Kings should be treated courteously! At least, that's what famous music critic Georg thinks. But he finds himself counting pennies when his chief editor suddenly fires him from the Viennese newspaper for which he has been writing for decades. While keeping his dismissal a secret from his psychotherapist wife Johanna, whose mind is occupied solely by getting pregnant, Georg begins to plot his revenge.

Part of the Scholastic Video Collection, "Where the Wild Things Are... and other Maurice Sendak Stories" brings 3 Maurice Sendak stories to life on the screen. 1- Where the Wild Things Are (Music and Narration by Peter Schickele) 2- The Nutshell Kids (Charming Poems set to music including "Alligators All Around", "Pierre", "One Was Johnny", and "Chicken Soup With Rice") 3- In The Night Kitchen (Narrated by Peter Schickele)

Some time after the Mousekewitz's have settled in America, they find that they are still having problems with the threat of cats. That makes them eager to try another home out in the west, where they are promised that mice and cats live in peace. Unfortunately, the one making this claim is an oily con artist named Cat R. Waul who is intent on his own sinister plan.