Nice effects though.

Admirable film.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

There is certainly some irony to it that it needed an MGM movie to get Warner Bros cartoon filmmaking legend Friz Freleng his first and only Oscar. This 6.5-minute film was made 50 years ago and stars the Pink Panther and a little man who wants to paint everything blue. However, in the end, everything is pink and this does not only include the walls of the house, but the entire world including the human character. So yeah, some smart ideas included in here. I especially liked the one where they simultaneously painted the top/bottom of the wall blue/pink. A good watch, but no material here for anything over 7 minutes. Still some laughs and as always there is no dialog in here, but we hear the Pink Panther theme for the entire film. The animation is fairly simple, so this one relies more on wit in terms of story. And as a whole I think it delivers in this area. Recommended.

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.

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.

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.