Rock a Bye Pinky

Pink Panther Odyssey Part XXIV

Pink has his idiosyncratic mattress-in-a-tree holiday interrupted by the "Little man" and his rather hard-done-by dog. A genuine hoot but a shame that the panther and the canine don't join forces against that beige creep.

One of my favourite Pink Panther cartoons, and one I deem a classic. In hindsight it is not entirely imaginative, but you don't notice at all because of the excellent way it's executed in that it actually feels more original than it is and it plays to Pinky's character strengths. The animation is very charming to look at, with elegant colouring and simple but carefully drawn drawing. The music is catchy and energetic, always appropriate for the action, and the theme tune is still fun to listen to no matter how many times it's heard. The gags are clever, well-set-up and rounded off and most importantly are funny. I still love Pinky's coolness, charm and effortless likability, he is also still fun to watch as always. The dog is a great characters and in my view one of Pinky's best partners. Overall, a classic from the Pink Panther. 10/10 Bethany Cox

The Pink Panther gets a sleepless night when the pointy-nosed man and his dog are out camping out one evening, the man's snores keeping the panther up. So, the panther hilariously unleashes a host of counters including cutting loose the man's hammock with a knife, sending him flying into the river. He later also makes the man's hammock catch on fire. The man's poor dog, of course, is blamed for all this.

Plenty of laughs here. The dog is quite adorable and the man, of course, is funny and entertaining when mad and when he gets the bad end of the rap when the panther plays tricks on him. One of the better ones with the Pink Panther.

Grade A

The Pink Panther is sleeping in the treetops in a secluded part of the forest when a noisy man and his dog set up their camp below him for the night. The camper is happy to hog all the comfort for himself and leave his dog out in the cold but his snoring is keeping Pinky awake.

Obviously less than pleased at this intrusion, Pinky takes it upon himself to play tricks on the camper as he sleeps, leaving the dog to rescue him. Each time the camper awakens he thinks it's the dog that has sabotaged his sleep and scolds him for it. Promptly going back to sleep and snoring loudly.

Not a particularly imaginative set-up but has a good reasonable amount of laughs to keep it going.