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The Pink Panther is a series of comedy films featuring the bumbling French police detective Jacques Clouseau that began in 1963 with the release of the film of the same name. The role was originated by, and is most closely associated with, Peter Sellers. Most of the films were directed and co-written by Blake Edwards, with notable theme music composed by Henry Mancini.

Despite its use in the titles of most of the films of the series, the "Pink Panther" is not the Clouseau character, but a large and valuable fictitious diamond of the same name which is the "MacGuffin" of the first film in the series.[1] The phrase reappears in the title of the fourth film, The Return of the Pink Panther, in which the theft of the diamond is again the center of the plot; that film also marked the return of Sellers to the role after a gap of ten years, which may have contributed to some confusion between the character and the diamond. The phrase has been used for all the subsequent films in the series, even when the jewel does not figure into the plot (the diamond has only appeared in six of the eleven films in the series).

The first film in the series had an animated opening sequence, created by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and set to the theme music by Henry Mancini, which featured the Pink Panther character. This character, designed by Hawley Pratt, was subsequently the subject of its own series of animated cartoons – as well as being featured in the opening of every movie in the Pink Panther film series except A Shot in the Dark and Inspector Clouseau.

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Lain

Hello there.

Although Pink Panther has its own animated series in the past, it's better to focus on that rather than talk about the live action movies.

vc318

I think there's a boxed set of the whole series somewhere out there. I caught a few episodes. Talk about going way back.

Wind Ann Wise

Pink Panther is so funny! I catch it when I can. It's funny how he can manage to be so funny without saying a word.

SwordX13

Fun show, always entertained me during the 90's!

canflam

''The Pink Panther'' is on D.V.D. for those that want to see it.

canflam

I checked out ''The Pink Panther'' D.V.D.'s. but have yet to watch them.

lyndell75

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canflam

Thanks for posting those. I have seen ''Pink Panther'' on D.V.D. & I do recommend people watch it if they are interested.

lyndell75

Butterfly85

I didn't know the Pink Panther had a comic lol.

lyndell75

^

canflam

Yes. Here is more on that from Wikipedia: ''In 1971, Gold Key Comics began publishing a Pink Panther comic book, with art by Warren Tufts. The Pink Panther and the Inspector lasted 87 issues, ending only when Gold Key ceased operations in 1984. The spinoff series The Inspector (also from Gold Key) lasted 19 issues, from 1974 to 1978.

Tribune Media Services syndicated a Pink Panther comic strip from May 29, 2005, to May 10, 2009, created by Bottom Liners' cartoonists Eric and Bill Teitelbaum.''

lyndell75

^ Thanks for that