Here's Why The Pink Panther Cartoon is one of the Greatest of All Time!

[@kerrydavidsadler980]

I can remember in the 70's watching the pink panther cartoons on Saturday morning tv with my dad it was always his favorite. Brings back alot of happy memories THANKYOU.

[@ricknineg]

What a great channel idea! 😉 😉

[@ddavenpAZ]

It is isn’t it? Who are you talking to? 🤨

[@magnumricknineg]

Thanks Rick Nineg!

[@Tim-57]

@@ddavenpAZ Himself😉

[@cadeevans4623]

Sure is a great idea

[@ddavenpAZ]

Oh wait!!!! Rick is responding to the Pink Panther! Even the big cat’s You Tube comments are silent! 😜

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

1964, wow I was 9 yrs old. I watched it from the beginning, when it was on TV. The Pink Panther was great and it's still great.

[@magnumricknineg]

Time site flies. I’ll bring you back that nostalgia

[@wnychevy09]

Yes, I did watch The Pink Panther back in the day, and did also eat Pink Panther Flakes cereal made by Post in the early 1970s as well. Thank you Rick for this new channel.

[@magnumricknineg]

My pleasure to bring you this new content

[@jsimpers]

I tried those Pink Panther flakes. Found them disgusting and threw the rest of the box to the birds. They weren't fond of them either.

[@skinithpuppy5025]

I've never seen a Pink Panther Cartoon in my life. I have seen all of the movies and loved them, but I had no idea there was a cartoon about the Pink Panther. This channel will be an eye-opener for me thanks to you Rick!

[@JBIRDRN8]

I watched this as a kid and loved it!! He was so cool!!

[@jeffrufus]

Awesome, Rick. I loved these as a young boy and miss seeing cartoons like this (as an adult)...thanks for re-kindling the memories!

[@tiffanyb.7596]

Love The Pink Panther!! Lots of memories!! Also my very favorite cartoon is The Flintstones!! 😊

[@lauriemclean1131]

Love the new channel. I loved that the Pink Panther cartoons had a "You win some / you lose some" idea. Sometimes an episode would end with the Pink Panther shrugging and walking (or sometimes skipping) away.

[@Redskins-fx6ph]

I got a Pink Panther tatoo when I was 20yrs.old!!! Love it!!

[@paulstan9828]

Growing up I remember the pre movie cartoon at drive in theaters was usually the pink panther. Ha!!!

[@dannywebb8718]

Paul Stan, my hometown theater as well

[@nickimontie]

I watched The Pink Panther reruns whenever I could. Loved it! Great channel, Rick!!

[@morlockmeat]

Congrats on the new channel! These old cartoons are as important as the old live-action shows. On the Pink Panther - There was a single episode where the Pink Panther spoke at the very end of the ep. He had an English accent! Also, the "Little Man" is based on the Inspector Clouseau character. Always loved the cartoon!

[@Bailey_G]

Congrats on the new channel! This is going to be fun! 👍

[@magnumricknineg]

I agree that we are going to have a great time here!

[@cat-annechats5362]

Oh I loved the simplicity of these type cartoons. The simple messages were clear, even if they didn't have dialog. Love them!

[@lorettathanksjesus]

YAY! First video is Pink Panther! He's so cool ... 😎 The music too! When the music starts ... I always smile ... 😊

[@tammyevans7333]

Great channel, can't wait to see more

[@marcm9999]

Already love this channel!!!!

[@magnumricknineg]

Great to hear! I’m enjoying it too

[@mrsehj]

The Pink Panther was one of those cartoons that the whole family loved , the music was cool too.

[@jenniferwhitewolf3784]

Great cartoons! Mancini music was fantastic too.. timeless♥️

[@jenniferwilson9579]

Definitely watched with my little brother on Saturdays in early 70’s.

[@cadeevans4623]

I loved the pink panther one of my favorite classic cartoon shows loved it rick cant beat the pink panther good stuff 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@Beagle3561]

Great job, Rick! I saw the actual Pink Panther movie when it was released in theaters in 1963. Good memories! Great channel!

[@magnumricknineg]

Many thanks, Sarge!

[@michellesmith3516]

Yes I love old cartoons. I miss Saturday morning cartoons! I’m so glad you started this channel❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@magnumricknineg]

Every video will make it Saturday morning!

[@richardhoover4471]

Love the new channel! And a perfect beginning with the Pink Panther. One thing that makes the cartoon distinctive is the music by Henry Mancini!

[@julier.1902]

Some years ago, I got up during the night cause I couldn't sleep. Turned on the tv, found an hour of PP cartoons. Made coffee, drank that and laughed myself silly, with tears. PP cartoons are so hysterically funny in the middle of the night! Try it sometime. 😜 Some of the best fun I've ever had. LOL

[@paulstan9828]

This will be fun. My favorites were bugs bunny and his friends from Warner Brothers.

[@magnumricknineg]

Some of my favorites as well!

[@sallykohorst8803]

Wow the pink panther. Love it and the music also gets you hooked. Plus Peter Sellers with those movies. Henry Mancini and great music.

[@markstrouse3101]

Love the ant and aardvark during the pink panther episodes.

[@markjamesmeli2520]

In the big picture of things, this cartoon is so "minimalist." I didn't think of it that way back then. But you're right, it gave it that "universal" appeal.

[@alfredodoardi2717]

Loved it, love it. The Pink Panther- Whadda Gem!

[@ravenpoe7093]

Congratulations and Good Luck on your new channel. My favorite thing about The Pink Panther is the theme song its iconic and not having dialog makes it universal to all audiences

[@dennisdeleo74]

All the best of luck on the new channel,Rick, Cartoons and Classic Television...My favorite breakfast!

[@Jared_Wignall]

The Pink Panther is one of the best cartoons of all time. I use to watch it quite a bit as a kid and I’m glad I have the complete series to rewatch them anytime I want. I’m glad you started this channel Rick, I hope you have a lot of success with this channel.

[@christopherkraft1327]

Hey Rick, I love the new channel & yes, I watched the Pink Panther from the start in 1964 when I was 6 years old!!! I also ate a lot of Pink Panther Flakes breakfast cereal. Thanks for sharing this fun new channel!!!! 😁👍

[@tiffanyb.7596]

YAAY! Excited for this channel!! My favorite new channel of the brand new year!! Thank you Rick!! 👏👏🦋😃

[@Bucksman36]

Congrats on the new channel Rick!! It will be fun to see what you do with it.. I know these are crazy times and you are doing so much good to bring joy to people. It goes a long way to help people cope!! Keep safe and continue being yourself!!

[@martinbeneteau309]

Rick just catching your new cartoon channel. I was a kid when the Pink Panther Show was playing Saturday morning on NBC. As a kid I wrote to NBC and asked for pictures of the Pink Panther. I was sent 3 cartoon cells of him! That was probably about 50 years ago. I have them framed and hung in my house.

[@gailwatson4927]

Love it Rick. I love the Pink Panther.

[@yuvgotubekidding]

You picked a great episode with which to start off. You nailed it. I definitely remember when these were originally broadcast and seeing them at the drive in. Had these on vhs for our first son. No dialogue is definitely key to it’s success as Mr. Bean. Also have a collection of tapes gifted to us when my brother-in-law was in Korea called “Pat and Matt.” Stop motion animation, no dialogue. Not sure what country produced them.

[@micahtisdale7968]

This is an awesome idea, I love these cartoons and it's so cool that you give me information on when these cartoons come to life. Thank you so much

[@magnumricknineg]

No, thank you!

[@kevinsizemore8833]

The channel is old, but new content, Thnxx Rick N, im gonna really enjoy this channel

[@magnumricknineg]

Thanks so much Kevin! Glad to have you on board!

[@cat-annechats5362]

I watched the originals....and appreciate you doing this new avenue! I shared on FB~

[@melodysledgister2468]

I watched this as a kid on Saturday morning cartoons. (Now you know how old I am! 😉) My dad loved it! The "portable hole" was our favorite! My husband is also a fan.

[@Budicles]

Looking forward to all ur content. Best of luck with this channel. I know I will be here watching

[@donnicholas7552]

First time I saw this cartoon was in a movie theater. Then a few years later it was on TV.

[@standback3924]

Love the new channel. Cartoon question, I have searched and searched with no luck. What was the cartoon with a dog that would sniff the shoe of a person to see if their credit was good?

[@miketype1each]

The series was drawn in a sort of way Henri Matisse may have done it. The episode which I remember is Pink Panther and a little dog were both hungry. They see a single donut and each tries to get it. At the end, Pink Panther is able to get it for himself. The little dog was so sad. Seeing how sad the dog was, Pink Panther breaks the donut in two and gives half to the dog.

[@jsimpers]

Rick, this was a fantastic idea, there are so many classic cartoons out there. Not only the 60s, 70s and 80s (although they were some of the best), but even earlier in the 50s (anyone remember Felix the Cat?), plus the classic WB shorts from movies in the 40s and 50s later repackaged in several iterations. You have a fan here for both channels!

[@PaulTesta]

Rick, Congratulations on your new channel! What a great concept - Classic Cartoons! Yep, I'm already back to being a 7-year old boy in my feeted-pajamas with a bowl of Count Chocula sitting in front of the TV on Saturday morning! Literally, Rick, there is SO much material for your content on this channel. Some of my personal favorites: The Wacky Races, The New Scooby-Do Movies (i.e. the hour-long episodes with guest stars), and Hong Kong Phooey. Already subscribed! Let's get to 100K on this channel by 1/1/2022! Good luck, God bless you, and be hopeful! Paul

[@magnumricknineg]

Thanks so much Paul! So much to do and so little time! Let’s do it

[@petepeter1857]

these were sometimes the best part of movies i went to, lol.....great channel idea!

[@charleswilcher6158]

Great idea Rick doing classic cartoons ...I loved the pink panther growing up and thought he was so cool....even now I think they were ground breaking ..they were pretty basic artistically but like you said they borrowed alot of that Chaplin type humor..which I thought was hilarious...I also enjoyed the ant and the aardvark..which I enjoyed too.. growing up

[@mrscott5778]

hay rick love your new channel big pink panther fan

[@chadbaxter5578]

Subscribed. Thanks for the info Rick. Best of luck to you. Be Hopeful.

[@magnumricknineg]

Thanks so much!

[@elizabethtorres3491]

Omg, I just watched this cartoon yesterday! 😊✌🐩

[@kristineford7321]

**I like to think of "The Little Man" as a precursor to the inspector, maybe?? Great new channel!! Was born in 1965 and could probably tell you things you didn't know about cartoon history! Thank you!**❤️👍

[@elizabethtorres3491]

OMGosh, how funny I just started watching them on you tube! I swear you can read my mind on what I watch! Your videos hit the mark! Thank you! 😊✌🐩

[@magnumricknineg]

Much appreciated!

[@PoBoyRacing80]

Great idea! I love all the old cartoons especially the early Tom n Jerry. One good pink panther cartoon was the one that was on 007 VHS tape of Goldfinger. The cartoon was on 1st...so it was like you were bk at the drive-in. Thanks for great channel....I subscribed. Thanks for all the hard work!

[@sherlyfree8436]

Hi Rick, congratulations on your new channel. What a great way to kick it off. I loved The Pink Panther as a child. Pink phink was a great cartoon that still makes me a laugh. Looking forward to your future vlogs on this and your other channel. All the best.

[@Ron_Rhodes]

I don't think Peter Sellers played the "title role". The Pink Panther was a diamond, and David Niven was the "Phantom", while Sellers was of course Inspector Clouseau. I look forward to more classic cartoons !

[@Redskins-fx6ph]

Ron Rhodes...thàts a fact!!! You sure are a fan!!!

[@ddavenpAZ]

Great start! I agree with your comments on the universal appeal of the cartoon. Question. I know the Pink Panther spoke in 2 theatrical shorts, Sink Pink and Pink Ice, but did he ever talk on the television cartoons?

[@Luvoldmovies-Kat.St.Aug.]

Very well done Rick 👍📺💕🫶

[@nancyannirvin4507]

GReat idea for a channel. and to start with MY favorite cartoon, BRilliant!!

[@Tim-57]

Congrats Rick Looks like you are a big hit already, over here. All the best for this channel as well.

[@magnumricknineg]

Many are enjoying it already! Very thankful and surprised

[@Tim-57]

@@magnumricknineg People really like you and enjoy your videos Rick🙂

[@beepbeep3000]

Pink Panther had ads for home insulation in the early 1980's. Seen on the city buses. First seen the cartoons on cable in Summer 1989 as a 13 year old and discovered that the Pink Panther was from the 1960's. Hope to see more along the way.

[@randytim512]

I do remember seeing this as a little kid at the Saturday matinee. This was a definite favorite as well as Chilly Willy and Woody Wood Pecker. Nice job with the first video and good luck with this new channel! It's sure to be a success!!

[@berniecasey7592]

i LOVE THIS SHOW TOO

[@julier.1902]

The one where the PP sees a horse on his way to California, oh my, that was THE funniest one.

[@johntuttle2825]

Good job, Rick. New channel looks awesome! I like the Pink Panther cartoon series a lot. Still do. My parents did also. We like the movies with Peter Sellers too. Very funny also. You might do one on Felix the Cat, Mighty Mouse, maybe Underdog. Just suggestions. Good information. Take care.

[@ouroboris]

Thanks for the new stuff, Rick :)

[@55Ramius]

I am 65 but the only time I saw Pink Panther cartoon was before the movie started at the drive-in. Many years later before I saw him on tv. We had 3 channels and rarely watched what we wanted.

[@thrashpondopons2776]

Your probably too young to remember this... Pink Panther had his on cereal as well! It was basically Frosted Flakes, which turned the milk pink!

[@deebeefromnc54]

Would enjoy your Cartoon Channel if you ever review the old version of Tom & Jerry. One of my FAVORITE cartoons !!!

[@jsimpers]

I also remember them packaging this with the Ant and the Aardvark, and sometimes The Inspector (based on the Clouseau character from the films). Both of those, however, had dialogue, which clashed with the Panther part of the show

[@rickdaystar477]

Awesome news! I hope you do Hekyl and Jekyll sometime.

[@yolandadelazerda207]

What a GREAT Channel!

[@magnumricknineg]

Thank you!

[@figmo397]

I always thought the “painter” was a stylized Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers).

[@MsBackstager]

Humor needs no dialogue.

[@Terri_Stauffer]

Pink panther was awesome.

[@alfrede.newman6626]

... Marvin the martian..!😁

[@indigowolf556]

In 1964 I was 4 I think we still had black and white TV back then. But I remember watching The Pink Panther cartoon butt I'm not sure didn't they updated or maybe those were the Pink Panther cartoons just brought and maybe 10 years later I can't remember but I always loved the Pink Panther because he was just a little mischievous guy always getting a laugh and I think that's what was funny it was just a simple cartoon and you laughed.

[@julier.1902]

Over 2000 subs already!

[@weksheddweller]

I always saw The Pink Panther cartoons as a blueprint for Rowan Atkinson's Mr. Bean.

[@cliffordgarstka8224]

Peter Sellers wasn’t The Phantom, David Niven was. The Pink Panther was the jewel in the necklace.

[@emilyischarmed13]

I keep Mancini's Pink Panther on my phone thanks to the movies. The cartoons always kinda irked me because of the lack of dialogue 😂 I did like the Aardvark and the Ant though.

[@TheSassy777]

What about the Ole Looney Tune cartoons or early 30 and 40 year cartoons

[@magnumricknineg]

I will cover them too! Stay tuned

[@butalina]

Hillbilly bears...Snuffy Smith...Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse...Big World Of little Adam...Hercules...Wacky Racers..and the great cartoon called Krazy Cat

[@jons.6216]

Loved the accompanying show "The Ant and the Aardvark" as well, but not so much "Mr Jaws" that tried to capitalize on the movie at the time! This used to be on NBC in my area and the only time it wasn't were those annoying Saturdays that they had the nerve to put ", "The Big Blue Marble" on instead that week!

[@jons.6216]

One of my favorites was the one where he's in a haunted Western house and the ghost keeps bothering him all night. When he gets the ghost drunk by locking it in a wine barrel he ends up blowing it up like a balloon and popping it! Then all the little pieces on the floor turn into a bunch of tiny ghosts and go flying after him! Priceless!

[@mamas.8259]

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[@JPilot2]

G'day, Rick! Enjoyed the video! A Classic In Every Sense Of The Word!! Hope you don't mind, sharing some great cartoon history... "As the Pink Panther historian Jerry Beck notes, "Classic animation pretty much died in the '60s, everyone had kind of bailed out. But his creators didn't rest on their laurels. They didn't make the cartoons to look like Warner Bros. cartoons, or Disney cartoons, or the UPA look of Mister Magoo and Gerald McBoing-Boing. They came up with their own clever new style. The only other important cartoon of the '60s was Yellow Submarine." "The Pink Panther was, therefore a notable contribution to the animation art form. Top animation directors such as Hawley Pratt, Gerry Chiniquy, Robert McKimson, and Sid Marcus contributed to a distinctive style, supported by master story writer John W. Dunn. Produced after theatrical cartooning's golden age of the 1940s and 50s, they were constrained to the limited animation techniques applied to Saturday morning cartoons of 1960s and after. Within these limitations, the Pink Panther made creative use of absurd and surreal themes and visual puns and an almost completely wordless pantomime style, set to the ubiquitous Pink Panther theme and its variations by Henry Mancini. The overall approach is reminiscent of the classic silent movies of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton." "Cultural references were more muted and stylized, resulting in a cartoon with longer-term, more cross-cultural appeal not shared by contemporaries such as Yogi Bear and The Flintstones, with their greater reliance on contemporary American pop culture. The Pink Panther also remained constrained to the classic six-minute form of theatrical shorts, while contemporaries expanded into longer, sitcom-like storylines, up to a full 30 minutes of broadcast TV in the case of The Flintstones. Freleng's colleagues credit his sense of creative timing as a key element to the cartoon's artistic success. Freleng himself regarded the Pink Panther as his finest achievement and the character he most identified with, according to family and colleagues interviewed on the 2006 DVD release." By the way... The Inspector (Series) "In contrast to Inspector Clouseau, who is sometimes portrayed as completely inept, the unnamed cartoon Inspector, while prone to bad judgment, was generally competent. Humor came from the sometimes surreal villains and situations to whom the Inspector was exposed, with a healthy dose of stylized cartoon slapstick. Through these difficult circumstances, criminals often get the better of him and he must face the wrath of his ill-tempered, bullying Commissioner (based on Herbert Lom's Commissioner Dreyfus) who holds him in well-deserved contempt." In the majority of the cartoons, the Inspector usually tells Sergeant Deux-Deux, whenever Deux-Deux says "Si", "Don't say 'Sí', say 'Oui'", to which Deux-Deux would reply "Sí, I mean 'Oui'". In Reaux, Reaux, Reaux Your Boat, Deux-Deux was advised not to say "Oui-sick", but "Seasick". At a time of panic, Deux-Deux exclaims "¡Holy frijoles!", meaning "Holy beans!". Sometimes, Deux-Deux ends up as the winner, when he arrests the culprit, usually without much of a struggle, as in The Pique Poquette of Paris and Ape Suzette. While both characters bore the brunt of the slapstick, a sense of dedication to the police force and repeated attempts would achieve mixed success, as the Inspector and Deux-Deux would generally either apprehend the wanted criminal or recover the item assigned to them. In addition: Are you feeling hungry, or even nostalgic, for ants or aardvarks? We love these cartoons and had been wanting this for awhile! It reminds us of our childhood of getting up on Saturday mornings when cartoons really meant something. Amazing that John Byner voiced both characters here and that the ant was supposed to be Dean Martin and the aardvark is supposed to be comedian Jackie Mason! The Instant Hole episode is probably my favorite but all of them are great! Funny stuff! Thank you! Cheers! 😊✌🏻📺❤️

[@xxcabbagedevourer420xx4]

Any plans on Scooby doo where are you or the Scooby show series? Edit: all g if not, just asking as it’s potentially my fav cartoon along with looney tunes and spongebob.

[@hughbrackett343]

I heard he tried, but those meddling kids got in the way.

[@xxcabbagedevourer420xx4]

@@hughbrackett343 and their dumb dog.

[@magnumricknineg]

BOTH shows are coming to the channel! Absolutely!

[@traviseastlick5342]

This is even better then topics about any actor. I'm going to unsubscribe because I usually wind up having to pass on most of them. I think I will watch all of these 👏

[@imthebossofme63]

What did the Pink Panther say when he stepped on an ant?

[@HobbitHobbit]

Haha - France is in Europe

[@kimberlycooper4170]

The best animation was before 1960. Unfortunately, some of those pre-1960s cartoons are not socially acceptable. So, the animation was great, but the messages insulted various demographics.

[@michaelgeorge3824]

Maybe the Pink Panther was a girl🤣🤣🤣

[@magnumricknineg]

That would be a great twist

[@alfredaaden1705]

Oh yeah. Do you love me? 😍💋 💝💖❤️

[@rosebud3971]

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