The Pink Panther is known as Nathu and Pangu in East and South Asia, Paulchen Panther (Little Paul the Panther) in Germany and Пинко розовата пантера (Pinko the Pink panther) in Bulgaria. While popular, critics complained that there was not enough Pink Panther to maintain interest for a full 30 minutes. In this incarnation (produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions with Freleng serving as creative producer for the series), the still-silent Pink Panther was a father of his two talking sons, Pinky and Panky. In 1984, a new Saturday morning series was produced entitled Pink Panther and Sons. The studio was sold to Marvel Comics in 1981, and became Marvel Productions (now a part of The Walt Disney Company). In November 2007, the three specials were released on a single disc DVD collection, The Pink Panther: A Pink Christmas from MGM Home Entertainment/ 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. The other two specials premiered on ABC after the shorts officially ended in theaters, 1980's Olym-Pinks and 1981's Pink at First Sight. It featured Pink in New York being cold and hungry looking for a holiday dinner. Stamp of Albania Pink Panter Later television shows and specials ĭuring the final years of the Panther's theatrical run, DePatie–Freleng produced a series of three primetime Pink Panther television specials for ABC. Tribune Media Services syndicated a Pink Panther comic strip from May 29, 2005, to May 10, 2009, created by Bottom Liners' cartoonists Eric and Bill Teitelbaum. The spinoff series The Inspector (also from Gold Key) lasted 19 issues, from 1974 to 1978. The Pink Panther and the Inspector lasted 87 issues, ending only when Gold Key ceased operations in 1984. In 1971, Gold Key Comics began publishing a Pink Panther comic book, with art by Warren Tufts. The 32 entries were later released theatrically by United Artists. The ABC version of the series featured 16 episodes, with 32 new Pink Panther cartoons and 16 of Crazylegs Crane. In 1978, The Pink Panther moved to ABC and was rebranded The All New Pink Panther Show, where it lasted one season before leaving the network realm entirely. This version flopped, and would change back to the original half-hour version in 1977. In 1976, the half-hour series was revamped into a 90-minute format, as 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. For this show, custom intro and end sequences were cut together from existing pieces of animation. 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. The German television version, which started airing in 1973, in ZDF was presented in 30-minute episodes, composed of one Pink Panther cartoon, one episode of The Inspector and one episode of The Ant and the Aardvark. Other DePatie-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. Deux-Deux, whom the Inspector is forever correcting. There were also a series of animated shorts called The Inspector, with the Clouseau-inspired Inspector and his sidekick Sgt. Texas Toads), Hoot Kloot, and Misterjaw (a.k.a. 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.k.a. One version of the show was called The Think Pink Panther Show. Pink Panther shorts made after 1969 were produced for both broadcast and film release, typically appearing on television first, and released to theaters by United Artists. The series featured a live-action introduction, over the theme song, which featured the Panthermobile. 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. In the fall of 1969, the Pink Panther cartoons made their way to NBC television shown Saturday mornings via The Pink Panther Show.
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