please don't go...

[kpete]

[bananas]

1. Who are the characters? nt

[They_Live]

3. It's a reference to author/artist Maurice Sendak

who just passed away. The characters are from the book "Where The Wild Things Are".

[Sparkly]

2. Awwww!!!!!

[MannyGoldstein]

4. I keep thinking of "In the Night Kitchen"

My son's favorite bedtime reading not so long ago.

Time passes. Many things change.

Thank you.

[Uncle Joe]

5. RIP Maurice and thanks for the stories.

Thanks for the thread, kpete.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

6. Because of his stories...

...he will live on forever. We should all be so lucky.
The world just keeps getting less and less interesting as we lose these beloved entertainers, writers, artists. They aren't replaced by people as good or as prolific so it never gets better or equalizes.

[Chorophyll]

7. Dammit. It's raining on my face.