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The Pink Panther (TV Series)
''The Pink Panther'' (also known as ''The New Pink Panther Show'') is an American animated television series based on the original theatrical cartoons of the same name produced by MGM Animation in association with Mirisch-Geoffrey DePatie-Freleng and United Artists, and distributed through Claster Television (TV distribution) and Camelot Entertainment Sales (barter services). The series centers on the Pink Panther and his co-stars from the original cartoon shorts in a series of brand-new stories. Unlike other animated series in the franchise, this is the only series where he and the Little Man speak numerous lines; prior to this series, the Panther had only briefly spoken in two cartoons in the 1960s. ''The Pink Panther'' was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in 1994 for Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition. The series also served as the basis for two educational adventure computer games: '' The Pink Panther: Passport to Peril'', and '' The Pink Pant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy
Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. Origins Comedy originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in Ancient Greek theatre, theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing ''agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions posing obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth then becomes constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to resort to ruses which e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Mars
Kenneth Mars (April 4, 1935 – February 12, 2011) was an American actor. He appeared in two Mel Brooks films: as the deranged Nazi playwright Franz Liebkind in '' The Producers'' (1967) and Police Inspector Hans Wilhelm Friedrich Kemp in '' Young Frankenstein'' (1974). He also appeared in Peter Bogdanovich's '' What's Up, Doc?'' (1972) as well as Woody Allen's '' Radio Days'' (1987) and '' Shadows and Fog'' (1991). Mars appeared in two seasons of ''Malcolm in the Middle'' as Otto Mannkusser, Francis's well-meaning but dimwitted boss, a German immigrant who owns a dude ranch. He voiced King Triton, Ariel's father, in the 1989 Disney animated film '' The Little Mermaid'' and its sequel, as well as its companion television series, and the '' Kingdom Hearts'' series. He also did several other animated voice-over film roles such as Littlefoot's grandfather in the ''Land Before Time'' series (1994–2008) and that of Professor Screweyes in '' We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story'' (1993) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pink Panther And Sons
''Pink Panther and Sons'' is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Mirisch-Geoffrey-DePatie-Freleng. The series was originally broadcast on NBC from 1984 to 1985 and moved to ABC in 1986. Friz Freleng (a close friend of Joseph Barbera and William Hanna since all three worked on the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio in the 1930s) served as creative producer for the series as his and David H. DePatie's production company, DePatie–Freleng Enterprises, existed as an in-name-only enterprise by this time, as its operations were absorbed by Marvel Productions in 1981. The show is based on the Pink Panther, a character created in 1963. Plot The series centers on The Pink Panther's two sons: pre-teen Pinky, his toddler brother, Panky and their friends in the Rainbow Panthers crew (the pretty Chatta, fighting Rocko, gibberish-talking Murfel, overalls-wearing Annie, and mixed-up-talking Punkin). Each episode shows the Rainbow Panthers coming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camelot Entertainment Sales
King World Productions, Inc. (also known as King World Entertainment, King World Enterprises, or simply King World) was a production company and broadcast syndication, syndicator of television show, television programming in the United States founded by Charles King (1912–72) that was active from 1964 to 2007. Following his death, it was run by his son Roger King (producer), Roger until it was acquired by CBS in 1999 and merged with CBS Paramount Domestic Television to form CBS Television Distribution (now CBS Media Ventures). Following Roger King's death, the company and its subsidiary KWP Studios Inc. continue to exist on paper as intellectual property holders who maintain the copyrights for programs like ''The Little Rascals'', ''Rachael Ray (talk show), Rachael Ray'', and the ''Hollywood Squares'' format. History Founding with ''The Little Rascals'' The division was started in 1964 by Charles King (1912–1972). It was a company that expressly handled television distribut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claster Television Incorporated
Claster Television, Inc. was a Baltimore, Maryland–based television distributor founded in 1953 by Bertram H. (Bert) Claster and Nancy Claster (Goldman) as Romper Room Inc. It was originally a producer of the children's show ''Romper Room'', one of the first preschool children's programs. Production ''Romper Room'' was fairly successful in its early years. CBS offered to pick up the show, but the Clasters instead decided to syndicate and franchise it, by taping episodes and selling the tapes to local stations or giving the option to local stations to produce their own version of the show. In 1969, Hasbro bought Romper Room Inc. and renamed it Claster Television Productions. Throughout the 1970s, Claster continued to make ''Romper Room'' and did not distribute anything else until 1978 when it brought the anime ''Star Blazers'' into the United States. It also developed the television series ''Bowling for Dollars''. In the 1980s, Hasbro formed contracts with animation studios to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation (shortened to MGM Animation) was an American animation division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, that specializes in animated productions for theatrical features and television, and based in Hollywood, California. It was founded in 1993 and primarily involved in producing children's entertainment based upon MGM's ownership of intellectual properties, such as ''The Pink Panther'', '' The Lionhearts'', ''The Secret of NIMH'', and ''All Dogs Go to Heaven''. The studio's founders, Paul Sabella and Jonathan Dern, left the studio in 1999 and founded SD Entertainment. The studio has been dormant since 2002, following the 2000 release of their last production '' Tom Sawyer''. Filmography Theatrical Direct-to-video TV series Miscellaneous productions Unproduced projects See also * List of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer theatrical animated feature films * Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio * MGM Animation/Visual Arts MGM Animation/Visual Arts was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Artists
United Artists (UA) is an American film production and film distribution, distribution company owned by Amazon MGM Studios. In its original operating period, it was founded in February 1919 by Charlie Chaplin, D. W. Griffith, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks as a venture premised on allowing actors to control their own financial and artistic interests rather than being dependent upon commercial studios. After numerous ownership and structural changes and revamps, United Artists was acquired by media conglomerate Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in 1981 for a reported $350 million ($ billion today). On September 22, 2014, MGM acquired a controlling interest in One Three Media and Lightworkers Media and merged them to revive the television production unit of United Artists as United Artists Media Group (UAMG). MGM itself acquired UAMG on December 14, 2015, and folded it into MGM Television, their own television division. MGM briefly revived the United Artists brand as United Artist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mirisch Company
The Mirisch Company was an American film production company owned by Walter Mirisch and his brothers, Marvin and Harold Mirisch. The company also had sister firms known at various times as Mirisch Production Company, Mirisch Pictures Inc., Mirisch Films, and The Mirisch Corporation. History Walter Mirisch began to work as a producer at Monogram Pictures beginning with ''Fall Guy'' (1947), the profitable '' Bomba, the Jungle Boy'' series, '' Wichita'' (1955), and '' The First Texan'' (1956), by which time the company was known as Allied Artists. Walter Mirisch was in charge of production at the studio when it made ''Invasion of the Body Snatchers'' (1956) and '' Love in the Afternoon'' (1957). The Mirisch Company was founded in 1957 at which time it signed a 12-picture deal with United Artists (UA) that was extended to 20 films two years later. Its first production was '' Man of the West'' (1958) starring Gary Cooper. UA acquired the company on March 1, 1963, but the Mirisch b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvin Mirisch
Marvin Eliot Mirisch (March 19, 1918 – November 17, 2002) was an American film producer. Biography Mirisch was born to a Jewish familyJewish Journal: "Marvin Mirisch - Mirisch Motion Picture Production Company Co-Founder, Dies at 84" November 28, 2002 on March 19, 1918, in New York City,''Obituaries in the Performing Arts'' /ref> one of two sons born to Josephine Frances (née Urbach) and Max Mirisch.Douglas Martin [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Mirisch
Walter Mortimer Mirisch (November 8, 1921 – February 24, 2023) was an American film producer. He was the president and executive head of production of The Mirisch Corporation, an independent film production company which he formed in 1957 with his brother, Marvin, and half-brother, Harold. He won the Academy Award for Best Picture as producer of '' In the Heat of the Night'' (1967). Life and career Early years Born to a Jewish familyJewish Journal: "At Pepperdine, ruminations on Hollywood’s patrimony straight from its (Jewish) patriarchy" by Danielle Berrin October 6, 2013 , cached version at in New York, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadcast Syndication
Broadcast syndication is the practice of content owners leasing the right to broadcast their content to other television stations or radio stations, without having an official broadcast network to air it on. It is common in the United States where broadcast programming is scheduled by television networks with local independent Network affiliate, affiliates. Syndication is less widespread in the rest of the world, as most countries have centralized networks or television stations without local affiliates. Shows can be syndicated internationally, although this is less common. Three common types of syndication are: ''first-run'' syndication, which is programming that is broadcast for the first time as a syndicated show and is made specifically for the purpose of selling it into syndication; ''Off-network'' syndication (colloquially called a "rerun"), which is the licensing of a program whose first airing was on stations inside the Television broadcaster, television network that prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Watters
Mark Watters (born May 25, 1955) is an American composer of music for film and television. Biography Watters is a six-time Emmy award-winning composer, conductor and arranger. He was born in Irving, Texas and majored in Saxophone at the University of Southern California where he was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Mark served as the music director of the 1996 Summer Olympics, and the 2002 Winter Olympics. Watters has served as guest conductor for ensembles such as The Los Angeles Philharmonic, The London Symphony, The Detroit Symphony, The Dallas Symphony, and The Atlanta Symphony. In 2009, he co-conducted a nationwide tour of '' Star Wars: In Concert'' with Dirk Brosse. In August 2012, he conducted the Japanese tour featuring The Tokyo Symphony. He is a former president of the Society of Composers & Lyricists and a former member of the ATAS Board of Governors. Discography Film *''Petal to the Metal'' - Disney *'' The Pebble and the Penguin'' - MGM *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
