Pink, Plunk, Plink
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| Pink, Plunk, Plink
Pink Panther series |
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| Directed by | Hawley Pratt |
| Produced by | David H. DePatie Friz Freleng |
| Music by | Walter Greene |
| Animation by | Warren Batchelder Dale Case George Grandpré Tom O'Loughlin Laverne Harding Don Williams Norman McCabe Dick Ung |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date(s) |  May 25, 1966 |
| Color process | Deluxe |
| Running time | 6' 23" |
| Country | United States |
| Preceded by | The Pink Blueprint |
| Followed by | Smile Pretty, Say Pink |
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Pink, Plunk, Plink is the 19th cartoon produced in the Pink Panther series. A total of 124 6-minute cartoons were produced between 1964 and 1980.
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[edit] Plot
The Pink Panther is a small-time violinist who desperately tries to play with the orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl. His ultimate goal is to have the group perform his own theme music in place of Ludwig van Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. After quietly playing his theme on his violin during the symphony, the angered conductor comes over to the group of violinists to inspect their violin bows. The Panther's manages to fire like a gun into the conductor's face, prompting the ejection of the pink feline a second time.
The sly panther manages to sneak back into the Hollywood Bowl, and starts utilizing both a horn and a trumpet to blast his theme song once again. The conductor becomes even more angered, and tries to remove the Panther from the proceedings. Thinking he has succeeded, he returns to his podium, unaware that the Panther has substituted his baton with a small rocket. The conductor then shoots into the air, and the rocket explodes, allowing the Pink Panther to conduct the orchestra in a rousing rendition of his Pink Panther theme.[1]
[edit] Notes
Composer Henry Mancini, best known for composing the Pink Panther theme song, makes an uncredited appearance at the end of the film. Fittingly, he portrays himself, as the sole attendee in the audience, applauding for the Panther's rendition of his famed theme song. This was also the first Pink Panther short that credits Walter Greene for the music. Greene would serve as musical director for the Panther shorts until 1977.
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[edit] Further sources
- Pink Panther: The Ultimate Guide to the Coolest Cat in Town!; by Jerry Beck (DK ADULT, 2006).
- Meet the Pink Panther; by Hope Freleng and Sybil Freleng [1], (Universe Publishing, 2005).
- The Pink Panther Classic Cartoon Collection [2] (2006). [DVD set]. New York: MGM Home Video.
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