Animation Artifacts &Events 24 Feb 2008 09:34 am
Oscar nite
- Tonight is Oscar night. There seems to be less enthusiasm for this year’s award than has been in past years. Perhaps that has to do with the on-again off-again consequence of the WGA strike. Maybe it has to do with the films, though, personally, I love a couple of the films nominated.
Anyway, to celebrate the Oscars, I thought I’d show off a bit of personal memorabilia that hangs over my animation desk.
Back in 1985, when I was nominated for my short, Doctor DeSoto,
John Canemaker did a comic strip caricaturing different ways I could give my acceptance speech. I still think it’s hilarious. It’s a response to Jimmy Picker’s great acceptance speech in which he had a spinning bow tie. The clip is replayed in those reruns of the Oscar’s greatest moments.
This cartoon is self explanatory, so I offer it as is (fading colors and all).
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If any of you get nominated, I hope you have as great and talented a friend to offer something as nice.
on 24 Feb 2008 at 11:00 pm 1.Eddie Fitzgerald said …
Funny stuff!