Getting ready to follow the advice of Sir Paul McCartney’s stepmom Angie McCartney and adopted sister Ruth McCartney to start an online Yellow Submarine University!
Watch for some downloadable content with the first session soon.
Talking to the McCartney ladies on their Teaflix show recently made me remember the big difference in the reception to my work in Baltimore in 1974 compared to my reception in New York City in 2006.
In 1974 I had prepared a two-credit college course for the Maryland Institute College of Art. It was all planned out with the department, but then was overruled by the higher-ups who couldn’t see any value in teaching about the Yellow Submarine!
Compare that rejection from my hometown art school to this thank you letter from the professor of film history at the School of Visual Arts regarding my presentation there in NYC in 2006:
“I want to thank you on behalf of the school and my students in particular for your entertaining and highly informative introduction to the Yellow Submarine. We have had luminaries here such as Matt Dillon, Sean Penn, Oliver Stone, Meryl Streep and the like. Your presentation ranks among the best we have had. I know I speak for the students there when I say we would welcome you back any time.” (Gene Stavis)
Stay tuned to learn how to earn your PHUD in Yellow Submarinology!
—Dr. Bob
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