''Roland and Rattfink'' is an American series of animated shorts produced and released from 1968 to 1971. The main characters also made several guest appearances on ''The Pink Panther'' animated series. The series was produced by

David H. DePatie David Hudson DePatie (; December 24, 1929 – September 23, 2021) was an American film and television producer who was the last and longest-lived executive in charge of the original Warner Bros. Cartoons studio. He also formed DePatie–Freleng ...

and

Friz Freleng Isadore "Friz" Freleng (; August 21, 1905May 26, 1995), credited as I. Freleng early in his career, was an American animator, cartoonist, Film director, director, Film producer, producer, and composer known for his work at Warner Bros. Cartoons ...

and seventeen cartoons were produced.

Plot

The cartoons concerned blond, muscular, handsome, pacifist "good guy" Roland and the many attempts by the evil, weedy, green-skinned (in most of the cartoons), mustachioed Rattfink to defeat or dispose of him. Roland and Rattfink were both voiced by

Lennie Weinrib Leonard Weinrib (April 29, 1935 – June 28, 2006) was an American actor, comedian and writer. He is best known for playing the title role in the children's television show '' H.R. Pufnstuf'', Grimace in McDonaldland commercials, the title role i ...

(except in "The Deadwood Thunderball" where they were voiced by

John Byner John Byner (né Biener; born June 28, 1938) is an American actor, comedian and impressionist who has had a lengthy television and film career. His voice work includes the cartoon series '' The Ant and the Aardvark'', in which the title characte ...

and

Dave Barry David McAlister Barry (born July 3, 1947) is an American author and columnist who wrote a nationally Print syndication, syndicated humor column for the ''Miami Herald'' from 1983 to 2005. He has written numerous books of humor and parody, as we ...

). "Hurts and Flowers" (one long, running joke about Rattfink destroying flower child Roland's daisies) concludes with Rattfink getting killed and Roland leaving a daisy in a flowerpot on his grave. When Roland walks away, Rattfink's ghost rises from the grave to throw the flowerpot at him.

Filmography

Home video

The series was released January 27, 2009 on DVD from

MGM Home Entertainment MGM Home Entertainment LLC (also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment, d/b/a MGM Home Entertainment and formerly known as MGM Home Video, MGM/CBS Home Video and MGM/UA Home Video) is the home video distribution arm of the American med ...

/20th Century Studios Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment as a part of ''The Pink Panther Classic Cartoon Collection''. The individual shorts were released on DVD and Blu-Ray on June 28, 2016 by Kino Lorber, and are also available to stream on Hulu.

References

External links

''Roland and Rattfink''
at the Big Cartoon Database.
''Roland and Ratfink''
[sic] at Don Markstein's Toonopedia
Archived
from the original on January 19, 2017. {{DEFAULTSORT:Roland And Rattfink Animated film series Fictional duos Film series introduced in 1968 DePatie–Freleng Enterprises Television series by MGM Television Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated short films United Artists animated films The Pink Panther Show Animated characters introduced in 1968

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Filmography

Home video

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References

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