The Houston Museum of Natural Science booked me for three shows, part of their annual Halloween celebration, complete with scary labs, eerie edibles, live creepy crawlies and all around great fun. The performances were warmly received and the staff were great.

It was my first visit to this museum, and let me tell you that they are a class act. I haven’t been quite that impressed since a boyhood trip to the Smithsonian. Absolutely amazing. I took in the Lucy’s Legacy exhibit (actual 3.2 million year-old bones, plus Ethiopian artifacts from all through its history - very cool) and the American Museum of Natural History in New York’s traveling “Lizards and Snakes Alive” exhibit, also very well done. Great animals, killer graphics. Well done. I also got to see the incredible entomology exhibit, which includes a four story waterfall surrounded by pathways through exotic plants and the most unbelievable collection of butterflies I’ve ever seen - fluttering all around me. I’m telling you folks, this place is a must-see.

Meanwhile, I’m off tomorrow for three shows on Halloween for the wonderful college town of Lubbock, Texas at Science Spectrum - another top notch facility. I’ve added some spooky music (and Capone - they haven’t met him yet) and will lapse at times into some of my Boris Karloff character voices.

Have a safe and happy Halloween everyone!