Giant French Puppets

Well, did you ever:

"Chicago has come up with a really big idea to boost tourism: giant puppets roaming the city's streets for days in an elaborate theatrical presentation."

There's a photo at the link, of a 30-foot deep-sea-diver puppet being operated from a big old crane.

It's a French thing, but they are willing to lend out their giant puppets to other countries. The story says that Liverpool attracted a lot of tourists with these things.

This is the part of the story that I actually like best:

"If a performance on the scale of Royal de Luxe were to be presented here in Chicago, the city would request the project and all associated city costs be covered by private donations,"

Since we've been told we're sort of broke,
I fear taxpayers would simply choke
to have to fork out dough
for a giant puppet show.