Film

That’s Paul McCartney describing the plot of Tuesday, the award-winning picture book by David Weisner, which McCartney has transformed into an animated film, set to his own musical score.

That’s one of the most inventive people working in video and film today, the French director, Michel Gondry.

The song you just heard is the opening theme to “Making Fiends,” a series of flash animation films created by Amy Winfrey.

That’s the opening from the animated film, Cockaboody, from the Hubley Studios of Canada.

You’re hearing Lara, played by Tatjana Treib, the young heroine of Caroline Link’s amazing film, Beyond Silence, as she negotiates for her parents at the bank, where they are trying to get an early advance on an investment account.

That’s Frank Neuhauser, the winner of the first National Spelling Bee, which was held in 1925.