This short takes its one-joke premise and runs it into the ground. Though the series is naturally limited by the very nature of the main character, this one feels like it was simply phoned in-they needed to provide a certain number of shorts and this one was filler done to meet contractual obligations. I do want to discuss this a little, so a mild spoiler warning is probably advisable:
The Pink Panther is given three wishes by his fairy godmother and for his first one, he wishes for roller skates. For the bulk of the short, the skates cause him no end of grief. They have a mind of their own and he is continually crashing through or into things like windowpanes, brick walls, paint buckets and so on. It becomes so predictable that the gags aren't even mildly funny in far too high a percentage of cases. There truly just isn't that much to work with here. Other shorts have had a one-joke premise-most of them, really-but the gags here aren't especially novel or creative terribly often.
His fairy godmother returns at the tail-end of the short to remind him he has two more wishes and his second one is to remove the skates. His final wish is the funniest bit in the short and even that is treated predictably. The ending is still funny, but it loses a bit of novelty through trite application.
This is available on The Pink Panther Classic Cartoon Collection. The Collection is worth getting, though this short may only be of interest to completists.
The Pink Panther is given three wishes by his fairy godmother and for his first one, he wishes for roller skates. For the bulk of the short, the skates cause him no end of grief. They have a mind of their own and he is continually crashing through or into things like windowpanes, brick walls, paint buckets and so on. It becomes so predictable that the gags aren't even mildly funny in far too high a percentage of cases. There truly just isn't that much to work with here. Other shorts have had a one-joke premise-most of them, really-but the gags here aren't especially novel or creative terribly often.
His fairy godmother returns at the tail-end of the short to remind him he has two more wishes and his second one is to remove the skates. His final wish is the funniest bit in the short and even that is treated predictably. The ending is still funny, but it loses a bit of novelty through trite application.
This is available on The Pink Panther Classic Cartoon Collection. The Collection is worth getting, though this short may only be of interest to completists.