Sink Pink

Infobox Hollywood cartoon
cartoon_name = Sink Pink
series = Pink Panther


caption =
director = Friz Freleng
Hawley Pratt
animator = Laverne Harding
Don Williams
Manuel Perez
Warren Batchelder
Bob Matz
Norm McCabe
Tom O'Loughlin
Dick Ung
voice_actor = Paul Frees
Rich Little
musician = William Lava
producer = David H. DePatie
Friz Freleng
distributor = United Artists
release_date = flagicon|US April 12, 1965
color_process = Deluxe
runtime = 6' 25"
country = USA
movie_language = English
preceded_by = "Dial 'P' for Pink"
followed_by = "Pickled Pink"
imdb_id = 0059721

"Sink Pink" is the fifth cartoon produced in the "Pink Panther" series. A total of 124 6-minute cartoons were produced between 1964 and 1980.

Plot

A hunter from Texas decides to build an ark—according to him that would be like "shooting fish in a barrel" and would facilitate his hunt—and manages to fill it with specimens of every animal except one that keeps eluding him: a pink panther. To complete his collection, the Texan attempts to capture the panther by whatever means possible. Naturally, the sly feline leads bricks-for-brains hunter through the jungle, thwarting any attempts to finally capture the elusive panther. [Beck, Jerry. (2006) "Pink Panther: The Ultimate Guide to the Coolest Cat in Town!"; DK ADULT, ISBN 0756610338]

The panther speaks

"Sink Pink" is one of two "Pink Panther" cartoon shorts in which the feline is given dialogue. The panther closes the film by saying "Why can't man be more like animals?" The panther would be given more extensive dialogue in "Pink Ice" before remaining mute for the run of the series.

The voice was supplied by impressionist Rich Little impersonating English actor David Niven. Niven's sophisticated vocal style was chosen for the Pink Panther, as he portrayed diamond thief Sir Charles Lytton (a.k.a. the Phantom) in the original "Pink Panther" film with Peter Sellers. [" [http://dfe.goldenagecartoons.com/ DePatie-Freleng website] "]

References

Further sources

*"Meet the Pink Panther"; by Hope Freleng and Sybil Freleng [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0789313081] , (Universe Publishing, 2005).
*"The Pink Panther Classic Cartoon Collection" [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0009S4J2I] (2006). [DVD set] . New York: MGM Home Video.