Sunday, November 25, 2018

Saturtainment: A complete episode of The All-New Pink Panther Show (1978-9)

An enterprising soul on YouTube has managed to post a complete episode of The All-New Pink Panther Show, from its first season on ABC.

"Doctor Pink" (previously reviewed): The Panther answers an ad for a hospital janitor, and chaos ensues.

Crazylegs Crane in "Bug Off": Crazylegs (Larry D. Mann) has his usual issues.

"Pink Pictures": The Panther takes up wildlife photography.



The Panther franchise is now on Light TV, so you're bound to find these cartoons there soon, if not already.

Steve DePatie, son of co-executive producer David DePatie, took over the musical director's job, which explains the disco score at the end of the show.

Rating: B.

2 comments:

Goldstar said...

As far as I know, this series marked the first, and to date only, appearance of Crazy Legs Crane. I don't know how well these shorts were received by fans, but it's somewhat interesting that the character made no further appearances, not even in the later Pink Panther revival series.

hobbyfan said...

I've never understood why they decided on something new, instead of bringing over the established backups (i.e. Inspector, Ant & Aardvark). Crazylegs was an embodiment of DFE's inability to develop new stars in the 70's.