# An Oscar for the shortest performance **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 31, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-oscar-for-the-shortest-performance/685003 "2014-03-31T17:32:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-oscar-for-the-shortest-performance/685003/21 "2014-04-02T21:07:31Z")
**[The Crunch Bird](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUxwqG3Tyao)** is probably the shortest animated film to win an Oscar, clocking in at 2:19. Basically just one joke, but it’s a great one. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-oscar-for-the-shortest-performance/685003/22 "2014-04-02T21:21:53Z")
And the shortest animated film to be nominated for an Oscar was **[Fresh Guacamole](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNJdJIwCF_Y)** at 1.40 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-oscar-for-the-shortest-performance/685003/23 "2014-04-04T20:57:49Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Yeah, 16 minutes or so. I’d forgotten he’s in it so little, since he is the most memorable thing in it. Hannibal Lector, as played by Hopkins was fictional, and his character was confined behind bulletproof glass a couple inches thick. It was only a movie, and I STILL got the crap scared out of me by his performance. That’s real acting. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-oscar-for-the-shortest-performance/685003.md?page=1)