library gorilla

allen county public library in indiana makes a lot of videos and posts them on youtube. here's a promo for their summer reading program. even though the video production itself is pretty tame, the overall effect is genius. consider this: a library could spend lots of time and money on a fancy production with professional equipment and the like, but if , like many libraries, all they have to highlight is a cramped teen space, a tiny collection, and a smattering of programs, what's the point? here are the messages i got from this video: the prize text tells me the summer reading program has tons of prizes and some of them are really cool. the text about programs and the kids playing ddr and chess tells me there are a lot of things happening during the summer, like shows and games and stuff like that. the kids running through the library tells me that there must be some kind of teen council that gets to be in the library even when it's closed...if i'm a teen, i think being inside a closed library is pretty cool and i want in on that action. the fact that someone got to wear the gorilla suit tells me the library must have a gorilla costume and i can think of tons of funny things you can do with a gorilla costume.
enjoy the video. the best part for me was in the middle when the gorilla slides across the smooth floor, i kept thinking, gee i wonder if anyone worried about the monkee biting the dust during that scene. needless to say, the outtakes did not disappoint.