Pink Arcade (Pink Panther cartoon)
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Pink Arcade is the 94th cartoon produced in the Pink Panther series. A total of 124 6-minute cartoons were produced between 1964 and 1980.
, running into all sorts of problems with the machines.
Plot
The Pink Panther comes across a pocketful of quarters after a coin-operated weight machine malfunctions. He takes his newfound money and spends it at the local amusement arcadeAmusement arcade
An amusement arcade or video arcade is a venue where people play arcade games such as video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, merchandisers , or coin-operated billiards or air hockey tables...
, running into all sorts of problems with the machines.
Notability
- Pink Arcade marked the first of several made-for-television entries to not feature the Pink Panther's longtime foil, the little white manThe Little Man (The Pink Panther)The Little Man, was a regular character who appeared in the original Pink Panther shorts created by David DePatie and Friz Freleng.-History:The Little Man first appeared in 1964 in the first entry of the Pink Panther animated series, The Pink Phink...
. - The All-New Pink Panther ShowThe Pink Panther ShowThe Pink Panther Show is a showcase of cartoon shorts produced by David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng between 1969 and 1979. The television series was produced by Mirisch Films and DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, and was broadcast on two American TV networks:...
contained a laugh trackLaugh trackA laugh track is a separate soundtrack invented by Charles "Charley" Douglass, with the artificial sound of audience laughter, made to be inserted into television programming of comedy shows and sitcoms.The term "laugh track" does not apply to the genuine audience laughter on shows that shoot in...
when the Pink Panther cartoons were broadcast on ABCAmerican Broadcasting CompanyThe American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
-TV. Currently, the laugh track version airs on BoomerangBoomerangA boomerang is a flying tool with a curved shape used as a weapon or for sport.-Description:A boomerang is usually thought of as a wooden device, although historically boomerang-like devices have also been made from bones. Modern boomerangs used for sport are often made from carbon fibre-reinforced...
and previously aired on This TVThis TVThis TV is a United States general entertainment television network, with a large emphasis in its programming on movies....
. - The back glasses of two pinball machines in the arcade spell out the last name of longtime DePatie-Freleng layout artist and story man Tom Yakutis.