Last week, the Cartoon Brew site mentioned the passing of one Ted Petok. He was an animator whose works appeared on "Seseme Street" and "The Electric Company" during the '70s. CB linked from YouTube Mr. Petok's Oscar-winning short whose title is up above as tribute. It's only a couple of minutes long. In this one, a lady is searching for a gift for her husband. She comes to a pet shop. She doesn't think her husband would want a dog or cat. She decides to get him a "crunch bird" even though the shop proprietor doesn't think that's a good idea. That's all I'll mention of what appears and just say I found this quite funny and maybe even a little hilarious for such a limited time animated short. Does it really deserve the Academy Award? Well, I've yet to watch what else was nominated that year so I don't know. But it was certainly entertaining for what it was. Anyway, when Petok received his award he said, in a paraphrase of the last line from this short, "Crunch Bird, my Oscar". Rest in peace, Ted.