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."

for the kids...

smile, darn ya, smileguaranteed

Here's something unique from the early boom of animated shorts. The character in SMILE, DARN YA, SMILE may look an awful lot like Mickey Mouse with a bushy tail, but "Foxy" was a Warner Bros creation that appeared in only three films. The song featured here did make it to the charts and is probably best known today from the Disney film Who Framed Roger Rabbit?. It's surprisingly uplifting and annoying at the same time.