 His cartoons became known for their sheer lunacy, breakneck pace, and a penchant for playing with the medium of animation and film in general that few other directors dared to approach.MGM also offered him larger budgets and a higher quality production level than the Warners studio; plus, his unit was filled with talented ex-Disney artists such as Preston Blair and Ed Love.These changes were evident in Avery's first short released by MGM, "The Blitz Wolf", an Adolf Hitler parody which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Cartoons) in 1942.