When a young St. Paul boy got to pick the theme for his third birthday party, he didn't pick Nemo or the Wiggles or Dora the Explorer. He didn't even pick his favorite sports team.Yes! There is hope for the future! The world needs more Henry Schallys!
Henry Schally picked "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer".
His mother, Jennifer Schally, designed party hats complete with pictures of the PBS news program's regular contributors. --3-Year-Old's Birthday Party Theme: 'NewsHour' (WCCO)
Here's the money quote: "Outside of 6 to 7 o'clock every weekday night, he's pretty normal," [the boy's father] Troy Schally clarified.
Henry is going to get beat up allot in school...
I think this is probably the fate that awaits my children, except they'll have Sean Hannity-themed parties....with a pinata in the shape of Alan Colmes.
Dang. It's been so long that the story's been taken down. I totally would have loved to have seen that. I wonder what they did for his fourth and fifth birthdays? Wall Street Journal? BBC World News?
The Washington Post still has its NewsHour birthday party online.