The Pink Panther Cartoon Collection: Volume 5 Blu-ray

Kino Lorber have announced that they will release on Blu-ray The Pink Panther Cartoon Collection: Volume 5. The release will be available for purchase on April 30.

In this next-to-last phase of the Pink Panther's amazing run of new theatrical short-subjects, newsworthy mid-to-late 1970s trends and fads such as Rock'em-Sock'em robots (PINK ARCADE), compulsive dieting (DIETETIC PINK), and the merchandizing of "pet rocks" (Art Leonardi's ROCKY PINK) come into focus. Fairy-tale spoofs (PINK PIPER, CAT AND THE BEANSTALK) make a modest comeback, but much more impressive are brand-new wrinkles on familiar Panther themes like sleep deprivation (Art Davis's PINK TRUMPET), wars against a pesky fly (turning positively apocalyptic in Sid Marcus's PINK S.W.A.T.) and journeys through surreality (SHERLOCK PINK, Robert McKimson's last and probably best "Panther" pic).

Special Features:

• MYSTIC PINK - Audio commentary by author Mark Arnold
• THE PINK OF ARABEE - Audio commentary by author Mark Arnold
• THE PINK PRO - Audio commentary by cartoon writer William Hohauser
• THE PINK PIPER - Audio commentary by author Mark Arnold
• PINKY DOODLE - Audio commentary by filmmaker Greg Ford
• SHERLOCK PINK - Audio commentary by historian Jerry Beck
• ROCKY PINK - Audio commentary by director Art Leonardi, with William Hohauser
• THERAPEUTIC PINK - Audio commentary by author Mark Arnold
• PINK ARCADE - Audio commentary by historian Jerry Beck
• PINK TRUMPET - Audio commentary by filmmaker Greg Ford
• PINK U.F.O. - Audio commentary by cartoon writer William Hohauser
• YANKEE DOODLE PINK - Audio commentary by filmmaker Greg Ford
• PET PINK PEBBLES - Audio commentary by cartoon writer William Hohauser, with director Art Leonardi
• THE PINK OF BAGDAD - Audio commentary by author Mark Arnold
• Think Pink - How to Draw Pink Panther with Art Leonardi
• Animated Main Titles For All 8 Blake Edward Pink Panther Films
• Reversible Blu-ray Art