Current location:	Indianapolis, IN
Current mood:	cheerful

An American Girl.
Not the Tom Petty song.

Today was an interesting day.

I had two shows at Carmel Clay Public Library for An American Girl event.

If you don't know--and, faithful reader...I DID NOT--American Girl is a franchise of dolls. Very nice, expensive dolls.

Apparently there are several stores in the country (the closest being in Chicago) where these dolls are sold. A couple of parents gave the the low down.

There are several main doll characters that correspond to books about their lives, and the decade in which they lived. The focus for today was a character named Kit:



Most people opt for a standard doll.

It also seems that people will fly to Chicago just to visit the store, where little girls can have a doll created that resembles themselves. You can then purchase human clothing that matches the doll clothing.



A father summed it up when he said, "It's quite a racket."

Whatever. It was a fun day.


(See...she look just like me)

I incorporated the dolls into the show when I could. For instance, when a girl came up to help, I would ask her to bring her doll along. This added a lot of humor.

One great moment was when Abby brought her doll Addy. Abby was seated facing the audience, and Addy was on her lap, facing Abby's right. I said, "Abby, I think that you should sit Addy so that she's facing the audience too."

Abby looked down at her doll...paused...then quickly grabbed the top of Addy's head, and jerked it--just the head--toward the audience, leaving her face at a grotesque 90 degree angle to her body.

I laughed so hard that I had to sit down.

Then, always striving to the "funny" I said, "Well...I think maybe you should change her name from Addy to Regan."

This, faithful reader, is a reference to the 1973 horror classic The Exorcist.

The adults all laughed.

Then I said, "And parents...if your kids get that joke...then it's not my fault."

Carmel has an immaculate library, and the Children's Librarian, Sharon, threw a great party:







The Magic Castle is getting closer. They now have my name on their website.

Check it out...HERE.