ok, i just saw the weirdest thing ever in my life.
At first I thought this statement was an exaggeration, but the more I think about it, the more I realize, I really haven't ever seen anything weirder in my life.
It's a show on PBs called Boohbah. For the first 10 minutes, they dance. And by "They" i mean these weird fluffy puffball suits. With little lights over their eyes. kids voices call out "Boohbah" and other nonsensical syllables which the fluffballs respond to
Then, they dance too fast and start spining. And then there's a light. And they're flying. Then a group of kids walk in a circle with a big present, which then starts looking colorful, like soemthing Timothy Leary sees in his more lucid moments.
then out come some card board cut outs of people named "Grandpapa" and "Ms. Lady" and "Mr. Man" (though he's not the REAL Mr. Man, as he's not a dancing monkey).
finally there suddenly appeared a desert landscape with a giant notepad and pencil and a flower. Grandpapa comes running from the distance, takes the pencil (taller than he is) and starts sketching the flower. The pencil keeps breaking which he sharpens in a giant pencil sharpener that suddenly appears. This whole segment is narrated by an extremely bored English man from off stage.
Then, They dance again, bouncing off each other like psychotic episodes in a pinball machine. They hyperreact and turn into light again, only to fall asleep in some sort of milkweed pod or soemthing, which flies over LA, to land in some kids back yard, who claps her hands in front and back over a pool of irridesent light on the grass as she turns in a circle by quarters.
Another kid takes his turn stoping in circles around the same pool of light in a different yard. The third set of kids were... having an epileptic fit? I'm not sure. It involved jumping and arm waving. I think they'd done this before and that's all they were capable of doing.
Finally, They dance again. twice.
Yeah, forget the kids, I think this show is gona give ME nightmares. all I can say is WTFRICK!? and to quote, "Yeah, that scores about a 9 on my weird ***-o-meter." Nine? Nothing. that's at LEAST an 11.
Thing is, the kids REALLY responded to it. Rachael is running about the house saying "boohbah!" over and over, and Sarah and Elizabeth kept trying to do the dances.
