Mar 13, 2012

If you live in Louisiana, winning an Oscar is more fun

There's something to be said for running a cartoon studio in a place where animation production isn't commonplace. To celebrate the Animated Short Oscar for The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, the city of Shreveport, Louisiana threw an extravagant parade for Moonbot Studios and the film's directors Bill Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg. Here's a few perks you get if you win an Oscar in Louisiana that you probably won't get in other places:

A free ride in a banana-colored convertible

A marching band

A customized battle tank plus confetti

A decorated street-cleaning machine

Acknowledgment from celebrities like Randal Reeder

Custom-designed moon pies

Balloons with flying books

The adulation of children

And, of course, women

If you require more evidence for why it's better to run an animation studio in a city few people have ever heard of, see the city of Shreveport's Flickr page or this article in the Shreveport Times.

(via Big Screen Animation)