I briefly explained the new My Little Pony series, its brony following, and my own personal admiration of the show to my best friend recently. He was moderately confused, of course, despite seeing a pony picture or two for the music on my YouTube videos and not knowing what it was about. (It was fun to tell him the music itself was about the show too.) He was interested enough in the concept to tell me he would watch an episode, but knowing him well enough, I know he won't actually do anything until I give him a push in the right direction.
How would you go about introducing a curious friend to My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic?
I had the idea to make a YouTube playlist that started off with either the pilot episode or my personal favorite episode, following that up with various fan-made videos inspired by the chosen episode that would include everything from music to humor, and ending the playlist with something along the lines of that PBS Idea Channel segment "Are Bronies Changing the Definition of Masculinity?"
However, before committing to the idea, I wanted to ask some of my favorite people here on My Little Remix how you would go about this. I believe it could start a nice discussion on how to go about delicately, yet effectively, introducing the show to a friend who is willing to give it a chance.
Thanks!