A few weeks ago I saw a commercial for a new show that will have kids going nuts over it or cause scarring night terrors for the majority of their adult life. It's called Walking With Dinosaurs and I think it looks like the coolest. show. ever. Take a look at the trailer and just try to convince yourself that you don't want to go see this.
I seriously want to go to this. Jeanette- Are you still in? They have a whole YouTube channel devoted to Walking With Dinosaurs... it's amazing. Seriously. Let's go. The best tickets are only $99 and considering that it costs $350 to see that other dinosaur show (sorry, Madonna) I think it's well worth the cash.
There was another live show make its rounds across the country that I can't go without mentioning, too. Unlike Walking with Dinosaurs, this one looks like the most terrifying experience a child can have, besides maybe a visit from Buffo. Behold the horror of My Little Pony Live.
Truly frightening.
In theory, you would assume that a children's show of realistic-looking, life-sized dinosaurs would be a lot scarier than a group of colorful and happy ponies, but in practice it's a completely different story. Maybe I just have a warped sense of what's going on under those puppets. Under the dinosaurs I imagine there are master puppeteers and acrobats who have trained for years to believably manipulate these giant beasts. Under the ponies I just picture unsuccessful musical theater majors who are just happy to have a job where they don't have to explain that "tall" actually means "small" to Midwestern tourists.
Discuss.