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Billy Collins action poetry and Alan Watts gets the South Park treatment Matt Aug 03

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Billy Collins action poetry: Former Poet Laureate, Billy Collins, reads his poetry with accompanying animations. Forgetfulness is a good one to start with.

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South Parkers animate words of religious expert and philosopher Alan Watts:

Trey Parker, one of the creators of South Park, was raised in Colorado, where his father attempted to teach him Buddhism. Now, years later, Parker and his animation pal Matt Stone have brought to life the teachings of Alan Watts, the comparative religion expert and philosopher. Under the FurryCarlos Productions banner, the two tapped South Park animators Chris Brion and Todd Benson to keyframe three of Watts’ recordings…

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Related: Animation of a Samuel L. Jackson Pulp Fiction speech in type

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keith bohanna 03 Aug 07

Meanwhile a talented bunch of young theatrical types in Kilkenny, Ireland are preparing to put on the first play of a work from Trey Parker.

For more see here: http://www.kenmc.com/2007/08/03/cannibal-the-musical-artwork/ and http://www.devioustheatre.com

keith

Ben Rigas 05 Aug 07

Those Alan Watts animations are great. I found more here:

Alan Watts Theater

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