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June 8, 2008 by Betsy Bird

Video Sunday: Fear the Stinky Cheese Man

June 8, 2008 by Betsy Bird   4 comments

Few videos make me laugh out loud. This one did. By all accounts it is Mo Willems’ very brief acceptance speech after winning the Book Sense Book of the Year Award at Book Expo.


I keep stealing links from bookshelves of doom. This is due in part to A) The fact that I am lazy and B) The fact that she tends to find awesome links. And I like today’s link particularly because it is, to my mind, the ultimate V-Log journal entry. I’m sure that there are a lot of people in the world who would contest me on what is, in fact, the best YA author John Green v-log entry. You could make a very good case for many of them, but for the unconverted, I refer you to today’s link. Even if you have never seen the show, it works on so many levels.

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And finally (just three today) I’m a little surprised that no one has ever taken this particular route when promoting their book in trailer form. Lewis Black has a nice take. I got the link from Galleycat and Ron Hogan speculated that Black’s humor definitely requires audience reactions to fully work. Still good though.


I particularly enjoyed the part where he spoke about introducing children to a love of reading. G’night, everybody!

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About Betsy Bird

Betsy Bird is currently the Collection Development Manager of the Evanston Public Library system and a former Materials Specialist for New York Public Library. She has served on Newbery, written for Horn Book, and has done other lovely little things that she'd love to tell you about but that she's sure you'd find more interesting to hear of in person. Her opinions are her own and do not reflect those of EPL, SLJ, or any of the other acronyms you might be able to name. Follow her on Twitter: @fuseeight.

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About Betsy Bird

Betsy Bird is currently the Collection Development Manager of the Evanston Public Library system and a former Materials Specialist for New York Public Library. She has served on Newbery, written for Horn Book, and has done other lovely little things that she'd love to tell you about but that she's sure you'd find more interesting to hear of in person. Her opinions are her own and do not reflect those of EPL, SLJ, or any of the other acronyms you might be able to name. Follow her on Twitter: @fuseeight.

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  1. Anon. says

    June 8, 2008 at 5:16 pm

    All know that John Green’s videos are shamelessly derivative of the late “the show with zefrank,” yes? Shamelessly, almost eerily. Google it!

  2. Anon. says

    June 8, 2008 at 5:25 pm

    That first comment reads meaner than I meant it to. Sorry. But the resemblance IS striking!

  3. Fuse #8 says

    June 8, 2008 at 7:51 pm

    Aye? I shall have to seek this out in some fashion.

  4. Anon. says

    June 8, 2008 at 8:31 pm

    The Earth sandwich awaits you!

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