# Harold and the Purple Crayon trailer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [March 21, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harold-and-the-purple-crayon-trailer/999144 "2024-03-21T13:51:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harold-and-the-purple-crayon-trailer/999144/1 "2024-03-21T13:51:54Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WojIv-PVYm8/maxresdefault.jpg "HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON - Official Trailer (HD)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WojIv-PVYm8) What the hell is this? Who greenlit this? What on earth is going on here? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harold-and-the-purple-crayon-trailer/999144/2 "2024-03-21T13:57:53Z")
Very odd choice, though when my kids were little, they did love Harold and the Purple Crayon, I don’t think I’m really seeing the audience for this one. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harold-and-the-purple-crayon-trailer/999144/3 "2024-03-21T13:57:56Z")
It’s a classic children’s book from the 50s. > **[Harold and the Purple Crayon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_and_the_Purple_Crayon)** > > Harold and the Purple Crayon is a 1955 children's picture book written and illustrated by Crockett Johnson. Published by Harper Collins Publishers, it is Johnson's most popular book, and has led to a series of other related books, as well as many adaptations. The story is written in third-person point-of-view, and follows a young boy on an imaginative adventure through the night. > The protagonist, Harold, is a curious four-year-old boy who, with his magic purple crayon, has the power to create a ... ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harold-and-the-purple-crayon-trailer/999144/4 "2024-03-21T13:59:27Z")
Also a cartoon from 2002. So adults in their mid to early 20s might have an interest in this. Maybe. > **[Harold and the Purple Crayon (TV Series 2001–2002) ⭐ 7.9 | Animation, Family,...](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283735/)** > > | TV-Y ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harold-and-the-purple-crayon-trailer/999144/5 "2024-03-21T14:08:06Z")
I just want to check that you actually looked at the trailer. I’m really struggling with Zachary Levi as a manchild with a purple crayon. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harold-and-the-purple-crayon-trailer/999144/6 "2024-03-21T14:09:24Z")
My daughter has the book, but I don’t understand why Harold is an adult man in this? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harold-and-the-purple-crayon-trailer/999144/7 "2024-03-21T14:11:08Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Very odd choice, though when my kids were little, they did love Harold and the Purple Crayon, I don’t think I’m really seeing the audience for this one. > [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I just want to check that you actually looked at the trailer. I’m really struggling with Zachary Levi as a manchild with a purple crayon. > [@Babale](#): > > My daughter has the book, but I don’t understand why Harold is an adult man in this? +1 X 3 ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harold-and-the-purple-crayon-trailer/999144/8 "2024-03-21T14:13:32Z")
We could start a thread “ **Beloved Children’s Books That Should Never Ever Be Crassly Turned Into Mediocre Films** ”. Although a part of me wouldn’t be shocked if this were an elaborate prank, and we soon see a headline “Zachary Levi Tired of Movies, Turns To Making Fake Trailers Instead.” ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harold-and-the-purple-crayon-trailer/999144/9 "2024-03-21T14:14:31Z")
He was very good in the first Shazam movie, I’m sure is the reasoning. But, no it makes very little sense. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harold-and-the-purple-crayon-trailer/999144/10 "2024-03-21T14:17:27Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > He was very good in the first Shazam movie, I’m sure is the reasoning. You know, “child in a man’s body with magical powers accompanied by his zany cohort” does seem to describe both, I think that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harold-and-the-purple-crayon-trailer/999144/11 "2024-03-21T14:19:24Z")
> [@digs](#): > > We could start a thread “ **Beloved Children’s Books That Should Never Ever Be Crassly Turned Into Mediocre Films** ”. This reminds me of this very old College Humor skit: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/TnpTcrtsN3U/maxresdefault.jpg "Dora the Explorer Movie Trailer (with Ariel Winter)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnpTcrtsN3U) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harold-and-the-purple-crayon-trailer/999144/12 "2024-03-21T14:19:54Z")
Watching the trailer, that was what came to mind for me. I have no interest in the movie, but generally like Zachary Levi in most of what he does. He really is somewhat like Tom Hanks in the regard. Me, I’m waiting for the Chuck Movie to actually happen. I’m doubting it will at this point. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harold-and-the-purple-crayon-trailer/999144/13 "2024-03-21T14:22:07Z")
I thought the trailer was fine. I have a sinking feeling the movie will be terrible and will join the list below, but I’m intrigued. > [@digs](#): > > “ **Beloved Children’s Books That Should Never Ever Be Crassly Turned Into Mediocre Films** ”. _A Series of Unfortunate Events_ _Where the Wild Things Are_ _The Grinch_ (not the animated special, the movie with Jim Carrey) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harold-and-the-purple-crayon-trailer/999144/14 "2024-03-21T14:24:24Z")
The reaction shots are so over-the-top as to be distracting. This looks like a movie whose target audience is seven and under. And I LIKE HatPC books! They are a nice bit of nostalgic whimsy. This…looks like “movie by committee”. Can we make a live action Curious George? Or, not. How about Good Dog Carl, the Movie. No need to translate it into different languages for the foreign markets. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harold-and-the-purple-crayon-trailer/999144/15 "2024-03-21T14:25:36Z")
I’m still waiting for Ellie Kemper as Amelia Bedelia. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harold-and-the-purple-crayon-trailer/999144/16 "2024-03-21T14:27:47Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Can we make a live action Curious George? Or, not. Already happened. Very forgettable. [So much so that apparently reality deleted it](https://www.reddit.com/r/MandelaEffect/comments/wwn2di/does_anyone_else_remember_a_live_action_curious/). ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harold-and-the-purple-crayon-trailer/999144/17 "2024-03-21T14:28:18Z")
I’d rather they made a version of _Barnaby_ (same author). > **[Barnaby (comics)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnaby_(comics))** > > Barnaby is a comic strip which began April 20, 1942, in the newspaper PM and was later syndicated in 64 American newspapers (for a combined circulation of more than 5,500,000). > Created by Crockett Johnson, who is best known today for his children's book Harold and the Purple Crayon, the strip featured a cherubic-looking five-year-old and his far-from-cherubic fairy godfather, Jackeen J. O'Malley, a short, cigar-smoking man with four tiny wings. With a distinctive appearance because of its use ... Barnaby should look familiar. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harold-and-the-purple-crayon-trailer/999144/18 "2024-03-21T14:30:08Z")
I admit I am open to a live action Magic School Bus. There was one greenlit a few years ago with Elizabeth Banks, but I wonder if Covid killed it off. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harold-and-the-purple-crayon-trailer/999144/19 "2024-03-21T14:30:14Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > [So much so that apparently reality deleted it](https://www.reddit.com/r/MandelaEffect/comments/wwn2di/does_anyone_else_remember_a_live_action_curious/). Did it star Nelson Mandela as The Man In The Yellow Hat? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harold-and-the-purple-crayon-trailer/999144/20 "2024-03-21T14:32:23Z")
Close, it was either Wil Ferreldela or Matthew Broderela. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harold-and-the-purple-crayon-trailer/999144.md?page=2)