Maybe it’s because the original came out the year my dad graduated from high school, but I just don’t get The Pink Panther.  I like Steve Martin, but there’s really absolutely nothing about this that appeals to me.  Am I too young?  Or maybe not sophisticated enough to appreciate retarded slapstick of this caliber?  Are they being ironic?  I can’t even tell anymore.

^{WATCH THE TRAILER FOR PINK PANTHER 2 AFTER THE JUMP}

Steve Martin is back as Inspector Cloiseau in the Pink Panther 2, opening in February. The director on the project is Harald Zwart, and you’d think with a name like Harold’s Wart he’d have gotten teased a lot growing up, but he’s Dutch, and in that language even the words for "inoperable penis cancer" sound so silly you can’t help but giggle.

In related news, "The Pink Panther" is my UFC nickname.  Rawr, don’t cross my path!