The Ant and the Aardvark graphic for all DePatie-Freleng entries. For "The Ant and the Aardvark "series, Leonardi expanded on a technique first introduced for the first Pink Panther cartoon, "The Pink Phink". This entailed tearing paper into the forms of objects and characters to form stylized images. There were additional minor characters in the series. Among them were the following: In German-dubbed versions of the cartoon, the male aardvark is transformed into a female anteater named Elise (Eliza). Charlie (voiced by Fred Maire) remains male; Elise is voiced by Marianne Wischmann. The cartoons are known under the title "Die blaue Elise (Blue Eliza)". All
A Is for Aardvark A Is for Aardvark A Is For Aardvark was a Canadian informational television series which aired on CBC Television in 1954. Each episode concerned a particular letter of the alphabet and discussed various subjects beginning with that letter. The first episode featured the letter "A" and included topics such as the African violet and aspidistra plants, the explorer Amerigo Vespucci, the astrolabe and guest Andrew Allan, a CBC producer. The half-hour series was first telecast on Wednesdays at 10:00 pm (Eastern) from 7 July until 22 September 1954. From 30 September 1954, the show was shown Thursdays at 10:30 pm