Video Sunday: For a Nancy Drew fan it was a dream come true

When I worked in the Jefferson Market Library, round about five years ago, we showed filmstrips every Thursday.  Now these were actual strips of film.  Films that had been in the library’s collection for who knows how many decades.  So in 2005 I was typing out carbons (true) and sending them to our central media library to request films that I had watched in my own youth.  Films like that old Homer Price live action film about the donut machine and the one with the witches and the pancakes.  But my favorite to show around Valentine’s Day was The Marzipan Pig.  It’s funny that so close on the heels of my interview with Russell Hoban I have actually located a snippet of the film made from this picture book, but located it I have.  If the narrator’s voice is driving you crazy, I’ll clear it up.  That’s Tim Curry.  It makes for a strange little picture book, but a lovely one.  You can also see a snippet of The Man Who Walked Between the Towers too, if you like.

As for this next one, Colin Farrell and Rihanna should only WISH they were this talented.  Go, Danny boy, go go go!

Thanks to bookshelves doom for the link.

This next one is fun for anyone interested in hidden treasures and library news.  Or San Antonio for that matter.  Apologies for the ad at the start.

Thanks to AL Direct for the link.

Also library-related, I had heard of these homemade web animations sweeping the . . . . web (note to self: come up with more one-syllable terms to describe internet) but I’d only ever seen the ones made for authors.  This one is for library students.  Library martyrs of the world, unite.

Thanks to GreenBeanTeenQueen for the link!

Finally, for our off-topic healthy goodness, it’s not the first time we’ve seen this kind of yeast-related animation come to light, but it’s certainly one of the more sophisticated offerings.  Remember, this is stop animation you’re viewing.  The images were created with a laser cutter.

Good old, OK Go.  Right time of year for this song too.  Thanks to Dan McCoy for the link.

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