Dial 'P' for Pink

These first Pink Panther cartoons all had the same thing: the panther driving someone nuts! In this case, it's a second-story burglar. Just inside the window is a safe and the little man is there to crack it. Unfortunately, the Pink Panther is inside. Why? We have no clue, but the fact is that he's there and he drives the totally befuddled thief insane by constantly changing locks, opening the top door and pushing him back out the window, etc.

For all but the last 50 seconds of the cartoon, the burglar doesn't know the Panther is inside the safe. When he discovers, some really strange scenes occur. It's amazing how many gags they produce in less than a minute!

There is much to love about the Pink Panther cartoons. He is a very iconic and likable character, and his cartoons make for at least amusing viewing. If you love Pink Panther, you'll love Dial "P" for Pink. The story isn't much of a surprise but at least it's never dull. And it helps that the gags are so great, all of them especially the ending range from funny to hilarious. The animation is simply designed, especially the background art, without being too simplistic. The colours are very nicely done. The music is the epitome of cool and catchy, the main theme is the most memorable and irresistible themes. Pinky still is a very likable character, while his foil matches him very well.

Overall, great and any Pink Panther fans will enjoy it. 9/10 Bethany Cox

This one is number 4 in the list of The Pink Panther's cartoons. This is definitely one of my favorites. So simple, yet so enjoyable. This one can make anyone give some good laughters.

This is original, creative, hilarious and has lots of imagination too. In this story, our friend feline deals with a thief who wants to crack a safe. Unfortunately for the thief, whenever he tries to do anything to the safe, his attempts always turn against him, thanks to Pinky (who's hidden inside the safe). Pinky makes the thief's life miserable, causing him to fall off the window, returning explosives to the thief (which always explode on the thief)...

There are many good gags in this. Even the ending is absolutely hilarious.

What makes the cartoon even funnier is that, most of the time, the thief doesn't even know that the Pink Panther is inside the safe and, as such, doesn't understand what's happening to him.

Pink Panther Odyssey Part IV

Back on form after the strangely meandering and confusingly titled "stamp" mall run, this brilliantly deft burglar v a random safe-dwelling panther is gloriously explosive fun with a fantastically witty ending. A very consistent one and a serious lark.

One of the strongest of the Pink Panther shorts, this succeeds by a series of gags on the same theme: a safe cracker attempting to break into a safe inside of which is the Pink Panther -- the panther itself, of course.

It also is strengthened by not having the two problems of many of the Depatie-Freleng cartoons. It does not have actively ugly backgrounding -- the backgrounding, instead, is nondescript -- and it does not have a laugh track, so you can enjoy it on your own terms.

What it does have is the Pink Panther, a character with little personality, That is a weakness of all of the series. A comedian without a personality may do funny things and make you laugh, but he is also replaceable by any other comedian. It is odd that the old pros who did these cartoons seem to have forgotten that, but there you have it.