Ant and the Aardvark

Show Summary

Aired: 1969 - 1971
Show Type: Animated
Country of Origin: US

Very similar to your Road Runner and Coyote series, it features an ant and an aardvark. Every episode, the aardvark tries to catch the ant.

"The Ant and the Aardvark" followed a blue Aardvark (voiced by comedian John Byner), always trying to catch an red Ant named Charlie (also voiced by Byner), who successfully out-smarts the pesky Aardvark. (with the exception of "Scratch a Tiger" and "Mumbo Jumbo") In the episodes "I've Got Ants in my Plans" and "Odd Ant Out", the blue Aardvark encountered the green Aardvark who was fighting over the Ant.

The series first appeared theatrically from March 5, 1969 ended in May 16, 1971 after 17 theatrical shorts. The series reran in September 1972 on "The Pink Panther Show" to fill "The Inspector's" gap after they aired all 34 Inspector shorts. The series reran again in 1976 on "The Pink Panther Laugh and a Half Hour and a Half Show".

This series was seen in several syndication package that carried "Pink Panther". It was last seen on early 2000 after Cartoon Network aired it, along with other DFE cartoons. The series remained to be one of the DePatie-Freleng favorites.

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Posted: 10/20/2006

hey have they released it on dvd yet like the pink panther collection?

GattonPosted: 01/14/2007

I loved these cartoons. I had a rather heated argument with a coworker over whether the aardvark actually talked. I distinctly remember him talking and Jackie Mason doing his voice. Am I crazy?

The only memory I have is an episode where the aardvark bought something called the "Instant Hole." This was an Acme type device that created a hole wherever you placed it. And just like in the roadrunner cartoons the device backfired on him. I vividly remember him saying in Mason's distinctive voice "I hate you instant hole!"

GattonPosted: 01/14/2007

Well I should really google before I post! Turns out John Byner does all the voice work on these cartoons. But if you listen the voice and inflection is similar to Jackie Mason. Ahhh the faulty human memory.

ChakaPosted: 11/27/2007

John Byner was an impressionist much like Rich little correct? The Aardvark talked like Jackie Mason and the ant sounded like Dean Martin. Very creative.

JamesAnthonyGreenPosted: 01/17/2008

I enjoyed watching The Ant and the Aardvark very much as part of The Pink Panther Show during the 1982-83 era.

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