Sy Wexler, an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose educational movies - from "Squeak the Squirrel" to "Teeth Are for Life" - flickered for decades in darkened classrooms around the world, died on Thursday in Los Angeles. He was 88 and lived in Hollywood.
As a member of the Edison Elementary School AV club, I bet I showed a few of Mr. Wexler's films while in elementary school... The AV club was responsible for showing movies in classrooms. Teachers would request a film and then one of the AV Club students would be sent with the film and projector to set up and show the film. It was a great way to get out of class...