The Pink Blueprint

Infobox Hollywood cartoon
cartoon_name = The Pink Blueprint
series = Pink Panther


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director = Hawley Pratt
animator = Norm McCabe
Laverne Harding
Don Williams
Manny Perez
Warren Batchelder
Bob Matz
musician = William Lava
producer = David H. DePatie
Friz Freleng
distributor = United Artists
release_date = flagicon|US March 25, 1966
color_process = Deluxe
runtime = 6' 24"
country = USA
movie_language = English
preceded_by = "Vitamin Pink"
followed_by = "Pink, Plunk, Plink"
imdb_id = 0060834

"The Pink Blueprint" is the 18th cartoon produced in the "Pink Panther" series. A total of 124 6-minute cartoons were produced between 1964 and 1980.

Plot

A frustrated building contractor battles with the Pink Panther over the design of a house being built. The original design has blue overtones and a more traditional shape; conversely, the panther's is rounded, sleek, and all pink. Several unsuccessful attempts are made at swapping the original house blueprint with the pink version. [Beck, Jerry. (2006) "Pink Panther: The Ultimate Guide to the Coolest Cat in Town!"; DK ADULT, ISBN 0756610338]

Notes

*The concept of substituting a pink version of something for the original color was borrowed from "The Pink Phink". Ironically, both "The Pink Blueprint" and "The Pink Phink" were nominated for an Academy Award for Animated Short Film, with the latter winning.
*"The Pink Panther Show" contained a laugh track when the "Pink Panther" cartoons were broadcast on NBC-TV. When MGM released all 124 "Pink Panther" cartoons on DVD in 2006, the theatrical versions were, for the most part, utilized. However, several television prints made their way onto the DVD set, "The Pink Blueprint" being one of them. As a result, the laugh-tracked version is currently available.cite book
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References

Further sources

*"Meet the Pink Panther"; by Hope Freleng and Sybil Freleng [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0789313081] , (Universe Publishing, 2005).
*"The Pink Panther Classic Cartoon Collection" [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0009S4J2I] (2006). [DVD set] . New York: MGM Home Video.
*" [http://dfe.goldenagecartoons.com/ DePatie-Freleng website] "