It's Tough to Be a Bird

It's Tough to Be a Bird is a 1969 American educational animated short film made by Walt Disney Productions. It won the in 1970 and was nominated for a in 1971. It was animated by Eric Larson and Art Stevens.
In the short, M.C., a red bird, explains how birds have contributed to human culture, even as people often try to kill them. He claims this may be because humans were jealous that birds could fly, but people cannot, mentioning the legend of Icarus and films of early unsuccessful flying machines.
A year after its debut, the short was expanded to an hour as an episode of The Wonderful World of Disney.
On DTV, this short was set to 's original version of "". Also on DTV, footage of this short was featured in the music video for "You Can Fly".
==Cast==
*Ruth Buzzi as Soprano
*Richard Bakalyan as M.C. Bird
*John Emerson as Bird Fancier
*Jim Swain as Bird Fancier
*Ann Lord as Bird Fancier
*Hank Schloss as Bird Fancier
*Walter Perkins as Bird Fancier
*Rolf Darbo as Bird Fancier
== Releases ==
=== Television ===
* The Wonderful World of Disney, episode #17.11: "It's Tough to Be a Bird"
* The New Mickey Mouse Club, November 7, 1977
* The Ink and Paint Club, episode #1.36: "Award Winners II"
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Category:Animated shorts
Category:Best Short Academy Award winners
Category:1969 shorts
Category:Academy Award winning films
Category:Educational films