| The Dizzy Acrobat | |
| Director: | Alex Lovy |
| Story: | Ben Hardaway Milt Schaffer |
| Animator: | Emery Hawkins |
| Starring: | Kent Rogers |
| Music: | Darrell Calker |
| Producer: | Walter Lantz |
| Studio: | Walter Lantz Productions |
| Distributor: | Universal Pictures |
| Color Process: | Technicolor |
| Runtime: | 6:40 |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
The Dizzy Acrobat is the eighth animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on May 21, 1943, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures.[1]
Woody Woodpecker visits a traveling circus. He attempts to sneak into the big top but a caretaker kicks him out. He says that if Woody wants to see the show, he will have to water the elephant. Woody attaches the elephant to a water spout and attempts again to enter the tent.
The caretaker chases him around the circus and into the big top. He continues to try to catch Woody but finds himself caught in several circus performance contraptions, including a trapeze, a tightrope, a perch pole, a lion's cage and a bicycle.
This film was nominated for an Academy Award in 1943 for Best Short Subject, Cartoons.[2] It lost to MGM's The Yankee Doodle Mouse, the first of seven Tom and Jerry cartoons to win this award. It was the fifth film from Walter Lantz to be nominated in this category.