Jimmy the C explained

Jimmy the C is a 1977 animated short film, directed by Jimmy Picker and co-produced by Picker (going by James), Robert Grossman and Craig Whitaker. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Animated Short Film.^{[1] [2] [3]} The film was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2009.^[4]

Plot

The three-minute film features a clay-animated Jimmy Carter (who was U.S. President at the time) singing "Georgia on My Mind", referencing his birth state. He is accompanied by a choir of Mr. Peanut lookalikes, and gazes at the moon at night. Ray Charles' rendition of the song is used on the soundtrack.^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

External links

• • Pyramid Media

Notes and References

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4YfsLnZQ3o Short Film Winners: 1978 Oscars
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=ALmJCgAAQBAJ&dq=jimmy+the+c+robert+grossman&pg=PA152 Film Cartoons: A Guide to 20th Century American Animated Features and Shorts – Douglas L. McCall – Google Books
3. https://www.robertgrossman.com/about About|ROBERT GROSSMAN
4. Web site: Preserved Projects. Academy Film Archive.
5. https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/38922-Jimmy-The-C BCDB
6. https://archive.org/details/jimmythec_201702 Internet Archive
7. https://www.animatormag.com/video/entertaining/jimmy-the-c-james-picker/ Jimmy the C by Jimmy Picker (1976)|Animation Mag - Animation from the Web
8. https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/grossman_robert.htm Robert Grossman - Lambiek Comicclopedia