The Pink Panther in: Pink at First Sight
| The Pink Panther in: Pink at First Sight | |
|---|---|
| Written by |
Owen Crump D.W. Owen |
| Directed by | Bob Richardson |
| Voices of |
Frank Welker Brian Cummings Marilyn Schreffler Weaver Copeland Hal Smith |
| Music by | Steven DePatie |
| Country of origin |
 United States
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| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | David H. DePatie |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Marvel Productions Mirisch-Geoffrey-DePatie-Freleng United Artists |
| Distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | February 14, 1981 |
The Pink Panther in: Pink at First Sight is an animated Valentine's Day special starring The Pink Panther. It premiered on ABC on February 14, 1981. This was the final new Pink Panther production (to date) produced by co-creator David H. DePatie before his retirement in 1984 and was the first Pink Panther cartoon produced by Marvel Productions, which would go on to make the theatrical titles for Trail of the Pink Panther and Curse of the Pink Panther.
It is Valentine's Day and the hip feline has no love and no money except for seven cents. He goes to a messenger service for a job but messes his rehearsal up. He then buys a cassette player and pre-recorded cassettes with the seven cents he had left and goes back to the messenger service miming to "Vesti la giubba", an aria from Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera Pagliacci, and gets hired as a messenger on Valentine's Day. Antics on the job entangle the breezy panther with a jealous husband (after the Panther steals the heart of a housewife whilst miming a 50s-ish sounding ballad), a snobby classic violinist (after the Panther, who had the wrong recording on at the time, used a Stradivarius violin like an electric guitar), a priest (whom the Panther apparently gave the wrong present) and tough gangsters (their present was a bomb). Finally, after warding off the gangsters with a cassette containing excerpts of a police radio show, our hero meets the pantheress of his dreams, the ideal feline valentine.
The special made its debut release on VHS by MGM/UA Home Video. On November 6, 2007, Pink at First Sight alongside Olym-Pinks and A Pink Christmas was released as part of the DVD collection The Pink Panther: A Pink Christmas from MGM Home Entertainment and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.
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