If an average person saw this cartoon today, they'd probably have a laugh or two and enjoy it. As a kid, I saw this and many other Pink Panther cartoons and also enjoyed them. However, looking at the cartoon today as a reviewer, I have less than enthusiastic feelings. While the film is watchable and slight, it's hard to believe that it was Oscar nominated for Best Animated Short. The fact is, however, that the 1960s was a rather dismal period for these shorts, as frame-rates (the number of cels per second) were very low (half that of films of the 1940s and 50s), backgrounds were ultra-simple and the overall look of the cartoon is very, very cheap--much cheaper than cartoons made today. To make things worse, the film has a god-awful laugh track!! Imagine putting a laugh track in a cartoon! It's like they didn't have enough faith in the material, so they are subconsciously encouraging the audience to laugh or telling them when to laugh!!
Overall, it's an inoffensive little short about the white guy (who appears as a foil for the Panther in many shorts) trying to build a house while the Pink Panther messes with him incessantly. Nothing else or earth-shattering about this one.