Monday, January 19, 2009

LegObama!

LEGOLAND, California has a new scene on display from now until Memorial Day -- the 56th Presidential Inauguration, featuring Barack Obama and a thousand other plastic figurines that only slightly resemble who they're supposed to! Woot!
"More than one-thousand mini-figures have been created out of thousands of LEGO bricks to be a part of the festivities. Mini-figures include President-elect Obama and his family, Vice President-elect Joseph Biden and Jill Biden, President George Bush and First Lady Laura Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Lynn Cheney along with former President George Bush Sr. and Barbara Bush. Other mini-figures depicting ceremony participants include: Senator Dianne Feinstein, Dr. Rick Warren, Aretha Franklin, John Williams and performers Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo-Ma, Gabriela Montero, Anthony McGill, the Unites States Marine Band, the San Francisco Boys Chorus and the San Francisco Girls Chorus. Park guests can also find Oprah Winfrey in the crowd witnessing this momentous event...."
I can't help but think that until now, Oscar-winning composer/conductor John Williams has lead a pretty empty life. Sure, he's won countless awards and wrote the theme for Sunday Night Football... but what could possibly fill the void not being immortalized in Lego leaves in a man? I'm guessing that baton feels lighter in his hand now, my friends.

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