The Mysterious Geographic Explorations Of Jasper Morello (2005)

This is another short film nominated for Best Animated Short, which has a wholly different vibe altogether than the cute Monsters, Inc. short!  I admit that I personally admire this little 26 minute long film quite a lot!  I was reading an article in The Daily Beast by Evan Shapiro entitled The Oscars: 21 Fixes for the Show So It's Less Boring, in which he recommends doing away with the awards for the shorts in which he states "no one really cares about the shorts." [And by "doing away with," I mean give them out on another occasion, not get rid of them altogether.] Really!!??  Speaking for everyone here is he--because I am not related to anyone who has ever been nominated in either one of the shorts categories, I DO care about the shorts; and honestly, they do not take up that much time!  Give me a break.  But, though he does have some good suggestions, his other suggestion of "Let Woody Win" is strange, considering that the fantasy acceptance speech he has in his head regarding "Woody," has almost a zero chance of happening, as Allen is highly unlikely to attend.  If he does, the moon would likely turn some strange color!  In other Oscar news, and I'm sure we were all soooo worried about this (!), it turns out that Admiral General Shabazz Aladeen will be on the red carpet.  What a triumph for the people of the Republic of Wadiya!!! Check out his phone interview on the subject on the Today Show Here.

To watch the full short of Jasper Morello click here