My TV Show Review on The Inspector

Aloha, my good comrades.

This is your friendly film, TV show, and episode reporter here once again with another review.

And today, I'll be making my 14th TV show review by analyzing "The Inspector".

Here's the summary of it:

Created by Friz Freleng and David H. DePatie, the series chronicles the misadventures of a French police inspector who, as he's on duty, gets into various situations that often result in him getting more pain than glory.

Nearly every case is assigned to him by the short-tempered police commissioner, and he would often be accompanied by a rookie from Spain named Deux-Deux.

Having grown up with this series, along with the classic Pink Panther collection, I've found myself unable to resist giving this series a review.

At first glance, the show may not seem like much compared to most shows of today. However, if the goal behind the show was to provide people with something to laugh at, then I'd like to say "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!".

The humorous aspect of the series was marvelously hilarious, especially the visual gags used with the characters. Freleng's involvement as a producer of this series almost gives the comedy a certain Looney Tunes-vibe about it, but yet...the humorous style was able to make itself something of its own too.

The animation was likewise nicely done. It certainly doesn't compare to the level of Disney and Warner Bros. shorts, but I can tell that obviously wasn't the intention. Even though they clearly had little budget to work with, they were able to make good use of it and still make the visualization of it all immediately appealing. I'm not sure how often I've said this about other shows, but "The Inspector" has an awesome comic book-feel.

The music by William Lava and Walter Greene was also fun. I love how the two of them were able to closely match their scorings to that of Henry Mancini, who composed for the theatrical Pink Panther films directed by Blake Edwards. It fit perfectly for a cop-comedy, and it even seemed like Mancini himself was in the building.

Finally, the voice acting and characters were all charmingly top-notch, particularly because of the personalities the characters have and how well their performers portrayed them.

It was Pat Harrington Jr. and his character of the Inspector that particularly won me over. Harrington not only did a good job at getting into the character, he was also able to capture a spirit that’s closely to that of Peter Sellers's Inspector Clouseau while making the character his own at the same time. His comedic-timings and sense of humor were great too. Plus, even though it may not seem like it, the character goes through a lot of mental development.

In the end, "The Inspector" may not seem like much upon first glance, but then...it's hard to deny that it has appeal and charm every step of the way, and it's perfect to put on when you're merely looking for a laugh.

So, I rate "The Inspector" five out of five stars.

I can't wait to review more installments of the "Pink Panther" franchise at some point, and not just the ones directed by Blake Edwards and starring Peter Sellers either.

Comments

[Paulli]

I've seen those shorts on TV, they were part of the Pink Panther collection aired back in the day.

[HolyCross9]

I love this cartoon as well, along the Pink Panther series.