# Pink Panther Cartoons **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 27, 2006, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-panther-cartoons/366244 "2006-07-27T11:54:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-panther-cartoons/366244/1 "2006-07-27T11:54:10Z")
Does the SD remember the Pink Panther cartoons? Entwined with these episodes was the Ant and Ant-Eater cartoons. Did they have names? IIRC, it was always “Ant” for the ant, and maybe nothing was ever mentioned for the ant-eater. What do you recall? Running on flower power, Jinx ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-panther-cartoons/366244/2 "2006-07-27T12:17:36Z")
[QUOTE=Jinx] What do you recall? [/QUOTE] ‘Si. I mean, “Oui”. I mean… I don’t know what I mean.’ ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-panther-cartoons/366244/3 "2006-07-27T12:40:45Z")
The credits at the IMDB only refer to them as The Ant and the Aardvark > **[The Pink Panther Laugh and a Half Hour and a Half Show (TV Series 1976– ) ⭐...](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0415444/)** > > 1h 30m ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-panther-cartoons/366244/4 "2006-07-27T12:49:47Z")
They were known simply as the Ant and the Aardvark. John Byner did both voices, the Jackie Mason impersonation done for the Aardvark being so good that many people were fooled into thinking it really was Mason doing the voice! ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-panther-cartoons/366244/5 "2006-07-27T12:52:05Z")
Yeah, I remember the old Pink Panther cartoons, but moreso the Inspector Clouseau intervals. I do recall the anteater and his strange accent, but little about the ant. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-panther-cartoons/366244/6 "2006-07-27T12:59:23Z")
I liked the Tijuana Toads! “Why do you always gets the womens?” “Because I have what it tooks.” “How do I get these … tooks?” ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-panther-cartoons/366244/7 "2006-07-27T13:02:16Z")
And didn’t the Ant speak in Dean Martin’s voice? It’s all coming back to me now! ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-panther-cartoons/366244/8 "2006-07-27T13:19:38Z")
It is funny - these were my absolute favorites as a kid, yet I have precious little specific recollection of them. I remember that in later years they were accompanied by some “puppet” segments. I remember being frustrated when they changed the time it aired a couple of times. And yeah, the ant had a Martinesque vibe. ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-panther-cartoons/366244/9 "2006-07-27T13:22:09Z")
[QUOTE=teela brown] And didn’t the Ant speak in Dean Martin’s voice? It’s all coming back to me now! [/QUOTE] I thought it was more like Bing Crosby. I haven’t thought about this cartoon in years. “Ent! Ent!” ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-panther-cartoons/366244/10 "2006-07-27T17:26:45Z")
As usual, [Youtube.com](http://Youtube.com) has clips: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir7SKlctvuQ) They have some Pink Panther too! ---
**Author:** ![thwartme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@thwartme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thwartme)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-panther-cartoons/366244/11 "2006-07-27T17:29:22Z")
A couple of great theme songs in there, too. Mancini’s iconic “Pink Panther”, as well as his “A Shot In The Dark” for the Clouseau bits. Can’t remember the other themes. Any good ones? More Mancini? thwartme ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-panther-cartoons/366244/12 "2006-07-27T17:46:55Z")
I’ve seen the Pink Panther DVDs, but that was all they had on there was PP. But according to the ads they also have and Ant and the Ardvark DVD. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-panther-cartoons/366244/13 "2006-07-27T18:36:20Z")
If you get Boomerang on your cable or sattelite system you can watch these cartoons. They air daily (though this week they are running day-long marathons of other cartoons each day of the week). I love the Ant and the Aardvark cartoons. It’s like the Roadrunner and the Coyote, except that they can talk. ---
**Author:** ![bubastis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bubastis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubastis)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-panther-cartoons/366244/14 "2006-07-27T18:39:07Z")
Not to hijack, but what was the deal with the live-action kid driving off in the pink car at the end? Did he have a name, or purpose? ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-panther-cartoons/366244/15 "2006-07-27T18:48:19Z")
I remember the British safari hunter guy going after the Pink Panther. I grew up on these enough so that I was confused to no end when I learned what the original Pink Panther movies were. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-panther-cartoons/366244/16 "2006-07-27T20:28:16Z")
I preferred Misterjaw & Catfish to The Ant & the Aardvark. Gotcha! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-panther-cartoons/366244/17 "2006-07-27T22:10:03Z")
Yes, I remember The Pink Panther and The Ant and The Aardvark. I even vaguely remember eating Pink Panther Cereal: if memory serves, it was like pink Frosted Flakes, and it wasn’t around for very long. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-panther-cartoons/366244/18 "2006-07-28T00:13:17Z")
[QUOTE=Edward The Head] But according to the ads they also have and Ant and the Ardvark DVD. [/QUOTE] Do you have a cite for this? I purchased the complete Pink Panther cartoons DVD set when it came out, and heard nothing about this. I also find no mention of such a DVD on either [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) or MGM’s official web site. ---
**Author:** ![Threadkiller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@Threadkiller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Threadkiller)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-panther-cartoons/366244/19 "2006-07-28T01:34:24Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] Do you have a cite for this? I purchased the complete Pink Panther cartoons DVD set when it came out, and heard nothing about this. I also find no mention of such a DVD on either [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) or MGM’s official web site. [/QUOTE] I just glanced down at the ads at the bottom of the page and…[https://www.comickorner.com/product\_info.php?products\_id=451](https://www.comickorner.com/product_info.php?products_id=451) ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-panther-cartoons/366244/20 "2006-07-28T02:44:21Z")
[QUOTE=Threadkiller] I just glanced down at the ads at the bottom of the page and…[link to buy copyright-infringing DVD removed] [/QUOTE] That explains it…they’re pirated! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-panther-cartoons/366244.md?page=2)