Slink Pink is the 59th cartoon produced in the The Pink Panther

The Pink Panther

The Pink Panther is a series of comedy films featuring the bungling French police detective Jacques Clouseau that began in 1963 with the release of the film of the same name. The role was originated by, and is most closely associated with, Peter Sellers...

series. A total of 124 6-minute cartoons were produced between 1964 and 1980.

Plot

Pink is homeless and is enduring a cold wintry night on a park bench. He decides to seek refuge in a nearby apartment building, occupied by a modestly wealthy hunter. While the hunter remains oblivious, his dog keys in to the fact that Pink is in the house. Several times the dog mistakenly attacks its master, thinking it's Pink, and gets kicked out. Eventually both dog and master bolt out of the house in mortal combat, and Pink shrugs and goes back inside.

Censorship

In the original version of Slink Pink, when the dog holds the gun to shoot the panther, he pulls the blanket up, places the gun under the blankey, and shoots, resulting in the little white man being covered in black soot. In the censored version, the little man is clean. The censored version is currently on the U.S. DVD set.

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