Pink Panther (character) and the Aardvark", "The Tijuana Toads" (a.k.a. "The Texas Toads"), "Hoot Kloot", and "Misterjaw" (a.k.a. "Mr. Jaws and Catfish"). There were also a series of animated shorts called "The Inspector", with the Clouseau-inspired Inspector and his sidekick Sgt. Deux-Deux, whom the Inspector is forever correcting. Other DePatie-Freleng series included "Roland and Rattfink", "The Dogfather" (a "Godfather" pastiche), with a canine Corleone family and two "Tijuana Toads" spinoffs, "The Blue Racer" and "Crazylegs Crane". The German television version which started airing in 1973 in ZDF was presented in 30-minute episodes, composed of one Pink Panther cartoon, one episode of The Inspector
The Ant and the Aardvark The Ant and the Aardvark The Ant and the Aardvark is a series of 17 theatrical short cartoons produced at DePatie–Freleng Enterprises and released by United Artists from 1969 to 1971. The cartoon follows attempts of a blue aardvark named Aardvark (voiced by John Byner, impersonating comedian Jackie Mason), to catch and eat a red ant named Charlie (also voiced by John Byner, but impersonating Dean Martin), usually doing so by inhaling with a loud vacuum cleaner sound. The character is essentially unnamed; in the episode "Rough Brunch", he claims his name is simply "Aardvark." Charlie Ant gives his nemesis