Move over, Goodnight Moon. Hey, fuck off Oh, the Places You'll Go! There's a new king of children's literature in town, and his name is Stephen Colbert. His children's book I Am a Pole (and So Can You!), which you may remember him working on with Maurice Sendak, is officially coming out on May 8th. And you can preorder it right now! Do it for the children.
Here's Paul Rudd on playing dad to Judd Apatow's kids, and how he really fucked up his relationship with Iris from the get-go: "In the beginning they felt a little weird about it. I met them when they were very little, around Anchorman. And there was a scene we did for 40-Year-Old Virgin that was cut from the movie where Judd was carrying Iris, who was probably two or three at the time. In the electronics store where we worked there was a robot, and I was improvising and started yelling at her, “Don’t! You cannot touch this robot!” She started crying, and ever since then I’ve been the [...]
Say goodbye to the adorably stoic Lily from Modern Family: Mitch and Cam's daughter is being recast for the upcoming season. They're currently looking for a 3-4 year old to play her, hopefully one equally unfazed by all the madness going on around her.
This poor girl has the soul of a depressed, self-loathing 32-year-old comedian and the body of an adorable five-year-old girl. Slow down, kid! You are way too young to be having an existential crisis! If you're starting off life this neurotic, I can't imagine what you're going to be like once you're actually an adult trying to be a comedian. It'll either be a total disaster or you'll be the best comedian ever.
The "classic" kids show of the days of early television have a curious amount of nostalgic pull, considering they did not flourish for long. I blame Baby Boomers, who consider all of their cultural touchstones vastly superior to what followed. Whatever the reason, the children's programming of the 1950s — Howdy Doody, Bozo the Clown, Captain Video, and the like — is still what many people think of when they think "kids show." A puppeteered or costumed ringleader, a series of corny recurring characters, a few cartoons, and a studio audience of cheering preteens. Think Krusty the Klown without the Percodan-addicted host.
In the late 1980s, decades after most [...]
In a casting move you can probably already hear in your head, Eddie Murphy will voice Hong Kong Phooey for a film based on the Hanna-Barbera animated series from the '70s. Having voiced a donkey, a cranky super and a tiny dragon of some sort, portraying a crime-fighting kung-fu master dog seems like the next logical step, career-wise.
In a video conceived by Chris Kelly, the kindergartner who wrote Fast Five chats with The Onion's Today Now! about his new action-packed film. Though he may not be old enough to not pee his pants when he's asleep, Chris Morgan knows what American audiences want: cars that go boom, Vin Diesel's big muscles and trains with holes in them. I can only assume he wrote the previous four The Fast And The Furious movies as well. Missing teeth, taking off his shoes on-camera and falling asleep mid-sentence seems par for the course for most screenwriters, but somehow Morgan manages to make it work. I look forward [...]
Here is an adorable new series of videos from Babelgum: Kids Reenact Kanye's Tweets. It is pretty self-explanatory! There are seven of 'em in all. One is above, another is below, and you can find the rest right here.
Although I will say one thing: these companies that put 30 second preroll ads before 21 second videos make me want to get stabby. My time is valuable, Babelgum! Or at least I like to think it is! Give me a break with this insane advertisements:content ratio. Be reasonable.
I hope they got to keep those outfits. What am I saying? Charlyne probably came with that outfit. Charlyne Yi and Fred Armisen guest on Yo Gabba Gabba in an upcoming episode, stopping by as Edith and Larry, two new friends who happen to be, I don't know, some kind of interstellar time elves? The size of Charlyne's hat makes me think she's Fred's commanding officer. I, for one, can't wait for this show raise my kids for me.
As if weathering the End Times in 2012 as a three-year-old wasn't hard enough, imaging having Brian Posehn as your father at the same time. "He won't even be able to say Apocalypse," Posehn gleefully tells Conan about his toddler son. "He'll be like, 'Daddy the Acopopypse is here,' and I'll be like, 'That's adorable.' Woosh! Skeletons." Other parenting tip Brian is doling out: tricking your child into knowing only the Weird Al versions of songs, and punching them until they slip into to a relaxing three-week nap.
Do your best to not knock any tiny children aside as you sprint through Barnes & Noble this September to get the new Shel Silverstein book Everything On It. Silverstein, the reason any of us have a sense of wonder or imagination, passed away in 1999, but left behind a host of never-before-seen poems and illustrations which will be included in the new collection. Prior to his death, Shel's most recent works had been Falling Up (1996) and Draw A Skinny Elephant (1998); Runny Babbit, a book published posthumously, came out in 2005. HarperCollins Children's Book released the photo of the book's cover today, which as you can [...]
Jason Bateman wisely kept his cleavage covered up when he joined Elmo on Sesame Street. Although really, a bit of controversy probably could have landed him on SNL, which is more of his key demographic than Sesame Street.
