The Cricket in Times Square

The Cricket in Times Square

“Between 1973 and 1975, Chuck Jones produced three specials based upon The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden. This first entry plays the story straight, complete with an ending that feels somehow rushed upon given the leisurely pace of the rest of the piece.   There’s a quietness and gentle spirit at work here, something you just don’t find any longer in children’s entertainment. The story is a simple urban fairy tale, a family’s newsstand in the subway near Times Square is having trouble generating business, and a cricket from the countryside accidentally gets transplanted there. The cricket befriends the young son of the family, along with a streetwise mouse and urbane cat, and the three critters plot to help the family’s fortunes. The cricket it revealed to have a won” read more