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This person is just trying to relive my memories from the past. I have ordered cartoons featuing the Loony Toons, Rocky and Bullwinkle, the Flintstones, etc. But this Pink Panther collection is BORRRRING!
Rating: 2 / 5
I love classic animation, but truth be told, Friz Freleng had lost his comic gifts when he got into the making of these excrutiatingly painfully unfunny, boring cartoons, which dragged on for years,
They’re being drudged up now to “synergize” with the new Steve Martin remake of Peter Sellers’ PINK PANTHER movie, the release of which, has been postponed enough times to indicate a disaster.
Whatever happens with the movie, just let these cheap-o Panther cartoons rest in peace. They’re really terrible, and it is typical of the latest incarnation of MGM or Sony or whoever they are, to try to make gold out of dross.
YUK!
Rating: 1 / 5
Why only 3? The offensive front material is a part of it. I have to watch clips of lousy movies that have nothing to do with the Pink Panther, and then I get a lecture (on EACH disk) about not downloading pirated movies, and then finally I can watch what I paid to watch.
As far as content, I’d like the option of not hearing the laugh track. And the rest is all my fault, since I watched the originals. I was younger, and I guess anything Pink Panther was hip in those days, according to my taste at the time. There are indeed some gems, and there are some real stinkers.
Especially when you get out to 1978, you can see the writers ran out of ideas, and much contrived junk writing crept in. Not as bad as new stuff, but almost as if they knew they were writing for little kids and adjusted their efforts accordingly.
Separately, I have “The Ant and the Aardvark” DVD. I would say A&A and the Inspector saved the show. It’s nice to complain about cartoons adding new features and sidekicks, but the New Pink Panther series would have been a total bust if they had to rely on what they could come up with in the purely Pink Panther episodes.
So that’s why 3 stars. Offensive front material and unnecessary laugh tracks cost them two stars. It’s my own fault for not remembering just how bad the later stuff was compared to the earlier stuff. If I had remembered, I would like to have have just ordered the first 2 or 3 disks. And “The Ant and the Aardvark.” I’m not a cartoon historian. I just watch for entertainment.
Rating: 3 / 5
The Pink Panther is among the classics of cartoons. full of laughter and great music. Another great related cartoon, which I sure hope they also release on DVD, is The Inspector series, that series is also hilarious.
Rating: 5 / 5
Does anyone know if there is a difference between purchasing the 4 other Pink Panther DVD’s or the Pink Panther Classic Cartoon Collection? I would think the PPCCC would have all the cartoons!?!
Rating: 4 / 5