Wednesday, July 22, 2020

The greatest show on Earth



This Canadian puppet show is obviously for little kids, but that doesn't stop it from being clever or possessing a certain dark humor. A ringmaster who doesn't bother giving the new lion tamer any special training could be seen as either evil or dumb, but not terribly good at their job either way. You'll see the twist ending coming, but it's still a good one.

2 comments:

susan said...

It's kind of neat the little show was done by librarians - people who know kids have an innate understanding of the ridiculous.

I found a cool story about a pair of guys who created a legend just for fun.

Ben said...

I'm sure that librarians have stories to tell about the little people to whom they tell stories. :)

Neat trick those two guys pulled. Cryptozoology is an intriguing topic, but it's bound to bring a lot of false alarms. And it's a little much to expect to find a giant, prehistoric penguin in Florida, which has never been near the poles ever.