The Inspector
| The Inspector | |
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| Voices of |
Pat Harrington, Jr. Paul Frees Don Messick Larry Storch Marvin Miller |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 34 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 5-6 minutes |
| Production company(s) | DePatie-Freleng Enterprises |
| Release | |
| Original release | December 21, 1965 – May 14, 1969 |
The Inspector is a series of 1960s television cartoons produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and released through United Artists. The title character is based on Jacques Clouseau, a comical French police officer who is the main character in the Pink Panther series of films.
In contrast to the completely inept Inspector Clouseau, the unnamed cartoon character, while prone to bad judgement, was generally competent. Humor came from the sometimes surreal villains and situations to whom the Inspector was exposed, with a healthy dose of stylized cartoon slapstick. Through these difficult circumstances, criminals often get the better of him and he must face the wrath of his ill-tempered, bullying Commissioner (based on Herbert Lom's Commissioner Dreyfus) who holds him in well-deserved contempt.
In the majority of the cartoons, the Inspector usually tells Sergeant Deux-Deux, whenever Deux-Deux says "Si",: "Don't say 'Sí', say 'Oui'", to which Deux-Deux would reply "Sí, I mean 'Oui'". In Reaux, Reaux, Reaux Your Boat, Deux-Deux was advised not to say "Oui-sick", but "Seasick". At a time of panic, Deux-Deux exclaims "¡Holy frijoles!", meaning "Holy beans!". Sometimes, Deux-Deux ends up as the winner, when he arrests the culprit, usually without much of a struggle, as in The Pique Poquette of Paris and Ape Suzette.
While both characters bore the brunt of the slapstick, a sense of dedication to the police force and repeated attempts would achieve mixed success, as the Inspector and Deux-Deux would generally either apprehend the wanted criminal or recover the item assigned to them.
Pat Harrington, Jr. provided the voice for the Inspector and also supplied the voice of the Inspector's assistant, a Spanish gendarme named Deux-Deux (often sounding like "Du-Du"), a common French nickname for Eduard/Eduardo. The frustrated Commissioner was voiced primarily by Paul Frees, Larry Storch and Marvin Miller. Mark Skor also alternated providing the Commissioner's voice. The first entry, The Great DeGaulle Stone Operation, was the short featured before screenings of the James Bond film Thunderball.
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