The Pink Phink

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The Pink Phink
Pink Panther series
Directed by Friz Freleng
Hawley Pratt
Produced by David H. DePatie
Friz Freleng
Story by John W. Dunn
Music by William Lava
Animation by Don Williams
Bob Matz
Norm McCabe
LaVerne Harding
Backgrounds by Tom O'Loughlin
Studio DePatie-Freleng Enterprises
Distributed by United Artists
Release date(s) December 18, 1964
Color process Deluxe
Running time 7 minutes
Language English
Followed by Pink Pajamas

The Pink Phink is a 1964 animated short comedy film, directed by Friz Freleng and Hawley Pratt starring Blake Edwards' Pink Panther

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[edit] Plot

The Pink Panther and an unnamed painter (affectionately known as the "Little Man"[1]) compete over whether a house should be painted blue or pink. Each time the painter attempts to paint something blue, the panther thwarts him in a new way. At the end, the painter inadvertently turns the house and everything around it pink and the panther moves in. But just before he moves in, he paints the white man completely pink. The white man gets very upset and bangs his head against a mailbox. The Pink Panther then walks into the house as the sun sets.

[edit] Academy Award

The Pink Phink was the first Pink Panther animated short produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and by winning the 1964 Academy Award for Animated Short Film, it marked the first time that a studio won an Academy Award with its very first animated short.[2]

[edit] Popular culture

  • An episode of the animated series Dexter's Laboratory entitled "A Silent Cartoon" is a homage to this short; the short features Dexter (filling the role of the painter) trying to construct a blue laboratory, while an all-pink version of his sister Dee Dee finds clever ways to turn the blue lab into a completely pink lab.
  • In the 2009 series Pink Panther and Pals, a scene from A Pinker Tomorrow in which The Pink Panther tricks The Little Man (Big Nose) to cover the outside of the house in paint, is homage to the original short.
The Little Man gets a pink makeover in The Pink Phink.

[edit] Credits

[edit] Laugh track

The Pink Panther Show contained a laugh track when the Pink Panther cartoons were broadcast on NBC. Most American broadcasts currently air with the laugh track muted; however, The Pink Phink airs with the original laugh track intact on the Spanish language Boomerang TV channel, and the France Channel Gulli.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Beck, Jerry. (2006) Pink Panther: The Ultimate Guide to the Coolest Cat in Town!; DK ADULT, ISBN 0756610338
  2. ^ DePatie-Freleng website
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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
1974
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
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)
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