Show Script Prompters

[TubaGeek]

First, let me apologize. I'm pretty sure a thread like this already exists, but I can't find it anywhere...
In shows like Country Bear Jamboree and Muppet-Vision 3D, what's the deal with the displays in the back of the theater? If I'm not completely off, aren't they for closed captioning? How does that work?
Thanks!

 

[DisneyJoe]

It's called Reflective Captioning. A hearing impaired guest is given a hand-held device that picks up the feed from the back of the theater and displays it on the device.

 

[Mansion Butler]

They're queue cards for the Muppets, if you will. Kermit's a pro, but he still forgets his lines sometimes, and the scroll helps. They're backwards to make them a little less obvious and to discourage guests from reading them. Obviously the bears and the Muppets and the Philharmagic actors are all trained to read backwards quickly.

 

[Mansion Butler]

Also, for those who seriously believe it's some sort of "reflective captioning" device, here's what such a doohicky might look like.