The Pink Quarterback is the 44th 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 leisurely walking on the street when he sees 25 cents. He picks it up and goes to buy a hotdog

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, when he changes his mind and goes to buy a hamburger

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. Confused between the two, he decides to toss the coin and see. The coin falls and rolls away. After many attempts, including climbing 40 floors of a building

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, jumping a subway

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 turnstile picking up the coin in a bank

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 and fighting with a beggar, the coin lands on wet cement and starts becoming bigger and bigger as it rolls downhill. The Panther then quickly orders a hotdog, and the cemented coin crashes into the vendor's outlet.

Laugh track

The Pink Panther Show

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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 when the Pink Panther cartoons were broadcast on NBC

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. At present, the laugh track version airs on Boomerang

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, and Gulli

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 France

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channel.

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