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I love this^^

He had an actual name?

I always wondered if that li'l egg-shaped fella with the mustache was a vague caricature of Friz.

According to Wikipedia, you're right =0)

Makes you feel all Henry Mancini inside.

Always liked that odd, nudist-like, all one color adversary of the Pink Panther. Wonder if he ever got a name.

Yep. I remember on one odd occasion, there was the 1978 made-for-TV short "Toro Pink," where the little man was white and nude, and was with other humans that had peach-colored skin and clothes! It was a little odd.

It is impossible to view this image without the theme music starting to play in your head.

*hums along*

He's even holding a dope sheet!

Great work. The artificially-offset color is a nice touch. (Is there a term for that?)

Think Mink!

Natch that Our Host would scribble out such an excellent panel of Pink Panther art. And I second Patpat's observation of the offset coloring. Totes period touch.
Back in the 60s when animated feature film openings were a thing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86znnjhYrq4
Such a big hit was the Pink Panther himself, that his first short won the Oscar for best animated short of 1964:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41aGCrXM20E
More trivia: co-director Hawley Pratt started as a layout and background man at Termite Terrace; score composer William Lava was the final score composer for the original run of Warner Bros. animation.

Oh man, this sure brings back memories of me watching The Pink Panther and Friends on Saturday Morning TV !
Have you ever draw the Ant and the Aardvark ?

I swear this pic has me searching for the "Play" button. My brain knows there isn't one, but I'm searching for it anyway. I want to watch the rest of this cartoon so much...

such a great cartoon...

V.

Thanks! The Pink Panther was one of my FAVORITE cartoons when I was growing up (still is!)!

Suddenly it's the early 1970's - yay.

"Duck Amuck" but with the Pink Panther? I could totally go with that!! :D

You do a very awesome Pink Mike. Thank you. :D

XDDDD

how awesome <33

I used to love the secondary characters too, Inspector Clouseau and Sergeant DuDu.

Did you work on that series?

While I can count a number of ex-panther animators as friends and co-workers, I've only have a few professional brushes with the panther myself. The first was about 1984 when I did some promotional panther animation for Owens-Corning, and the second time was when I was hired as a "consultant" during development of the early-nineties TV series. TRIED to talk them out of making the panther a talking character....

Yeah, it just didn't feel right with a talking panther. But it was the 90s, they were trying to be new and hip, kids wouldn't get a cartoon where the main character didn't talk. :|

I remember the Owens-Corning ads! Those were great! He like kicks a roll of insulation and it rolls out, I believe. I remember he spoke like ONCE or twice in the original series, with a British accent, I think. But it was like one word each time.

You, sir, are cartoon talent personified.

I used to watch the 1990s series of this guy ^^.

Thiiiiiink PINK!

I didn't say it was great :P pretty watchable though. I've seen the 70s series too.

I took me a while for what's going on here to register: First impression is that F. Guy is coming out of his office (based on which side of the door the sign is hung) and is startled to see his nemesis the panther working in his studio. Looking again, I see the little man is an animator returning from his coffee break to discover the panther has discarded the scene he was working on and is redrawing it to feature himself instead.

The book on Depatie-Freleng, by Mark Arnold, was supposed to be out this year and I don't know an exact date, but interestingly enough a woman named Hope
Freleng Shaw saw a post I did on a facebook group--Depatie-Freleng Cartoons or maybe one of Jerry Beck's FB groups. She said she's
the daughter of the late Friz Freleng and invited me to a FB group paying tribute. I mentioned I was looking forward to the book coming out this year (or next?) about Depatie-Freleng. She hadn't heard about the book and asked to be put in touch with the author. Gave her the info and she contacted him, so maybe Mark was unaware of her or didn't think to interview her? Well they now are in contact. Mark does have a FB group related to the book.

I don't know Mark personally but bought his book about Total Television. Underdog and Trix Rabbit creator Joe Harris was at Anthrocon in Pittsburgh (Mike Kazeleh was, like him, also a Guest of Honor) and Joe's daughter was at his panel selling the Total Television book so I bought one. Should be a good book. Jerry Beck also covered several DFE cartoons in his "Pink Panther: The Ultimate Guide to the Coolest Cat in Town!"

Short lived cereal named after the Panther had cartoon ads; given the Owens-Corning ads, I quipped,"Made from real
fiberglass!" during a showing of "furry ads" at one Anthrocon.

David Depatie interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp6vYZz24UA

Behind the Panther https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEE3vCSvdRI

Pink Panther Flakes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmg3unsgkmU Uses both the Mancini tune and Doug Goodwin's "Panther
Pink From Head to Toes"

And https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLmBFOuyDyc

Alright :D I loved the Pink panther :3 I bought the short run comics here in the late 80's

This is so spot on!

Ah, this takes me back to 1974, when The Pink Panther Show was my favourite cartoon!

Mark Arnold says on facebook it should be out soon: "Getting closer to print. Full book cover with spine and back done and insides approved. Next, I have to find out when and where people can order on Amazon or BearManor's website. Not listed yet... It is supposed to be available in paperback, hardback and ebook versions!"

Yes, I sent in the final (I think) cover image complete with logo for the book this morning.

This brings some of the best childhood memories! Lovely artwork!