Forty Pink Winks is the 77th cartoon produced in the Pink Panther series. A total of 124 6-minute cartoons were produced between 1964 and 1980.

Plot

Pink, desperate for sleep, stumbles into a local hotel. He then battles wits with the hotel detective, taking refuge in an obese man's room. Eventually the hotel detective loses his mind and quits his job, and walks out just as a hotel detectives convention arrives.

Further sources

• Meet the Pink Panther; by Hope Freleng and Sybil Freleng http://www.amazon.com/dp/0789313081, (Universe Publishing, 2005).
• The Pink Panther Classic Cartoon Collection http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0009S4J2I (2006). [DVD set]. New York: MGM Home Video.
• DePatie-Freleng website