The Pink Panther Show

The Pink Panther Show was a showcase of DePatie-Freleng animated cartoons from the 1960s and 1970s, prominently by David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng. The television series was produced by Mirisch Films and DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, and was broadcast on several American networks:

• 6 September 1969—2 September 1978: NBC
• 9 September, 1978—1 September 1979: ABC (as The All-New Pink Panther Show)

It also appeared on CBS during the 1985-86 television season.

History

Doug Goodwin composed the show's theme music, and this show was "hosted" by The Pink Panther and The Inspector. Each show included bumper sequences featuring the Pink Panther and The Inspector together, as well announcer Marvin Miller as an off-camera narrator talking to the Pink Panther.

The opening sequence showed a ten-year-old boy driving a rocket car from the countryside to the Chinese theatre, and then letting out the Pink Panther and the Inspector. Like most Saturday morning animated series' of the era, The Pink Panther Show contained an adult laugh track.

Over its nine years on various television networks, The Pink Panther Show had a variety of names:

• The Pink Panther Show (1969–1970; also considered the umbrella title of the series)
• The Pink Panther Meets the Ant and the Aardvark (1970–1971)
• The New Pink Panther Show (1971–1974)
• The Pink Panther and Friends (1974–1976)
• The Pink Panther Laugh and a Half Hour and a Half Show (1976–1977)
• Think Pink Panther (1977–1978)
• The All New Pink Panther Show (1978–1979) - 32 new made-for-television shorts were created for this run of the series

Segments

The Pink Panther Show featured the following segments:

• The Pink Panther
• The Inspector
• The Ant and the Aardvark
• Tijuana Toads/Texas Toads
• Misterjaw
• Roland and Rattfink
• The Blue Racer
• Hoot Kloot
• The Dogfather
• Crazylegs Crane

Overall Cast

• Rich Little - Pink Panther
• Daws Butler - Pug, Louie
• John Byner - Charlie Ant, Blue Aardvark
• Don Diamond - Toro
• Pat Harrington, Jr. - The Inspector, Sergeant Deux-Deux
• Tom Holland - Pancho
• Bob Holt - Mr. Kloot, Mr. Kloot's Horse, Dogfather
• Arte Johnson - Misterjaw
• Larry D. Mann - Blue Racer, Crazylegs Crane
• Bob Ogle - Harry Halibut
• Arnold Stang - Catfish
• Lennie Weinrib - Roland, Rattfink
• Frank Welker - Crazylegs Crane Jr., Dragonfly
• Paul Winchell - Fearless Freddy

Credits

• Pink Panther Theme by Henry Mancini
• Direction: Hawley Pratt, Gerry Chiniquy, Robert McKimson, George Singer
• Stories: John W. Dunn, Tony Benedict, Don Jurwich, Bob Kurtz, Jack Miller, Michael O'Connor, Jim Ryan
• Layouts: Dick Ung, Tom Yakutis, Corny Cole, Jack Miller, Lin Larsen, Jacques Rupp
• Backgrounds: Tom O'Loughlin, Pete Alvarado, Corny Cole
• Panthermobile Designed by Bob Reisner
• Animation: Art Leonardi, Manny Gould, Manny Perez, Don Williams, Warren Batchelder, Chuck Downs, George Grandpré, Norm McCabe, Herman Cohen, Ed Love, Dale Case, Bob Matz, Laverne Harding, Tom Ray, Ed DeMattia, Ted Bonnicksen, John Gibbs, Virgil Raddatz
• Voices: Rich Little, Mel Blanc, June Foray, Dave Barry , Paul Frees, Helen Gerald, Joan Gerber, Ralph James, Pat Harrington, Jr., Athena Lorde, Marvin Miller, Laura Olsher, Hal Smith, Larry Storch
• Music: Doug Goodwin, Walter Greene, William Lava
• Title Song "Panther Pink Panther from Head to Toes" by Doug Goodwin
• Film Editing Supervised by Lee Gunther
• Film Editors: Treg Brown, Roger Donley, Eugene Marks, Chuck McCann, Allen Potter
• Camera: John Burton, Jr.
• Production Supervision: Jim Foss, Bill Orcutt
• Production Coordinator: Harry Love
• Produced by David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng

See also

• List of The Pink Panther cartoons

External links

• The Pink Panther Show at the Internet Movie Database
• The Pink Panther and Friends at the Internet Movie Database
• Blake Edwards' PINK PANTHER, from Charles Brubaker's DePatie-Freleng Website

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