It's been nearly 40 years since The Pink Panther was licensed to Owens-Corning Fiberglas to promote their insulation products.
In this spot from 1984, Inspector Clouseau joins the Panther. John Bartholomew Tucker is the voice-over announcer.
I have no clue who voiced Clouseau in these spots.
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This doesn't look like Freling-DePatie animation, either.
This could've been animated by Richard Williams' studio. They were doing these ads for a bit too.
Incidentally, my town is home to the Fiberglas empire! Sometimes when I go downtown, I'll see a banner like this in front of the entrance to their HQ!
http://ceramics.org/ceramic-tech-today/owens-corning-celebrates-75-years-of-glass-innovations
I think I read that, yeah, Richard Williams' studio did the ads, copying the DFE house style, as the Clouseau image is the same that was used in the movies, and DFE did the animated intros for the first few films.
They did get to do opening/closing sequences to two Pink Panther films, so I'm sure they had enough expertise there!
Ok, then do we know who voiced Clouseau in these ads?
Yep, that's Richard Williams' work. You can tell by how the Panther is drawn.
Richard's work for the Panther is my personal favorite of the stuff that he's done.
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