The Pink Panther Show

The Pink Panther Show
Title card from the 1980 syndicated version of The Pink Panther Show
Created by	David H. DePatie Friz Freleng
Starring	Daws Butler John Byner Don Diamond Pat Harrington, Jr. Tom Holland Bob Holt Arte Johnson Rich Little Diana Maddox Larry D. Mann Bob Ogle Arnold Stang Lennie Weinrib Frank Welker Paul Winchell
Narrated by	Marvin Miller
Composer(s)	Henry Mancini Doug Goodwin Walter Greene Steve DePatie William Lava
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	11
No. of episodes	Three 6-minute shorts + bumpers per half-hour
Production
Producer(s)	David H. DePatie Friz Freleng Jim Foss Bill Orcutt Harry Love
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Mirisch Films DePatie-Freleng Enterprises
Distributor	United Artists Television MGM Television
Release
Original network	NBC ABC
Original release	September 6, 1969 – September 1, 1980
Chronology
Followed by	Pink Panther and Sons

The Pink Panther Show is a showcase of cartoon shorts produced by David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng between 1969 and 1979, starring the animated Pink Panther character from the opening credits of the live-action films. The series was produced by Mirisch Films and DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, and was broadcast on two American television networks: from September 6, 1969 to September 2, 1978, on NBC; and from September 9, 1978 to September 1, 1980, on ABC (as The All New Pink Panther Show).

When The Pink Panther Show first aired in 1969, it consisted of one cartoon featuring The Inspector, sandwiched by two Pink Panther entries. The 30-minute show was then connected via bumper sequences featuring both the panther and Inspector together, with announcer Marvin Miller acting as an off-camera narrator talking to the panther. Bumper sequences consisted of newly animated segments as well as recycled footage from existing cartoons We Give Pink Stamps, Reel Pink, Pink Outs and Super Pink, fitted with new incidental music and voice-over work from Miller.

Pink Panther shorts produced after 1969 (starting with A Fly in the Pink) when The Pink Panther Show began airing were produced for both broadcast and theatrical release, typically appearing on television first, and released to theaters by United Artists. A number of new series were created, including the very popular The Ant and the Aardvark, Tijuana Toads (a.k.a. Texas Toads), Hoot Kloot, Misterjaw, Roland and Rattfink, The Dogfather and two Tijuana Toads spinoffs: The Blue Racer and Crazylegs Crane. The New Pink Panther Show and later shows featured newly animated bumper segments involving the Panther, the Ant and the Aardvark, Misterjaw, and the Tijuana/Texas Toads.