. . . Peace Officers. Of course, in America some people refer to law enforcement personnel as "alphabet agents." Others may call them "bacon," as in someone toting a kidnapped sheriff to a gang's hideout communicating that they're "Bringing home the bacon." In South Africa, lawmen are called "Carols." Over near Manchester, England, they're dubbed "Dibble's," derived from a character in the Top Cat cartoon series. Across the U. S,, wiretap specialists are known as "earwigs." Our American homeland also spawned the 2007 police comedy, HOT FUZZ. Romanians call their constables "G-a-b-o-r-s." The Brits label crime specialists as "hobby bobbies." A trump buster is said to be "in the bag" in New York City. Aussie government law enforcers are known as "Jacks." Canada used to call them "the Queen's cowboys," but now they've been transformed into "the King's bronc busters." Across the USA, Red State residents have renamed county m-o-u-n-t-y's as "Local Yokels," mostly because they never learned how to use hyphens. Traffic cops are dubbed "Mama" in the Hindi areas of India, but I do not have the space here to get to the letter "P."
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Good Sight Gags
ccthemovieman-119 March 2008
A "viscious motorcycle gang is on the loose" and the Inspector's job is to bring them in for "disturbing the peace." He soon spots, "Pig Al," the leader of the gang (who wears an upside down pan on his head and looks like a sheep dog) riding down the street.
The two get into a gunfight trying to shoot the other guy's tires out but both have "bulletproof tires." Unfortunately, the rest of the Inspector's car is not bulletproof, and he winds up trying to follow the Pig-Al by only riding the boards "like they do in the movies."
From that point, we see some clever sight gags. Especially good was the Inspector flying through the air holding onto just the side of a cab door.
The signs at Pig-Al's hideout were funny, too, as were his gang members at the "secret" hideout. After a few mediocre efforts, it was good to see a solid effort again on this DVD, "The Pink Panther Classic Cartoon Collection, Vol. 6 - Inspector Cartoons." It was also good to see the poor Inspector actually succeed in one of his missions!
The two get into a gunfight trying to shoot the other guy's tires out but both have "bulletproof tires." Unfortunately, the rest of the Inspector's car is not bulletproof, and he winds up trying to follow the Pig-Al by only riding the boards "like they do in the movies."
From that point, we see some clever sight gags. Especially good was the Inspector flying through the air holding onto just the side of a cab door.
The signs at Pig-Al's hideout were funny, too, as were his gang members at the "secret" hideout. After a few mediocre efforts, it was good to see a solid effort again on this DVD, "The Pink Panther Classic Cartoon Collection, Vol. 6 - Inspector Cartoons." It was also good to see the poor Inspector actually succeed in one of his missions!
Chasing motorcycles
TheLittleSongbird17 July 2019
De-Patie-Freleng Enterprise's The Inspector, perhaps their second most popular, better and biggest in number of cartoons after The Pink Panther series, series is made up of thirty four cartoons. The first being 1965's 'The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation' and the last being 1969's 'Carte Blanched'. Not all the cartoons in the series were particularly great, some average or less, but most are well worth watching.
1967's 'Le Pig-Al Patrol' fits under that distinction. Consider it among the better The Inspector cartoons and the best of the 1967 cartoons as far as the previous ones of that year go. It is one of the well above average, even good, The Inspector cartoons, well made and enjoyable. Also one of the funnier 1967 The Inspector cartoons. At the same time, it's not one of the series' most inventive as an overall whole.
Story-wise, it is relatively formulaic and some of the pacing could have been a touch tighter.
Pig-Al is a great villain and among the better ones of the series perhaps, the best and most memorable in a while. The chemistry between Pig-Al and The Inspector sparkles, important for 'Le Pig-Al Patrol' to work as it centres pretty much only on them. Pat Harrington does a particularly great job and Marvin Miller was interesting.
Gags, mostly physical and visual, are many and they are very funny and clever. Do agree that the air and cab door gag was a standout and also loved those signs. It could have been sharper at times but the wit and irony are done well. It was a shame that Deux Deux and the great personality contrasts between him and the Inspector are missing, but their absence don't have too much of a big hole.
'Le Pig-Al Patrol' is fine visually. The animation is simple but never cheap-looking, while the somewhat abstract backgrounds have nice attention to detail, more so than the Pink Panther cartoons (not a knock at all on the animation of that series), and don't look sparse. But it is the deep and rich colours that stand out in this regard. Liked the jauntiness and jazzy slinkiness of the music, which didn't sound too cheap or repetitive.
In summation, well above average and well done. 8/10
1967's 'Le Pig-Al Patrol' fits under that distinction. Consider it among the better The Inspector cartoons and the best of the 1967 cartoons as far as the previous ones of that year go. It is one of the well above average, even good, The Inspector cartoons, well made and enjoyable. Also one of the funnier 1967 The Inspector cartoons. At the same time, it's not one of the series' most inventive as an overall whole.
Story-wise, it is relatively formulaic and some of the pacing could have been a touch tighter.
Pig-Al is a great villain and among the better ones of the series perhaps, the best and most memorable in a while. The chemistry between Pig-Al and The Inspector sparkles, important for 'Le Pig-Al Patrol' to work as it centres pretty much only on them. Pat Harrington does a particularly great job and Marvin Miller was interesting.
Gags, mostly physical and visual, are many and they are very funny and clever. Do agree that the air and cab door gag was a standout and also loved those signs. It could have been sharper at times but the wit and irony are done well. It was a shame that Deux Deux and the great personality contrasts between him and the Inspector are missing, but their absence don't have too much of a big hole.
'Le Pig-Al Patrol' is fine visually. The animation is simple but never cheap-looking, while the somewhat abstract backgrounds have nice attention to detail, more so than the Pink Panther cartoons (not a knock at all on the animation of that series), and don't look sparse. But it is the deep and rich colours that stand out in this regard. Liked the jauntiness and jazzy slinkiness of the music, which didn't sound too cheap or repetitive.
In summation, well above average and well done. 8/10
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