NATCHEZ — Miss-Lou children took a break from watching cartoons at home Saturday and convened at the Natchez auditorium to watch them with a pirate, a duke and a Southern belle.

The smarmy riverboat pirate Captain Natchez, better known as Landon Henry, teamed up with other members of Natchez Little Theatre’s production of “Big River” for the first Captain Natchez Show.

The show featured the Cartoon Network cartoons “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends,” “Chowder,” “Ben 10” and “My Gym Partner is a Monkey,” interjected with singing, dancing and one-line zingers from Captain Natchez himself.

“It takes a long time for a pirate to learn his alphabet,” Henry said. “It’s because we spend years and years at C.”

Landon said he believe theater should be part of everyone’s lives.

“I think everybody needs to be exposed to theater, especially here,” Henry said. “If I had been exposed to it younger, I’d be a lot better off.”

Devonte Turner said that he enjoyed watching Blue, the imaginary friend who stars in Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends, but he enjoyed the shenanigans of the pirate crew even more, especially the dancing.

Emily Stewart also enjoyed the singing and dancing.

“I like the pirate,” she said. “I like his voice, it’s funny.”

Henry and his bunch also handed out door prizes, provided by Cartoon Network to the children.

“(The prizes) are things kids would get excited about,” Henry said. “They’re promoting the cartoons.”

Henry and the rest of the cast were happy about the turnout, as was Carrie Lambert, director of the Downtown Development Association.

“I’m shocked at how many people have showed up,” she said.

Approximately 100 tickets were given away before the show and another 30 were sold. But much of the crowd purchased tickets at the door. The program was scheduled to begin in September, but was postponed due to hurricanes Gustav and Ike. The next showing will be Nov. 8.