Pink Panther Trivia.

[thecolonel93]

Okay, bear with me. Some of you may be familiar with the infamous Heidi Bowl incident in which the 1968 film version of the children's classic, HEIDI [which starred Blake Edwards' daughter, Jennifer Edwards in the title role] was broadcast by NBC television as scheduled thereby cutting off the last few minutes of the New York Jets vs. Oakland Raiders game which was being televised by the network. During the final minute of play, the Raiders scored two touchdowns and won the game and the only people that saw were the spectators in the stadium as every house in America watching the game were now seeing HEIDI.

My question is who among you knows where and how Blake Edwards used this incident to serve as the basis for a sequence in the Panther series?

[Clouseau]

i would assume you are referring to Dreyfus' telecast interrupting the end of the ball game President Ford was watching in TPPSA... am i right?

[thecolonel93]

You're right, but its the Army-Navy game (American football) that Dreyfus interrupts. I always loved President Ford (veteran Panther stunt coordinator Dick Crockett)'s line..."Call the FBI, the CIA, and the Pentagon...find out who won the game!" When you realize they're parodying the outcry that greeted the starring debut of Edwards' daughter, the scene takes on added meaning.

In any event, its your turn to serve up further Panter trivia.

[Clouseau]

perhaps a bit obscure, but i think the Panther connection here can still be appreciated:

in one particular film, Peter Sellers wore a mustache, spoke with a French accent, and had a love interest who double-crossed him by teaming up with his enemies in an effort to frame and defraud him... the film even included a diamond-stealing cat burglar, BUT it was NOT The Pink Panther (63) (nor any other Panther film)...

name that film!

[pinkadilly]

i dunno, but it sounds interesting! kinda like a non-Clouseau Clouseau film!

[Clouseau]

nobody knows?

[thecolonel93]

I haven't a clue, so...

[yannickthejoker]

Do you mean The wrong arm of the law?

[Clouseau]

yannickthejoker said:

Do you mean The wrong arm of the law?

i do! very astute, yannick!

your turn...

[yannickthejoker]

Alright, let me think of something. Can you post 5 moments in which Peter Sellers is replaced by Joe Dunne? They can't be from the same scene.

[thecolonel93]

I'll take a crack at it...

1.) The Cato fight in STRIKES AGAIN when Clouseau trips on Dreyfus' periscope.
2.) The Cato fight in REVENGE with Clouseau dressed as Toulouse Lautrec jumps on the collapsed bed.
3.) The fall Clouseau dressed as The Godfather takes at the Lee Key Shipyards in REVENGE.
4.) When Clouseau in full cast falls down the airplane steps in the STRIKES AGAIN outtake recycled for TRAIL.
5.) When Clouseau trips on the man walking the German Shepherd in an expanded STRIKES AGAIN outtake filmed especially for TRAIL.

if that last one doesn't qualify I'll add the following...

6.) When Clouseau crashes through the kitchen of the Japanese restaurant at the end of RETURN.

[yannickthejoker]

Yes they're all correct. I really expected you to give all the answers for some reason. Your turn.

[thecolonel93]

Actually, would you mind posting other examples if you are aware of them? It would certainly interest me (and give me more time to try to think of a trivia question).

[yannickthejoker]

Yeah that's alright. I've been busy with this for an hour or something, making screenshots of it. Hope you like it. I think these are all shots of Joe Dunne but I can be wrong of course:

RETURN:













STRIKES AGAIN:
































REVENGE:

[in-the-pink]

Is this game dead, too?

Seems like I joined a little too late! All the games seem to be over! I tried to join with the Pants one, too, but nobody's posting there anymore either! Ack!