Video Sunday: Featuring the Greatest Video I Have Ever Had the Pleasure to Feature on this Blog
BOOK BY BOOK: the making of a monkey man from Jarrett Krosoczka on Vimeo.
I should really blog about Adam Rex more.
Seriously, though, I am sort of stunned by this. Jarrett Krosoczka has gone above and beyond the call of duty. I now have life goal. To someday be in a Krosoczka film. I mean, I adored the visualization of what a blog looks like (Blue Rose Girls). And who knew all these people were such magnificent actors? I’m off to take a class with Uta Hagen so as to prepare for being a writer.
Jarrett, my man, you have outdone yourself. Thanks for the shout out. I’m beyond pleased. I had lots of other posts planned for today but they’ve been scrapped till next week. I want people to give this their full attention.
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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 Kirkus, 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 BlueSky at: @fuse8.bsky.social
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Reading the headline, I thought you were indulging in a little hyperbole. I had no idea you were such a mistress of meiosis.
Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! This is visual decadency. Can you please figure out a lesson plan in which I can find an excuse to show this to my students. “
He’s a compassionate director and gets much from his actors by enjoying their work.
Jane
PS And he let me dandle the baby as my payment for all the hard slogging. Oh–and he let me adlib my role. Though I really wanted to play the sensei.
PHN
By complete coincidence “The Mistress of Meiosis” is going to be the name of the first book in my three-part autobiography. Followed, of course, by “The Patron of Parthenogenesis”.
Holy cats, why didn’t anybody else who linked to this video TELL ME it featured a star-studded cast? Even Trixie Willems, for Pete’s sake?!
I saw your headline only and knew it was this video! Love Mo calling for a pen. And extra points to JKK and Scieszka for pronouncing their last names clearly!
:paula
Weirdly, the SLJ comment engine thought my previous comment had “expletives or other terms common in spam” in it. Which word do you think triggered that?!
Holy frijoles! That was amazing. And hilarious. I spit out my cheerios at the end when it said who the agent was — such acting talent!
I think the word that triggered it was “whining.”
Hot spewing volcanos of awesomeness!!!!!! This totally made up for having to spend my entire weekend, butt-in-chair, head-in-story!!
::leaves to giggle hysterically::
::returns with a request::
How do I get a clip of Jane telling him to stop whining so I can loop it and play it endlessly on my computer when I am about lift the aforementioned butt out of the chair and whine at full volume?
I think a lot of writers would pay good money for a recording of Jane Yolen’s stop-whining, butt-in-chair message. Can you come up with a contest and make that the prize?
Thanks for the link!
Oo! It could be like Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, with Jane’s voice as the prize. I love that idea. Jane?
This video made my day! What a talented cast. Who said artists were introverts?? I’ll be smiling all day.
I am so there, Betsy, though inadequately able to do anything with mechanical objects where buttons get pushed and sound comes out. (Isn’t that what 14 year old boys are for?)
Jane
I’m afraid that it would. Perhaps I could rope someone into plucking the sound from this video, thereby rendering any work on your end moot. hm…
Why not ask Jarrett?
I said, “Seventeen minutes? I don’t have 17 minutes to watch a video! I have deadlines to finish, work to do!” Butt in chair, I watched every second and laughed like a maniac. Jeanne Birdsall was so perfect! Love the glasses. And Tomie with that paintbrush in his mouth. Oh, that was a very satisfying 17 minutes indeed!