Pink Panther: The Ultimate Guide to the Coolest Cat in Town!

The package arrived undamaged, and it was the exact item that I ordered. This book is filled with facts about the origin of the Pink Panther and Inspector characters. There are illustrations on every page, both from the live action Pink Panther movies and the animated shorts. The live action films are covered here. Along with the other animated shorts that was part of the Pink Panther show ("CRAZY LEGS CRANE", "THE TIJUANA TOADS", "THE INSPECTOR", "THE ANT AND THE AARDVARK" along with others). Also, collectible memorabilia are covered in this book. I am very pleased with this book.

This is a fun guide for anyone interested in the Pink Panther movies, cartoons, and all the DePatie-Freleng cartoons that came after the cool cat. It has at least two full pages on each of the cartoons--and there are A LOT of them. Some I remember seeing from my youth (The Pink Panther, of course, The Inspector, The Ant and the Aardvark), others I've never heard of. The book follows the Pink Panther and his friends through the decades with history, all sorts of tidbits of information, full color screen shots of cartoons & the inspector movies, and photos of period memorabilia. My favorite part of the book is at the back where it offers an episode guide, including release dates and brief synopses of all the cartoons--which is even more useful as they are starting to release some of these cartoons on DVD. The cartoons featured are: The Pink Panther The Inspector The Ant and the Aardvark Roland and Rattfink The Tijuana Toads The Blue Racer Hoot Kloot The Dogfather Misterjaw Crazy Legs Crane A great book to curl up with and admire all the wonderful photos and illustrations celebrating the history of "the coolest cat in town." If you like The Pink Panther and those charming classic cartoons (as well as the inspector movies), this book is a must! It is 144 pages beautifully put together with tons of photos, episode guide, and index.

If you're a Pink Panther fan, this is a must-have.

PINK PANTHER: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO THE COOLEST CAT IN TOWN by Jerry Beck covers both the live action films, such as those with Peter Sellers, as well as the animated Pink Panthers, but the focus is on the animated Pink Panther. Thus, there's just a moderate amount here on the live action films, most of them starring Peter Sellers. Originally, the Pink Panther animated character was created just for the credits of the Peter Sellers films, but later the animated Panther took on a life of his own. So some people are more into one, some more into the other. I love both, so I'm glad the book covers both. A few of the live action films get pretty decent 4-page treatments, but some get only 2, with much of that taken up by graphics and photos, many of which show the animated Pink Panther. Those graphics and photos are well-chosen, but they don't leave much room for information. And as many reviewers have noted, "Return of the Pink Panther" with Sellers is absent entirely due to legal problems, which is unfortunate to say the least. And the 8 pages given to the 2006 "Pink Panther" with Steve Martin as Clouseau is way too much, as that film deserves less attention than the Sellers films. Many pages are given to characters from the animated Pink Panther films, such as The Blue Racer, Hoot Kloot, Crazy Legs Crane, and others. If you're mainly into the animated Pink Panther films, this is great. Probably the biggest strength of the book is the overall look of it. The graphics are great and bountiful, with many good photos from the films, Pink Panthers galore, and lots of fun merchandise shown too. The book is much fun to look at, over and over. While there's not a huge amount of information here, it's still substantial, including a nice homage to Mancini's music, info on the making of the films, and a general history of the whole phenomenon. The data pages on the animated films are also very helpful. In summary, I recommend PINK PANTHER: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO THE COOLEST CAT IN TOWN by Jerry Beck for animated Pink Panther fans, but it's only moderately useful to fans of the live action Pink Panther films.

Well I pick a great book for a very low price as well.This book will give you all the information you need, from how it begins to all the movie's an all the cartoons in historical dated way when it was broadcast on television an at the drive inns and theaters. I got this book cause I order the blue ray box sets of all the cartoons which was all related ...

Good fan book. A little too broad and consumer for me. Like a kids guidebook or something, but better quality. Was hoping for a much better retrospective with better art samples and images for the artist and true animation lover.

I bought this for my uncle who’s in a nursing home and it’s a great read… Short stories and snippets and it brought him back to the 1950s. He loved it nice hard bomb book.

I got this as agift for my daughter, she loves it. It has all the history of pink panther. If you are a pink panther fan, then this book is for you.

brilliant gift

Wow what a book! This has so many pictures and is very comprehensive, covering the cartoons AND the movies. A great buy if you're a Pink Panther fan.

M'ha agradat molt haber rebut el llibre aquet perque la meva dona es molt fans de la pantera rosa. A mes a sigut mot ràpid la contestacio i l'enviament. Moltes gracies.

Suchst du Informationen über den Pink Panther? Interessante Einblicke hinter den Kulissen einer Kultfigur? Suche weiter - im "Ultimate Guide" sind sie nicht zu finden. Im Vorwort stecken mehr Informationen als im ganzen Buch, das folgt. Damit ist dieser "Guide" den Panther-Spielfilmen sehr ähnlich, bei denen der Vorspann auch meist witziger war als der Rest. Über die Trickfigur wollte ich was lernen, weniger über die Spielfilm-Komödien - aber außer bunten Bildern mit Namen und beschreibenden Stichwörtern darunter findet sich weder über das eine noch das andere relevantes in diesem Buch. Ja, alles ist irgendwie dabei: Jeweils eine doppelseitige Collage über Pink Panther-Comic, die (uninteressanten) Trickfilmserien-Versuche der 80er und 90er, über die Merchandising-Artikel aus jedem Jahrzehnt... Handfeste Fakten gibt es nicht, abgesehen von einer wohl vollständigen, aber nur knappen Filmografie. Merchandising scheint der (rosa-)rote Faden des Buches zu sein. Warum hat man nicht gleich einen reich bebilderten Katalog über alle Pink Panther-Collectibles gemacht? Das wäre für sich - wenn gut recherchiert - auch informativ und wenigstens für Sammler praktisch. Aber so: Viel Layout um Nichts. Geld sparen - Pfoten weg!

excellent book