Pinknic
Encyclopedia
Pinknic is the 25th cartoon produced in the Pink Panther series. A total of 124 6-minute cartoons were produced between 1964 and 1980.
's log-cabin. He thinks that in March he will starve to death and turn into a skeleton, same as the mouse
, so the mouse thinks that he will eat the Pink Panther, he then bites the Pink Panther's body parts (tail, left ear, and left foot), then the Pink Panther grabs and throws the mouse into the mouse hole. Pink then hammers some wood on the mouse hole to keep the mouse inside. After that he tries to keep himself awake in case the mouse gets out, the mouse then escapes the mouse hole by biting through the wood. He then turns on the radio
. The Pink Panther closes his eyes, and every time the Pink Panther opens his eyes the mouse would come closer to him with a hammer, then Pink is knocked unconscious after being hit with a hammer. The Pink Panther wakes up to find out that the mouse is cooking him. Pink manages to escape. Pink runs to the door and he finds out spring arrived, the Pink Panther opens the door and The White Man enters the house, with an angry look on his face. The Pink Panther runs out of the cabin, and the mouse is still trying the light the stove, the mouse then gets the light on the lighter but then explodes the cabin and The White Man walks out of the cabin, covered in explosion dirt, the mouse bites and attacks The White Man, he then runs away along with the mouse biting and attacking him.
contained a laugh track
when the Pink Panther cartoons were broadcast on NBC
-TV. Currently, the laugh-tracked version airs on the Spanish language
Boomerang TV channel
.
Plot
The hungry Panther must pit his wits against a just-as-hungry mouse going through the winter season in The Little ManThe Little Man (The Pink Panther)
The Little Man, was a regular character who appeared in the original Pink Panther shorts created by David DePatie and Friz Freleng.-History:The Little Man first appeared in 1964 in the first entry of the Pink Panther animated series, The Pink Phink...
's log-cabin. He thinks that in March he will starve to death and turn into a skeleton, same as the mouse
Mouse
A mouse is a small mammal belonging to the order of rodents. The best known mouse species is the common house mouse . It is also a popular pet. In some places, certain kinds of field mice are also common. This rodent is eaten by large birds such as hawks and eagles...
, so the mouse thinks that he will eat the Pink Panther, he then bites the Pink Panther's body parts (tail, left ear, and left foot), then the Pink Panther grabs and throws the mouse into the mouse hole. Pink then hammers some wood on the mouse hole to keep the mouse inside. After that he tries to keep himself awake in case the mouse gets out, the mouse then escapes the mouse hole by biting through the wood. He then turns on the radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
. The Pink Panther closes his eyes, and every time the Pink Panther opens his eyes the mouse would come closer to him with a hammer, then Pink is knocked unconscious after being hit with a hammer. The Pink Panther wakes up to find out that the mouse is cooking him. Pink manages to escape. Pink runs to the door and he finds out spring arrived, the Pink Panther opens the door and The White Man enters the house, with an angry look on his face. The Pink Panther runs out of the cabin, and the mouse is still trying the light the stove, the mouse then gets the light on the lighter but then explodes the cabin and The White Man walks out of the cabin, covered in explosion dirt, the mouse bites and attacks The White Man, he then runs away along with the mouse biting and attacking him.
Laugh track
The Pink Panther ShowThe 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
A laugh track is a separate soundtrack invented by Charles "Charley" Douglass, with the artificial sound of audience laughter, made to be inserted into television programming of comedy shows and sitcoms.The term "laugh track" does not apply to the genuine audience laughter on shows that shoot in...
when the Pink Panther cartoons were broadcast on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
-TV. Currently, the laugh-tracked version airs on the Spanish language
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
Boomerang TV channel
Boomerang (TV channel)
Boomerang is a 24-hour American cable television channel owned by Turner Broadcasting System, a division of Time Warner. Boomerang specializes in reruns of animated programming from Time Warner's extensive archives, including pre-1986 MGM, Hanna-Barbera, Cartoon Network, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises...
.
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