>what if the pink panther could talk
>and he never shut the fuck up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4CCpR7nHXU

>>149424178 (OP)
I remember that! My dad got extremely pissed off about it at the time. The only time I remember ever seeing him get angry at a TV show.

>And instead of giving him a suave voice to match his personality we give him the most generic white guy voice imaginable

>>149424249
My dad didn't like him talking either

>>149424302
Not just a generic white guy, Max Headroom.

>>149424302
This. I think his voice should have been closer to the king from Disney's animated Robin Hood. A little smoother than that specific performance, but similar baritone.
Although I think they completely missed the fucking point of pink panther by making him talk in the first place. They made him into a generic cartoon character. There's no reason this cartoon needed to have anything to do with The Pink Panther.

>>149424376
>Max Headroom
So generic white guy

Lol what is this mess?
>>149424302
>>149424379
Tim Curry wouldn't been a bad pick either.

>>149424178 (OP)
David Feiss worked on this.

>>149424434
I could see that! I mean, I still don't want him to talk, but if he had to...

Unlike most people I'm more then fine with Pink having a speaking voice, allows him to do more in a show context
Just that it should match the established character and not be this jarring a difference from expectations

>>149424450
The women designs gave it right away, love the guy's art.

>>149424178 (OP)
>oogabooga caricature of an African shaman
>in 1994
How did they get away with it?

>>149424178 (OP)
>this got 65 fucking episodes

>>149424623
It doesn't do blackface.

>>149424623
he's blue. Also he's voiced by Homer Simpson

At least it was an excuse to dub the show in japanese.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-vMAKrWwwM

>>149424677
>>149424710
They’re still making fun of an indigenous culture/religion.

>>149424754
>uhmuh it makes fun of
It's a cartoon. Who gives a shit

>>149424754
Which one, though? Isn't throwing "indigenous cultures" in one bag kinda racist?

>>149424642
>zoomer doesn't know what syndication is

>>149424302
>>149424178 (OP)
There was also Pink Panther n Sons........now you can shoot me

>>149424849
No I don't know, what is Syndication? I am a boobmer btw.

>>149424754
no one cares.

>>149426088
>what is Syndication
For our purposes, a show that is not exclusive to a specific network and is sold station-by-station
Most stations in the United States are affiliated with a network (ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox), who provide programming for the stations to broadcast themselves. No matter where you are in the country, 99% of the time it's going to have the same shows on a specific station. Syndication doesn't work like that, it's sold station by station, or more likely nowadays massive broadcasting conglomerate by massive broadcasting conglomerate. One show might be on Fox in one area and NBC in another
Usually, syndicated programs are ones that have proven themselves successful enough to reach x amount of episodes (usually 100) and be ran every weekday for an entire season, but in the 80s and 90s there were also shows created specifically for syndication like The Pink Panther Show
This is why so many cartoons from tbis period have 65 episodes, that allowed them to run a new episode every weekday for 13 weeks, then run them all again for another 13 weeks

>>149424178 (OP)
It had some decent episodes

>>149424178 (OP)
I can tell the creator of cow & chicken was the main creator of this series.

>>149424642
>65 episodes
For real!? I always thought this was the only episode!

Wallace Shawn was the Big Nose and Brian George was the Inspector.

>>149424835
yes

>>149424835
You'd think so, but people can get oddly humpty about it.
There's a weird backlash against exotica (music) and tiki bars, but it's an aesthetic that is cobbled together from mid-century fantasy of paradise. The music doesn't really reference any specific culture, and the bars are a mish mash of several influences that combine to make something new, but people still feel like it's appropriation or somehow disrespectful.
I go back and forth on it. I don't have indigenous ancestry, so I suppose it's not up to me to decide what is and is not offensive, but on the other, I feel like there's something to be said for flights of fancy.

>>149424835
Independently of which.

>>149424860
>Pink Panther n Sons
Sometimes, it's good to be reminded that the good old days had their fair share of utter trash

He gay

>>149430444
no u

>>149424178 (OP)
They should've let David Feiss be supervising director of the whole series, not just this one short. He was already a character designer and did the opening credits for one season.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHIKwu36bU8

>>149424302
A British accent would’ve been more fitting than what we got.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdcugKs_9D8

>>149432470
Ohhh right, that one anteater! Had been wondering where I knew him from.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gUiG5DDU-xY

One line I remember from that show

>>149424178 (OP)
I unironically liked this show as a kid, even though I was used to him being silent. I thought they did a good job casting him.

>>149426263
This also meant quantity over quality, but 13 episode season was a kick in the balls, 26 should be the perfect number for a single season.

>>149424178 (OP)
I think it's endearing.
I wouldn't mind the voice if he just talked more smoothly and deeper but it seems like most of it is just him yelling and and talking in that weird voice tone...

>>149424178 (OP)
that was pretty bad.
I definitely wasn't bored though, with a better script it could've worked out. Still a very weird choice to make him talk, reminds me to the tom and jerry movie, hack writters can't into mute cartoons i guess.

>>149424623
Giant wooden masks aren't exclusive to Africans.

It was a cool show.

>>149424178 (OP)
>>149424302
>and it was kino!

>>149424623
>we have Blanka at home

>>149424754
So? Cultures and religion are free to be mocked. Don't like it? Don't watch it.

>>149432470
The guy who made Cow and Chicken?

>>149433253
Yea, the voice isn't exactly bad, it's just not what one would think for Pink Panther. You could swap Pink with a number of other smart-talking, screaming characters, and the difference would be minuscule. Hell, even an original character would have served the same purpose of "frantic guy needs to get to work on time and endures chaotic drive"

>>149424623
>How did they get away with it?
Because it was 1994 and not 2024

Pink Panther should have a suave deep but always calm voice to go with his overall vibe. Giving him a generic white guy voice just kills the impression he's trying to build.

>>149424178 (OP)
The animation is good, I'll give it that.

>>149424727
this song has to be 'Cristina D'avena's italian Batman' levels of DOESN'T FIT.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsfwrk03bjs

heres a more fitting OP for a 90s show, Pirates of Dark water to be more precise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzTDOMiC-bQ

>>149435828
Might have worked for Brave and the Bold, it's got that campy kind of vibe to it that feels like a node to the classic cartoon and the Adam West show

>>149433097
The syndication thing kinda worked for some shows though, because when they hit the "confirmed for 65 episodes" line, the writers started to do stuff they wanted and we got kino.

>>149435828
Man Cristina D'Avena just sang every cartoon opening over there, huh?

>>149435497
This.
The idea of giving him a voice is fine but the execution was just kinda poor

>>149435497
Pink Panther shouldn't talk, period. Start a comic series if you wanna give him dialogue.

>>149424178 (OP)
>what if the pink panther could give me head
>and he never stops sucking up
that's what i would prefer

>>149437708
Do you think his hole is pink too?

>>149433097
>quantity over quality
In theory yes, but that's just how it worked
IMO syndie cartoons were better than their contemporaries on network television, outside of Fox and The WB most of the time. Network S&Ps were total faggots on the big 3 and didn't allow for bigger budgets, so you get a lot more slop. Producing for syndication cut out the middleman, individual stations might take issue but they're much less strict
Compare the Ninja Turtles after they went to CBS and couldn't use their weapons, or the dramatic dip in quality (which already wasn't that high to start with) with the Mario cartoons from Super Show to 3
You COULD make your show have 26 or 13 episodes, but it would be less attractive to stations
If nobody buys your show you get zero episodes.
I feel 26 episodes would be pretty difficult from a production standpoint based on the turnaround time required for these series

>>149424623
Why was Pink Panther paired with a random witch doctor looking guy? What's the connection? Is he some obscure character from the older Panther cartoons or was it just because they're both somewhat tangentially related to jungle settings?

>>149437708
I'll accept Pink's generic white american voice if he lets me shut him up with my cock

>>149424178 (OP)
>>149424302
>>149424376
Why the FUCK does Pink sound like this

>>149424178 (OP)
It really feels like they wanted to make a Snagglepuss cartoon but couldn't get the license for it

>>149438177
Panthers live in the jungle. That's pretty much it.

>>149438500
I can see it, wonder what the behind the scenes situation was with this show. Seems like an odd choice to take a normally suave character like the Pink Panther and make him a jittery wise-cracker when another pink cat exists in Snagglepuss who is far more suited to zanier antics

>>149438500
This actually would have made a great Snagglepuss show, just give him a bit more theater cues and cameo in some of the HB guys from time to time

>>149424178 (OP)
never gave shit about the pink panther
never got the appeal
it was just something old women got merch of like tweety bird

All the posts about Snagglepuss reminds me
I think a Snag focused series might be a tough sell, he's always been
more of a "backup segment" character, but around this time H-B was actually using a wider variety of their characters, even some of their B-tier characters
There was that Secret Squirrel reboot I personally think is just alright, the Scooby Doo Arabian Nights movie had Yogi and Magilla segments, Flintstones got like 3 specials, there was a lot of Jonny Quest stuff, there were pitches for a Magilla special and another series I can't think of
Then after the Turner-TW merger, WBA slowly took over and it was nothing but that fucking dog

>>149439245
The original cartoon is legit pretty fun, if you give an episode a few minutes.

>>149424623
>>149424710
Deja Vu

>>149437877
yeah, just a lighter pink i believe
>>149438262
i think his voice is fine, it's sassy just not gay sassy but fitting for his character and that's a turn on for me

>>149439303
That’s what they did for Secret Squirrel
They had a character setup down just refined it and gave it a proper universe
Snagglepuss could easily pull it off if you give him a inverse to interact with

>>149424178 (OP)
Pink is a GIRL'S COLOR!! >:(

>>149432956
>I thought they did a good job casting him.
This. I don't get why people think the voice doesn't suit him. Everyone is saying he should have had some kind of "low, smooth, cool" voice, but even in the original cartoons, the Panther wasn't honestly that "cool". That was just the vibe his theme song gave off. He frequently lost his shit and made a heel of himself. He was no Cool Cat.

>>149444186
Pink is a MANLY color and REAL MEN wear pink

>>149444202
>even in the original cartoons, the Panther wasn't honestly that "cool".
it's pretty obvious that casting someone with a neurotic tone like Matt Frewer was intentional, specifically because of that. Pink Panther's theme made him seem cool, but he was an idiot and a spaz, quite often, and only ever came out on top because the little man was an even bigger spaz. Imagine a cool-looking guy who wears all black and plays bass in a jazz band, and 99% of the time, he never talks, and it's specifically because once he does, he's out of his element and sounds like a dork. That's the pink panther, basically.

All the people in this thread saying he should have a deep/cool voice are revealing they don't actually know anything about the character besides his theme song, and the fact that he was silent.

>>149444402
While you are correct, not having the voice to match the presentation takes out the setup of the character
The very few times he talked in the originals he was given this smooth British voice. That’s to give him the full package of presenting cool but actually being this complete spaz dork as you said. Having him sound as dorky as he is to try and appeal to a broader market (as the reason for the voice casting was said) takes out the allure of the character’s setup to just make him a complete dork, not a dork who can fake coolness
It’s like Wile, the few time he does talk he has this sophistication that is supposed to fake being a genius, but quickly is exposed as a dumbass. If he sounded like a dumbass it wouldn’t work.

Think Twink

>>149445179
>The very few times he talked in the originals he was given this smooth British voice.
I think in this OP series they got him the same dub as Mr. Bean in my country, so I guess they got that right

>>149424178 (OP)
not gonna lie, i thought the pink panther was genderfluid