Video Sunday: When someone asks if you’re a god, you say YES!

Someone on Facebook asked if I had anything to do with this since it was in my library (that’s the Rose Reading Room you’ll see here). Answer: Nope. But I was aware it was going to happen beforehand. And I could have watched, but it’s probably better as a finalized video anyway. The video is by Improv Everywhere, and it’s to raise library awareness. Matt pointed out that each of the Ghostbusters is made to look like one of the Ghostbusters in the film. I just like that some clever composer (one Tyler Walker, I believe) managed to come up with music that’s bloody close to the original Ghostbuster theme, without using the real theme itself.

To this interview with Lucy Cousins (creator of the Maisy books) which should really be on TeacherTube as well, you know.  I was recently told about TeacherTube and how it would make a lot of sense if interviews with children’s authors were put there.  TeacherTube isn’t blocked by schools like YouTube often is, and has a built in use and audience.  Just saying . . .

I’m always surprised that there aren’t more television shows that either take place in libraries or are based on libraries.  The pickings are small too.  There was the short lived Party Girl show.  The weird post-apocalyptic here’s-how-to-use-the-Dewey-decimal-system show Tomes and Talismans.  And now MTV has a show called Silent Library.  This is the first episode.  I don’t know that I would have found it, had it not been for 100 Scope Notes.  Weeeeeeird.

Thanks to Travis for the link.

A show of hands.  How many of you expected the children to scream when they removed the lids off of the boxes.  Be honest now.

You know what author isn’t afraid of videos?  Kathi Appelt, Newbery Honor Award winning author, that’s who.  She’s on a little book tour and has been making all kinds of videos along the way.  Check out the lot of ’em here, why doncha?  It’s a fun way to connect with a fan base, I’ll tell you that.

And for the off-topic video . . .

Now I was going to go with the sloth video and then mention a lot of cute sloth-related picture books along the way.  Until last night, that is, when someone (that would be @RonHogan) decided to link to a kid in L.A. who does a dead on Ian McKellen impression.  Here then is "Ian McKellen" reading the text of Ducktales. 

Woo-oo.

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