The Pink Pill

The Pink Pill
The Pink Panther series

Directed by	Gerry Chiniquy
Produced by	David H. DePatie Friz Freleng
Music by	Walter Greene
Animation by	Don Williams Manny Gould Manny Perez Warren Batchelder
Backgrounds by	Tom O'Loughlin
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date(s)	July 31, 1968
Color process	Deluxe
Running time	6' 05"
Country	United States
Language	English
Preceded by	Pink Valiant
Followed by	Prehistoric Pink

The Pink Pill is the 47th cartoon produced in the The Pink Panther series. A total of 124 6-minute cartoons were produced between December 18, 1964 to December 31, 1978.

Plot

The Pink Panther takes a nasty fall after slipping on a banana peel. After being admitted to the hospital, he endures a series of misadventures dealing with the hospital staff as well as a roommate who sadistically laughs at each one of the feline's mishaps.

Laugh track

The Pink Panther Show 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.

Further sources

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.
DePatie-Freleng website

The Pink Panther

Films

Peter Sellers	The Pink Panther (1963) · A Shot in the Dark (1964) · The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) · The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) · Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978) · Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)

Alan Arkin	Inspector Clouseau (1968)

Roger Moore (cameo)	Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)

Roberto Benigni as Clouseau's son	Son of the Pink Panther (1993)

Steve Martin	The Pink Panther (2006) · The Pink Panther 2 (2009)

Animated shorts

The original Pink Panther shorts (1964–1980) · Driving Mr. Pink (1995)

Animated
TV shows

The Pink Panther Show (1969–1980) · Pink Panther and Sons (1984–1985) · The Pink Panther (1993–1995) · Pink Panther and Pals (2010)

Animated
TV specials

A Pink Christmas (1978) · Olym-Pinks (1980) · Pink at First Sight (1981)

Characters

Inspector Clouseau · The Pink Panther · The Little Man · The Inspector · The Ant and the Aardvark

Music

"The Pink Panther Theme" · "Meglio Stasera"

Other

Romance of the Pink Panther

The Pink Panther original shorts

1964	The Pink Phink (001) • Pink Pajamas (002)

1965	We Give Pink Stamps (003) • Dial "P" for Pink (004) • Sink Pink (005) • Pickled Pink (006) • Pinkfinger (007) • Shocking Pink (008) • Pink Ice (009) • The Pink Tail Fly (010) • Pink Panzer (011) • An Ounce of Pink (012) • Reel Pink (013) • Bully for Pink (014)

1966	Pink Punch (015) • Pink Pistons (016) • Vitamin Pink (017) • The Pink Blueprint (018) • Pink, Plunk, Plink (019) • Smile Pretty, Say Pink (020) • Pink-A-Boo (021) • Genie with the Light Pink Fur (022) • Super Pink (023) • Rock A Bye Pinky (024)

1967	Pinknic (025) • Pink Panic (026) • Pink Posies (027) • Pink of the Litter (028) • In the Pink (029) • Jet Pink (030) • Pink Paradise (031) • Pinto Pink (032) • Congratulations It's Pink (033) • Prefabricated Pink (034) • The Hand Is Pinker Than the Eye (035) • Pink Outs (036)

1968	Pinkadilly Circus (037) • Sky Blue Pink (038) • Psychedelic Pink (039) • Come On In! The Water's Pink (040) • Put-Put, Pink (041) • G.I. Pink (042) • Lucky Pink (043) • The Pink Quarterback (044) • Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Pink (045) • Pink Valiant (046) • The Pink Pill (047) • Prehistoric Pink (048) • Pink in the Clink (049) • Little Beaux Pink (050) • Tickled Pink (051) • Pink Sphinx (052) • Pink Is a Many Splintered Thing (053) • The Pink Package Plot (054) • Pinkcome Tax (055)

1969	Pink-A-Rella (056) • Pink Pest Control (057) • Think Before You Pink (058) • Slink Pink (059) • In the Pink of the Night (060) • Pink on the Cob (061) • Extinct Pink (062)

1971	A Fly in the Pink (063) • Pink Blue Plate (064) • Pink Tuba-Dore (065) • Pink Pranks (066) • The Pink Flea (067) • Psst Pink (068) • Gong with the Pink (069) • Pink-In (070)

1972	Pink 8 Ball (071)

1974	Pink Aye (072) • Trail of the Lonesome Pink (073)

1975	Pink DaVinci (074) • Pink Streaker (075) • Salmon Pink (076) • Forty Pink Winks (077) • Pink Plasma (078) • Pink Elephant (079) • Keep Our Forests Pink (080) • Bobolink Pink (081) • It's Pink But Is It Mink? (082) • Pink Campaign (083) • The Scarlet Pinkernel (084)

1976	Mystic Pink (085) • The Pink of Arabee (086) • The Pink Pro (087) • Pink Piper (088) • Pinky Doodle (089) • Sherlock Pink (090) • Rocky Pink (091)

1977	Therapeutic Pink (092)

1978	Pink Pictures (093) • Pink Arcade (094) • Pink Lemonade (095) • Pink Trumpet (096) • Sprinkle Me Pink (097) • Dietetic Pink (098) • Pink U.F.O. (099) • Pink Lightning (100) • Pink Daddy (101) • Cat and the Pinkstalk (102) • Pink S.W.A.T. (103) • Pink and Shovel (104) • Pinkologist (105) • Yankee Doodle Pink (106) • Pink Press (107) • The Pink of Bagdad (108) • Pet Pink Pebbles (109) • Pink in the Drink (110) • Pink Bananas (111) • Pinktails for Two (112) • Pink Z-Z-Z (113) • Star Pink (114)

1979	Pink Breakfast (115) • Pink Quackers (116) • Toro Pink (117) • String Along in Pink (118) • Pink in the Woods (119) • Pink Pull (120) • Spark Plug Pink (121) • Doctor Pink (122) • Pink Suds (123)

1980	Supermarket Pink (124)

1995	Driving Mr. Pink (125)