Happy 80th, Marie Winn! ("The Plug-In Drug," 1977)

[l***@yahoo.com]

She was born in Prague, came to the U.S. as a child, and now lives in NYC.

I remember, as a kid, watching a cartoon with my class at school - it was "Why We Have Taxes, or The Town That Had No Policeman" (1970). It was based on Winn's book "The Thief-Catcher: A story about why people pay taxes." (Or was it the other way around, since the short was made in 1970 and the book is dated 1972?)

http://www.mariewinn.com/

(If you click on "articles" right now, you'll see a lot about Central Park's wildlife - starting with the birds.)

There was a revised edition of "The Plug-In Drug" in 2002.

From Penguin Random House:

"Marie Winn wrote a column on nature and birdwatching for the Wall Street Journal for twelve years. Among her previous books are The Plug-In Drug: Television, Children & the Family (twenty-fifth anniversary edition 2003), and Children Without Childhood. Married to the filmmaker and palindromist Allan Miller, she spends part of every day in Central Park."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Winn

"Marie Winn (born 1936) is a journalist, author, and bird-watcher. She is particularly well known for her books and articles on the wildlife of Central Park and her Wall Street Journal Leisure & Arts column. She appears in Frederic Lilien's documentary film, The Legend of Pale Male (2010). She is also known for writing the The Plug-In Drug (1977), which explored the impact of television on young children, and for her involvement in the quiz show scandals of the 1950s."

http://www.mariewinn.com/plugin.htm
(this includes a long excerpt: "Mystery of the Declining SATs")

http://www.csmonitor.com/1983/0624/062433.html
(review of "Children Without Childhood," 1983)

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/search/?q=Marie+Winn;t=author
(ten Kirkus reviews - three are about kids' books)

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/165590.Marie_Winn
(reader reviews)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/660603.The_Plug_In_Drug
(about "The Plug-In Drug")

http://www.mariewinn.com/bio.htm
(includes booklist)

https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Marie+Winn%22
(synopses)

https://www.google.com/search?q=%22marie+winn%22&biw=1280&bih=532&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi3oMDZk-zPAhXCKyYKHdTLB1UQ_AUIBygC&dpr=1.25#tbm=isch&q=%22marie+winn%22+books
(some book covers)

https://www.google.com/search?q=%22marie+winn%22+john+emil+johnson&biw=1280&bih=532&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiAkNj0mOzPAhUC4CYKHRDEAJkQ_AUIBygC#imgrc=WQk8jTaKFLlGtM%3A
(includes parts of "The Man Who Made Fine Toys")

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=532&q=%22marie+winn%22+fireside&oq=%22marie+winn%22+fireside&gs_l=img.3...951.951.0.1529.1.1.0.0.0.0.68.68.1.1.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..0.0.0.ccFrVTjbwIQ
(artwork from the "Fireside" books)

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1634773/
(filmography - mostly animated shorts)

http://www.incredibletvandmovies.com/21.html
(about the quiz show "Twenty-One")

(clip from "Why We Have Taxes")

(clip from "Why We Have Laws")

(clip from "Why People Have Special Jobs")

(clip from "Why We Use Money")


CHILDREN'S BOOKS

(Simon & Schuster, 1966-1974):
Fireside Book of Children's Songs
Fireside Book of Fun & Games Songs
The Man Who Made Fine Tops
The Fisherman Who Needed a Knife
The Thief Catcher
Shiver, Gobble and Snore
What Shall We Do & Allee Galloo [Harper & Row]


Lenona.

[Lenona]

This was uploaded last December! Hooray.

(45:26 minutes long)