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The Inspector

 
 

 

 

 

Prod. Notes:


 

December 1965 - May 1969,  theatrical

September 1969 - September 1970,  NBC

September 1976 - September 1977,  NBC

DePatie-Freleng, Mirisch Films

 

Cast:

 

The Inspector ............................................................ Pat Harrington, Jr.

Sergeant Deudeux ................................................... Pat Harrington, Jr.

Commissioner ............................................................................... Paul Frees

Commissioner ......................................................................... Marvin Miller

Voices ........................................................................................... June Foray

Voices ....................................................................................... Helen Gerald

Voices ........................................................................................ Joan Gerber

Voices ..................................................................................... Diana Maddox

Voices .............................................................................................. Hal Smith

Voices ........................................................................................ Larry Storch

Voices ................................................................................... Lennie Weinrib

 

 

 

Synopsis:

 


 
In 1964, the feature length, live-action film "The Pink Panther" was released. The film's opening credits were animated with a cartoon version of the film's main character, Inspector Clouseau, who chased after the elusive Pink Panther. In the movie the name was given to a rare diamond, but DePatie-Freleng (the designers of the title sequence) showed a literal representation of the Pink Panther as a large, pink cat. Audiences fell in love with Pink's cool sense of style and Henry Mancini's jazzy theme music and, as a result, DePatie-Freleng was commissioned to create a series of theatrical shorts for both the Pink Panther and the Inspector.

In his theatrical shorts, The Inspector was usually assigned cases by the Commissioner of Police, and would bungle them badly, finding himself in all sorts of trouble. Unlike Inspector Clouseau from the feature film, the cartoon version of the character was not so much a bumbling simpleton as he was a casualty of exceptionally bad luck. He was often paired with Sergeant Deudeux.

The Inspector came to television in 1969, when his theatrical shorts aired as a segment on The Pink Panther Show. The show also featured former Pink Panther theatricals and was hosted by comedian "Crazy" Lenny Schultz, along with the Ritts Puppets. In the show's second season The Inspector was dropped from the lineup and replaced by The Ant and the Aardvark.

The Inspector was brought back in 1976 to join The Ant and the Aardvark and other DePatie-Freleng theatrical cartoons (as well as new material made specifically for television) in the 90-minute series, The Pink Panther Laugh and a Half-Hour and a Half. The new shows added to the series were Texas Toads/Tijuana Toads, Hoot Kloot, Roland and Rattfink, The Dogfather, Crazylegs Crane, and The Blue Racer.

 


 

 
 
Animated shorts:
 

 

The Great DeGaulle Stone Operation

Reaux, Reaux, Reaux Your Boat

Napoleon Blown-Aparte

Cirrhosis Of The Louvre

Plastered In Paris

Cock-A-Doodle Deux Deux

Ape Suzette

The Pique Poquette Of Paris

Sicque! Sicque! Sicque!

That's No Lady - That's Notre Dame

Unsafe And Seine

Toulouse La Trick

Sacre Bleu Cross

Le Quiet Squad

Bomb Voyage

Le Pig-Al Patrol

Le Bowser Bager

Le Escape Goat

Le Cop On Le Rocks

Crow De Guerre

Canadian Can-Can

Tour De Farce

The Shooting Of Caribou Lou

London Derriere

Les Miserobots

Transylvania Mania

Bear De Guerre

Cherche Le Phantom

Le Great Dane Robbery

La Feet's Defeat

Le Ball And Chain Gang

French Freud

Pierre And Cottage Cheese

Carte Blanched

 

 

 

 

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