I was tempted to not watch Stephen Colbert interview children’s book author Maurice Sendak, thinking it would not be interesting. I was wrong. Sendak turns out to be a funny and feisty guy, one of the few who can match wits with Colbert.
(To get hints on how to view clips on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report outside the US, please see this earlier post.)
Part 1 was shown on January 24, 2012.
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Part 2 was shown on January 25, 2012.
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Nadeen
January 27, 2012 at 7:32 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Thank you! I laughed out loud more than once. Sendak is witty and wonderful.
Irene Delse
January 27, 2012 at 8:30 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
“Why do you write for children?” “I don’t write for children. I write!”
“What do you think.” “The sad thing is that I like it.”
“I hate e-books! They can’t be the future. They may well be, but I will be dead and I don’t give a sh*t!”
Adorable old guy.
Cuttlefish
January 27, 2012 at 8:35 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
What a sweetie!
Squiddhartha
January 27, 2012 at 10:03 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Sendak did an interview on NPR’s Fresh Air last fall that brought tears to my eyes. You can find it at http://www.npr.org/2011/09/20/140435330/this-pig-wants-to-party-maurice-sendaks-latest …
M Groesbeck
January 27, 2012 at 10:22 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Maurice Sendak qualifies as not only “feisty” but “fierce”. He was my absolute favorite when I was a little kid, and I’ve yet to see anything to change my mind — quite the contrary, in fact.
Charles Sullivan
January 28, 2012 at 3:28 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Fun stuff, Mano!
niftyatheist
January 28, 2012 at 9:59 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Thank you for this nugget of pure gold! Really enjoy your blog and glad you joined FTB (I had not come across you before this).
sometimeszero
January 28, 2012 at 11:29 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Thanks for this—I loved it and I love your blog, too
scotlyn
January 29, 2012 at 4:14 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Thanks for this shout out (and for the viewing tips!)
antonjerma
May 8, 2012 at 11:33 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I found a blog page where the videos play for me (Australia):
http://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/maurice-sendak-video-of-his-last.html
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