"I have fixed your doorbell from the ringing. There is no charge."

[djm4_lj]

My delight at finding the box-set of Pink Panther films at a reduced price last Thursday was only slightly tempered by the discovery that The Return of the Pink Panther had, for some unfathomable reason, been left out of the set. It's the third film and, in terms of sight gags, is right up there with A Shot In The Dark, even if it's not quite as tightly plotted. Who in their right mind would put the scattergun re-tread of familiar gags and lazy stereotypes that is Revenge... or the unwatchable travesty that is Trail... in the collection instead of that one I just can't imagine.

Fortunately, there's releasing Return... on a separate DVD next month. Play.com, here I come!

Comments

[lovingboth]

Having just won a copy, it looks like a different company, Universal, has the rights to Return.. whereas the ones in that set are all MGM.

Plus who'd buy Trail.. on its own? Adding it to the set has a minimal extra cost - it's not like they even print the names of the films on the discs :) - and you can charge people more.

[lovingboth]

Did you buy Return...?

I ask because I just have - it's on offer at Amazon at the moment.