1984 8:30 on NBC: PINK PANTHER AND SONS

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

"Pink Panther And Sons" was a cartoon that aired on NBC Saturday Mornings at 8:30 starting in 1984 for two seasons, then was traded to ABC for the final season in 1986. Who produced this cartoon? It's complicated, but in the end it was Hannah-Barbera that did all the work - The original Pink Panther cartoons (theatrical and Television) were produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, but in 1981 that studio was sold to Marvel Comics and renamed Marvel Productions. To further complicate things, the actual CHARACTER of The Pink Panther was owned by The Mirisch Company, producers of the Pink Panther (Inspector Clouseau) movies. David DePatie and Friz Freleng served as producers for this series, circumventing Marvel Productions completely, and creating some limited partnership *specifically* for this project with The Mirisch Company, then farmed the grunt-work out to Hannah-Barbera as a (alleged) "Screw You" to the new owners at Marvel Productions.

There is bitterness there.

The show features the adventures of The Pink Panther's two sons: Pinky (the older one) and his brother Panky (toddler), and their Cosby-Kids-esque friends in the Rainbow Panthers Crew (Chatta, Rocko, Murfel, Annie and Punkin, who can all be seen Moonwalking in the opening credits). Each episode was all about the Rainbow Panthers Crew coming together for friendship and fun as they learned all about growing up and caring each other as they take on the a group of lions called the Howl Angels.

(At the risk of getting more hate mail, I'd dare say that this show suffered from Get-Along-Gang Syndrome)

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Comments

[deepseasiren.livejournal.com]

God I don't remember this show and I love the Pink Panther and Inspector Clouseau ( but I remember watching it as a kid in the evening...)

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

I loved those 1970's prime-time Pink Panther cartoons too... with the Tiajuana Frogs, remember?

[deepseasiren.livejournal.com]

Yes the Tijuana frogs. LOL I can't believe you remembered that. I always used to ask my mother why the Pink Panther never said a word and she said " If you were hot pink you wouldn't need to talk either." I have a bunch of Pink Panther pjs from Walmart ( yes, I'm in my 40's and I wear cartoon pjs LOL) too.

[janusfiles.livejournal.com]

I think I saw this once, and I would have to agree that it suffered from Get-Along Gang Syndrome.

[artytoons.livejournal.com]

Each half hour program had 2 "Rainbow Panther" stories and a short Pink Panther episode with the little mustached man and no sons.

The short Pink Panther episodes and the "Blast Off Buzzard/Crazy Legs" segment of "The C.B Bears" series were probably Hanna-Barbera's only cartoons with no spoken dialogue. H-B cartoons from the 1970s to the 1990s usually had large voice actors casts.