The Bear in the Big Blue HOuse starts out, and he opens a giant storybook...........there are all his friends, then later, Rolie Polie Olie and his sis pop up, Stanley is there, hmmm, I think that might be all. I can't remember anymore than that, anyway. My 2 year old loved the show, after he got over the fact that he couldn't go up on stage with Bear........before that, he was a screaming mess. He was so used to getting to hug and kiss the characters, it was very difficult to explain that he couldn't go hug Bear. They watch from the floor, and the show is on an elevated stage. Bear does not come down for pics or autographs, and all the rest are just puppets or marionettes. They don't have to sit still though, as each story has something new for them to do, and there's lots of singing and dancing. It's a very cute show, but if I'd known how upsetting it would be to my 2 year old, I would've waited for the next trip for him. Yours might not get so upset, if he doesn't like to get close to characters like mine.
Edited to say, we waited about 40 minutes for this one because he soooo wanted to do it, and we were nearly the last ones let in........so most of the front ones had been there over an hour. But this was in peak season, too.