Oscar Mickey, by the numbers...


Some Mickey Mouse facts on tonight's OSCARS (literally)...  

 - Tonight's nomination for GET A HORSE! is Mickey's first Oscar Short nom since "Mickey's Christmas Carol" in 1983,

 - If it wins, it's the first short with Mickey to win since LEND A PAW in 1941...



 - If it loses, it's fifth in a row, joining  "Squatter's Rights" (1946), "Mickey and the Seal" (1948), "Mickey's Christmas Carol" (1983) and "Runaway Brain" (1995).

 - GET A HORSE! is the third Disney short to be filmed and released in 3-D.  The first was "Melody" and the second was "Working for Peanuts" both in 1953...




 - Walt Disney Animation Studios won Best Animated Short last year for "Paperman."   It was the first Disney animated short film to win the category  in 43 years (since "It's Tough to Be a Bird" in 1969)...


 - Mickey Mouse was the first non-human recipient of an Oscar.  In 1932, Walt was honored for his creation, although Mickey's short "Mickey's Orphans" lost to Silly Symphony "Flowers and Trees."