Two Kinds of Fears with Seth Meyers

First Draft Episode #347: Seth Meyers

Seth Meyers, host of Late Night with Seth Meyers and former head
writer for Saturday Night Live, talks about his debut picture
book, I’m Not Scared, You’re Scared with Rob Syegh.


Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode:




The Story of Babar: The Little Elephant, the first book in
the Babar series by Jean de Brumhoff




Spider Man: The Short Halloween written by Seth Meyers and
Bill Hader




Richard Scarry, author and illustrator of Trucks, A Day at
the Airport, Cars and Trucks and Things That Go! and many
more




Jill Benjamin, Seth’s writing partner from his Improv Olympic
days




Documentary Now! on IFC




Watership Down (movie)




The Secret of NIMH (movie)




The Black Cauldron (movie)




The Hobbit (movie)




Seth Meyers on Sesame Street (with The Count and with Elmo)




Sandra Boynton, author and illustrator of picture books like
Snuggle Puppy: A Little Love Song, Barnyard Dance!, Pajama
Time! and many more.




Where’s Waldo by Martin Handford




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Jill Twiss, #1 New York
Times bestselling author of A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo
and Emmy winning comedy writer on Last Week Tonight. Hear her
First Draft interview here.




John Green, #1 New York
Times bestselling author of many young adult novels,
including The Fault in Our Stars and Printz-winning Looking
For Alaska, joins to discuss his new essay collection, The
Anthropocene Reviewed. He is also one half of the
vlogbrothers on YouTube and co-creator of educational series
Crash Course. Hear his First Draft interview here.




John Scieszka, former
National Ambassador for Children’s Literature and New York
Times bestselling author best known for picture books with
illustrator Lane Smith, including The True Story of the Three
Little Pigs, The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid
Tales, Math Curse, and more. Hear his First Draft interview
here.




 


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