What comedy film series is noted for its opening credits sequences and for featuring fictional detective Jacques Clouseau?
The Pink Panther The Pink Panther is a series of comedy-mystery films featuring an inept French police detective, Inspector Jacques Clouseau. The series began with the release of "The Pink Panther" (1963). The role of Clouseau was originated by, and is most closely associated with, Peter Sellers. Most of the films were directed and co-written by Blake Edwards, with theme music composed by Henry Mancini. Elements and characters inspired by the films were adapted into other media, including books, comic books and animated series.
Police Academy (franchise) Police Academy is a series of American comedy films, the first six of which were made in the 1980s. The seventh and to date last installment, "", was released in 1994. The series opened with "Police Academy" (1984) which started with the premise that a new mayor had announced a policy requiring the police department to accept all willing recruits. The movie followed a group of misfit recruits in their attempts to prove themselves capable of being police officers, and succeeding both in spite of and because of their eccentricities. The main character, Carey Mahoney (Steve Guttenberg), was a repeat offender who was forced to join the police academy as punishment.