# Question about Pink Panther Show **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 16, 2003, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pink-panther-show/188833 "2003-07-16T07:39:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grousser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Grousser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grousser)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pink-panther-show/188833/1 "2003-07-16T07:39:10Z")
If you remember The Pink Panther Show, there was a song named “Pink Panther from Head to Toes”. I need the exact words of a line: “Well here he is, the Pink Panther, The Pink panther, Everybody… \<\ **Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pink-panther-show/188833/2 "2003-07-16T07:41:50Z") [http://www.culttelly.co.uk/lyrics/ppanther.html](http://www.culttelly.co.uk/lyrics/ppanther.html) No mention of an “Everybody…” line… ---
**Author:** ![Grousser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Grousser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grousser)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pink-panther-show/188833/3 "2003-07-16T07:52:07Z")
Mmm… that lyrics must be wrong. I recorded the music from the TV show, and it sounds like “everybody loves a panther that’s pink” but I’m not sure… Thanks anyway. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pink-panther-show/188833/4 "2003-07-16T08:20:32Z")
Grousser, you’re right. [Check it out](http://tv.cream.org/themes/pink_panther.mp3) - a very clear mp3 of the theme. ---
**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 16, 2003, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pink-panther-show/188833/5 "2003-07-16T13:52:40Z")
I liked the Tijuana Toads Tijuana Toad 1: “Why for you have all the chicks wanting you?” Tijuana Toad 2: “Apparantly, I have what it tooks.” Tijuana Toad 1: “Where do I get these… tooks?” ---
**Author:** ![godzillatemple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@godzillatemple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/godzillatemple)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pink-panther-show/188833/6 "2003-07-16T14:09:01Z")
“Everybody loves a panther that is pink.” Barry ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pink-panther-show/188833/7 "2003-07-16T14:27:44Z")
Heck, there was _always_ one line that escaped me: _All in the Family_ “Gee, our old Lasalle ran great.” For years, I thought they were spelling out some word that began with GRO-. _The Flintstone_ “Someday, maybe Fred will win the fight.” Drove me nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pink-panther-show/188833/8 "2003-07-16T14:51:13Z")
There was a Pink Panther show where the theme had lyrics? Is this the show where he talked as well? The Panther doesn’t speak. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pink-panther-show/188833/9 "2003-07-16T15:05:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by adam yax \* > \*\*There was a Pink Panther show where the theme had lyrics? Is this the show where he talked as well? The Panther doesn’t speak. Ever. \*\* The version with lyrics ran from 1969-1978. The cartoons had a certain minimalist style (John Kricfalusi would draw something similar for _Ren & Stimpy_ years later). In addition to segments featuring a (mute) panther, there were animated versions of Inspector Clouseau and the roadrunner/coyote-ish “The Ant and the Aardvark”. This later one is kind of strange (bizarre, you might say) since actor John Byner voiced both characters, but made the ant sound like Dean Martin and the aardvark sound like Jackie Mason. Later on, there was a 1993 cartoon version and the Panther was given dialogue, supplied by Matt Frewer. This version was soundly and justly trashed as heretical and soon cancelled. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pink-panther-show/188833/10 "2003-07-16T15:52:27Z")
I remember the show with Ant & Aardvark and Clouseau & Ju-Ju (don’t say si, say oui), but I swear that I don’t remember any lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pink-panther-show/188833/11 "2003-07-16T16:07:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by adam yax \* > \*\*I remember the show with Ant & Aardvark and Clouseau & Ju-Ju (don’t say si, say oui), but I swear that I don’t remember any lyrics. \*\* It’s possible the theme music changed one or more times over the cartoon’s run. This is typical for long-running cartoon shows that feature seven-minute stories (as opposed to the half-hour stories of modern cartoon shows like _The Simpsons_). No doubt you’ve seen multiple incarnations of “The Bugs Bunny Show” (i.e. “The Bugs Bunny/Roadrunner Hour”, “The Bugs and Tweety Show”, “Jerry Springer” etc.) with different theme songs and whatnot, even if each episode is just a repackaging of the same old seven-minute sketches. ---
**Author:** ![Tygr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@Tygr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tygr)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pink-panther-show/188833/12 "2003-07-16T20:28:48Z")
Um. Since we’re talking about the DePatie/Freling cartoons, please help me not think I’m crazy… Wasn’t there a cartoon donne by this same animation co. featuring a “MisterJaws”…? Shark with a top hat and a German-ish accent? Had a little fish flunky with a bowler and a NY (Bronx?) accent. Shark guy used to sneak up to swimmers & jump out of the water yelling, “GOTCHA!” I swear I remember enjoying this cartoon mightily… ---
**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 16, 2003, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pink-panther-show/188833/13 "2003-07-16T22:40:34Z")
[IMDb](http://us.imdb.com/Details?0063939) says Misterjaw was part of the original Pink Panther Show. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pink-panther-show/188833/14 "2003-07-16T23:37:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bryan Ekers \* > \*\*_The Flintstone_ > “Someday, maybe Fred will win the fight.” > > Drove me nuts. \*\* I never thought that line was hard. The one I could never catch was “Through the courtesy of Fred’s two feet.” (I once saw a book of TV themes which gave this line as “Through the courtesy of Pencil Pete.” Huh?) ---
**Author:** ![Ferris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ferris/32/11573_2.png) [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pink-panther-show/188833/15 "2003-07-16T23:56:39Z")
Remembering some of the old ‘_Pink Panther show_’ episodes that I watched in the U.K, I think I might have an idea as to why people can’t remember any lyrics. The cartoons that I saw were indeed the same minimalist style described by **Brian Ekers** , but the show was a package of three cartoons: two Pink Panther cartoons (the mute panther version), with either an Inspector Clouseau, or an Ant & Aardvark episode between them. The whole show was bookended by real film footage of a ‘Pink Panther car’, seemingly driven by a young boy, and had the cartoon panther superimposed onto it (compare: _Roger Rabbit_) and the song as well, which is where the lyrics were heard. The ‘usual’ Pink Panther theme (Henry Mancini’s score) only played during the two Pink Panther cartoons. It’s possible that this show format was only suitable for the U.K (it was about a 20-minute programme) and so was shown in a different way in different countries. ---
**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 17, 2003, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pink-panther-show/188833/16 "2003-07-17T00:03:02Z")
Anyone else remember the Tijuana Toads? I think they were part of the Ant and Aarrddvvaarrkk part of the show. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2003, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pink-panther-show/188833/17 "2003-07-17T01:00:49Z")
I remember Ant and Aardvark, Tijuana Toads ( though, I’ve also heard them referred to as Texas Toads and/or Texas Frogs), MisterJaw… …and a cartoon short based upon the Laugh-In skits of the old dirty minded guy on the park bench getting walloped by the purse-swingin’ old lady. BTW… Late 60’s/early70’s there were two Pink Panther shorts with PP speaking…One with a Texas rancher who wanted a new collectible specimin for his ranch…at the end, PP says “why can’t humans be more like animals?”. Another was a South African diamond exploration team, and PP speaks throughout the short. The same actor supplied the voice characterization for both shorts. I first thought it might be George Sanders, but he had committed suicide years before, and the voice was not quite as deep. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pink-panther-show/188833/18 "2003-07-17T01:05:20Z")
Personally, I think the opening titles to the first couple of movies, where the animated Pink Panther character debuted, are funnier than the ensuing cartoon shows. ---
**Author:** ![Grousser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Grousser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grousser)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pink-panther-show/188833/19 "2003-07-17T05:44:42Z")
Mistery solved. Thanks to everyone. This thread has happily turned into a very funny and nostalgic one. I see now what the problem was. I ran to the link given by **Dragon Phoenix** : [http://www.culttelly.co.uk/lyrics/ppanther.html](http://www.culttelly.co.uk/lyrics/ppanther.html) That’s the end theme of the Pink Panther show, where the lyrics says: _Wasn’t he a panther ever so pink?_ …among other variations. The title theme, Panther Pink From Head To Toes (link supplied by **GuanoLad** ), it clearly says: _Everybody loves a panther that’s pink_. All clear, courtesy of **The Honorable SDMB Detective Agency, Cafe Society Division**. “You put the enigma, we solve it”. 🆒 Btw, Pink Panther _did speak_ some times in his early show, as correctly stated by **Enola Straight**. ---
**Author:** ![Grousser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Grousser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grousser)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pink-panther-show/188833/20 "2003-07-17T05:51:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ferris \* > \*\*It’s possible that this show format was only suitable for the U.K (it was about a 20-minute programme) and so was shown in a different way in different countries. \*\* We did watch it as you say here in Mexico. But that’s another mystery. Any one has a link for the intro and end theme of The Inspector? It also was cool. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pink-panther-show/188833.md?page=2)