FAIRFAX, Va. — For 90 minutes, I got the sillies out along with 5,000 others, half of them pre-kindergarteners on Friday night.
We danced, we sang, we acted like 4-year-olds keeping time with Yo Gabba Gabba Live!
I tossed away all pretense of sophistication and acted a fool with two little granddaughters.
Braving forecasts of snow, Elizabeth and I sped up Interstate 81 again over the weekend as I answered the call to fill in for daughter-in-law Susan at the concert in Fairfax, Va., on the George Mason University campus.
Only The Beatles have generated a more loyal and rabid fan base.
The kiddie TV show Yo Gabba Gabba! has produced classic songs such as “There’s a Party in My Tummy,” “Don’t Be Afraid,” “Don’t Bite Your Friends,” and “All My Friends are Different.”
Maybe you haven’t heard of them if you are older than 10.
Pre-schoolers and their parents know about Yo Gabba Gabba! It’s a hot show. Anyone else might think it’s … total foolishness. Those people have lost their inner child and are stuck in a “Honey Boo Boo” world.
The show has six characters: DJ Lance Rock, the only human, and five monsters — tall, red cyclops Muno, happy flower Foofa, green monster Brobee, a blue cat Toodee, and Plex, a yellow robot.
Cayden likes Plex. I prefer Foofa. Chloe is fond of Brobee.
Children jumped up and danced, wiggled and flailed their arms at DJ Lance’s direction — getting the sillies out. Parents and grandparents did too. The show encourages kiddies to get off the sofa and dance, hop, jump and wiggle instead of spending the day zombie-like and transfixed by the television.
By intermission, I was tired and ready to go. The children, however, were still going strong as their favorite TV characters appeared live on stage. Watching TV will never be the same.

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If another drought hits this summer, Davie County water consumers may be out of luck, but at least the Second Amendment will be safe. Ignoring problems they can fix, the county commissioners are eager to help President Obama and Governor McCrory with theirs.
The board is considering a drafted resolution “To Preserve and Defend the Constitution of the United States and the State …