The Pink Panther in: Pink at First Sight

American TV series or program

The Pink Panther in: Pink at First Sight

Written by| Owen Crump
D.W. Owen
Directed by| Bob Richardson
Voices of| Frank Welker
Marilyn Schreffler
Hal Smith
Brian Cummings
Weaver Copeland
Music by| Steven DePatie
Country of origin| United States
Original language| English
Production
Producer| David H. DePatie
Running time| 30 minutes
Production companies| Marvel Productions
Mirsch-Geoffrey-DePatie-Freleng
Original release
Network| ABC
Release| February 14, 1981 (1981-02-14)

The Pink Panther in: Pink at First Sight is a 1981 animated Valentine's Day special starring The Pink Panther,[1] that premiered on ABC on February 14, 1981[2] and the third and final Pink Panther special on ABC, following 1978's A Pink Christmas and 1980's Olym-Pinks. This would be Marvel's first (and lone) Pink Panther cartoon. Following this, the studio handled new animation for the feature films Trail of the Pink Panther and Curse of the Pink Panther.

## Plot

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It is Valentine's Day and the Pink Panther is lonely and has no money (except for seven cents). After receiving another person's Valentine gift package by mistake, he goes to the messenger service for a job but messes his rehearsal up. He then goes to a store, buys a cassette player and pre-recorded cassettes with the seven cents he had left and goes back to the messenger service miming to Enrico Caruso's version of "Vesti la giubba", an aria from Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera Pagliacci, and gets hired as a messenger.

Antics on the job entangle the breezy cat with a jealous husband (after stealing the heart of his housewife whilst miming a 50s-ish sounding ballad), a snobby classic violinist (after using a Stradivarius violin like an electric guitar; the Panther had the wrong recording on at the time), a priest (whom the Panther had delivered the wrong present to) and a crime boss named Big Joe and his gang (their present was a bomb).

Finally, after warding off Big Joe and his gang with a cassette containing excerpts of a police radio show (and inadvertently putting them in the sight of the actual police), our hero is sitting alone and discouraged on a park bench when he finally meets the pantheress of his dreams, the ideal feline valentine.

## Voice Talents of

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* Frank Welker \- The Jester, Messenger Owner, The Man with the Golf Club, Violinist, Customer, The Baby
* Marilyn Schreffler \- The Baby's Mother, The Lady with the Umbrella, Nurse, Housewife, Maid
* Hal Smith \- Big Joe
* Brian Cummings \- Music Store Owner, Tough Gangsters
* Weaver Copeland \- Announcer

## Home media

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After its original broadcast, Pink at First Sight made its debut release on VHS by MGM/UA Home Video sometime during the 1980s. On November 6, 2007, the special alongside Olym-Pinks and A Pink Christmas was released as part of the DVD set The Pink Panther: A Pink Christmas from MGM Home Entertainment and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (until June 30, 2020).

## Production

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Most of the animation staff utilized for The All New Pink Panther Show worked on Pink at First Sight, which also utilized several music cues from the series as well but unlike that program, a laugh track wasn't featured. With Friz Freleng not on board, this would be DePatie's first (and only) solo work on a Pink Panther cartoon without him. Many of the other characters' voices for this special were done by Frank Welker, Marilyn Schreffler, Hal Smith, Brian Cummings and Weaver Copeland.

## References

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1. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 308\. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
2. ^ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. p. 304. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.

## External links

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* The Pink Panther in: Pink at First Sight at IMDb

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The Pink Panther

Original​ films|

* The Pink Panther (1963)
* A Shot in the Dark (1964)
* Inspector Clouseau (1968)
* The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
* The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
* Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
* Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
* Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
* Son of the Pink Panther (1993)

Reboot films|

* The Pink Panther (2006)
* The Pink Panther 2 (2009)

Shorts|

* The Pink Panther (1964–1978)
* The Inspector
* Roland and Rattfink
* The Ant and the Aardvark
* Tijuana Toads
* The Blue Racer
* Hoot Kloot
* The Dogfather
* Misterjaw
* Crazylegs Crane

TV series|

* The Pink Panther Show (1969–1980)
* Pink Panther and Sons (1984–1985)
* The Pink Panther (1993–1995)
* Pink Panther and Pals (2010)

TV specials|

* A Pink Christmas (1978)
* Olym-Pinks (1980)
* Pink at First Sight (1981)

Video games|

* Pink Panther (1988)
* Pink Goes to Hollywood (1993)
* The Pink Panther: Passport to Peril (1996)
* The Pink Panther: Hokus Pokus Pink (1998)

Music|

* "The Pink Panther Theme"
* "It Had Better Be Tonight (Meglio stasera)"
* "Check on It"
* "A Woman Like Me"

Characters|

* The Pink Panther
* Inspector Clouseau

Related|

* DePatie–Freleng Enterprises
* Panthermobile
* The Lionhearts
* Owens Corning
* Pink Panthers (jewel thief network)
* The Pink Panthers (LGBT rights organizations)

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