# Hey, was the Pink Panther gay? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 7, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-was-the-pink-panther-gay/690273 "2014-06-07T14:20:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-was-the-pink-panther-gay/690273/21 "2014-06-08T00:16:57Z")
Nah, he was just pimpin. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-was-the-pink-panther-gay/690273/22 "2014-06-08T01:07:27Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > He wasn’t pink because he was gay; he was pink so he could pimp Owens Corning insulation: > > [Owens Corning EcoTouch Insulation TV Spot, 'DIY Frustrations' - iSpot.tv](http://www.ispot.tv/ad/7biN/owens-corning-ecotouch-insulation-diy-frustrations) Is that why we’re down to one Pink Panther? The rest were made into insulation? Oh, the humanity. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-was-the-pink-panther-gay/690273/23 "2014-06-08T01:30:29Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Well, he had [two sons](http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pink_Panther_and_Sons), so I go with not gay. But yeah, Snagglepuss, on the other hand… Ummm, are you sure? > [@wikipedia](#): > > …and their friends in the Rainbow Panthers crew ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-was-the-pink-panther-gay/690273/24 "2014-06-08T02:50:10Z")
I never got a vibe that the Pink Panther was gay. Now Bugs Bunny, I’ve known he was gay since I first understood what gay was. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-was-the-pink-panther-gay/690273/25 "2014-06-08T15:41:32Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > I never got a vibe that the Pink Panther was gay. > > Now Bugs Bunny, I’ve known he was gay since I first understood what gay was. He did like to dress up like a lady bunny and flirt with Yosemite Sam. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-was-the-pink-panther-gay/690273/26 "2014-06-08T15:52:10Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > He did like to dress up like a lady bunny and flirt with Yosemite Sam. Well, he did have the ass for it. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-was-the-pink-panther-gay/690273/27 "2014-06-09T04:40:29Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > I never got a vibe that the Pink Panther was gay. Did you look at the picture in my OP? ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-was-the-pink-panther-gay/690273/28 "2014-06-12T01:27:05Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > I never got a vibe that the Pink Panther was gay. > > Now Bugs Bunny, I’ve known he was gay since I first understood what gay was. [![](https://punjapit.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/pink_panther_drag_by_bathgate211.jpg?w=780) ](https://punjapit.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/pink_panther_drag_by_bathgate211.jpg?w=780) [![](https://www.glocals.com/sites/glocals/_media/forums/155//155768_cf_photo1_fcb37.jpg) ](https://www.glocals.com/sites/glocals/_media/forums/155//155768_cf_photo1_fcb37.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-was-the-pink-panther-gay/690273/29 "2014-06-12T04:49:08Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > I never got a vibe that the Pink Panther was gay. > > Now Bugs Bunny, I’ve known he was gay since I first understood what gay was. [Bug’s behavior from 6:42 on argues against him being gay.](http://www.supercartoons.net/cartoon/686/bugs-bunny-bugs-bunny-rides-again.html) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-was-the-pink-panther-gay/690273/30 "2014-06-12T04:58:01Z")
> [@Enola\_Straight](#): > > [http://punjapit.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/pink\_panther\_drag\_by\_bathgate211.jpg?w=780](http://punjapit.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/pink_panther_drag_by_bathgate211.jpg?w=780) > > [http://www.glocals.com/sites/glocals/\_media/forums/155//155768\_cf\_photo1\_fcb37.jpg](http://www.glocals.com/sites/glocals/_media/forums/155//155768_cf_photo1_fcb37.jpg) Wow, those are over the top! ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-was-the-pink-panther-gay/690273/31 "2014-06-12T17:03:54Z")
> [@Enola\_Straight](#): > > [http://punjapit.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/pink\_panther\_drag\_by\_bathgate211.jpg?w=780](http://punjapit.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/pink_panther_drag_by_bathgate211.jpg?w=780) > > [http://www.glocals.com/sites/glocals/\_media/forums/155//155768\_cf\_photo1\_fcb37.jpg](http://www.glocals.com/sites/glocals/_media/forums/155//155768_cf_photo1_fcb37.jpg) But that’s just a _lady_, out doing\* lady \*[things](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvH1LLZeef4http://)… ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-was-the-pink-panther-gay/690273/32 "2014-06-12T18:22:07Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Now Bugs Bunny, I’ve known he was gay since I first understood what gay was. I don’t know if Bugs was gay, but he definitely enjoyed cross-dressing :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-was-the-pink-panther-gay/690273/33 "2014-06-12T18:25:15Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Well, he had [two sons](http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pink_Panther_and_Sons), so I go with not gay. But yeah, Snagglepuss, on the other hand… Heh. I remember that show. The Pink Panter typically appeared only briefly, and still didn’t talk, but the boys did. I don’t remember if the boys had a mother around, but I vaguely recall some sort of female authority figure. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-was-the-pink-panther-gay/690273/34 "2014-06-12T20:28:22Z")
Wasn’t “The Pink Panther” originally a diamond?😕 ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-was-the-pink-panther-gay/690273/35 "2014-06-13T11:13:55Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Wasn’t “The Pink Panther” originally a diamond?😕 Stop that. You’re being silly. Now, I must point out that Snagglepuss is _theatrical_, which does not necessarily mean he is gay. But I wouldn’t bet against it. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-was-the-pink-panther-gay/690273/36 "2014-06-13T21:51:51Z")
> [@](#): > > Hey, was the Pink Panther gay? Did anybody else hear this in your heads as though Fat Albert said it? 'Hey-HEY- **HHEEEYYY!!!** Is the Pink Panther **GAAAYY?!?**" 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-was-the-pink-panther-gay/690273/37 "2014-06-13T22:08:02Z")
> [@Enola\_Straight](#): > > [http://punjapit.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/pink\_panther\_drag\_by\_bathgate211.jpg?w=780](http://punjapit.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/pink_panther_drag_by_bathgate211.jpg?w=780) > > [http://www.glocals.com/sites/glocals/\_media/forums/155//155768\_cf\_photo1\_fcb37.jpg](http://www.glocals.com/sites/glocals/_media/forums/155//155768_cf_photo1_fcb37.jpg) Q: Where did he get the clothes? A: Dead aunt, dead aunt, dead aunt dead aunt dead aunt dead aunt dead auuuuuuuunt… ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-was-the-pink-panther-gay/690273/38 "2024-05-27T18:53:01Z")
Major bump. I’m the OP from 10 years ago. People must be clicking on the link in the OP because our (relatively) new forum software is telling me that people are clicking on it. I don’t remember the image it linked to, so I’m going to include this image. [![](https://i.imgur.com/QIt5Uor.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/QIt5Uor.jpg) I loved the Pink Panther cartoons. And then that silly Blue Aardvark too. And I learned just now that the aardvark was voiced by John Byner (born 1938 and apparently still with us!). [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lp6z3s1Gig0/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGH8gLyhaMA8=&rs=AOn4CLAcwulLnIhgg05GM1dsRi75SsyUdg "The Pink Panther Theme Music") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp6z3s1Gig0) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2024, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-was-the-pink-panther-gay/690273/39 "2024-05-27T22:54:47Z")
IIRC _both_ the Ant and the Aardvark were voiced by John Byner, although the Aardvark was done in a Jackie Mason style voice and the Ant was probably closer to Byner’s actual voice. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2024, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-was-the-pink-panther-gay/690273/40 "2024-05-27T23:06:37Z")
The [wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ant_and_the_Aardvark) claims that Byner was imitating Dean Martin for the Ant’s voice. Personally, I thought he sounded more like Ron Glass. But, I was in elementary school at the time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-was-the-pink-panther-gay/690273.md?page=1)