Overheard at the library - re Dr. Seuss

I was in the kids' library, writing my authors' birthday lists, when I heard a
very bright-sounding 11-year-old(?) boy complaining bitterly to the librarian
about the new "Cat in the Hat" movie. She said: "Sounds as though you read the
review in the paper!" I walked up to him as he sat down at the computer and
said in a grave voice (but still smiling): "You can take consolation in the
fact that that's one book most kids will hear before they see the movie." He
said (verbatim): "Mike Myers should be assassinated!"

I then told him about the Dr. Seuss movie that was never a book (until
recently, maybe) - the 1950s "The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T." (Kid: "Is it good?"
Me: "It's VERY good.") Stars the boy from "Lassie" (no, he doesn't do his own
singing), Hans Conried as the mad piano teacher Dr. T, 499 other little boys, a
mile-long curvy piano, and Siamese twins joined at the beard on roller skates.
Unbelievable.

Oh, and check out all those jazz musicians jamming in the dungeon with
instruments you never saw the likes of!

Lenona.