charlythemouse
The Ant and the Aardvark is the series that I have been watching and enjoying the most in the new Pink Panther show and I'll never forget the cartoon. It's a lot of memories watching these when I was a primary-school kid. For me, the graphics in the whole series is too simple and not too colorful, but I always enjoy the gags and the awesome quotes that came from both 2 characters. Charlie the Ant and the Blue Aardvark are very likable, especially when John Byner voiced as both of them. Charlie mostly wins in most episodes. Friz Freleng is famous for re-issuing the scenes that came from either Looney Tunes or Merrie Melodies. And the episode "from bed to worse" is an example to it. Conclusion : it's a kinda simple story (everyone knows it), but the show is absolutely funny. I strongly recommend this for everyone. 9/10 - Great
Horst in Translation ([email protected])
"The Ant and the Aardvark" is a 6-minute cartoon from over 45 years ago directed by the legendary Friz Freleng, an Academy award winner at this point, and written by the very prolific John W. Dunn. Unfortunately, cartoons had their best years behind them already and this one here is no exception for how mediocre these films were in the 1960s. It runs 6 minutes and features 2 new characters, the ones in the title. The story, however, is nothing we have not seen in Warner Bros cartoons of the previous decades already, so I am not sure if I am too happy about the Ant and the Aardvark getting many more cartoons in the years after that. i guess I will decide when I watch these. Actor John Byner voiced the 2 characters and he is an exception to voice actors as he has been mostly in "real" live action movies to this point. All in all, not a great watch sadly. Little fun snippet at the end of this review: In Germany the aardvark (sounds like a Nordic or Estonian mythical figure) was voiced by a female actress and called Elise.
au_law2001
Back when in the States, I was like about 7 or 8, I always woke early, just to watch this, together with a whole bunch of other cartoons like HootKloot, The Road Runner Show, The Pink Panther. But this was perhaps one of the most memorable and funny animated works out there, and I still find it very funny today, I'll never forget the episodes, like the one where two aardvarks were fighting over the can of chocolate ant pudding? or the one where the aardvark is trying to reach the island where all the ants are at, and my personal favorite, the one where the ant, the aardvark and a dog end up in an animal hospital, which would later be the basis of a similar Looney Toon cartoon with Sylvester, Tweety and the bulldog. This is one of the most unforgettable cartoons out there in which anyone would love to revisit, I would. An excellent series.
MovieMusings
Whether Saturday morning cartoons or the 4:30 pm showing after school back in the 70s, the Pink Panther Show was great, and The Ant and the Aardvark were a great part of it.The ant was cool, always just a step ahead of the aardvark. They both would talk to the camera with humour and witticisms. The voice of the aardvark, with his attitude, was among the best in cartoon history.Somehow, these great cartoons have got to be archived, if only they could be retailed in a collector's series or something, I'm sure I'm not the only one who'd be ready to buy in an instant.They sure don't make cartoons like they used to.