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Friday, May 9th, 2008

Everything I need to know I learned from a puppet

Posted by Cole Cosgrove @ 01:58:11 am

Last night at the Tacoma Dome was a Sesame Street extravaganza called When Elmo Grows Up, "a musical show-and-tell of the possibilities of all kinds of careers."

I didn't go, but I can guess what happens: Elmo gets older, his voice gets deeper and he starts to get fur in odd places.

Then the show probably tackles the difficult issue of grown-up Elmo trying to find a career when his only talent is vibrating after he's tickled.

I imagine it all ends somewhat like this ...

Categories: Observed • 2 comments

COMMENTS:

Comment by derekyoung @ 09:47 - Friday, May 9th, 2008

Is one of those careers opening an adult book store in South Tacoma?

Comment by Cole Cosgrove @ 10:13 - Friday, May 9th, 2008

Yes! That was my first thought too.

I looked for a picture of that place, but I couldn't find one. So I settled on this photo of a Tacoma prostitution bust.

I'm not exactly sure what role Elmo is playing here, but in my mind he is the John. Or maybe a second prostitute, who was told to go wait over there.

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