Where The Bloggy Things Are

While reading about some recent movie releases the other day, I learned a few things about the new flick "Where the Wild Things Are."

First of all, the book upon which the movie is based which was written by Maurice Sendak and first published in 1963. According to the publicity about the movie, the book is both "beloved" and a "classic."

Considering that I was born 4 years after the book was first published, I would have thought this would have been something I had read as a child. However, until the recent publicity about the movie, I'd never even heard of the book.

I guess my parents didn't belove me enough to get me a copy.

But, of course, life moved a lot slower back in the early 1970s. For instance, we didn't know what the "Hot New Toy" was going to be for Christmas until the Sears Wish Book showed up in our mailbox sometime in September. There was no Internet or Oprah's Book Club to tell our parents that "Where the Wild Things Are" was an instant children's classic and that their children would belove reading it.

Not that the book is that long of a read. One article I read about the movie, noted that the book -- if you want to call it that -- is a mere 338 words long. That's it. Most of these blogs that I write for this website are about double that. The Wikipedia entry about the "Where The Wild Things Are" book is over a 1000 words.

But of course, the book is marketed as a "children's picture book" and not a "children's word book" so 338 words is probably an appropriate amount.

However, this got me thinking. If some big-time Hollywood producer can snatch up the movie-rights to a "book" which is only 338 words long then there might be hope for some of the drivel that I've written.

And it doesn't need to be long drivel. It can be short drivel. I bet that some movie mogul could be inspired to create a 2-hour blockbuster based on a single sentence. Granted, it would need to be a finely-crafted sentence, but I think it could be accomplished.

Unfortunately, I don't know if I really have the skill to write a sentence of that quality, but I certainly can crank out a mediocre blog that is about the same length as Mr. Sendak's childrens book.

Now, I just need to find an illustrator to flesh out what my words can't express and I will be ready to sell the rights to Hollywood for the next big blockbuster.

I wonder how much classic beloving is going for these days?