Pink Blue Plate

Pink Blue Plate
Pink Panther series
Directed by	Gerry Chiniquy
Produced by	David H. DePatie Friz Freleng
Music by	Walter Greene William Lava (Uncredited)
Animation by	Don Williams Manny Gould Manny Perez Warren Batchelder Robert Taylor
Backgrounds by	Richard H. Thomas
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date(s)	July 23, 1971
Color process	Deluxe
Running time	6'
Country	United States
Language	English
Preceded by	A Fly in the Pink
Followed by	Pink Tuba-Dore

Pink Blue Plate is the 64th 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 hired as a cook at a cafe next to a busy construction site. Because of interference from Pink's impatient boss, the workers end up with a series of poorly-served meals that result in retaliation. Eventually, Pink quits and the restaurant goes out of business.

Laugh track

The Pink Panther Show contained a laugh track when originally broadcast on NBC-TV. Currently, the laugh-tracked version airs on Poland channels TV 4 and TV 6.

Further sources

• Meet the Pink Panther; by Hope Freleng and Sybil Freleng , (Universe Publishing, 2005).
• The Pink Panther Classic Cartoon Collection (2006). [DVD set]. New York: MGM Home Video.
• DePatie-Freleng website

External links

• Pink Blue Plate at the Internet Movie Database
• Pink Blue Plate at allmovie