The Pink Phink

I didn't often love the "Pink Panther" but I always thought Henry Mancini's theme with that seedy saxophone a piece of genius. This time, the painter is trying to paint things blue but the panther is having none of it. What was grey must be blue/pink; pink/blue - it's a war of attrition. It could go on for ever, or at least until one of them runs out of paint. Narked, the painter decides to deal with his pesky nemesis once and for all. Will it work? It's a bit repetitive, we get the gist after about three minutes, but it's still quite entertaining - especially the garden sprinkler. I didn't love the end, though.

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

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.

'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.

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