The Other Ray Bradbury Video

By Tom

You Omnivores have likely seen this surprisingly literal mash note to the new nonagenarian, which we'll let other, less family-friendly venues embed. (I am looking forward to the response vid that the poor Kurt Vonnegut fan in the video is no doubt working on.) But we posted another Bradbury video on Amazon recently that I wanted to point to, for Sam Weller's Listen to the Echoes: The Ray Bradbury Interviews, and featuring Bradbury reminiscing in his wonderfully cluttered office with Weller about Amos & Andy, Eddie Cantor, and Rod Serling and a cameo by the Pixies' Black Francis (take that, Shteyngart!). And if you listen closely, Bradbury mentions another memory that Weller declines to pursue but that suggests he'd be appreciative of the video linked to above.

I know--just another thinly veiled ploy for all the "eddie cantor" search traffic out there. What can I say? Traffic's traffic. Happy belated birthday, Ray. --Tom