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A short, pointy-nosed safecracker intends to rob a safe in a building, but he doesn't realize that the safe is occupied by the Pink Panther, who has made the safe his home. When the safecracker tries to blast the safe open with explosives, the Pink Panther returns each of the thief's devices just before they explode, with the thief taking all of the blasts. Finally, the Pink Panther decides to let the persistent, little man have the safe, which the panther has rigged with a bomb. The title is a take-off on the Frederick Knott play "Dial M for Muder", to which was adapted into a 1954 film by Alfred Hitchcock. Check Out: Retro Saturday Morning: The Pink Panther Show (NBC)(1969 -1977)(ABC)(1978) Retro Saturday Morning: Inch High Private Eye in Diamonds Are a Crook's Best Friend (1973) Retro Saturday Morning: Inch High Private Eye (NBC)(1973-74) Quick Draw McGraw and Baba Looey in Choo-Choo Chumps (1959) Return To The Planet Of The Apes - Flames Of Doom (1975) ...

 The Pink Panther Show is a showcase of cartoon shorts produced by David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng between 1969 and 1978, starring the animated Pink Panther character from the opening credits of the live-action films. The series was produced by Mirisch Films and DePatie–Freleng Enterprises, and was originally broadcast on NBC from September 6, 1969 to September 2, 1978. - Pink Panther Wiki    When The Pink Panther Show first aired in 1969, it consisted of one cartoon featuring The Inspector, sandwiched by two Pink Panther entries. (Because of the number of shorts produced, two episodes feature a Pink Panther cartoon sandwiched by two Inspector entries.) The 30-minute show was then connected via bumper sequences featuring both the panther and Inspector together, with announcer Marvin Miller acting as an off-camera narrator talking to the panther. Bumper sequences consisted of newly animated segments as well as recycled footage from existing cartoons We Give Pink Stamps...