The Pink Phink
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The Pink Phink, released on December 18, 1964, was the first Pink Panther animated short released by United Artists and was produced at DePatie-Freleng Enterprises. In this short, the Pink Panther and a painter (Unnamed, but very loosely resembling the Inspector) compete over whether a house should be painted blue or pink. Each time the painter attempts to paint something blue, the panther thwarts him in a new way. Finally, the panther succeeds in turning the house and everything around it pink and moves in. It won the 1964 Academy Award for Short Subjects, Animated Films. This film also marks the first time in history that a studio won an Academy Award with its very first animated short film.
An episode of the animated series Dexter's Laboratory, entitled "A Silent Cartoon", is a homage to this short; the short features Dexter (filling the role of the painter) trying to construct a blue laboratory, while an all-pink version of his sister DeeDee finds clever ways to turn the blue lab into a completely pink lab.
[edit] Other Pink Panther Cartoons
List of The Pink Panther cartoons
[edit] Credits
- Pink Panther Theme: Henry Mancini
- Produced by David H. DePatie, Friz Freleng
- Directed by Friz Freleng
- Co Director: Hawley Pratt
- Story: John W. Dunn
- Animation: Don Williams, Bob Matz, Norm McCabe, LaVerne Harding
- Layout: Dick Ung
- Backgrounds: Tom O'Loughlin
- Film Editor: Lee Gunther
- Production Supervision: Bill Orcutt
- Music: William Lava
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