How Meeting the Walrus Landed a YouTube Video an Emmy
How did an interview recorded 40 years ago win a 2009 Emmy? We have a long gestation time, YouTubeYouTube, and peace to thank, reports the Observer. In 1969, then 14-year-old Jerry Levitan made his way to John Lennon’s hotel room in Toronto, elbowed a long line of press out of the way and somehow convinced the famous Beatle to give him a 40-minute interview. The conversation made its way from reel-to-reel tape to an animated short almost 4 decades later and was posted to YouTube in 2007. Created with director and animator Josh Raskin and illustrator James Braithwaite, the 5-minute animation was originally developed to be included on DVD with Mr. Levitan’s book, I Met the Walrus: How One Day With John Lennon Changed My Life Forever. Since being posted to YouTube the short won Best Animation at the Manhattan Short Film Festival and was nominated for a 2008 Academy Award.
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How Meeting the Walrus Landed a YouTube Video an Emmy
