Genie with the Light Pink Fur is the 22nd cartoon produced in the Pink Panther series. A total of 124 6-minute cartoons were produced between 1964 and 1980.

Plot

The Pink Panther picks up a lamp while taking a stroll. He rubs it, and hears a voice offering him to be a chance to be genie. The Pink Panther is reluctant, but the lamp forces him, and soon he becomes a genie.

Then as a Genie, he tries to find a person to rub the lamp. All his efforts fail and in the end he lands up in the garbage dump, where he hears another lamp. He smashes the other lamp and walks off.

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