But there was something different about Kid Rock -- a humor and a humanity beneath his cartoon bluster that separated him from the hostility and torment of his peers.
The roster of performers at the Little Theater will include WonderSpark Puppets, which will stage a story about Kid Lancelot (above left, with Sir Bors) before his Round Table days.
Somehow, he and Twiggy became friendly, and when she could get away from the photographers she liked to hang out in the room of Tom's teen-aged daughter, playing with her and talking about kid things.
I was totally lost by Page 2 of the preface — wondering what a Zilchbot was (12 dozen of them were attacking Captain Marvelous and his friends) and why I should care about Kid Caliber or the Diamond Dame (heroes trapped in the Nulzone).
There is a lot, superficially, to dislike about Kid Carpet - the children's musical instruments, the puns - but Hitting The Wall blows those misgivings not just out of the water but all the way to a distant planet where there isn't any water at all in which said misgivings may bathe.
In a subsequent discussion about "Kid Nation," the coming controversial CBS reality show that tasks children, without parental supervision, to build their own society in the wilderness, Ms. Jones went on and on about her own reliance on her "mama," not really listening to her guests.
