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New "Cute" Category For Oscar

By Perfesser Cosmo Fishhawk,
Published: Wednesday, Mar. 17th, 2010

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Next year’s Academy Awards will feature a popular new category, one sure to delight animal lovers and Internet surfers of all persuasions.

The newest Oscar will be awarded for the Best Precious & Adorable Animal Video.

“These are the films of the people,” said Jean-Claude Sinema, curator of the Cinematique du Baby Raccoons in Culver City, CA. “I mean, how many times can they remake “The Bourne Identity?”

Connoisseurs of the videos point to the enduring popularity of the one where the baby ducks are playing with the coyote, or the one where the baby deer is sleeping on the hood of the car, or the one where the hedgehog is coming in through the doggy door in the kitchen.

“Classics,” said amateur filmmaker Cecil Bedamille.

“”The Hurt Locker” is a fine film, but what about “Sneezing Panda?” What about “Otters Holding Hands?” “What about “Ocelot Adopts Baby Hamster” or “Drunk Moose in Driveway?’

Although the Academy Awards are nearly a year away, early favorites for the inaugural Oscar include “Skateboarding Bunny,” “Grizzly Bear Drinks Coffee” and “Mountain Lion Nurses German Shepherd Puppy.”

The U.S. Bureau of Counting Important Stuff estimates that viewing of You Tube videos devoted to animal cuteness accounts for 29 percent of annual productivity loss in the workplace.

“It’s right behind texting and, this time of year, filling out brackets for the NCAA basketball tournament,” said federal accountant Tommy “Fingers” Fingers.

“I’m no movie critic but I like the one where the duck chases the big longhorn steer. Cracks me up.”


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