Help! My Snowman's Burning Down

Name: Help! My Snowman's Burning Down
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1965-03-29
Rating: 7.0
Cast: Bob Larkin, Dian Robertson

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1965

Release Year

9 min

Runtime

Comedy

Overview

My Snowman's Burning Down is an American short film made by Carson Davidson in 1964, with music composed and performed by Gerry Mulligan. A surrealistic and humorous satire on the Madison Avenue image of the world through advertising. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2009.

Keywords

satire

short film

Cast

Bob Larkin

Dian Robertson

Woman

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@Geronimo1967

January 7, 2026

7/10

I did really quite enjoy this and Gerry Mulligan’s Herb Alpert style of accompaniment, but it has nothing whatsoever to do with a snowman and instead features an executive gent (Bob Larkin) who seems content to live his life from a cast iron bathtub, in a room with no walls, somewhere off the coast …

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