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This is clever right from the opening credits and, as I learned here at IMDb, was the first theatrical Pink Panther cartoon, and it won an Åcademy Award!

To be honest, I didn't laugh out loud at anything in here, but I throughly enjoyed this probably smiled throughout most of it. To me, the inventiveness of this cartoon was the attraction. How many interesting and humorous ways can someone paint over what another person has just painted? Well, this cartoon will show you. I liked the idea of no background but only the object being painted drawn in the cartoon. It made for some unique animation.

This set the tone for many enjoyable Pink Panther cartoons to follow, ones in which there is no dialog but the visuals so well done that none are required.

This is the first in a collection of Pink Panther cartoons, where the pointy nose man is painting a house entirely blue. However, the Pink Panther has something to say to that and slyly paints the colors over with pink paint. What results is a back and forth paint duel between man and panther.

There is not much of a plot in this cartoon, just a lot of painting around. However, there are plenty of laughs and some slapstick comedy you will get out of this cartoon short. The animation look kind of dated, but unique, and there is, like almost all of the other Pink Panther cartoons, no dialog - just sound effects and a funny sounding music soundtrack.

It's fun stuff for the entire family.

Grade A

'The Pink Phink' is probably the best Pink Panther short. It is also the first one and it won on Oscar. In a building the pink panther sees a man paint everything blue. The pink panther liked pink more so he changes everything to that color. Where other Pink Panther movies become dull when it is the same joke over and over again this one stays funny until the end. The simple animation makes it even funnier.

This Academy Award-winning short was the first Pink Panther theatrical release (at least as a short subject) and is a winner on all counts. Hilarious, well animated, marvelous story and use of music-everything is wonderful. There wee other very good shorts in the series, but none of them even came close to equaling this first one. I've always felt sorry for the poor little guy in this cartoon! Most highly recommended.

The Pink Panther is one of animation's most iconic characters. Pink Phink was the cartoon that introduced audiences to him, and to this today it is one of the best Pink Panther cartoons ever made. The animation is simple but the colours are very pretty and the backgrounds don't look cheap. The music is very catchy, the main theme sticks in your head and in an infectious way rather than an annoying way. The jazzy orchestration is equally good. As well as well-animated and scored, Pink Phink is very funny. The story like the animation is simple but never to the point that it is predictable or dull. The gags are very creative and entertaining, never feeling repetitive. True, you do get the basic idea of what to expect with the other gags from the first gag, but each gag is dealt with in a fresh way so that is in no way a bad thing. Pink Panther himself is very cool and proof that you can be funny without having to say anything.

All in all, the introductory Pink Panther cartoon is still one of his best. 10/10 Bethany Cox

The amiable if somewhat limited cartoon character of "The Pink Panther" was introduced in the animated opening credits of Blake Edwards' 1964 classic caper comedy of the same name; in the film proper, it was the nickname taken by cat burglar David Niven but the eventual franchise revolved around the antics of his inept nemesis Inspector Clouseau (which would soon become Peter Sellers' signature role).

In the concurrent cartoon series (which I used to watch as a kid on local TV and have subsequently acquired on DVD), the silent rosy feline took centre stage, albeit usually employed in more mundane occupations, like a house painter as in this very first instance – even if it was still pitted against a bungling, moustached albino who was Clouseau in all but name. The latter wants to paint the house in question blue and the protagonist, inevitably, wants it painted pink. The ensuing confrontation is certainly pleasant if hardly providing outstanding entertainment value, but it was enough for the short under review to cop an Academy Award.

I am a fan of the movies and cartoons of the pink panther. And this is a great pink panther cartoon, this film is about the little man, who is currently a house painter, and he wants to paint the house blue, the panther comes in and decides to paint it pink.

The panther looks more like his movie design than his design that you see in the very next cartoon. Henry Mancini is good at the pink panther theme, and William Lava is good at the other music included in this film.

Overall I give it 10/10 stars for a great start to the pink panther cartoons!

-Rocky And Yipper

With the success of Blake Edwards' 1963 comedy caper film "The Pink Panther" starring David Niven, Peter Sellers, and Claudia Cardinale, the iconic cat that we see in the opening credits, created by Friz Freling and David H. DePatie, would be spun off into a series of shorts released under United Artists, further cementing the character into pop culture for years to come. The first one of these shorts, and arguably one of the best of the bunch is "The Pink Phink", directed by Freling and released one year after the release of the original feature he made his debut on.

The plot goes like this: The Pink Panther, the silent cool cat himself, disagrees with the decorator's choice of color for a house, which happens to be blue. The panther then decides to make the changes himself by painting the house pink, much to the dismay of the decorator, would eventually be known as "The Little Man" and later as "Big Nose".

For an animated short, it's a simple premise, but really, a simple premise is all it needs, because the short itself is simple in and of itself. The animation, while not as minimalistic as a UPA cartoon, is pretty minimal, and understandably so, because the budgets for animated shorts at the time were at an all-time low. Some would even outsource their animation out of the states. However, like a lot of animators and directors in Hollywood at the time, they were still able to adapt to the budget cuts and still make an entertaining short on par with a lot of the classics that came before it. In fact, "The Pink Phink" won the Oscar for Best Cartoon Short Subject, meaning it doesn't have to be the animated equivalent of the Mona Lisa to be good. Not only is it simple, but it's also rather funny.

The film would be followed by many other shorts starring The Pink Panther, which would later lead to spin off series that would be associated with the character, such as "The Inspector" and "The Ant and the Aardvark". Overall, "The Pink Phink" is definitely worth a look if you're a fan of Blake Edwards' "Pink Panther" movies and animation in general.

Man oh man this episode gets funnier every time I watch it and I love it how the Pink Panther keeps on painting the house pink while the guy was trying to paint the house blue, this episode is timeless and I consider it one of the best cartoon episodes ever made in television history! I love the moments where the Pink Panther pours pink paint in the man's gun and the man ended up shooting paint at the Pink Panther, it's no surprise that this episode won an academy award for the short subject and it was the first time the studio won an Oscar with its first cartoon release, WAY TO GO!!!

While I consider the Pink Panther shorts from 1964-68 to be the Golden Years this episode is on par with the best shorts of the Golden Years, the 1969-72 was also a really good era for the Pink Panther shorts but not quite in the same league as the episodes from 1964-68, the 1974-76 Pink Panther were a hit and miss for me and the 1977-80 shorts was where they really hit rock bottom, many of the shorts from 1977-80 were mediocre at best and the music seemed to be too fast and the gags weren't as well timed.

The Pink Panther is cool as cool can be. And so funny and cute. In this cartoon he observes some little dude painting a house blue. Preferring Pink to Blue he goes about sabotaging the painter's work.

Every where the painter paints in blue, the Panther paints in Pink. Sounds simple and not funny, but it's hilarious. The Pink Panther cannot be outsmarted, he's just always way ahead of the game and in the end he inevitably wins and claims the now pink house for himself.

And why not? Though only 40 years old and not really as well established as the Looney Tunes cartoons The Pink Panther is surely one of THE classic animated characters.

The oldest of the 'Pink Panther' cartoons is a good start. Although simple as it may be, it is full of funny gags, creativity, originality and imagination.

The story focus in only 2 characters: the Pink Panther and a painter (who is nothing less than 'The Little White Man', a familiar character in many of these cartoons). During the whole cartoon, the painter wants a house to be painted blue. Pinky, of course, wants it to be painted pink and always manages to ruin the blue paint (in all imaginable ways), much for the painter's anger.

The funniest of all is that the painter doesn't realize until late in the cartoon that Pinky is causing all the problems. During good part of the cartoon, he gets mad because he thinks that the blue paint he is using is something of terrible quality.

A funny classic cartoon and quite a worthy one in any collection of 'The Pink Panther' classics.

I have never sawed the short. Whenever I see the Pink Panther, my stomach will churn...but this is an instant classic.

The animation is very simple. According to Bethany Cox, she says that the colors are pretty to look at. Pink Panther is very cool and a fun character. So I salute Pinky.

The music is pretty catchy. If you want an animation studio where smooth animation and improved music has been started, you got the great DePatie-Freleng Productions. They produced other cartoons for your TV and your local cinema. Like 'The Inspector'.

The short is very funny, according to Mrs. Cox. So I recommended the short.

Like most Pink Panther cartoons, it has a VERY RARE laugh-track on international airings. The toons with canned laughter was a mixed bag, due to them being decent, and not pairing with Pinky's personality.

GRADE: '100% A+++

Friz Freleng's phenomenally popular Pink Panther animated shorts legacy starts right here and you can see why it caught the mood of the time. A nicely minimal art style, a louche jazzy score and a straightforward and charismatic plot. This is the Oscar-winning foundation on which all of Freleng's output for the next few decades is built on and it still functions magnificently. Distilled charm.

After the unexpected smash hit that was Blake Edwards' Pink Panther feature, it was only natural that a spinoff series would be made. Following legendary animation director Friz Freleng and producer David DePatie's contributions to the original film, they got the greenlight to make a whole plethora of theatrical and televised cartoons starring the titular panther. The first of the batch, The Pink Phink, proved to be such a big success that it won the oscar for Best Animated Short Film in 1965. Looking back at the film nearly 60 years later, it's easy to see why its value holds up arguably more than the original movie.

The plot centers around the Pink Panther attempting to repaint a house in pink rather than the color its primary painter is doing his job with: blue. At its core, the short is essentially a series of competitive games over which color suits an interior design better, albeit with hysterical set pieces. In some ways, one could see this film as a commentary on rebellious nature over conformity, as the painter has to suffer with the panther constantly thwarting his general work plans based on preference alone. Considering that many of the later Pink Panther shorts would be satirical nods to these kinds of themes, as well as other DePatie-Freleng series, one could relate this to how the 1960s was a fairly nonconformist twist thanks to counterculturalism and the arising rebels of the day. Thanks in part to Friz Freleng's impeccable comedic timing and the brilliant choice to execute the gags through pantomime, the short says way more than it needs to in going against the rules. It's easy to see how the Pink Panther became a symbol of defiant youth both during its time and possibly as much today.

Going into the pantomime aspects, the choice to make the art direction fairly minimal works well in favor of the animation. As the panther and painter are intentionally different colors, with one being pure pink and the other being pure white, they contrast each other brilliantly to stand out in terms of physical appearance just as much as their behavior. Although their motion feels timed to a bunch of musical beats, they feel natural enough to bounce off one another without going all over the place. Speaking of music, composer Bill Lava elevates the short's soundtrack by mixing Henry Mancini's timeless Pink Panther theme and his own material as solid tempos that suit the setting of the cartoon. Next to some periodically spaced sound effects, the soundtrack feels appropriately timed through the work of the visual comedic timing. It's easy to see why the panther is remembered as one of the last great cartoon characters of his time, because he says so much through so little. Besides, his lack of verbal language is always in lieu of a well rounded rebel.

Whether or not The Pink Phink deserved its Oscar win, its incredible timing and artistic dedication makes it a delightful pilot to a series on par with the Pink Panther cinematic franchise. Considering how much of a success the Pink Panther cartoons would become for both pop culture and the people who made them, it's safe to say they have stood the test of time arguably more than the original feature. I absolutely recommend this short for newcomers to the Pink Panther franchise, at least if you're more into the character than the features. It'll be worth seeing something outside of your normal colors.

The Pink Panther is one of the best cartoon series of all times. But my all-time favorite is The Pink Phink! I loved character animation and the story was good. The background were did poorly (nothing behind characters), but that's no resaon to say this cartoon is not good. I was really glad it won an Academy Award, the first time an animation studio wins an Academy Award just on debut. Thanks for giving us the best Pink Panther cartoon, The Pink Phink.

I've never been much of a fan of '60s animation: I still haven't got over what Gene Deitch did to Tom & Jerry. I find The Pink Phink, the first short to feature the cool pink cat from the opening credits of Blake Edwards' The Pink Panther, just as irksome. Not only does the style irritate me (the minimal drawings, the weird characters, the garish colour palette), but The Pink Panther himself turns out to be a bit of a jerk...

A strange white man with a big nose is busy painting a house blue, minding his own business, when along comes the panther who starts to paint everything pink. He doesn't ask... he just starts slapping his colour over anything that has been painted blue. What a d**k! This goes on for the whole cartoon, the same gag over and over with just slight variations - and this won an Oscar?!?!