Pink Ice (1965) User Reviews

Rolling diamonds gather no moss

[CuriosityKilledShawn · 7/10 · 16 October 2005]

In this cartoon, the Pink Panther has his own diamond mine in South Africa. As he locks a huge gem in his vault a man from an opposing mine (called Deboors) tunnels through and nicks it. This sets off a chain of events in which Pinky plays tricks and gets revenge on the Deboors mine, while making off with their stash of diamonds.

It is rather funny how Pinky dupes the men into shooting each other and reversing the traps they have set for him back against them, keeping his cool the entire time. But why do the shotguns only cover them with black ash instead of killing them. A silly message to give to the kiddies. I'm all for gunplay in cartoons but as long as they are semi-realistic. If the Deboors miners got blown to bits and were whole in the next scene it would be a bit better.

That silly moan aside, it's a very funny cartoon and features one of the rare occasions when Pinky actually speaks.

After exhaustive research, gemologists have concluded . . .

[pixrox1 · 7/10 · 1 December 2022]

. . . that the PINK ICE documented in this picture "based upon true events" is the Winston Pink Legacy, at 18.96 carats the planet's largest Fancy Vivid Pink. Sold to its current owner in 2018 for the low, low rock bottom bargain price of $50 million, this rectangular cut gem has been considered cursed since it was first discovered as the 66.06 carat "Pink Lucifer" rough diamond on June 6, 1906. Given as a wedding pendant from groom Bradford Buster Vanderbilt to his bride April Mae Astor, for 27 years it was presumed that this flawless treasure went down with the ship while the couple were on their first honeymoon leg aboard the Titanic. However, it later turned out that one of the last Russian czar's kids, while under the hypnotic influence of Rasputin, had stolen it prior to that ill-fated sailing at the doomed couple's wedding reception. Eventually becoming Stalin's "good luck charm," the Kremlin decided to auction it off after the Berlin Wall toppled. There's much more to this story, as detailed in Tiffany Tarp's four fast-paced volumes entitled THE RISE AND FALL OF PINK ICE AND RICE.

Talking Pink Panther

[lupesandoval · 6/10 · 14 May 2021]

Pink Ice features Pink Panther on his 9th episode. His foils are two English diamond hunters, Deveraux & Hoskins. The animation and backgrounds are good, but the story is a little repetitive (Pink tries to retrieve his diamonds, looks like he's being about to be shot or captured, but always gets away with a diamond). Also, a thing that I really hated was the fact Pink talked around all the short. He's relatively silent. However, this Pink Panther cartoon is still funny.

Hoskins, I wish there were words to express my contempt for you...

[owen-watts · 6/10 · 9 January 2021]

Pink Panther Odyssey Part IX

Still a bit wobbly, like all the incongruously "talkie" Pinks have been. It's a lot sharper though and Rich Little's quarreling rival diamond miners are strangely compelling though. There's a nice thematic link with the "Pink Panther" being a diamond in the first place as well. Great - but still lacking the silent jazzy cool of the earlier ones.

Rich Little, 'Alfred Hitchcock' Contribute To This Funny PP Cartoon

[ccthemovieman-1 · 8/10 · 22 May 2007]

The DeBoors Diamond Mines Ltd. and the Panther Diamond Mines Ltd. are right near each other. Guess which one is the big company and whose has a shack for a building? At least the PP has a tunnel directly underneath his shack, and we see him walking through it and carrying out a huge diamond and putting it in his huge vault.

Soon we discover the men next door are digging underground and stealing the Panther's diamonds. Our hero thinks it is gophers, and goes next door to ask his rivals if they have seen any gophers. They reply by shooting him!!

By the way, this is another PP episode in which we get dialog which usually means a poor cartoon, but it's fine here. It's still odd to hear the PP's voice, although it's done by famous voice-impersonator and star of American TV in this era: Rich Little.

The funniest thing in this cartoon might be Little's impression of Alfred Hitchock! He gives one of the villains, "Devereaux," Sir Alfred's voice. It's very good, and I'm surprised no one, including IMDb, has commented on that.

Overall, the humor was on the light side. Looney Tunes does a much better job at this sort of thing. However, since it was only one of two cartoons in which the Panther talked, it's worth having in your collection - and the Hitchcock imitation is priceless!

One of the funnier Pink Panther short films.

[Anonymous_Maxine · 9/10 · 20 April 2001]

The title `Pink Ice' refers to a hilarious competition between two neighboring diamond mines, one of them operated by our hero, the Pink Panther, and the other one operated by a team of greedy geologist type men and, as is the tradition in cartoons, one of the men is a tyrannical leader and the other is a more easy going type but is also a complete moron.

Some things didn't make a lot of sense in the film, such as the way that Hoskins falls and drops the diamond that they had just stolen from the Pink Panther, and it breaks like glass. On the plus side, at least he now knows that it was worthless, because it's no secret that no diamond in the world would break from falling like that. It is particularly amusing to see that when the Pink Panther goes over to the competing diamond mine (called `DeBoors Diamond Mines'), he is dressed exactly like Hugh Hefner.

Besides being made up of the traditional series of encounters between the two opposing forces in the cartoon (the Pink Panther and the two men), Pink Ice also displays one of the other stereotypes of relatively mature cartoons - shotgun blasts that, instead of blowing the target to pieces as they would in real life, merely seem to cover the subject with ash. But despite these weaknesses, Pink Ice is still one of the better one of the short Pink Panther cartoons. It is especially amusing when the Pink Panther turns the two men against each other and then, while thy are blowing each other away with their ash guns, he makes off with a tremendous diamond, mentioning the moral of the story, that the rolling stone gathers no moss. Also notice the unusual prevalence of spoken dialogue.

Pink Panther fans will not be disappointed

[TheLittleSongbird · 9/10 · 15 April 2013]

I certainly count myself as a fan of Pinky, and I like Pink Ice a lot. The diamond breaking like ice I agree doesn't make much sense, but that one nit-pick doesn't take away from Pink Ice's enjoyment. Everything else is done very nicely. The animation is simple in look(which actually has always been a part of the Pink Panther cartoons' charm), but also elegantly drawn and colourful. The music is also terrific, the theme tune is one of the best and most iconic theme tunes and the scoring accompanying the gags is memorable and unobtrusive. The story is efficient in pace and with not a dull or lame moment, while the humour is very strong that it makes Pink Ice one of Pinky's funniest. I also just loved Little's Hitchcock impression. Pinky is a very cool, clever and funny character, and while there is only one other cartoon where he speaks this is not at all distracting and actually added to the interest value.

All in all, lots of fun and I doubt fans of Pinky will be disappointed. 9/10 Bethany Cox