Pink Outs
| Pink Outs | |
|---|---|
| Pink Panther series | |
 | |
| Directed by | Gerry Chiniquy |
| Produced by |
David H. DePatie Friz Freleng |
| Music by | Walter Greene |
| Animation by |
Manny Perez Bob Matz Warren Batchelder Don Williams Manny Gould |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date(s) | December 27, 1967 |
| Color process | Deluxe |
| Running time | 6' 13" |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | The Hand Is Pinker Than the Eye |
| Followed by | Sky Blue Pink |
Pink Outs is the 36th 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 featured in a series of 12 skits, each one ending when the screen "pinks out."
- Painting: the panther uses a brace and bit to obtain paint from the painter above him, only to have the painter below him perform the same trick
- Home wrecking: the panther tries to demolish a condemned home, only to have he and his wrecking ball fall to pieces
- Hourglass beach: the panther is relaxing on what appears to be a beach, but he sinks into the sand and falls into what is revealed to be the bottom of an hourglass
- Hungry backdrop: while trying to rummage something to eat, the panther gets desperate and folds the screen backdrop into a finger-sized square and eats it, resulting in the backdrop springing back to full size inside the panther's stomach
- Tightrope elephant: the panther tries to move an elephant off his tightrope
- Military: the G.I. panther battles an armed centipede
- Sailboat painting: the panther straightens a crooked picture of an ocean sailboat, only to have the ocean water in the painting leak onto the floor
- Bathtub surfing: the panther appears to be performing daredevil surfing stunts, only to reveal he is based in his bathtub
- Sunday afternoon lawn mowing #1: while mowing his lawn, the panther is attacked by an angry stork while attempting to cut down a large bush
- The Great Pinko: the magician panther saws a fake panther in half, only to have his own body split in two
- Pink balloon: the panther helps a child inflate a balloon
- Sunday afternoon lawn mowing #2: while mowing his lawn again, the panther attempts to cut down the same large bush, only to have the foundation give way underneath him
Production notes
The nature of Pink Outs—with its brief gags stacked one after another—lent itself to be recycled for usage in connecting bumpers sequences for The Pink Panther Show with additional off-screen narration supplied by Marvin Miller. Every segment except the military theme was featured in a bumper, with the sailboat painting gag utilized twice. The hungry panther segment would later be used as the opening theme segment for the 1980 syndicated version of The Pink Panther Show.[1]
The Pink Panther Show contained a laugh track when originally broadcast on NBC. Currently, the laugh track version airs on Boomerang and Gulli France channel.
The final two music cues heard when the panther is mowing his lawn are lifted from Pinkfinger and Pink Panzer. Both cues were composed by William Lava.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Beck, Jerry. (2006) Pink Panther: The Ultimate Guide to the Coolest Cat in Town!; DK ADULT, ISBN 0-7566-1033-8
External links
- Pink Outs at the Internet Movie Database
- Watch bumpers and complete Pink Outs here
- DePatie-Freleng website
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