The Pink Panther in: Olym-Pinks

The Pink Panther in: Olym-Pinks, is an animated sports-themed special which first aired on ABC on February 22, 1980 to coincide with the 1980 Winter Olympics. This was the final Pink Panther cartoon to be produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises as well as the last Pink Panther production involving creator Friz Freleng before his departing to return to Warner Bros. Animation.

Unlike NBC, which required all Panther broadcasts to be fitted with a laugh track, ABC did not insist upon laughter being added — a first for the series.

Plot
In Lake Placid, New York, the Pink Panther and the Little Man are competitors in a series of Winter Olympic games. The problem is, the Little Man is a very bad sport who will resort to outrageously blatant cheating to win. Despite several comical mishaps (including being chased by a piano that seemingly wants his head on a silver platter, an upside-down chase through the snow after falling off a ski lift and trying to nurse the Little Man through a bad cold), the panther triumphs at downhill racing, ski jumping and bobsledding and wins the Gold medal while the little man earns a Silver and his sneezing puts out the Olympic flame.

Credits

 * "Pink Panther in Olym-Pinks"
 * Produced by: David H. DePatie, Friz Freleng
 * Directed by: Friz Freleng
 * Written by: Friz Freleng, John Dunn, David Detiege
 * Sequence Directors: Gerry Chiniquy, Art Davis, Art Leonardi
 * Music by: Screen Music West
 * Composer: Rob Walsh
 * Orchestration: Don McGinnis
 * Pink Panther Theme by: Henry Mancini
 * Graphic Design: Ric Gonzales, Martin Strudler
 * Backgrounds: Richard H. Thomas
 * Animators: Warren Batchelder, Bob Matz, Tom Ray, Bob Bransford, Don Williams, Art Vitello, Nelson Shin, Bob Bemiller, Malcolm Draper
 * Film Editors: Robert Gillis, Richard Gannon
 * Music Editor: Joe Siracusa
 * In Charge of Production: Lee Gunther
 * Production Manager: Steven Hahn
 * Camera Supervised by: Raymond E. Lee
 * Cameramen: Robert Mills, Steven Wilzbach, Gary Gunther, John Cunningham
 * Sound by: Producers' Sound Service, Inc.
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 * DFE Films · A DePatie-Freleng Production

Home Release
On November 6, 2007, Olym-pinks was released alongside Pink at First Sight and A Pink Christmas on the DVD collection The Pink Panther: A Pink Christmas from MGM Home Entertainment/20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.