 The performance would become one of HBO's longest running and most requested comedy specials, and would propel him to great success on the college-arena concert circuit.In 1989 he and fellow producer Dean Parisot won an Academy Award for their 30-minute short film "The Appointments of Dennis Jennings", directed by Parisot, written by Mike Armstrong and Wright, and starring Wright and Rowan Atkinson.Upon accepting the Oscar, Wright said, "We're really glad that we cut out the other sixty minutes."