Pink Blue Plate is the 64th cartoon produced in the Pink Panther series. A total of 124 6-minute cartoons were produced between 1964 and 1980.

Plot

The Pink Panther is hired as a cook at a cafe next to a busy construction site. Because of interference from Pink's impatient boss, the workers end up with a series of poorly-served meals that result in retaliation. Eventually, Pink quits and the restaurant goes out of business.

Laugh track

The 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 NBC

NBC

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

Boomerang (TV channel)

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, and Poland

Poland

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 channels TV 4

TV4 (Poland)

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 and TV 6.

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