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Help! My Snowman's Burning Down

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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.

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  • satire
  • short film

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United States of America

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  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical29 Mar 1965

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Help! My Snowman's Burning Down was released on 29 March 1965.

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    CinemaSerf

    1/7/2026

    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 of Manhattan. From what I could gather, he starts his day having a bath (fully clothed) then does some work before a coc…

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