Pink Panther and Sons

Pink Panther and Sons
Network	NBC
Production company	Mirisch-Geoffrey-DePatie-Freleng Hanna-Barbera
Distributor	Worldvision Enterprises
Original release	September 8―December 1, 1984
Starring	Billy Bowles B.J. Ward Shane McCob Sherry Lynn Frank Welker Jeannie EliasMarshall Efron
Executive producer(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera Joe Taritero
Producer(s)	David DePatie Kay Wright
Music composed by	Rob Walsh
Writer(s)	Glenn Leopold Ray Parker
Director(s)	Oscar Dufau Carl Urbano Gordon Hunt (voices)

Pink Panther and Sons is an American animated comedy television series produced by Mirisch-Geoffrey-DePatie-Freleng, in association with Hanna-Barbera, for NBC's Saturday morning children's programming. It ran in 1984, airing 13 episodes that spanned one season. It is a spin-off of MGM's Pink Panther theatrical shorts, with the silent Pink Panther having spawned two talking offsprings in the form of teenage Pinky and his baby brother, Panky.

Episodes had two Pink Panther and Sons segments with a middle "classic" Pink Panther short.

The entire series has been officially released on YouTube and Amazon's MGM add-on subscription package on Prime Video.

Production

Development

According to model sheets, the working title was The Sons of the Pink Panther, which is alluded to in the theme song.

Segments

• Pink Panther and Sons
• The Pink Panther

Music

The Pink Panther theme was taken from Henry Mancini's original composition. The score was composed by Rob Walsh, with musical supervision from Screenmusic West.

Episodes

Title	Original air date
1x01 "Spinning Wheels" "Pink Panther in the Wild West" "Haunted Howlers"	September 8, 1984
1x02 "Pinky at the Bat" "Magic Glove" "Pink Enemy #1"	September 15, 1984
1x03 "Take a Hike" TBA "The Great Bumpo"	September 22, 1984
1x04 "Millionaire Murfel" "House Painter" "The Pursuit of Panky"	September 29, 1984
1x05 "Pink Encounters of the Panky Kind" "Pink Feather" "Traders of the Lost Bark"	October 6, 1984
1x06 "Sitter Jitters" "Pink Gardener" "The Fix-Up, Fowl-Up"	October 13, 1984
1x07 "Joking Genie" "The Long Pink Line" "Panky's Pet"	October 20, 1984
1x08 "Sleeptalking Chatta" "Pink Shtick" "Punkin's Home Companion"	October 27, 1984
1x09 "Rocko's Last Round" "Abracadabra Pink" "The Pink Link"	November 3, 1984
1x10 "Pink Shrink" "Chalk Talk" "Anney's Invention"	November 11, 1984
1x11 "Panky and the Angels" "Go Fly a Kite" "Insanity Claus"	November 18, 1984
1x12 "Brothers Are Special" "Pink Plants" "Arabian Frights"	November 25, 1984
1x13 "A Hard Day's Knight" "Alarming Pink" "Mister Money"	December 1, 1984

Cast

• Billy Bowles as Pinky Panther
• B.J. Ward as Panky Panther and Punkin
• Shane McCob as Murfel
• Sherry Lynn as Chatta
• Frank Welker as Rocko and Finko
• Jeannie Elias as Anney O'Gizmo and Liona
• Marshall Efron as Howl

Merchandise

In 1984, Little Golden Books released a paper saver, and Thermos LLC released metal and plastic lunch boxes.

Reading material

In 1985, several books were published, which included regular reading books, activity books, a cassette read-along book from KidStuff Records, and a record and filmstrip from Show 'N Tell.

Toys

In 1984, Shrinky Dinks released a coloring cut-out stand set, Hallmark Cards released stickers, JA-RU released slide puzzles and a painting set, and in 1985, Fleetwood Toys released a "parachute" action figure of the Pink Panther.