A day with a dino

What's 7 feet tall, 14 feet long and worth $250,000? That would be my traveling companion on Wednesday. A baby Tyrannosaurus, better known at Baby T. He's about 6 months old and that's the best guess as to how big he would be if he were real. I had the pleasure of escorting an advance team from the Walking With Dinosaurs show, which will be coming to the Resch Center on August 3 & 4 for 3 performances. It takes a crew of 4 and a semi driver to transport Baby T from city to city to do advance publicity. One person serves as national spokesperson, another takes care of the dino's skin, another responsible for overall maintenance and one of course IS the dinosaur. They all help set up for their appearances and are completely outfitted with speaker system, pipe and drapes, banners and so forth. All that's needed are curious kids of all ages. And we certainly found that in Green Bay.

Our day started at FOX 11 with a morning show appearance at 7:25. It was great TV as the dino played with and interferred with Pete Petoniak during the interview. Then it was off to do radio interviews at Y100 and WIXX. We had an appearance at the Neville Public Museum at 10am to meet and greet with hundreds of kids. The day ended with an afternoon appearance at Lambeau Field where Mayor Jim Schmitt proclaimed August 3 & 4 "Dinosaur Days" in Green Bay and the Packers presented Baby T with a "Baby T Pack" custom jersey with the number 65 on it. The significance being it's been 65 million years since dinosaurs last roamed the planet. And at least on this day, one dino came back to roar in Green Bay!