Rock a Bye Pinky (1966) User Reviews

Cradle will rock

[CuriosityKilledShawn · 6/10 · 4 March 2006]

The Pink Panther is sleeping in the treetops in a secluded part of the forest when a noisy man and his dog set up their camp below him for the night. The camper is happy to hog all the comfort for himself and leave his dog out in the cold but his snoring is keeping Pinky awake.

Obviously less than pleased at this intrusion, Pinky takes it upon himself to play tricks on the camper as he sleeps, leaving the dog to rescue him. Each time the camper awakens he thinks it's the dog that has sabotaged his sleep and scolds him for it. Promptly going back to sleep and snoring loudly.

Not a particularly imaginative set-up but has a good reasonable amount of laughs to keep it going.

The Original Glamper

[owen-watts · 7/10 · 4 May 2021]

Pink Panther Odyssey Part XXIV

Pink has his idiosyncratic mattress-in-a-tree holiday interrupted by the "Little man" and his rather hard-done-by dog. A genuine hoot but a shame that the panther and the canine don't join forces against that beige creep.

A pair of home invaders outgun a . . .

[pixrox1 · 7/10 · 10 December 2022]

. . . sleeping pink panther, which is apparently not as dangerous as waking a sleeping tiger. ROCK A BYE P-I-N-K-Y finds an endangered big cat confronted with both a handgun and a longer firearm just because he's trying to get some shuteye in his home tree. Two boorish trespassers show up to disturb his peace, with 120 Decibel snoring and tent-pitching shenanigans. This duo of malingering miscreants roil up the Dark Night Nature Preserve with their belligerent rope tricks and canvas cover-ups. This picture's soundtrack is crammed so full of noxious noise that there's not even enough room left over to stuff in all of the dog's inevitable barking. The moral of this story seems to be that in our American wilderness areas, crime always pays.

Ya Gotta Love This Dog!

[ccthemovieman-1 · 10/10 · 5 June 2007]

The is an excellent Pink Panther cartoon, definitely in the top echelon. Even though it was frustrating at times, as this poor innocent dog kept getting blamed for things the Pink Panther did, justice prevailed in the end.

Along the route, it's simply a story of the Panther exacting revenge for the Little White Guy interrupting his sleep out in the park. The PP is way up in the branches trying to sleep with the man and his dog set up camp below. Soon, the man is in his hammock snoring away. The snoring interrupts the Panther's sleep and the cartoon from that point is a series of events in which he gets back at the guy for his snoring.

How the dog gets involved is the funny part of each skit in this cartoon. He's the star of the animated short. You'll just love this dog!

Sleepless Pink Panther.

[OllieSuave-007 · 9/10 · 10 July 2016]

The Pink Panther gets a sleepless night when the pointy-nosed man and his dog are out camping out one evening, the man's snores keeping the panther up. So, the panther hilariously unleashes a host of counters including cutting loose the man's hammock with a knife, sending him flying into the river. He later also makes the man's hammock catch on fire. The man's poor dog, of course, is blamed for all this.

Plenty of laughs here. The dog is quite adorable and the man, of course, is funny and entertaining when mad and when he gets the bad end of the rap when the panther plays tricks on him. One of the better ones with the Pink Panther.

Grade A

Another Pink Panther classic

[TheLittleSongbird · 10/10 · 7 June 2013]

One of my favourite Pink Panther cartoons, and one I deem a classic. In hindsight it is not entirely imaginative, but you don't notice at all because of the excellent way it's executed in that it actually feels more original than it is and it plays to Pinky's character strengths. The animation is very charming to look at, with elegant colouring and simple but carefully drawn drawing. The music is catchy and energetic, always appropriate for the action, and the theme tune is still fun to listen to no matter how many times it's heard. The gags are clever, well-set-up and rounded off and most importantly are funny. I still love Pinky's coolness, charm and effortless likability, he is also still fun to watch as always. The dog is a great characters and in my view one of Pinky's best partners. Overall, a classic from the Pink Panther. 10/10 Bethany Cox