Huge Pink Panther the films and the cartoons... and maybe that is a separate thing but the films gave us the cartoons or is it vice versa .... and just maybe a little of both. Simon... Peter Sellers brilliant... on screen-in front of the camera style and comic timing. A Shot in the Dark out of them all my favorite although I love Trail just for the homage to Peter and the outtakes at the end. Remember there is a muurderer! among us, in this very room. And the maid she is totally innocent.

https://medium.com/@docdrwho/a-shot-in-the-dark-literally-peter-sellers-is-inspector-clouseau-1964-ba9150a6b691