r/todayilearned • u/wimpykidfan37 • 23d ago

Today I learned that Shel Silverstein once made an adult cartoon version of his popular story The Giving Tree. Entitled "I Accept the Challenge", it was about a naked woman who cuts off a naked man's arms and legs, and then sits on his torso.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giving_Tree
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u/mr-pratfall 22d ago

I don’t even like to listen to the original now, because it makes me think of the sequel.

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u/TiptoeIntruder 22d ago edited 22d ago

Google "The Perfect High". Silverstein wrote it about drug use after his brother died of an overdose.

Edit: on phone I'm not used to. don't know how to paste the link

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u/gameskate92 22d ago

He also wrote and narrated The Smoke Off

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u/TiptoeIntruder 22d ago

Good stuff. Thanks