Thanks to the K-2nd Grade students at Canterbury Episcopal School! What an amazingly energetic group of kids! You were such a fun crowd with so many wonderful questions. And like I said, if you have any more, you and your parents can ALWAYS write me a letter or send me an email. Thanks again for having me out and… REMEMBER THE FOUR WORDS!
Thanks to everyone who entered my Twitter contest! The three lucky winners are: writingwildly, marianslibrary, and chipstreet. Each will receive signed copies of my junior novelization: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. And I’d also like to plug Twiveaway.com for tracking the contest and for randomly choosing the winners.
Released today, my junior novelization of Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. If you’re a fan of the first movie, I think you’ll really enjoy the sequel. It contains all the original characters along with many hilarious new ones. And if you can’t wait for the movie to see what’s in store for night guard, Larry Daley… why not buy the book?
I’d like to give a special thanks to all the kids and teachers at Central Square Intermediate and Hastings-Mallory Elementary.
I thoroughly enjoyed my visit and was thrilled to meet you all. You kids were a great audience, extremely polite, and made some of the best dragon roars I’ve ever heard!
Everyone had wonderful questions but if I didn’t answer them all, feel free to send me an email anytime you like:
I also hope you remember what I said: you can be anything you want to be!
Thanks again and as you can see, I really like my new Central Square Redhawks hat. It’s a fine addition to my collection and I’ll be sure to wear it during my next visit.
All the best,
Michael Anthony Steele
I finally made it to Twitter. If you’re interested in reading my ramblings (at least those containing 140 characters or less), click the image and follow me!
Please enjoy this blatant cross-promotion for the upcoming movie, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. But seriously, since I wrote the junior novelization, and therefore had a chance to read the script, I can tell you that it’s going to be a fun picture, full of your favorite characters from the first and a bunch of new ones played by some of the funniest comedic actors of the day.
Here’s the first trailer:
Released this month is a preschool book I wrote entitled: BOZ and You and Christmas Too. Illustrated by Mike Griswold, this book comes with three erasable markers, allowing kids to interact with BOZ on the wipe-off pages throughout the book.
Another one of my Boz books is out just in time for Halloween–BOZ’s Pumpkin Party. It’s a lift-the-flap book illustrated by Jay Johnson.
Both of these were great fun to write and should be enjoyed by any young fan of the green bear next door!
Almost twelve years ago I met my wife, Becky, on a blind date. Among other things (her beauty, intellect, and sense of humor), I was delighted to discover that she was a huge George Carlin fan. I too was a fan and had been quoting lines from his HBO specials with my friends for years. However, Beck could out-quote us all.
So when I decided to propose, like most guys, I tried to think of a special way to do it. I eventually came up with an idea and called in a favor. A good friend, Rodney Scott, knew George and his brother around the time The George Carlin Show was being produced. Thanks to Rod, I was able to send a request to George to help me propose to my wife.
A day or so later, after a nice evening out, I brought Beck back to my apartment. The place was decorated with flowers, clean, and had a special message waiting for her on my answering machine. I played her George’s message and after realizing that it wasn’t one of my friends doing a darn good impersonation, she said yes. My marriage proposal wasn’t from the basket of a hot air balloon or at the top of the empire state building but thanks to George, it certainly did the trick.
Below is George Carlin’s proxy proposal in its entirety. It was transferred from its original micro cassette so the sound quality is not the best. It should also be noted that, at the time, I was still transitioning from a career in special effects to one in writing (this will clarify one of George’s references).
Listen to it here: George Carlin Proposal
Beck and I have played the message for a few close friends but since George’s passing, we thought we’d share this Carlin rarity with any other interested fans out there. We were extremely grateful for his kindness and were fortunate to see him in concert four times (including his last tour). George Carlin not only made us all laugh but see many aspects of life from his unique point of view. I know Beck and I are only two among many that will miss him now that he’s gone.
Scott McFadden, and I are busy finishing the first webisode of a brand new online series called Clown Commandos.
The show is about a squad of heroes from an alternate universe where clowns evolved into an elite fighting force. Yet when these same commandos become trapped in our universe, they find themselves fighting crime for a society that doesn’t take them seriously. The squad must come to grips with being known as eccentric vigilantes instead of garnering the respect of which they’re accustomed.
Click the banner to learn more about each of the characters and the unique turn of events that made clowns revered in their universe.
Doing everything from writing and animating to music and sound fx, Scott and I have come a long way and learned quite a bit. The release date for the first webisode is closing in, but we’ve posted a couple of stills as a sneak-peek. Click here to take a look!
Check back on both websites for more news and the official release of the upcoming Clown Commandos webisode series!
The brothers Warner have now released the first seven minutes of the brothers Wachowski’s new movie, Speed Racer. This clip expands the previously released three minute clip to the very beginning of the film.
Enjoy.