Come On In! The Water's Pink
Encyclopedia
Come On In! The Water's Pink is the 40th cartoon produced in the Pink Panther series. A total of 124 6-minute cartoons were produced between 1964 and 1980.
. With him is a suitcase full of strange inflatable items, including muscles, weights, a swimming pool, waterskis, and balloon animals. Observing all of this is an egotistical strongman
flexing his muscles for a group of bathing beauties. The panther quietly manages to steal the attention of the ladies away from the muscleman, who tries in vain to maintain his "good looking guy on the beach" status.
contained a laugh track
when the Pink Panther cartoons were broadcast on NBC
-TV. Currently, the laugh-tracked version airs on the Spanish language
Boomerang TV channel
.
Plot
The Pink Panther spends the day at Beach, arriving on his motorcycleMotorcycle
A motorcycle is a single-track, two-wheeled motor vehicle. Motorcycles vary considerably depending on the task for which they are designed, such as long distance travel, navigating congested urban traffic, cruising, sport and racing, or off-road conditions.Motorcycles are one of the most...
. With him is a suitcase full of strange inflatable items, including muscles, weights, a swimming pool, waterskis, and balloon animals. Observing all of this is an egotistical strongman
Strongman (strength athlete)
In the 19th century, the term strongman referred to an exhibitor of strength or circus performers of similar ilk who displayed feats of strength such as the bent press , supporting large amounts of...
flexing his muscles for a group of bathing beauties. The panther quietly manages to steal the attention of the ladies away from the muscleman, who tries in vain to maintain his "good looking guy on the beach" status.
Laugh track
The Pink Panther ShowThe Pink Panther Show
The Pink Panther Show is a showcase of cartoon shorts produced by David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng between 1969 and 1979. The television series was produced by Mirisch Films and DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, and was broadcast on two American TV networks:...
contained a laugh track
Laugh track
A laugh track is a separate soundtrack invented by Charles "Charley" Douglass, with the artificial sound of audience laughter, made to be inserted into television programming of comedy shows and sitcoms.The term "laugh track" does not apply to the genuine audience laughter on shows that shoot in...
when the Pink Panther cartoons were broadcast on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
-TV. Currently, the laugh-tracked version airs on the Spanish language
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
Boomerang TV channel
Boomerang (TV channel)
Boomerang is a 24-hour American cable television channel owned by Turner Broadcasting System, a division of Time Warner. Boomerang specializes in reruns of animated programming from Time Warner's extensive archives, including pre-1986 MGM, Hanna-Barbera, Cartoon Network, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises...
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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.
- DePatie-Freleng website