. . . PLAYFUL PAN may hold more terror per minute than even BAMBI. While both films feature forest fires, at least the longer feature offers plenty of comic relief through the interplay between the title character and the bunny Thump-Er. PLAYFUL PAN offers little in the way of silliness. Maybe by the time the fawn hit his stride, its movie studio had learned a lessor or too about getting burned at the box office.