![]() ![]() If you would like to support the mission of Open Culture, consider making a donation to our site. If you would like to sign up for Open Culture’s free email newsletter, please find it here. Thanks to Mark, co-editor of the philosophy blog/podcast The Partially Examined Life for sending these along. Don’t miss Silverstein, also a well-known songwriter, appearing on The Johnny Cash Show in 1970, and the two singing “ A Boy Named Sue.” Silverstein wrote the song, and Cash made it famous. ![]() Silverstein narrates the story himself and also plays the harmonica…. Today, we’re rewinding the videotape to 1973, when Silverstein’s little book was turned into a 10-minute animated film. It’s a story about the human condition, about giving and receiving, using and getting used, neediness and greediness, although many finer points of the story are open to interpretation. Back in 1964, Shel Silverstein wrote The Giving Tree, a widely loved children’s book now translated into more than 30 languages. ![]()
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