Mr. Shirley at the End of the World by Sean Naughton 

The Ohio State University - 2021

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The world is ending and Mr. Shirley has a big question on his mind: How will he be remembered if everyone in the world is wiped from existence? In Mr. Shirley at the End of the World, actor/creator Sean Naughton imagines a world threatened from a meteor in the sky the size of Texas on a collision course with earth as he broadcasts his final message into the universe from his apocalyptic bunker. With help from his friends The Massive Face In The Sky and Shirley the Dinosaur, Mr. Shirley describes the catastrophic fate of the world to his viewers with upbeat, Fred Rodgers-esque composure.  Questions surrounding how we as a species got to this point, why we didn’t collectively come together to prevent our extinction, what will be our legacy and what is worth holding on to weigh heavily on Mr. Shirley’s mind as he slips out of his cardigan for one final time and the earth is consumed by a cosmic object beyond our solar system.