In the Pink

I remember the first time I ever went to a private gym to work out. It was a couple of years before this cartoon was released. I bring that up because the gym pictured here is exactly how they portray it in cartoons and such 50-100 years ago....not how they were like in 1967. It was mostly weight and weight equipment not these old iron horses, punching bags and the like. I guess these cartoonists never went to a gym.

Nonetheless, this has some neat twists to it, especially with the poor little white-faced man who is the victim several times of the Panther's ineptness in the gym. The shadowboxing jokes were too predictable as were a couple of others but the jokes came so fast and furious it was easy to sit back and just enjoy. If I didn't think a gag worked, another one would come along in 10 seconds. There's a lot of material in this animated short.

The Pink Panther is worried about him putting on weight lately, so he goes to a gym to get some exercise. He causes nothing but trouble to the little pointy-nosed man who also wants to keep fit.

This is one of my favorite Pink Panther cartoons. Having seen it countless times, it still cracks me up. The boxing ball episode is particularly absurd and hilarious, and even the old shadow boxing gag ends with a funny (and disaster-causing) punchline. It doesn't matter that a couple of gags (the one leading to the basketball scene, for instance) feel a bit forced, they're funny nonetheless. If you're a fan of this character, don't miss this one!

The Pink Panther cartoons are always interesting at least to watch, not all of them are great but most make for great entertainment. In The Pink is nice enough, but it doesn't see the Pink Panther at its best. The story is somewhat formulaic with a couple of spots that were lacking in energy, and not all the gags work. Some do, the boxing ball gag is the best of them and it is hugely amusing in its absurdity, others don't with the shadowboxing jokes forced and predictable(also a couple are obscure to the extent that even an adult might be at a risk at not getting them). The animation is detailed with some simple but very elegant-looking colours. The music is infectious in its upbeat jazziness and the theme tune for one so iconic has great staying power and doesn't annoy. While there are a couple of pacing lulls, In the Pink generally moves briskly and there are a lot of gags at least, though admittedly their effectiveness is a mixed bag. The little man is a funny and suitably bemused adversary, and Pinky is still charming and cool with great and wholly natural comic timing. All in all, not one of the Pink Panther's finest hours but nice to watch. 7/10 Bethany Cox

The Pink Panther notices that he is starting to have a beer belly and decides to go to the gym to trim and buff up. But, his attempts at using the gym equipment, from the weights to jump-roping, ends in hilarious results and loads of gags - one after the other, like the panther's shadow counterattacking him at shadow boxing. Therefore, you will be left laughing your hearts at and being entertained from beginning to end.

The pointy-nosed man makes an appearance in this cartoon short as well and he too tries out at the gym. He gets caught in the misfires of the Pink Panther and ends up being the brunt of many gags as well. A very funny one from the panther!

Grade A

Pink Panther Odyssey Part XXVIV

Fearing flabbiness, our intrepid panther ventures gymward and what follows is a bafflingly disconnected series of gym-based skits and occurrences, some of them involving severe bodily harm of the little man - some just completely obtuse. Having never ventured into a gym personally I can only assume this is what they're all like.