Not one of the Pink Panther's greatest cartoons, but thoroughly entertaining still. The only real annoyance is the laughter track, which is not just distracting but unnecessary. The animation though is just wonderful, the images seen are fascinating and psychedelic personified and the colours are some of the most striking of any Pink Panther cartoon. It's drawn beautifully as well as you'd expect. The music is jazzy and upbeat, also very easy to remember and well matched with Pinky's antics. The theme tune was a classic and still is now. The gags are very clever, are imaginatively timed and are more importantly funny. The ending rounds things off nicely, and the story is a classic Pinky vs. the little white guy story and done with much humour, energy and heart. Pinky is a character full of charisma and natural comic timing and is likable and cool, those can all be seen in a cartoon that plays to his strengths. The little white guy is a great supporting character, he's funny too and often in his outings with Pinky is one we feel sympathy for. The two work with and against one another wonderfully. All in all, apart from the laughter track, Psychedelic Pink is a very good entry in the Pink Panther cartoon series. 8/10 Bethany Cox
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Fascinating short with excellent visual design.
llltdesq14 September 2006
Warning: Spoilers
This short is a very effective and funny piece of work with some fascinating bits. I will be discussing details, so this is a spoiler warning:
The Pink Panther comes upon a door with an eye and enters a realm of the odd and wonderful as a result. He comes upon a character who resembles "The Little White Guy" with a beard and dressed as a beatnik. The Pink Panther pulls down a book on "fire rituals" and hands it to the beatnik, who opens it with predictable results. Not being one to hold a grudge, the guy hands our hero a book on "The Love Lives of Panthers".
Much of the rest of the cartoon revolves around the Pink Panther's attempts to read this book. He and the book fall through a hole, only to have the book "injured" severely enough to necessitate "surgery", which is done by the beatnik, with some assistance from our pink friend. A light bulb in a lamp burns out and the PP tries without success to replace it by using a machine marked "Lights", from which he gets almost every kind of light except a light bulb. He finally gets one by having an "idea" occur to him and taking the resulting light bulb from above his head! Off and on, various calamities befall the beatnik, courtesy of the star of the series, until the poor guy finally loses his temper and goes after him with a most unusual weapon. The ending of the short is a bit mixed, but the final shot is quite nice.
This short is on the PInk Panther Classic Cartoon Collection and is most definitely worth checking out. Recommended.
The Pink Panther comes upon a door with an eye and enters a realm of the odd and wonderful as a result. He comes upon a character who resembles "The Little White Guy" with a beard and dressed as a beatnik. The Pink Panther pulls down a book on "fire rituals" and hands it to the beatnik, who opens it with predictable results. Not being one to hold a grudge, the guy hands our hero a book on "The Love Lives of Panthers".
Much of the rest of the cartoon revolves around the Pink Panther's attempts to read this book. He and the book fall through a hole, only to have the book "injured" severely enough to necessitate "surgery", which is done by the beatnik, with some assistance from our pink friend. A light bulb in a lamp burns out and the PP tries without success to replace it by using a machine marked "Lights", from which he gets almost every kind of light except a light bulb. He finally gets one by having an "idea" occur to him and taking the resulting light bulb from above his head! Off and on, various calamities befall the beatnik, courtesy of the star of the series, until the poor guy finally loses his temper and goes after him with a most unusual weapon. The ending of the short is a bit mixed, but the final shot is quite nice.
This short is on the PInk Panther Classic Cartoon Collection and is most definitely worth checking out. Recommended.
Laugh track?
Atreyu_II4 April 2009
This isn't one of Pink Panther's most original and creative cartoons, but still has imagination enough. Yet, despite this, behind it there is a "classic" story of the Pink Panther and the "Little White Man". Pinky, of course, drives him crazy. The little white guy is known for his short temper.
In this cartoon, Pinky visits the most unusual library ever. A strange library that looks like a cinema room with eccentric colors all around it. The librarian is, of course, the little white guy. Many things happen during the cartoon and these things are as funny as they are weird. Even the "Bizarre Book" has a word to say.
Generally speaking, the cartoon is funny and okay, but I don't see it as one of Pink Panther's best. It is, however, one of the very few which we can hear the public's laughters, giving the idea that people are actually very close watching it - like in classic TV shows such as 'Family Ties' and 'Mr. Bean', for example.
In this cartoon, Pinky visits the most unusual library ever. A strange library that looks like a cinema room with eccentric colors all around it. The librarian is, of course, the little white guy. Many things happen during the cartoon and these things are as funny as they are weird. Even the "Bizarre Book" has a word to say.
Generally speaking, the cartoon is funny and okay, but I don't see it as one of Pink Panther's best. It is, however, one of the very few which we can hear the public's laughters, giving the idea that people are actually very close watching it - like in classic TV shows such as 'Family Ties' and 'Mr. Bean', for example.
The core supporters of America's base continue to . . .
pixrox118 December 2022
Warning: Spoilers
. . . include this controversial picture on their list of banned children's books and films, due to its title and subject matter. PSYCHEDELIC PINK strikes many if not most parents living south of the Mason-Jar-Dixie-Cup Line as a plot by the happy hippie crowd to coerce their young ones into the life style of the rich and urban. These fears seem to be confirmed by the titles of the books shown during PSYCHEDELIC PINK. The first tome is called East Indian Fire Rituals, which obviously is too hot for juveniles to handle. The second book referenced here is The Love Life of a Panther, Uncensored. Given the near-total prohibition against Sects Education throughout U. S. Red States, this suggestive subject matter is totally forbidden, giving this film more than a whiff of corruption.
Pink Panther in Bookmagic Land.
OllieSuave-00719 September 2016
This Pink Panther cartoon reminds me of the Disney short movie Donald in Mathemagical Land. The Pink Panther sees a door with an eye on it and is hypnotized. He is then taken into a topsy-turvy world full of books, lamps and signs, and he also runs into the the pointy-nosed man in the world as well.
There are so funny gags in this one coupled with some ruffling with the pointy-nosed man. A cleverly done cartoon short that will make you suspend reality and enter the world of wacky imagination - almost like Wonderland stuff.
Grade B+
There are so funny gags in this one coupled with some ruffling with the pointy-nosed man. A cleverly done cartoon short that will make you suspend reality and enter the world of wacky imagination - almost like Wonderland stuff.
Grade B+
What Is A 'Laugh Track' Doing In Here?
ccthemovieman-125 April 2007
So far, in watching some of these Pink Panther cartoons for the first time in 40 years I have yet to find a lemon.....until now. This is just not funny. What's really bad is there is a "laugh track" inserted in here, one of the most annoying things I've ever heard in a cartoon. Whose idea was that? Even the laugh track didn't have much to laugh about because the jokes simply were low-grade slapstick stuff.
The story involves our hero going to the "Bizarre Book" club during the psychedelic days of the late '60s. It was fun to see some of the art work of the period, something I recall with fondness. My hopes for a nostalgic and funny cartoon, however, were dashed when very little happened.
The only part I thought was clever was near the end with the Pink Panther and "the little white guy" get into a fight and brawl in front of several posters promoting "love," which was the popular "in" word of the psychedelic years. It was a jab at the hypocrisy of the naive hippies of the late '60s.
The story involves our hero going to the "Bizarre Book" club during the psychedelic days of the late '60s. It was fun to see some of the art work of the period, something I recall with fondness. My hopes for a nostalgic and funny cartoon, however, were dashed when very little happened.
The only part I thought was clever was near the end with the Pink Panther and "the little white guy" get into a fight and brawl in front of several posters promoting "love," which was the popular "in" word of the psychedelic years. It was a jab at the hypocrisy of the naive hippies of the late '60s.
Not So Trippy
CuriosityKilledShawn25 March 2016
This short is mildly tolerable in that the set-up allows for the random nature of the pratfalls to be just slightly appropriate. Pinky is wandering along a "street" (though it is so sparsely animated it's hard for me to tell) and decides to enter a weird book shop. Inside a lot of strange and bizarre things happen...and that's it.
For some reason there is a laugh track included on this one, like they needed to remind the actual viewing audience that they ought to be laughing at this bore, but not even the fake laugh track is enjoying it.
You know you're in trouble when canned laughter is finding your comedy short boring.
For some reason there is a laugh track included on this one, like they needed to remind the actual viewing audience that they ought to be laughing at this bore, but not even the fake laugh track is enjoying it.
You know you're in trouble when canned laughter is finding your comedy short boring.
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