The Pink Panther in: A Pink Christmas
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The Pink Panther in: A Pink Christmas is a holiday-themed special
starring the famous hip feline. It first aired on ABC
on December 7, 1978.
's classic story "The Cop and the Anthem") and to earn money for a meal by shoveling the snowy stairs of a nearby house, but his efforts are thwarted at every turn.
After witnessing a robbery attempt with a police officer nearby, Pink chases after the cop's dropped doughnut which is rolling down the street. There, a little dog who is also hungry takes the doughnut, but Pink pushes him away and takes it for himself. After seeing the look on the little dog's face and realizing that his actions are not in line with the spirit of Christmas, the Pink Panther shares the doughnut with the dog. Then the Pink Panther goes to park and the dog follows him. Suddenly, a big table with an ample Christmas dinner magically drops from the sky. Pink looks up to see that Santa has dropped the food. He shares the dinner with the little dog and they both begin eating happily ever after.
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Television special
A television special is a television program which interrupts or temporarily replaces programming normally scheduled for a given time slot. Sometimes, however, the term is given to a telecast of a theatrical film, such as The Wizard of Oz or The Ten Commandments, which is not part of a regular...
starring the famous hip feline. It first aired on ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
on December 7, 1978.
Plot
The Pink Panther is homeless and wandering a big city at Christmastime. Snow is on the ground and he is very cold and hungry. The cartoon follows his efforts to obtain food while overcoming a lot of crazy holiday mayhem in town. A chance discovery of a Santa suit leads to a job in department store as Santa, but when he takes a bite out of a little girl's lollipop he is chased by her irate mother and the department store manager. He also attempts to get himself arrested in order to get a meal in jail (a plot point borrowed from O. HenryO. Henry
O. Henry was the pen name of the American writer William Sydney Porter . O. Henry's short stories are well known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings.-Early life:...
's classic story "The Cop and the Anthem") and to earn money for a meal by shoveling the snowy stairs of a nearby house, but his efforts are thwarted at every turn.
After witnessing a robbery attempt with a police officer nearby, Pink chases after the cop's dropped doughnut which is rolling down the street. There, a little dog who is also hungry takes the doughnut, but Pink pushes him away and takes it for himself. After seeing the look on the little dog's face and realizing that his actions are not in line with the spirit of Christmas, the Pink Panther shares the doughnut with the dog. Then the Pink Panther goes to park and the dog follows him. Suddenly, a big table with an ample Christmas dinner magically drops from the sky. Pink looks up to see that Santa has dropped the food. He shares the dinner with the little dog and they both begin eating happily ever after.
DVD Release
On November 6th, 2007, The title special along with Olym-pinks and Pink at First Sight was released on the DVD collection The Pink Panther: A Pink Christmas from MGM Home EntertainmentMGM Home Entertainment
MGM Home Entertainment is the home video and DVD arm of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.-History:The home video division of MGM started in 1979 as MGM Home Video, releasing all the movies and TV shows by MGM. In 1980, MGM joined forces with CBS Video Enterprises, the home video division of the CBS television...
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