Episode 39: The Oscars (1948 & 1949)

by · November 20, 2011

Academy Award Statue

In this episode, Patrick and I continue our quest to view all the Academy Awards nominated animated shorts. In part ten, we discuss the 1948 and 1949 nominees.

The 1948 Nominees:
Title Studio Release Date How to Get
Mouse Wreckers Warner Brothers April 23, 1948 Warner Brothers Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection
Looney Tunes: Golden Collection, Vol. 2
The Little Orphan MGM April 30, 1948 Warner Brothers Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection
Tom and Jerry: Spotlight Collection, Vol. 1
Mickey and the Seal Walt Disney December 3, 1948 Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Living Color, Vol. 2
Walt Disney’s Funny Factory With Mickey
iTunes
Robin Hoodlum UPA December 23, 1948 Currently N/A — UPA Jolly Frolics to be released early 2012
Tea for Two Hundred Walt Disney December 24, 1948 Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Vol. 3
The 1949 Nominees:
Title Studio Release Date How to Get
Magic Fluke UPA March 27, 1949 Currently N/A — UPA Jolly Frolics to be released early 2012
YouTube
Hatch Up Your Troubles MGM May 14, 1949 Warner Brothers Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection
Tom and Jerry: Spotlight Collection, Vol. 1
iTunes
For Scent-imental Reasons Warner Brothers November 12, 1949 Warner Brothers Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection
Looney Tunes: Golden Collection, Vol. 1
Toy Tinkers Walt Disney December 16, 1949 Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Vol. 3
Classic Cartoon Favorites, Vol. 8 – Holiday Celebration With Mickey & Pals
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  • LatexSoup

    We downloaded “Mouse Wreckers/The Hypo-Chondri-Cat” from iTunes after listening to this podcast.  My daughter has watched it on my iPhone on the way to school and back several times, and loves it.  And of course we both picked up “Yeah, yeah.  Sure, sure.” afterwards, and have been saying it since…

  • Christopher Sobieniak

    The name for that cat in “Mouse Wreckers” by the way is Claude.  He would appear in other cartoons totally.”Robin Hoodlum” was released on home video back in the 80′s, and I do have a copy of that already in my collection.  Much of that will change next year when the TCM Shop will be releaseing a DVD set called “Jolly Frolics” which will have this and other non-Magoo UPA cartoons to view.The Fox & Crow were advisarial in the original “Screen Gems” cartoons though in UPA they often had them more partner-ish or competitive such as in the other short “PUnchy de Leon”.  I often felt the Fox & Crow’s that UPA made were merely to placate Columbia Pictures on giving them the contract to produce cartoons for them.  UPA did not have it in mind to continue produce cartoons in this manner as they have had other ideas and concepts to explore, which will be apparent when you cover the 1950′s.

    • http://www.tadrunkle.com Tad Runkle

      Chris -

      I just made it through all your comments.

      Thanks for listening and your comments. I’ve seen some for you comments on Cartoon Brew and you are a font of information. I look forward to hearing more from you in the future.