The Pink Pro (1976) User Reviews

Not too athletic.

[OllieSuave-007 · 5/10 · 18 October 2016]

The Pink Panther decides to be a sports instructor and forces the pointy-nosed man to train with him in a hosts of sports, from archery to skiing, from sky diving to boating and from golfing to tennis. However, the man isn't the least bit enthusiast by the sports. What results is a lot of back and forth tangling between the panther's training and the man's apparent miserable time in trying to master the sports.

It's a rather fairly done cartoon and with limited laughter here and there and a little nice slapstick action, but nothing too entertaining.

Grade C-

How not to do sports with the Pink Panther

[TheLittleSongbird · 8/10 · 27 July 2014]

Of the three Pink Panther cartoons seen so far from 1976, The Pink Pro personally was the best of them. The others being the entertaining but just above average Mystic Pink and Pink Arabee. The backgrounds are rather sparse with want of more colour vibrancy(this was at a point where the purposefully minimal animation in the Pink Panther cartoons was starting to look rushed) and the ending was a touch on the abrupt side, but The Pink Pro is lots of fun all the same. The theme tune has lost none of its deserved timeless classic status and Walter Greene's incidental music never falls into the trap of being repetitive or draggy despite a lot of it being variations of the main theme. All of the gags revolving on all the different sports and how not to do them are very funny, despite the outcome being obvious each time and the archery one while still funny being slightly dragged out, the skiing, sky-diving and water-skiing being the most entertaining. The chemistry between the two characters anchors The Pink Pro and they work great together. Pinky as always is likable, love his eagerness and attempts to be kind, even if his good intentions don't work. We constantly feel sorry for The Little Man and naturally, especially after the sky-diving, and you do feel his reluctance. All in all, fun and very well done Pink Panther cartoon and the best so far of the 1976 batch(don't agree at all with the low rating, though it does look like a case of lack of number of votes). 8/10 Bethany Cox

One of the biggest problems facing America . . .

[pixrox1 · 8/10 · 15 January 2023]

. . . is the lack of appropriate screening, certification and continuing oversight of athletic coaches. Any bozo can talk their way into a coaching job, even if they have little or no expertise in the sport they attempt to instruct. THE PINK PRO is an attempt to bring this glaring flaw into sharp focus. However, during the half a century since its release, matters have gotten worse if anything. For instance, a third-rate catcher promoted to manage the Houston Astronauts was the mastermind behind fixing the 2017 M. L. B. World Series. Yet, instead of being permanently disbarred like a lawyer leading a coup, this clown was soon appointed to manage ANOTHER team! Or look at women's soccer, cheer leading, swimming and gymnastics, where the main requirement to join the coaching ranks seems to be having your name on the state registry for sects offenders. Obviously, PINK PRO's warning fell upon deaf ears.