Therapeutic Pink

Therapeutic Pink
Pink Panther series
Directed by	Gerry Chiniquy
Produced by	David H. DePatie Friz Freleng
Music by	Walter Greene William Lava (Uncredited)
Animation by	Warren Batchelder Bob Matz Norm McCabe Don Williams
Backgrounds by	Richard H. Thomas
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date(s)	April 1, 1977
Color process	Deluxe
Running time	6 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Preceded by	Rocky Pink
Followed by	Pink Pictures

Therapeutic Pink is the 92nd cartoon produced in the Pink Panther series. A total of 124 6-minute cartoons were produced between 1964 and 1980.

Plot

The hungry Pink Panther wanders the streets, and while longing for a bite to eat, a little dog bites his tail and refuses to let go, so he has to check into a hospital, where the doctor treats him as just another ill patient. Unhappy to be in the hospital, the panther tries to escape by disguising himself as a nurse and the dog as a baby under a blanket, but the plan fails. Finally the doctor gives him some Formula K-9 Dog Remover medicine, which helps, and the dog lets loose of the tail, but then the dog attacks the doctor. The pink panther is then free from the hospital, and he receives a free pie, but however, just before Pink goes out the door, he does not know that a person in white clothes is behind a door. The man in white clothes then takes the pie from the plate while Pink is not looking. Pink then runs off.^[1]

End of an era

Therapeutic Pink was the final Pink Panther theatrical short produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises. In the following two years, 32 made-for-television shorts would be released.^[2] However, the made-for-TV shorts would also be released theatrically after (or in some cases, before) their TV airings, containing original opening credits and no laugh track.

References

External links

Therapeutic Pink at the Internet Movie Database