 The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, at its fifth annual  awards ceremony in 1932, inaugurated awards for Short Subjects in  three categories: Cartoon, Comedy and Novelty. This movie was  originally declared the winner in the Novelty category. When  producer Mack Sennett (qv) found out that his short  _Wrestling Swordfish (1931)_ (qv) had lost the Novelty Oscar to this  film by only three votes, he protested, because under the Academys  rules then in effect, a three