Son of the Pink Panther Panther films. Gambrelli closes the film with the line: "That felt good!" following by the image of Gambrelli freezing as the animated Pink Panther walks across the still of Jacques, until an animated Gambrelli suddenly cuts away the head of live-action Gambrelli and pops out of the hole, dropping the head on the Panther's foot; the enraged Panther chases him into fading blackness. Note: Claudia Cardinale played the Princess in the original "Pink Panther" film. Here she returns as Maria Gambrelli, the part originally played by Elke Sommer in "A Shot in the Dark". This was the first "Pink Panther"
The Pink Panther Animated Short Film. This was the first (and to date only) time a studio's first work won an Oscar. By the autumn of 1969, the shorts were being broadcast on NBC during Saturday mornings on "The Pink Panther Show;" after 1969, new shorts were produced for both television broadcast and theatrical release. A number of sister series also joined the Pink Panther character on movie screens and on the airwaves, including "The Inspector," featuring a comical French police officer based on the Jacques Clouseau character. Traditionally mute, the Pink Panther was given the voice of actor Matt Frewer for a