 With a running time of only two minutes thirty two seconds, it is the shortest animated short film ever to receive an Academy Award.It was also one of the first animation outside New York or California (Michigan) to win an Oscar (Oregon's "Closed Mondays" from 1974 and Louisiana's "The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore" from 2010).The Crunch Bird appeared on the 1982 TV series Jokebook.