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?!?!
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?!?!