Educated or Scarred for Life? Yes!

I love videos like the one embedded below, as I have been fascinated by dinosaurs all of my life. In some ways, I wish things like this had existed when I was a child. (Although, since I was terrified of the Philly Phanatic, this might have caused me to blow a gasket.) But one site asks the question are such animatronic and puppeteering scare-fests really educational? Or are we just fooling ourselves that fun and learning can co-exist in such environments?

I wish I had an AT-AT as a pet!

Henson to release "Happytime Murders"

Well, I had been hoping a new Muppet movie was in the works, but an adult-oriented puppet movie in the film noir genre was not exactly what I was looking for.

The film, based on a story by Todd Berger and Dee Robertson, will feature the renowned Henson style of irreverence and parody. The film will take place in a world where puppets are a minority race amongst humans, and follows a puppet detective who is forced to solve a string of murders around the Happytime Gang, the cast of a beloved children’s show, that is being picked off by a mysterious villain. Todd Berger is writing the screenplay, while Brian Henson is attached to direct.

I can't help wondering if this film will go the same way as Greg the Bunny, a puppet sit-com from Fox which was clearly NOT for kids. The kids didn't get the jokes, and most adults were ashamed to watch it because of the puppets. Therefore: cancellation.