{{Italic title}} {{short description|1977 animated short}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} '''''Jimmy the C''''' is a 1979 animated short film directed by Jimmy Picker and co-produced by Picker (going by James), Robert Grossman and Craig Whitaker. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Animated Short Film.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4YfsLnZQ3o Short Film Winners: 1978 Oscars]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ALmJCgAAQBAJ&dq=jimmy+the+c+robert+grossman&pg=PA152 Film Cartoons: A Guide to 20th Century American Animated Features and Shorts – Douglas L. McCall – Google Books]</ref><ref>[https://www.robertgrossman.com/about About|ROBERT GROSSMAN]</ref> The film was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|title=Preserved Projects|url=https://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects?title=jimmy+the+c&filmmaker=&category=All&collection=All|website=Academy Film Archive}}</ref>
==Plot== The three-minute film features a clay-animated Jimmy Carter (who was U.S. president at the time) singing "Georgia on My Mind", referencing his birth state. He is accompanied by a choir of Mr. Peanut lookalikes, and gazes at the moon at night. Ray Charles' rendition of the song is used on the soundtrack.<ref>[https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/38922-Jimmy-The-C BCDB]{{dead link|date=January 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/jimmythec_201702 Internet Archive]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.animatormag.com/video/entertaining/jimmy-the-c-james-picker/ |title=Jimmy the C by Jimmy Picker (1976){{!}}Animation Mag - Animation from the Web |access-date=November 2, 2019 |archive-date=November 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102134857/https://www.animatormag.com/video/entertaining/jimmy-the-c-james-picker/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/grossman_robert.htm Robert Grossman - Lambiek Comicclopedia]</ref>
==External links== * {{YouTube|kiGxLakwCMA|Jimmy the C}} * [http://www.pyramidmedia.com/homepage/search-by-title/academy-awards/jimmy-the-c-detail.html Pyramid Media] * {{IMDb title|tt0076230}}
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Category:1979 American animated films Category:1979 films Category:1979 animated short films Category:American animated short films Category:American political comedy films Category:American political satire films Category:American animated comedy films Category:Animated musical films Category:American satirical films Category:Films set in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:Claymation films Category:Cultural depictions of Jimmy Carter Category:Ray Charles Category:1970s stop-motion animated films Category:1970s political comedy films Category:Caricatures of presidents of the United States