Video Sunday: Killer Sharks, Feisty Pigeons, and Bears With Self-Image Issues

Now when I mention that a Newbery Award winning book has been adapted into a live jazz puppet show, what book would you guess that that would be?  The Westing Game?  Holes?  The Story of Mankind?  Nope nope nope, it’s The Cat Who Went to Heaven, of course (of course?).  Here in New York the Harlem School of Arts has adapted it.  And as you can see from this small selection, it takes rather well to the format.  I wish this video was a little closer, but we take what we can get.

I’m a simple soul.  It takes very little to make me happy.  For example, if every day I could watch an exchange like this one between The Bus Driver and The Pigeon (voiced, respectively, by Jon Scieszka and Mo Willems) I could be content.

Now the next bit’s a mite childish, but I appreciate what they’re doing here.  The text on this one reads, "Spike Jonze wastes no time adapting another 10 page children’s book into a film."  Not really.  But if you’ve seen the Wild Things trailer already then this one will probably amuse as well.

Thanks to Drawn for the link.

And for your weekly random video . . . I’m a slave to the masses.  This trailer (which, as per usual, has nothing to do with children’s literature) has been embraced as a kind of cult hit.  Cheesy?  Hon, this puppy is rolling in the melted mozzarella.