Pink Pajamas

The Pink Panther as a character is iconic and I take great enjoyment in watching his cartoons. Pink Pajamas is his second cartoon, and while it is a step down from Pink Phink- which is one of his best- it is still fun. The animation may be simplistic with some sparse backgrounds and the second half I agree is not as funny as the first. However the music is still very catchy, being very jazzy and the main theme is infectious and instantly recognisable, and the gags are funny and creative, especially with the shower. The story is unoriginal but well paced with Pink Panther's situation is one that I totally identify with. Pinky himself is as usual effortlessly cool, and is supported very nicely.

In conclusion, very good and fun cartoon even if I prefer Pink Phink. 8/10 Bethany Cox

Friz Freleng and David DePatie began their new studio auspiciously with this film and its Oscar-winning predecessor, "The Pink Phink" (as well as the first live-action movie's opening which started it all--probably the single greatest thing Freleng ever directed).

I really wish Freleng hadn't tinkered with such a superb formula: in "Pink Pajamas," his flair for pantomime humor and comic timing is completely intact. Nearly everything happens spot on, in a thoroughly inevitable way. Writer John Dunn's gags are more than just serviceable.

But Freleng dinkered with the series's format for the rest of his directed filmography, even having the panther (heaven help us all) TALK, fer cryin' out loud! In a couple of years Freleng would hand over the directorial reins to long-time layout man and character designer, Hawley Pratt (really the TRUE creator of the Pink Panther). Pratt fortunately stuck to the pantomime formula and kept the series on an even keel with some very good cartoons.

I guess Freleng's main job at his own studio now was "minding the store".

The 2nd 'Pink Panther' cartoon is very good in the first minutes, being hilarious, great fun, imaginative and creative. Funny gags include, for example, whenever the homeowner crashes against something and makes great noise, waking up Pinky (who falls asleep again). Not any less hilarious is whenever Pinky is having a slight headache with the lightbulb.

The cartoon becomes less good, particularly from when the AA rep enters in scene on. Nevertheless, as a cartoon, it still is good material and fun to watch.

It's a quite simple cartoon, like most of Pinky's cartoons, including very simplistic artwork. It's not one of the Pink Panther's best cartoons. It's still good enough but, like many things in life, it's important not to take it too seriously and to know how to appreciate this kind of thing.

The Pink Panther is trying to find a place to sleep and ends up magically using a key to enter man's house, where he makes himself quite at home. Hilarious moments follow when the panther uses the man's shaving equipment and electric toothbrush - especially the part where the toothbrush makes a mind of its own and runs all over the panther. He also tries to sleep and keep the lamp turned off. But, the man, a drunk, arrives home after one of his binges and attempts to sleep, only to think he was hallucinating after seeing the Pink Panther in his bed.

The man thinks his drinking habits have caused him to see unusual things, but just see what happens when he realizes that a real panther is really in his house!

Plenty of laughs and plenty of slapstick humor. The Pink Panther's movements and action were just classic and funny.

Grade A

Pink Panther Odyssey Part II

The second Freleng Panther short is even more nocturnally surreal than the first- despite the description (and pictures) on the IMDB page being inaccurate at time of writing, Pink finds himself somewhere to nap but is interrupted by a drunkard. It's another goldie for me with some brilliant slapstick and I found the guy ringing up his AA sponsor a wickedly dark turn. Glorious.