for free for Prime members.
Cast
- Rich Little as Pink Panther
- Daws Butler as Pug, Louie
- John Byner as Charlie Ant, Blue Aardvark
- Larry D. Mann as Blue Racer, Crazylegs Crane
- Frank Welker as Crazylegs Crane Jr., Dragonfly
- Paul Frees as Narrator, Texan hunter, The Commissioner
- Don Diamond as Toro
- Tom Holland as Pancho
- Pat Harrington, Jr. as The Inspector, Sergeant Deux-Deux
- Bob Holt as Hoot Kloot, Hoot Kloot's Horse, Dogfather
- Arte Johnson as Misterjaw
- Bob Ogle as Harry Halibut
- Arnold Stang as Catfish
- Lennie Weinrib as Roland, Rattfink, Scotland Yard Captain
- Paul Winchell as Fearless Freddy
- Don Messick as Sergeant Deux-Deux
- Marvin Miller (actor) as Narrator, The Commissioner, The Inspector, Sergeant Deux-Deux
- Larry Storch as The Commissioner
- Mark Skor as The Commissioner
- Mel Blanc as Drunk, Drunk's wife
- Diana Maddox as Commissioner's wife
Series overview
The Pink Panther Show (1969–1970)
The first season of The Pink Panther Show (1969–1970) consisted of one The Inspector entry sandwiched by two Pink Panther entries.[1][5] The show was "hosted" by The Pink Panther and The Inspector, seen during the opening sequence, which showed a boy driving the Panthermobile from the countryside to Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. During the journey, images of animals mentioned in the song (rhinoceros, tiger, cats, American mink) are seen alongside clips of the panther from Reel Pink, Come On In! The Water's Pink and Put Put Pink. Upon arrival, the Pink Panther and the Inspector then disembark from the Panthermobile and enter the famous theatre. In the ending credits, the Inspector climbs back into the Panthermobile, but leaves the Pink Panther behind, who is seen chasing after the car.
The entries utilized for the second season featured complete original theatrical titles. With only two exceptions, the first and third cartoons of each episode were Pink Panthers, and second was an Inspector. In the two exceptions, the first and third cartoons were Inspectors, and the middle one was a Pink Panther. Unlike Season 1, a full laugh track wasn't used but rather an abridged version using isolated laughs from Season 1 edited onto the soundtrack by DFE (these inferior versions currently in circulation are marked with †).[6] Seasons 1 and 2 were repackaged as a single Season 1 in the 2000s.
Season 1 (1969–1970)
| # | First cartoon | Second cartoon | Third cartoon | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | The Pink Blueprint | Bomb Voyage | The Pink Tail Fly | September 6, 1969 |
| 02 | Pinto Pink | Le Pig-Al Patrol | In the Pink | September 13, 1969 |
| 03 | Jet Pink | The Pique Poquette of Paris | Tickled Pink | September 20, 1969 |
| 04 | The Pink Pill | Plastered in Paris | Pink Pistons (mistitled Pink Piston) | September 27, 1969 |
| 05 | Rock A Bye Pinky | Toulouse La Trick | Sink Pink | October 4, 1969 |
| 06 | Prehistoric Pink | Reaux, Reaux, Reaux Your Boat | Come On In! The Water's Pink | October 11, 1969 |
| 07 | Pink Pest Control | Tour de Farce | Pink-A-Boo | October 18, 1969 |
| 08 | Pink Panic | Transylvania Mania | An Ounce of Pink | October 25, 1969 |
| 09 | Prefabricated Pink | Le Bowser Bagger | Sky Blue Pink | November 1, 1969 |
| 10 | Dial "P" for Pink | Napoleon Blown-Aparte | Bully for Pink | November 8, 1969 |
| 11 | Pink Sphinx (mistitled The Pink Sphinx) | Cock-a-Doodle Deux Deux | The Pink Phink | November 15, 1969 |
| 12 | Pink of the Litter | The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation | Shocking Pink | November 22, 1969 |
| 13 | Pink Valiant | Le Quiet Squad | The Hand Is Pinker Than the Eye | November 29, 1969 |
| 14 | Reel Pink | Les Miserobots | Smile Pretty, Say Pink | December 6, 1969 |
| 15 | Put-Put, Pink | French Freud | Pink is a Many Splintered Thing | December 13, 1969 |
| 16 | Extinct Pink | Le Great Dane Robbery | The Pink Quarterback | December 20, 1969 |
| 17 | Genie With the Light Pink Fur | Cherche Le Phantom | Pinknic | December 27, 1969 |
Season 2 (1970–1971)
| # | First cartoon | Second cartoon | Third cartoon | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | G.I. Pink | Carte Blanched | Pinkadilly Circus | September 12, 1970 |
| 02 | Lucky Pink | The Shooting of Caribou Lou | Pink in the Clink | September 19, 1970 |
| 03 | Little Beaux Pink | Bear de Guerre | The Pink Package Plot | September 26, 1970 |
| 04 | Pierre and Cottage Cheese | Pinkcome Tax | Cirrhosis of the Louvre | October 3, 1970 |
| 05 | Pink Pajamas | Sicque! Sicque! Sicque! | Pink Ice | October 10, 1970 |
| 06 | Pickled Pink | Ape Suzette† | Pinkfinger | October 17, 1970 |
| 07 | Pink Punch | Unsafe and Seine | Vitamin Pink | October 24, 1970 |
| 08 | Pink, Plunk, Plink | That's No Lady — That's Notre Dame! | Pink Outs | October 31, 1970 |
| 09 | Pink Paradise | Sacre Bleu Cross | Congratulations It's Pink | November 7, 1970 |
| 10 | Psychedelic Pink | Le Escape Goat | Pink Posies | November 14, 1970 |
| 11 | Super Pink | Le Cop on Le Rocks | Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Pink | November 21, 1970 |
| 12 | Slink Pink | Canadian Can-Can | Pink-A-Rella | November 28, 1970 |
| 13 | In the Pink of the Night | London Derriere | Think Before You Pink | December 5, 1970 |
| 14 | Pink Panzer | La Feet's Defeat | Pink on the Cob | December 12, 1970 |
| 15 | Le Ball and Chain Gang | We Give Pink Stamps | Crow De Guerre | December 19, 1970 |
The New Pink Panther Show (1971–1974)
The New Pink Panther Show (1971–1974) featured a new opening and closing sequence and theme song, pitting the attention-seeking Aardvark against the panther. The show's new title song, "Pantherly Pride", was written by Doug Goodwin and played over the opening sequence.[1]
This incarnation aired The Ant and the Aardvark during the 1971–1972 season. Later seasons swapped The Ant and the Aardvark with theatrical series' Roland and Rattfink, Hoot Kloot or The Blue Racer, as well as reruns of The Inspector.[1] Only eight new Pink Panther cartoons were produced over this three-year period (highlighted).[7]
| # | The Pink Panther Entry 1 | The Ant and the Aardvark | The Pink Panther Entry 2 | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | In the Pink of the Night | Technology, Phooey | Super Pink | September 11, 1971 |
| 02 | Think Before You Pink | Ants in the Pantry | Pink-A-Rella | September 18, 1971 |
| 03 | Twinkle Twinkle Little Pink | Isle of Caprice | Pink Punch | September 25, 1971 |
| 04 | Pink on the Cob | Rough Brunch | Congratulations It's Pink | October 2, 1971 |
| 05 | Pink Outs | Scratch a Tiger | Pink, Plunk, Plink | October 9, 1971 |
| 06 | Extinct Pink | Science Friction | Pink Paradise | October 16, 1971 |
| 07 | A Fly in the Pink | The Ant From Uncle | Pinkfinger | October 23, 1971 |
| 08 | Pink Blue Plate | The Froze Nose Knows | Little Beaux Pink | October 30, 1971 |
| 09 | Pink Tuba-Dore | Dune Bug | Sink Pink | November 6, 1971 |
| 10 | Pink-In | Don't Hustle an Ant With Muscle † | The Pink Tail Fly | November 13, 1971 |
| 11 | Psst Pink | Never Bug an Ant | The Pink Blueprint | November 20, 1971 |
| 12 | Psychedelic Pink | The Ant and the Aardvark | Gong With the Pink | November 27, 1971 |
| 13 | Pink Pranks | Hasty But Tasty | In the Pink | December 4, 1971 |
| 14 | The Pink Flea | I've Got Ants in My Plans | Pinto Pink | December 11, 1971 |
| 15 | Slink Pink | Odd Ant Out | Tickled Pink | December 18, 1971 |
| 16 | Pinkadilly Circus | From Bed to Worse | Pinkcome Tax | December 25, 1971 |
| 17 | We Give Pink Stamps | Mumbo Jumbo | Lucky Pink | January 1, 1972 |
The Pink Panther and Friends (1974–1976)
The Pink Panther and Friends (1974–1976) followed the same format as The New Pink Panther Show. The first Pink Panther entry was a new episode, while the second was a rebroadcast of an old entry. Bumpers featuring The Inspector and The Ant and the Aardvark connected the three entries. New series The Dogfather (originally produced for theatrical release) was also added to broadcasts, in addition to The Blue Racer or Hoot Kloot.[1]
| # | The Pink Panther New entry | The Ant and the Aardvark Rebroadcast | The Pink Panther Rebroadcast |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Salmon Pink | The Ant and the Aardvark | The Pink Phink |
| 02 | Pink Streaker | Never Bug an Ant | Reel Pink |
| 03 | Pink Plasma | The Ant from Uncle | The Pink Tail Fly |
| 04 | Pink Campaign | Technology Phooey | Smile Pretty Say Pink |
| 05 | Pink Piper | Hasty But Tasty | The Pink Blueprint |
| 06 | Bobolink Pink | Isle of Caprice | Pink-A-Boo |
| 07 | Trail of the Lonesome Pink | Dune Bug | Pink, Plunk, Plink |
| 08 | Pink Aye | Ants in the Pantry | Genie With the Light Pink Fur |
| 09 | Keep Our Forests Pink | Science Friction | Super Pink |
| 10 | Pink DaVinci | Odd Ant Out | Prefabricated Pink |
| 11 | Forty Pink Winks | Rough Brunch | Pink Outs |
| 12 | Sherlock Pink | I've Got Ants in My Plans | Pinkadilly Circus |
| 13 | Therapeutic Pink | Don't Hustle an Ant With Muscle | Come On In! The Water's Pink! |
| 14 | Pink Elephant | Scratch a Tiger | Twinkle Twinkle Little Pink |
| 15 | It's Pink But Is It Mink? | The Froze Nose Knows | Pink Pest Control |
| 16 | The Scarlet Pinkernel | Mumbo Jumbo | Slink Pink |
| 17 | Mystic Pink | From Bed to Worse | In the Pink of the Night |
The Pink Panther Laugh-and-a-Half Hour-and-a-Half Show (1976–1977)
The Pink Panther Laugh-and-a-Half Hour-and-a-Half Show was an attempt by DFE to revamp the traditional format of three entries airing in a 30-minute format. The show was expanded to 90 minutes, and included a live-action segment featuring comedian Lenny Schultz reading letters and jokes from viewers. The show also featured two new made-for-television series, a first for the franchise: the Texas Toads (a redubbed version of the theatrical Tijuana Toads series), and Misterjaw. New bumper sequences featuring both the Texas Toads and Misterjaw were created for the series. These new entries were aired in combination with rebroadcasts of The Pink Panther, The Inspector and The Ant and the Aardvark.
The Pink Panther Laugh-and-a-Half Hour-and-a-Half Show did not do well in the ratings, so it lasted only one season.[1]
Think Pink Panther (1977–1978)
The final series broadcast on NBC, Think Pink Panther reverted to the traditional 30-minute format and consisted of rebroadcasts. No new cartoons were created for this show. The layout of the closing credits was based on The New Pink Panther Show.[1]
The All New Pink Panther Show (1978)
The All New Pink Panther Show (1978) was a new version of the series commenced after NBC's broadcast of the series ended its nine-year run. For its tenth season, ABC picked up the series and requested 32 new made-for-television Pink Panther shorts, along with 16 entries for the new Crazylegs Crane segment.[1] A disco-flavored rendition of Henry Mancini's "Pink Panther Theme" was used for the opening and closing credits, with the closing credits featuring Pink Panther disco-dancing. "Stay Tuned" bumpers were produced for seven episodes as well.[8]
| # | The Pink Panther Entry 1 | Crazylegs Crane | The Pink Panther Entry 2 | Original Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Pink Bananas | Crane Brained | Pinktails for Two | September 9, 1978 |
| 02 | Pink Arcade | Life With Feather | Pink S.W.A.T. | September 16, 1978 |
| 03 | Pink Suds | King of the Swamp | Pink Pull | September 23, 1978 |
| 04 | Toro Pink | Winter Blunderland | Pink in the Woods | September 30, 1978 |
| 05 | Spark Plug Pink | Sonic Broom | Pink Breakfast | October 7, 1978 |
| 06 | Pink Lightning | Storky and Hatch | Pink in the Drink | October 14, 1978 |
| 07 | Doctor Pink | Bug Off | Pink Pictures | October 21, 1978 |
| 08 | Supermarket Pink | Animal Crackups | String Along in Pink | October 28, 1978 |
| 09 | Pink Lemonade | Fly-by-Knight | Pink Trumpet | November 4, 1978 |
| 10 | Dietetic Pink | Sneaker Snack | Sprinkle Me Pink | November 11, 1978 |
| 11 | Pink Daddy | Barnacle Bird | Cat and the Pinkstalk | November 18, 1978 |
| 12 | Pink Quackers | Jet Feathers | Pink and Shovel | November 25, 1978 |
| 13 | Yankee Doodle Pink | Beach Bummer | Pinkologist | December 2, 1978 |
| 14 | Pet Pink Pebbles | Nest Quest | The Pink of Bagdad | December 9, 1978 |
| 15 | Pink Press | Flower Power | Pink U.F.O. | December 16, 1978 |
| 16 | Pink Z-Z-Z | Trail of the Lonesome Mine | Star Pink | December 23, 1978 |
The Pink Panther Show (1980, syndicated)
United Artists Television syndicated a weekday 30-minute Pink Panther show in 1980, complete with bumpers and laugh-tracked versions of the shorts. A new opening sequence preceding the show featured Henry Mancini's "Pink Panther Theme" played under a segment from Pink Outs featuring the Pink Panther folding the backdrop into a square to be eaten. The closer featured the last few seconds of the theme played under a scene from Reel Pink featuring the panther water skiing.[1]
UATV created two versions of the syndication package. The first consisted of The Pink Panther, Inspector, The Ant and the Aardvark and Texas Toads entries sourced from film elements utilized during the program's original network run.[1]
The second version consisted of The Pink Panther, The Ant and the Aardvark and Misterjaw entries sourced from new prints of the original film negatives and transferred to videotape, resulting in sharper images. As The Pink Panther and The Ant and the Aardvark entries were sourced using theatrical prints (sans laugh track), a new, less invasive laugh track being employed on sitcoms at the time was added to the soundtrack for consistency to match the made-for-television Misterjaw entries and bumper sequences that retained their respective laugh-tracked soundtracks.
The second version also incorporated several of the made-for-television Pink Panther entries from The All New Pink Panther Show. Pre-1978 Pink Panther and Ant and the Aardvark entries featured shorter opening titles with introduction music from either The New Pink Panther Show (1971–1974) or The All New Pink Panther Show (1978–1979). Closing credits featuring the Pink Panther disco dancing from The All New Pink Panther Show closed out the episodes.[1]
Version 1
| # | The Pink Panther Entry 1 | The Inspector, The Ant and the Aardvark, or Texas Toads | The Pink Panther Entry 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Pink Pest Control | Sicque! Sicque! Sicque! | Pink Plasma |
| 02 | Pink-A-Rella | Don't Hustle an Ant With Muscle | A Fly in the Pink |
| 03 | Pink Aye | Cirrhosis of the Louvre | Pink Streaker |
| 04 | Pyschedelic Pink | I've Got Ants in My Plans | Pink Outs |
| 05 | Rock a Bye Pinky | Le Pig-Al Patrol | Tickled Pink |
| 06 | The Pink Quarterback | Reaux, Reaux, Reaux Your Boat | The Hand is Pinker Than the Eye |
| 07 | Pinto Pink | The Pique Poquette of Paris | Come On In! The Water's Pink |
| 08 | Pink Pranks | Scratch a Tiger | Pink-In |
| 09 | Trail of the Lonesome Pink | Ape Suzette | Gong With the Pink |
| 10 | Lucky Pink | Technology Phooey | In the Pink of the Night |
| 11 | Psst Pink | Never Bug an Ant | Pink DaVinci |
| 12 | Prefabricated Pink | Cock-a-Doodle Deux Deux | The Pink Phink |
Version 2
| # | The Pink Panther Entry 1 | Misterjaw, or The Ant and the Aardvark | The Pink Panther Entry 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Pinkcome Tax | Little Red Riding Halibut | Pink Blue Plate |
| 02 | Pink Paradise | Dune Bug | Pink of the Litter |
| 03 | Pink on the Cob | The $6.95 Bionic Shark | The Pink Pro |
| 04 | Rocky Pinky | Moulin Rouges | Think Before You Pink |
| 05 | Genie With the Light Pink Fur | Shopping Spree | Forty Winks Pink |
| 06 | We Give Pink Stamps | Showbiz Shark | Pink Panic |
| 07 | Sherlock Pink | To Catch a Halibut | Pink, Plunk, Plink |
| 08 | Pink Campaign | The Codfather | Pinkadilly Circus |
| 09 | Pinknic | The Ant From Uncle | Twinkle Twinkle Little Pink |
Spanish versions
Other versions of The Pink Panther Show have been seen and aired only in Spanish.
| # | The Pink Panther Entry 1 | Hoot Kloot | The Pink Panther Entry 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Pinky Doodle | Apache on the County Seat | Pink Pajamas |
| 02 | Pink 8 Ball | Pay Your Buffalo Bill | The Pink Pro |
| 03 | Bobolink Pink | The Badge and the Beautiful | Dial "P" for Pink |
| 04 | Salmon Pink | Ten Miles to the Gallop | Pink Streaker |
| 05 | Rocky Pink | As the Tumbleweed Turns | Pickled Pink |
| 06 | Mystic Pink | By Hoot or by Crook | Pink Panzer |
| 07 | Trail of the Lonesome Pink | Strange on the Range | Pink Aye |
| 08 | The Scarlet Pinkernel | A Self-Winding Sidewinde | Vitamin Pink |
| 09 | The Pink of Arabee | Stirrups and Hiccups | Rock A Bye Pinky |
| 10 | Pink Campaign | Phony Express | The Hand Is Pinker Than the Eye |
| 11 | Sherlock Pink | Kloot's Kounty (pilot) | G.I Pink |
| 12 | Pink Piper | Giddy Up Woe | Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Pink |
| 13 | Pink DaVinci | The Shoe Must Go On | Forty Pink Winks |
| 14 | Therapeutic Pink | Mesa Trouble | Pink in the Clink |
| 15 | Pink Elephant | Big Beef at the O.K. Corral | Pink Sphinx |
| 16 | Pink Plasma | Gold Struck | Pink Pest Control |
| 17 | It's Pink But Is It Mink? | Saddle Soap Opera | Extinct Pink |
German version
The German version of the show, Der rosarote Panther - Zu Gast bei Paulchens Trickverwandten (The Pink Panther - Being a Guest of the Pink Panther's Cartoon-relatives) which started airing on ZDF in 1973 contains four cartoons per episode. The first cartoon is always a Pink Panther entry, the second one is an Inspector short, followed by another Pink Panther cartoon, and usually ending with an Ant and the Aardvark short. However, cartoons from The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show by UPA are added into the mix starting with episode 12, making the show's format rather messy compared to its other incarnations. Several episodes start off with a Pink Panther cartoon, followed by a longer UPA cartoon, and end with another Pink Panther short. Others replace the second Pink Panther entry with a UPA cartoon, and some feature two or three UPA cartoons cut together as one 'proper' segment.[9] Bumpers are featured in this series, but only in the first 42 episodes. All cartoons have their opening and ending titles removed; when a cartoon ends, it immediately fades into a bumper and once the bumper ends, the next cartoon starts playing with no title card or credits.
When The All New Pink Panther Show was acquired by ZDF in 1980, they edited it to fit this format as well. Some episodes start out with one Pink Panther short, followed by a Crazylegs Crane cartoon, a second Pink Panther short, and ending with another Crazylegs Crane cartoon. Others start with two Pink Panther cartoons, followed by a Crazylegs Crane entry, and ending with a third Pink Panther short. The cartoons Yankee Doodle Pink, Pet Pink Pebbles, and The Pink of Bagdad are skipped due to being reissues of previous shorts.
This incarnation of the show contains no laugh track on any of the series featured. The Pink Panther is given a name, Paulchen Panther (Paul or Little Paul the Panther), and the cartoons featuring him are given rhymed narration written by Eberhard Storeck and spoken by voice actor Gert Günther Hoffmann. A new intro and outro theme, Wer hat an der Uhr gedreht?, was composed by Fred Strittmatter and Quirin Amper Jr., with new one-minute-long intro and outro sequences being cut together from existing pieces of animation.
While most episodes are 24 or 25 minutes in length, the ones that premiered on ZDF in 1978 feature only two Pink Panther cartoons with the intro and outro sequences being only 20 seconds long each, making them only 11 minutes long. Three 23-minute-long specials, A Pink Christmas, Olym-Pinks, and Pink at First Sight were also aired under this show.[10][11][12]
On Amazon Prime, the Gerald McBoing-Boing segments were excluded due to copyright issues with NBCUniversal.
| # | First cartoon | Second cartoon | Third cartoon | Fourth cartoon | Air date | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 01 | Prefabricated Pink | Le Bowser Bagger | Sky Blue Pink | The Ant from Uncle | October 1, 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 02 | The Pink Blueprint | Bomb Voyage | The Pink Tail Fly | Technology, Phooey | October 8, 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 03 | The Pink Pill | Plastered in Paris | Pink Pistons | Ants in the Pantry | October 15, 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 04 | Jet Pink | The Pique Poquette of Paris | Tickled Pink | Le Escape Goat | October 22, 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 05 | Pinto Pink | Le Pig-Al Patrol | In the Pink | Isle of Caprice | October 29, 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 06 | Rock-A-Bye Pinky | Toulouse La Trick | Sink Pink | Rough Brunch | November 5, 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 07 | Prehistoric Pink | Reaux, Reaux, Reaux Your Boat | Come On In! The Water's Pink | Scratch a Tiger | November 12, 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 08 | Pink Pest Control | Tour de Farce | Pink-A-Boo | Canadian Can-Can | November 19, 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 09 | Pink Panic | Transylvania Mania | An Ounce of Pink | Science Friction | November 26, 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Dial "P" for Pink | Napoleon Blown-Aparte | Bully for Pink | London Derriere | December 3, 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Pink Sphinx | Cock-A-Doodle Deux Deux | The Pink Phink | The Froze Nose Knows | December 10, 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Pink Punch | Unsafe and Seine | The Twelve Days of Christmas | Mumbo Jumbo | December 17, 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Pink of the Litter | The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation | Shocking Pink | Dune Bug | December 31, 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Extinct Pink | Le Great Dane Robbery | Turned Around Clown | La Feet's Defeat | January 7, 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Little Beaux Pink | Bear De Guerre | The Sad Lion | Crow De Guerre | January 14, 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Reel Pink | Les Miserobots | Smile Pretty, Say Pink | Don't Hustle an Ant With Muscle | January 21, 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Pickled Pink | Ape Suzette | The Lost Duchess | Le Ball and Chain Gang | January 28, 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Pink, Plunk, Plink | That's No Lady — That's Notre Dame! | The Five Cent Nickel | Le Cop on Le Rocks | February 4, 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Put-Put, Pink | French Freud | The Magic Fiddle | Never Bug an Ant | February 11, 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Super Pink | The Invisible Moustache of Raoul Dufy | Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Pink | February 18, 1974 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | Pink Panzer | The Fifty-First Dragon | Pink on the Cob | February 25, 1974 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | Genie With the Light Pink Fur | Cherche Le Phantom | Lion on the Loose | The Ant and the Aardvark | March 4, 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | Psychedelic Pink | The Merry-Go-Round in the Jungle | Pink Posies | March 11, 1974 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | Slink Pink | Nero Fiddles | Pink-A-Rella | March 18, 1974 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 | G.I. Pink | Carte Blanched | The Bear Scare | Hasty But Tasty | March 25, 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 26 | In the Pink of the Night | The Trial of Zelda Belle | Think Before You Pink | April 1, 1974 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 27 | Lucky Pink | The Shooting of Caribou Lou | The Elephant Mystery | I've Got Ants in My Plans | April 8, 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 28 | Psst Pink | The King and Joe | Gong With the Pink | April 22, 1974 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 29 | Pink Ice | The Beanstalk Trial | Pinkfinger | April 29, 1974 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 30 | Pinkcome Tax | Pierre and Cottage Cheese | The Last Doubloon | Odd Ant Out | May 6, 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 31 | Pink in the Clink | The Matador and the Troubadour | The Pink Package Plot | Uncle Sneaky | May 13, 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 32 | Vitamin Pink | The Day of the Fox | A Fly in the Pink | Marvo the Magician | May, 20, 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 33 | Pink Pajamas | Sicque! Sicque! Sicque! | Colonel Puffington and Mr. Finch | From Bed to Worse | May 27, 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 34 | Pink Pranks | Mr. Charmley in the Jungle | The Pink Flea | Trap Happy | June 10, 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 35 | Pink Is a Many Splintered Thing | Persistent Mr. Fulton | The Pink Quarterback | The Quadrangle | June 17, 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 36 | Pinknic | The Freeze Yum Story | Pinkadilly Circus | Outlaws | June 24, 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 37 | Pink Tuba-Dore | Trojan Horse | Pink Blue Plate | July 1, 1974 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 38 | The Hand Is Pinker Than the Eye | The Armored Car | Congratulations It's Pink | Old MacDonald | The Haunted Night | I Had a Bird | July 8, 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 39 | Pink Paradise | Sacré Bleu Cross | The Unenchanted Princess | The Two Musicians | Isle of Caprice | July 15, 1974 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 40 | Pink Valiant | Rough Brunch | Le Quiet Squad | Operation Heart Throb | July 22, 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 41 | We Give Pink Stamps | The Genius - Time Machine | Cirrhosis of the Louvre | Scratch a Tiger | July 29, 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 42 | Pink-In | Alphabet Song | The Ballet Lesson | Pink Outs | Average Giraffe | The Violin Recital | August 5, 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 43 | Therapeutic Pink | The Pink of Arabee | c. 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 44 | Rocky Pink | Trail of the Lonesome Pink | c. 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 45 | Salmon Pink | Forty Pink Winks | c. 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 46 | Keep Our Forests' Pink | Pink Piper | c. 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 47 | Mystic Pink | Pink Plasma | c. 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 48 | Bobolink Pink | Pink Streaker | c. 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 49 | Sherlock Pink | It's Pink, But Is It Mink? | c. 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 50 | Pink Campaign | Pink Elephant | c. 1978[13] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 51 | The Pink Pro | The Scarlet Pinkernel | c. 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 52 | Pink Aye | Pink 8 Ball | c. 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 53 | Pinky Doodle | Pink DaVinci | c. 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 54 | Pink Bananas | Pinktails for Two | Life With Feather | Pink Arcade | August 19, 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 55 | Pink S.W.A.T. | Pink Suds | Crane Brained | Pink Pull | August 26, 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 56 | Sprinkle Me Pink | Pink Daddy | Sneaker Snack | Cat and the Pinkstalk | September 2, 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 57 | Spark Plug Pink | Pink Breakfast | Sonic Broom | Pink Lightning | September 9, 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 58 | Pink in the Drink | Doctor Pink | Storky and Hatch | Pink Pictures | September 16, 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 59 | Supermarket Pink | Bug Off | String Along in Pink | Animal Crack-ups | September 23, 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 60 | Pink Lemonade | Pink Trumpet | Fly by Knight | Dietetic Pink | September 30, 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 61 | Toro Pink | King of the Swamp | Pink in the Woods | Winter Blunderland | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 62 | Pink Quackers | Barnacle Bird | Pink and Shovel | Jet Feathers | December 9, 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 63 | The Pink Panther in: A Pink Christmas | December 16, 1980 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 64 | Pinkologist | Pink Press | Nest Quest | Pink U.F.O. | January 13, 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 65 | Pink Z-Z-Z | Flower Power | Star Pink | Trail of the Lonesome Mine | January 20, 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 66 | The Pink Panther in: Olym-Pinks | January 27, 1981 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 67 | The Pink Panther in: Pink at First Sight | February 1, 1983 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Beck, Jerry (2006). Pink Panther: The Ultimate Guide to the Coolest Cat in Town. New York, New York: Dorling Kindersley, Ltd. pp. 38–39, 44–45, 135. ISBN 0-7566-1033-8.
- ↑ Perez Cerezo, Emma Victoria (May 29, 2020). "'La Pantera Rosa' llega a Galavisión ¡Gran estreno 1 de junio!". univision.com (in Spanish). Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- ↑ MeTV Spring 2021 with The Addams Family and The Pink Panther; Fox Orders More Duncanville, While ABC Goes Into the Wild with Comedy, April 07, 2021, sitcomsonline.com
- ↑ "The Pink Panther has arrived on MeTV!".
- ↑ "BBC Two Listings: The Pink Panther Show". April 18, 2011. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
- ↑ kevinmccorrytv.ca
- ↑ "BBC Two Listings: The New Pink Panther Show"
- ↑ "BBC Two Listings: The All New Pink Panther Show"
- ↑ "Der rosarote Panther (1964): Episodenguide".
- ↑ "Der rosarote Panther (1964) Folge 56: Paulchen feiert Weihnachten". November 26, 2005.
- ↑ "Der rosarote Panther (1964) Folge 55: Paulchen wird olympisch". November 24, 2006.
- ↑ "Der rosarote Panther (1964) Folge 52: Spezialitäten zum Valentinstag". September 19, 2004.
- ↑ "Di, 25. April 1978 – TV-Programme".
External links
- The Pink Panther Show at IMDb
- The Pink Panther Show at The Big Cartoon DataBase
- Charles Brubaker's DePatie-Freleng Website