Kids breaking into hotel rooms again…

Even though our own Dixie met Michael Jackson and Jerry Levitan met John Lennon by sneaking into their hotels, I promise we’re really not advocating that type of stuff… try and stay behind the security detail if you will?

In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatles fanatic named Jerry Levitan snuck into John Lennon’s hotel in Toronto and charmed him into a lifechanging interview. 38 years later, Levitan, director Josh Raskin and illustrator James Braithwaite collaborated to create an animated short film using the original interview recording as the soundtrack. What resulted, was a spellbinding vessel for Lennon’s boundless wit and timeless message, I Met the Walrus. The film was nominated for the 2008 Academy Award for Animated Short, and has since won a slew of other awards.

Check out www.imetthewalrus.com.

One more reaon to be excited for 09-09-09!