Maurice Sendak on The Colbert Report
May 8, 2012 2 Comments
Was Maurice Sendak's appearance on the Colbert Report the highlight of the week?
I remember loving it as a child when authors did not talk down to me. I could handle the nudity in Maurice Sendak's In the Night Kitchen or the gruesomeness of the original Grimm's Fairy Tales, even if the grown-ups couldn't.
Maurice Sendak was a major figure in my household growing up, in part due to my brother, who worshiped the man. When Sendak appeared on The Colbert Report, it was a joyful moment for me. One of my favorite authors and an icon of imagination, playing around with one of my favorite satirists. I think it was a testament to the force of the man that he came across so clearly in these segments.
Indeed, he's a force that will be sorely missed. There is no replacement.
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I think this interview was probably the single greatest thing I have seen on TV so far this year. BTW, for you and anyone else who watched the Sendak/Colbert interview, you’ll appreciate these photos of something I saw in the bookstore just this morning:
http://flic.kr/p/bVbAs3
http://flic.kr/p/bVbASA
I love it. I Am A Pole (And So Can You!) is out, and it includes not one, but two blurbs from Sendak!