Pink, Plunk, Plink

The Pink Panther
Episode 19

Air date	May 25, 1966
Written by	Michael O'Connor
Directed by	Hawley Pratt
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Synopsis[]

The Pink Panther learns to play the violin and interrupts a performance of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony with "The Pink Panther Theme" played on various instruments, much to the anger of the Conductor.

Plot[]

The Pink Panther is a small-time violinist who desperately tries to play with the orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl. His ultimate goal is to have the group perform his own theme music in place of Ludwig van Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. After quietly playing his theme on his violin during the symphony, the angered conductor comes over to the group of violinists to inspect their violin bows. The Panther's bow manages to fire a blast of smoke like a gun into the conductor's face, prompting the ejection of the pink feline a second time. The sly panther manages to sneak back into the Hollywood Bowl, and starts utilizing both a tuba and a trumpet to blast his theme song once again. The conductor becomes even more infuriated, and tries a third time to remove the Panther from the proceedings. Pinky disguises himself against the fancy pedestal of a harp, making himself invisible to the enraged conductor. Thinking he has succeeded in ridding the music hall of the panther, the conductor returns to his podium, unaware that the Panther has substituted his baton with a small rocket. The rocket then shoots into the air and takes the conductor up with it, and then the rocket explodes and drops the conductor far away, allowing the Pink Panther to conduct the orchestra in a rousing rendition of his Pink Panther theme. In the end, Henry Mancini makes a brief cameo, applauding the panther's performance.

Trivia[]

Henry Mancini appears applauding as the only person in the show's audience.
The sequence of the conductor shooting a coughing audience member is actually a gag reused by Friz Freleng from his earlier Looney Tunes cartoon short, Rhapsody Rabbit.

Credits[]

Hawley Pratt (director)
Michael O'Connor (story)
Walter Greene (music score)
Norm McCabe (animator)
Dale Case (animator)
Laverne Harding (animator)
Warren Batchelder (animator)
George Grandpre (animator)
Don Williams (animator)
Dick Ung (layout)
Tom O'Loughlin (backgrounds)
Lee Gunther (film editor)
Bill Orcutt (production supervision)
Friz Freleng (live-action director - uncredited)
Henry Mancini (guest appearance - uncredited)

Notes[]

The first cartoon scored by Walter Greene.
The coughing audience member being shot dead is a reused gag from the Merrie Melodies short Rhapsody Rabbit.

Goofs[]

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