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Do you remember Robert E. Kelly? He is the professor from South Korea who quickly became world famous earlier this year.
On March 10, Kelly was giving an interview to the BBC about the impeachment2 of President Park Geun-hye when his two young children burst into his home office.
His four-year-old daughter, Marion, opened the door to Kelly’s home office and marched confidently up to her father. Her baby brother, James, followed. He entered the room in a walker, a device with wheels for babies who cannot yet walk.
Not long after, Kelly’s wife, Jeong-ah Kim, ran into the office. She quickly tried to gather the children so that Kelly could continue with his interview.
The video of Kelly’s interview spread quickly on the Internet. In two days, more than 20 million people watched it.
The incident started an online discussion about the roles of men and women, and whether Kim should have been so concerned about the children interrupting Kelly’s interview.
An Australian television comedy show even made a parody3 video of the moment. Only this time, the politics expert was the mother.
A few days after the BBC interview, the whole Kelly family held a news conference and appeared together on several television news programs. Many people who watched these talked about young Marion’s stylish4 look. She wore glasses and a trench5 coat.
Now, about six weeks later, the New York Times has an update on the Kellys.
The Times reported that the Kelly kids inspired an animated6 show. It is called “The Adventures of Mina and Jack7.” Two New Yorkers are producing the show.
The first episode8 is short; it runs less than three minutes. In the video, Mina and Jack join their father on a business trip and help catch a thief who stole bars of gold.
The creators are hoping the show may someday run on children’s television networks.
The Kellys themselves have nothing to do with the cartoon show. But they say they enjoy it.
So far the video has about 200,000 views on YouTube. And many who have watched the episode wrote that they hope “The Adventures of Mina and Jack” becomes a full television series.
Words in This Story
impeach1 – v. to charge (a public official) with a crime done while in office
parody – n. a piece of writing, music, etc., that imitates the style of someone or something else in an amusing9 way
stylish – adj. following the popular style
inspire - v. to give (someone) an idea about what to do or create
animated – adj. produced by the creation10 of a series of drawings, pictures, etc., that are shown quickly one after another : produced through the process of animation11
cartoon – n. a film or television show made by photographing a series of drawings : an animated film or television show
trench coat – n. a usually long raincoat with deep pockets and a belt
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