6.8 /10 1 Votes
Final episode date 12 April 1995 Number of episodes 60 (119 segments) | 6.7/10 IMDb First episode date 11 September 1993 Number of seasons 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Created by Friz Freleng (characters: The Pink Panther and The Ant and the Aardvark)David H. DePatieBlake Edwards Directed by Charles GrosvenorByron Vaughns Voices of Sheryl BernsteinJohn BynerDan CastellanetaBrian GeorgeJess HarnellJoe PiscopoCharles Nelson ReillyWallace ShawnKath SoucieJo Anne Worley Networks Cartoon Network, Channel 4, TV Tokyo, Broadcast syndication, Canal J, Living TV Group Cast Similar The Pink Panther Show, CLYDE, Twinkle - the Dream Being, Dinky Di's, The Toothbrush Family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Pink Panther is a 1993 animated television series, starring the Pink Panther and his co-stars from the original cartoon shorts in a series of brand new stories. The programme was credited as being a co-production of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation, Mirisch-Geoffrey DePatie-Freleng and United Artists, though only the former was responsible for its production, as the other properties either ceased to exist or were transferred to MGM a decade before it was aired. It was distributed by Claster Television and not MGM Television, despite MGM owning The Pink Panther, and is the only series to have the panther talk; in other animated series featuring the Pink Panther, he is silent and only rarely speaks.
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The show was nominated for a daytime Emmy award in 1994 for Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition.
Premise
The 1993 incarnation of The Pink Panther starred the title character in series of brand new adventures, in which he dealt with different situations in a manner similar to the original Looney Tunes shorts, ranging from modern day situations such as working as a delivery boy to outlandish situations like living in caveman days. Unlike previous television series and almost the entire theatrical run, the series was produced with the Panther capable of speaking throughout the shorts. Voiced by Matt Frewer, he was given a humorous American accent in order to appeal to younger children, which was in sharp contrast to the sophisticated British accent supplied by impressionist Rich Little who voiced the panther briefly in two 1965 cartoon shorts, Sink Pink and Pink Ice.
Alongside the Pink Panther, a number of his co-stars from the original theatrical shorts appear in the series, including: The Inspector, who the panther assists in the guise of an American police officer; The Ant and the Aardvark, with John Byner reprising the role of both characters; The Dogfather, who was redesigned for this series; The Muscle Man from the 1968 cartoon Come On In! The Water's Pink; and "The Little Man", who like the panther, was also designed to speak in the series, with Wallace Shawn providing his voice. The series also featured new characters, including a mask-wearing tribal witch doctor named Voodoo Man, a little red-headed girl named Thelma, and a sweet old lady named Mrs. Chubalingo and her pet parrot Jules.