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February 8, 2009 by Betsy Bird

Video Sunday: Featuring the Greatest Video I Have Ever Had the Pleasure to Feature on this Blog

February 8, 2009 by Betsy Bird   17 comments

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 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. rams says

    February 8, 2009 at 5:44 am

    Reading the headline, I thought you were indulging in a little hyperbole. I had no idea you were such a mistress of meiosis.

  2. DaNae says

    February 8, 2009 at 7:10 am

    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. “

  3. janeyolen says

    February 8, 2009 at 7:13 am

    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

  4. Fuse #8 says

    February 8, 2009 at 7:59 am

    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”.

  5. Sarah Miller says

    February 8, 2009 at 8:18 am

    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?!

  6. your neighborhood librarian says

    February 8, 2009 at 8:34 am

    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

  7. your neighborhood librarian says

    February 8, 2009 at 8:36 am

    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?!

  8. Jaime Temairik says

    February 8, 2009 at 12:52 pm

    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!

  9. janeyolen says

    February 8, 2009 at 4:49 pm

    I think the word that triggered it was “whining.”

  10. laurie halse anderson says

    February 8, 2009 at 5:11 pm

    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?

  11. SueThoms says

    February 9, 2009 at 5:42 am

    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!

  12. Fuse #8 says

    February 9, 2009 at 5:45 am

    Oo! It could be like Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, with Jane’s voice as the prize. I love that idea. Jane?

  13. Jean says

    February 9, 2009 at 8:31 am

    This video made my day! What a talented cast. Who said artists were introverts?? I’ll be smiling all day.

  14. janeyolen says

    February 9, 2009 at 4:05 pm

    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

  15. Fuse #8 says

    February 9, 2009 at 6:00 pm

    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…

  16. janeyolen says

    February 10, 2009 at 5:11 am

    Why not ask Jarrett?

  17. Judith Freeman says

    February 10, 2009 at 8:53 pm

    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!

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