According to the Februbroadcast of Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Flat Stanley was on board US Airways Flight 1549 when it was forced to make an unpowered emergency water landing in the Hudson River.

Bush and Bill Clinton have all had their pictures taken with him as well as former US Vice President Dick Cheney.įlat Stanley travelled on Presidential airliner Air Force One accompanied by then- Secretary of State Colin Powell and also orbited the Earth aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. Clint Eastwood carried his daughter's Stanley along with him on the red carpet at the Oscars in 2005. In the run-up to the 2003 California gubernatorial recall election, Arnold Schwarzenegger took his son's Flat Stanley with him on the campaign trail, including his appearance that year on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Similar to the Travelling gnome prank, photos of Flat Stanley began to appear in the news media and on social media sites with the cut-out doll pictured in increasingly exotic and unusual locales and with various celebrities. The Flat Stanley Project's popularity increased in the 2000s after it received increased media attention. In the mediaįlat Stanley befriends a shop owner in Kano, Nigeria By 2011 it was reported that at least 88 countries were participating in the program annually. Classrooms in the United States were short to follow suit and by 2006 the program had grown to 6,000 classes in 47 nations. The student then shares the photo and letter with their class.īy then end of its first year there were 13 classrooms participating in the project across the province of Ontario. The person receiving the Flat Stanley is asked to take a picture with the cut-out doll and to send a letter back, either via email or regular mail, to the student recounting Flat Stanley's adventures along with the accompanying photo. The students are also asked to write a story about him, including details such as where he is from, his daily routine and his interests, then they mail their Stanley to someone, such as a friend or relative in another country, or a student at another school participating in the program. Students involved in The Flat Stanley Project are read the story of Flat Stanley and are subsequently given black-and-white cut-outs of him for them to color. And that just seemed like a way of communicating that grade-three students might enjoy.' Stanley's parents rolled him up, put him in an envelope and mailed him to his friend in California. In an interview with CNN in 2005, Hubert explained: 'In the book, by Jeff Brown, Stanley gets squashed flat by a falling bulletin board.

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