Pink Panther (character) Pink Panther (character) The Pink Panther is a fictional animated character who appeared in the opening and/or closing credit sequences of every film in the "Pink Panther" series except for "A Shot in the Dark" and "Inspector Clouseau". In the storyline of the original film, "the Pink Panther" was the name of a valuable pink diamond named for a flaw that showed a "figure of a springing panther" when held up to the light in a certain way; in the credits this was translated to an animated pink panther. The character's popularity spawned a spin-off franchise of theatrical shorts, television
The Pink Panther Show 1976, the half-hour series was revamped into a 90-minute format, as "It's the All New Pink Panther Laugh-and-a-Half Hour-and-a-Half Show Introducing Misterjaw"; this version included a live-action segment, where comedian Lenny Schultz would read letters and jokes from viewers. This version performed poorly and eventually reverted to the original 30-minute version in 1977 as "Think Pink Panther". After nine years on NBC, the Pink Panther moved to ABC in 1978 and was retitled "The All New Pink Panther Show", where it lasted one season before leaving the network realm entirely. The ABC version of the series featured sixteen episodes with