Finding immediate fame in the opening title sequence of Blake Edwards' 1964 classic comedy The Pink Panther, the feline embodiment of the Swinging Sixties cool quickly become the star of his own animated short. Unlike the loud and manic characters of other animation studios, the Pink Panther was lithe and easygoing, and moved to the rhythm of jazzy theme music, usually thwarting the plans of a variety of uptight 'little men.'