Dietetic Pink is the 98th cartoon produced in the Pink Panther series. A total of 124 6-minute cartoons were produced between 1964 and 1980.

Plot

The Pink Panther decides to weigh himself on a street corner coin-operated scale. As the machine tallies up the panther's weight, a traveling gentlemen rests his heavy suitcase on the scale (unbeknownst to the panther), nearly breaking the scale. Thinking he is grossly overweight, the Pink Panther goes on a binge diet in a desperate attempt to shed the nonexistant poundage.

Laugh track

The All-New Pink Panther Show

The Pink Panther Show

The Pink Panther Show is a showcase of cartoon shorts produced by David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng between 1969 and 1979. The television series was produced by Mirisch Films and DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, and was broadcast on two American TV networks:...

contained a laugh track

Laugh track

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 when the Pink Panther cartoons were broadcast on ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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-TV. Currently, the laugh track version airs on Boomerang

Boomerang

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 and previously aired on This TV

This TV

This TV is a United States general entertainment television network, with a large emphasis in its programming on movies....

until September 2011.

Further sources

• Meet the Pink Panther; by Hope Freleng and Sybil Freleng http://www.amazon.com/dp/0789313081, (Universe Publishing, 2005).
• The Pink Panther Classic Cartoon Collection http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0009S4J2I (2006). [DVD set]. New York: MGM Home Video.
• DePatie-Freleng website

External links