Ακόμα μια αναφορά στα νιάτα μας όταν στα μέσα της δεκαετίας του 80 (ίσως κ λίγο πιο πριν) στην ΕΡΤ2 βλέπαμε τον παιχνιδιάρη πάνθηρα, τον μονίμως άτυχο μυρμηγκοφάγο και τον επιθεωρητή που κακά τα ψέμματα λίγοι τότε ξέραμε οτι τον ενσάρκωσε κάποτε (στα 60's) o τιτανοτεράστιος Peter Sellers...
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«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 DePatie-Freleng Enterprises studio to a multi-year contract for a
series of Pink Panther theatrical cartoon shorts. The first entry in the
series, 1964's The Pink Phink, featured the Panther
harassing his foil, a little white mustachioed man who is actually a caricature
of Friz Freleng (this character is officially known as "The Little White
Guy" and/or "The Man" [1]), by constantly trying to
paint the Little Man's blue house pink. The Pink Phink won the 1964 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 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, due to Niven's ill health. All of
the animated Pink Panther shorts utilized the
distinctive jazzy theme music composed by Henry
Mancini
for the 1963 feature film, with additional scores composed by Walter
Greene
or William Lava.[2][3][4][5]
In the fall of 1969, the 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.[3]
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. 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, The Tijuana Toads (a.k.a. The Texas Toads),
Hoot Kloot, and Misterjaw (a.k.a. Mr. Jaws and
Catfish). There were also a series of animated shorts called The
Inspector, with the Clouseau-inspired Inspector and his
sidekick Sgt. Deux-Deux, whom the Inspector is forever correcting. 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.[3]
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. 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.
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.
This version flopped, and would change back to the original half-hour version
in 1977.[3]
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. The ABC version of the
series featured sixteen episodes with 32 new Pink Panther cartoons, and 16 of Crazylegs
Crane.
The 32 entries were later released theatrically by United
Artists.[3]»
See here for a list of classic pink
panther era episode list
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