# Without Google (or similar) searching, can you identify the significance of "DePatie"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 7, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441 "2016-02-07T17:06:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/21 "2016-02-08T01:59:09Z")
No connections. And I’m good at names. And in looking over the answers, I did watch the Pink Panther cartoons as a kid long ago, and liked them… Still meaningless. Ah well. ---
**Author:** ![Hermione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/22 "2016-02-08T03:32:14Z")
DePatie-Freleng also did several Saturday morning cartoons–and, most memorably, a crop of Dr. Seuss specials. (The Cat In The Hat, The Lorax, Dr. Seuss On The Loose, and a few others.) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/23 "2016-02-08T04:14:28Z")
First name I thought of was David DePatie, who ran the cartoon studio in association with Friz Freleng. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/24 "2016-02-08T04:39:21Z")
(Before checking thread) DePatie-Freling, a spinoff of the old Warner Brothers animation unit. As I recall, they did a series of Pink Panther shorts, among other things. (after checking) Yes! ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/25 "2016-02-08T06:41:12Z")
No idea. And now that I’ve googled it I’m likely going to quickly forget. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2016, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/26 "2016-02-08T06:46:22Z")
Without checking: DePatie Freleng is an animation studio. They did the Pink Panther. I shall now read the rest of this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Sodalite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/27 "2016-02-08T09:25:14Z")
Depatie-Freleng. Cartoons from my childhood. What do I win? I should probably read the rest of thread to find out. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/28 "2016-02-08T13:50:53Z")
Responding after having read only the thread title — DePatie Frehling — from the credits of the Pink Panther cartoons. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/29 "2016-02-08T14:17:23Z")
Not that you asked for age, but I’m 30 and didn’t know it at all. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/30 "2016-02-08T14:21:30Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > …of course, these guys also represent what animation archivists and scholars have officially dubbed the “Fucking Awful Period” of cartoon artistry. Cheap production values, inane writing, and Larry Storch doing most of the voices. “So, what do you do when making long interstellar voyages without your wife, Admiral Ackbar?” ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/31 "2016-02-08T14:50:56Z")
DePatie-Freleng was the only connection I could make. Apparently that’s the one. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/32 "2016-02-08T16:17:04Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > …of course, these guys also represent what animation archivists and scholars have officially dubbed the “Fucking Awful Period” of cartoon artistry. Cheap production values, inane writing, and Larry Storch doing most of the voices. Yeah, any cartoon that needs a laugh track is doing something wrong. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/33 "2016-02-08T16:36:45Z")
Damn. I used to watch those Pink Panther cartoons all the time as a kid, but the name meant nothing to me. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/34 "2016-02-08T16:37:39Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Yeah, any cartoon that needs a laugh track is doing something wrong. They were supplying the demand at the time. The quality animation of the movie era was produced for profit. Television demanded inexpensive children’s programming and DePatie-Freleng and Hanna-Barbera responded. Without that long period of low quality animation the art form could have been lost. Computer animation was seen as the future for quality in the medium but actually failed miserably because of the high costs involved, and lack of art. Don Bluth blew away the competition with The Secret of Nimh by reverting back to the classic animation techniques, which in a convoluted way provided the impetus to continue the development of computer animation in the future with a greater emphasis on the quality of the art, stories, and characters. We ended up with the best of both worlds, and a thriving industry. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/35 "2016-02-08T18:11:45Z")
I have not read the thread, or looked anything up. Here goes: It is an animation producer who worked with a guy named Freleng, possibly on Pink Panther animation. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/36 "2016-02-08T21:05:42Z")
No, never heard of the name. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/37 "2016-02-08T21:23:42Z")
Definitely recognized the name (and the connection to The Pink Panther) without having to look it up, having watched many many episodes of that cartoon as a kid. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/38 "2016-02-08T21:29:17Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > They were supplying the demand at the time. The quality animation of the movie era was produced for profit. Television demanded inexpensive children’s programming and DePatie-Freleng and Hanna-Barbera responded. Just to note that most of the Pink Panther shorts (much like Looney Tunes, Mickey Mouse, and Tom & Jerry) were originally created for showing as short subjects in movie theaters. DePatie and Freling started making Pink Panther cartoons in 1964, but the Saturday morning Pink Panther show didn’t begin airing until 1969. > **[List of The Pink Panther cartoons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Pink_Panther_cartoons)** > > This is a list of the original 124 Pink Panther animated shorts produced between December 18, 1964, and February 1, 1980, by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises (DFE Films). 92 shorts were released theatrically. The first 62 entries appeared on Saturday mornings via The Pink Panther Show under the same umbrella title starting in 1969 on NBC. All 32 made-for-television entries were also distributed to theaters after initially airing on The Pink Panther Show under the title The All New Pink Panther The... ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/39 "2016-02-09T00:33:30Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > They were supplying the demand at the time. The quality animation of the movie era was produced for profit. > [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Just to note that most of the Pink Panther shorts (much like Looney Tunes, Mickey Mouse, and Tom & Jerry) were originally created for showing as short subjects in movie theaters. DePatie and Freling started making Pink Panther cartoons in 1964, but the Saturday morning Pink Panther show didn’t begin airing until 1969. > > [List of The Pink Panther cartoons - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Pink_Panther_cartoons) Just to note that I meant to say the animation of the movie era was not produced for profit. In other words, the shorts weren’t sold individually, they were an added attraction and the cost was eaten by the studios. During the most prolific period the costs were pretty low though, the animators were making chicken feed. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441/40 "2016-02-09T10:52:00Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > This name just popped into my head and I “knew” that I knew its significance but I had to resort to a Yahoo! Search to verify it. > > Does it ring a bell for you? If so, how? > > Do you associate it with something or someone famous or at least noteworthy? > > Is there a similar name that bugs you enough to do a websearch for its associations? > > If this ought to be an MPSIMS topic that’s fine by me, but it’s most likely to ring bells here in CS. I immediately associate it with Freleng, as in DePatie-Freleng, producers who do … I wanna say cartoons? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-depatie/745441.md?page=3)