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I Met the Walrus: How One Day With John Lennon Changed My Life Forever
Author: Jerry Levitan
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Imagine youre the worlds biggest Beatles fan and youve just snuck into John Lennons hotel room. But instead of being thrown out, inexplicably youre invited to spend the day with your idol. Thats exactly what happened to fourteen-year-old Jerry Levitan in 1969. After hearing John was in Toronto for a bed in, Jerry tracked him down at the King Edward Hotel and convinced the worlds biggest rock star to sit down for an exclusive forty-minute interview. John talked candidly about war, politics, the scandalous Two Virgins album, and the supposed subliminal messages in his music. Now, forty years later, its all here Jerrys once-in-a-lifetime adventure, illustrated by acclaimed artist James Braithwaite and featuring never before seen photographs of John and Yoko. Also included in the book is Jerrys memorabilia from that day--notes from John and Yoko, the secret code to contact him, drawings, Johns doodles, and much more. Complete with an audio and video DVD of the interview that inspired the Academy Award-nominated film of the same name, I Met the Walrus is an immortalized one-on-one moment with John--a must-have for Lennon fans around the world, as well as anyone who has ever dreamed of meeting a hero. About the AuthorJerry Levitan is a musician, actor, filmmaker, writer, and lawyer living in Toronto. Under the persona Sir Jerry (www.sir-jerry.com), he has been described as one of Canadas most innovative childrens performers and has produced two critically acclaimed childrens albums, Bees, Butterflies & Bugs and Sir Jerrys World. As a litigation lawyer, he has set precedents in the fields of constitutional, human rights, and administrative law. And as an actor, he has appeared in film and television including an appearance on The West Wing. He produced and starred in the 2008 Academy Award-nominated film I Met The Walrus, winning acclaim and festival awards from around the world.
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Imagine youre the worlds biggest Beatles fan and youve just snuck into John Lennons hotel room. But instead of being thrown out, inexplicably youre invited to spend the day with your idol. Thats exactly what happened to fourteen-year-old Jerry Levitan in 1969. After hearing John was in Toronto for a bed in, Jerry tracked him down at the King Edward Hotel and convinced the worlds biggest rock star to sit down for an exclusive forty-minute interview. John talked candidly about war, politics, the scandalous Two Virgins album, and the supposed subliminal messages in his music. Now, forty years later, its all here Jerrys once-in-a-lifetime adventure, illustrated by acclaimed artist James Braithwaite and featuring never before seen photographs of John and Yoko. Also included in the book is Jerrys memorabilia from that day--notes from John and Yoko, the secret code to contact him, drawings, Johns doodles, and much more. Complete with an audio and video DVD of the interview that inspired the Academy Award-nominated film of the same name, I Met the Walrus is an immortalized one-on-one moment with John--a must-have for Lennon fans around the world, as well as anyone who has ever dreamed of meeting a hero. About the AuthorJerry Levitan is a musician, actor, filmmaker, writer, and lawyer living in Toronto. Under the persona Sir Jerry (www.sir-jerry.com), he has been described as one of Canadas most innovative childrens performers and has produced two critically acclaimed childrens albums, Bees, Butterflies & Bugs and Sir Jerrys World. As a litigation lawyer, he has set precedents in the fields of constitutional, human rights, and administrative law. And as an actor, he has appeared in film and television including an appearance on The West Wing. He produced and starred in the 2008 Academy Award-nominated film I Met The Walrus, winning acclaim and festival awards from around the world.
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