I had the distinct pleasure of taking my twins to the Sesame Street show at the Compaq Center. First, I thought it was on ice but I am stupid because we had floor tickets so I should have known it wasn't. The amount of money spent was ungodly and I will never complain about a sporting event's prices again. 3 adult tickets - grandma's treat 19.95 X 3 2 child's tkts 17.95 x 2 so far - 95.75 to get in the damn thing Got there early and there was nothing to keep my 2 year olds entertained. Other kids had these Elmo lights which was just a little flashlight on one end with Elmo's ass impaled on a foot long translucent tube. On the way back to the seat, found a vendor to get us a coke and a popcorn. Elmo ass light 10.00 x 2 coke and corn 6.00 so far we are up to 121.75 and the show has not even started. We finish the corn and coke before the show and buy 2 more cokes and 1 popcorn. The show starts and the cotton candy vendor comes by and the kids have not had any before so I buy 2. cokes, corn , and cotton 15.00 tally is 136.75 Oh yeah, had to get the freakin programs when we walk in - 5.00 x 2 146.75 The show is ok but not great. Only my son was interested. My daughter was making life miserable for everyone nearby. Then, the most genius aspect of the whole day - they have a 15 minute intermission and bring a couple of guys down with about 300 or so balloons each. The boy is off like a shot darting between people and under chairs to get to the balloons. I am knocking people over just trying to keep him in sight. By the time we get to the front of the line, we find out that they are not giving them away but selling them at 5.00 each. Those of you with kids the same age or close to it know you cannot buy something for just one of them. balloons 5.00 x2 tally - 156.75 After the mob had settled down from the feeding frenzy that was the balloon dispersal, we get back to our seats to find that more cokes and snacks have been ordered. cokes, snacks - 21.00 tally - 177.75 Balloons are everywhere. Some parent's have bought 10-15. The anouncer comes on and says that the show is getting ready to start and to put the baloons away! That's right - to put the F--king helium - bigger than a basketball - ballons away under the seats. This was no easy task since the kids are totally mesmerized by them and we stood in line so long to get them. We now have to take them away and hide them utilizing every distraction that we can think of. This brings on a series of tantrums that, 10 minutes into the 2nd act, requires for us to leave before someone has to call CPS on me. I felt that this was a very poorly thought out production that probably was geared towards somewhat older kids. I still would not recommend it to anyone - especially if you are on a budget. If we had stayed it could have easily been a 200.00 day - ridiculous! ------------------
Wow. Um...I don't know what to say, except too bad. I mean, I took my oldest kid to one of those once, about 9 or 10 years ago (Grandma treat as well), but I don't remember it being that bad. Fortunately my kids have outgrown Sesame Street. But unfortunately, my oldest will be asking to borrow the car in a few years. Hell, I'm getting old. Um, what were we talking about? ------------------ Behad Sergeant at Arms of the Clutch BBS
Well, the show itself wasn't too bad. It was all of the peripheral crap that got under my skin. It would have been better on ice, though. ------------------
Reading B-Ball Freak's hilarious post: priceless ------------------ "Of course, everything looks bad if you remember it!" Homer Simpson
"Elmo ass light" That is the funniest damn thing I've read all day. ------------------ "We got f*cking smashed every day. And then when we came here to Beverly Hills, we had drugs, we had chicks, we had orgies. I thought I'd died and gone to f*cking Rome" ---Ozzy Osbourne, on the early days of Black Sabbath
I don't know what to say. Maybe I'll start an email thingey and you'll get this back in a few months as a funny. ------------------ Good night everyone, Canadian or American. Just remember that we're all bound together by basketball, the internet and the mullet. (My attempts at trying to sooth over an international incident).
Yuhhhhhhhp-yup-yup-yup-yup-yup-yup-yup-YUP! BONG! BONG! BrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrING! ------------------ "Corpses are icky." --Chris Robinson
Wow that is a lot of Coke and Snacks, hope you made the Kids run home. ------------------ CUT Tino These Heaves are just getting Ridiculous!
Actually, most of the Cokes and refreshments were for me and my wife. We could stand to run a few laps if ya know what I mean. I probably drink way too much coke which would explain my occasional rants. ------------------
this is the funniest post Freak...you made my friggin' monday ------------------ C-son _ __________ _ !Viva La' Dream!
