The Pink Panther Theme States) in 1964; the single reached the Top 10 on the U.S. "Billboard" adult contemporary chart and won three Grammy Awards. Various recordings of the composition appeared in the opening credits of all "The Pink Panther" films except "A Shot in the Dark" and "Inspector Clouseau". It has also been used in countless works in which the animated Pink Panther appears. "The Pink Panther Theme", composed in the key of E minor, is unusual for Mancini's extensive use of chromaticism. In his autobiography "Did They Mention the Music?" Mancini talked about how he composed the theme music: From 1976 to
The Pink Panther Show which were variations on Mancini's "Pink Panther Theme". By the time of the show's 1969 debut, fitting cartoon and children shows with a laugh track was standard practice. In keeping with this standard, NBC added a laugh track to all seasons of "The Pink Panther Show", marking the first time in history that theatrical films were fitted with a laugh track for television broadcast. (Season 2 utilized an inferior laugh track, utilizing isolated laugh clips from Season 1.) This was an anomaly, as other theatrical cartoon series' that were aired successfully on television (i.e. "Tom and Jerry", "Woody Woodpecker", "Looney