X-tink-shun: A Wild Puppet X-perience

[MuppetMusings]

The Jim Henson Company has partnered with the Philadelphia Zoo to create X-tink-shun: A Wild Puppet X-perience. The unique puppet exhibit will run from April 9 to October 31, 2011 at the Philadelphia Zoo. X-tinkshun tells the story of endangered species with a cast of specially created puppet characters from the Jim Henson Company. The exhibit combines live theatrical puppet presentations, performances and other interactive elements thoughout the zoo.

More information: http://muppetbalcony.blogspot.com/2011/03/philadelphia-zoo-and-jim-henson-company.html

As someone who lives in Philadelphia, I know I'll be visiting the zoo this summer to check this out. Anyone else?

 

[Stulz]

Yeah, I'll definitely be making a zoo trip this summer!

 

[MuppetMusings]

Has anyone here seen this yet?I would love to hear from anyone here who has experienced it. I'm planning a trip to the zoo next weekend, and will definitely share my opinions with everyone afterwards.

 

[beaker]

Terrible name, but great looking puppets and theme. This is one of those rare times the public can see real Muppets performed live and in person, so I definitely hope someone camcorders this. Also...wait a second, some of those puppets look familiar

 

[mr3urious]

The name makes me think of totally radical surfer/skater dudes from the '80s. Or a rap album starring the Dinosaurs characters.

 

[beaker]

The name seems more like a bad 1998/1999 marketing ploy, when everything was X-TREME! But alas this is some very cool news.

 

[beaker]

More xtinkshun footage, news specials, pix, etc than youll know what to do with

http://www.youtube.com/user/MuppetMusings#grid/user/CC60D3ED74F23AF1

http://www.youtube.com/user/XTSCrew#p/u

http://themuppetmindset.blogspot.com/2011/06/philadelphia-zoo-goes-wild-for-jim.html

 

[Dominicboo1]

I've been there to see it, and it's very entertaining. I saw Didi Dodo, Phibi Frog, Iggle Eaglet, Alfreda Cheeta, and Douc Langer.

 

[FrackleFan2012]

Great Exhibit! I hope the puppets used for X-tink-shun get to be used for Season 43 of Sesame Street.

The animals were cute.