Most of the time, scenarios that feature oversized toys and T.V. sets are only seen in cartoons.

During Fred Garbo’s Inflatable Theater Company show Saturday afternoon, he proved in one hour that some things that appear humanly impossible can be done with the help of a little hot air.

The show started out with what Garbo tagged “simple inflatables,” and ended with a showcase of what was indeed a complex array of tricks.

Garbo revealed his acrobatic prowess at the start of the show as he tumbled on the stage performing backflips and somersaults. Soon after, brightly colored inflatable squares that were larger than Garbo, bounced onto the stage, ready to be juggled.

Under any other circumstance, a grown man playing with blown-up squares wouldn’t have been so interesting, however an inflatable show isn’t just any circumstance.

With each juggle, Garbo got more and more daring, throwing the large squares higher in the air, closer to the edge of the stage. Despite nervous gasps from the audience, Garbo kept his juggling under control for the entire show — even when he dared to juggle torches of fire later in the program.

After Garbo established himself as a juggling expert, his partner, Daielma Santos, fluttered onto the stage in a flashy red, velvet costume. Dancing around with graceful moves and practiced choreography, she created varied designs and twists with long, flexible ribbons.

But as the show progressed, Santos proved that she could do more than dance routines.

During the middle of the performance, she danced onto the stage to the music of the “Can Can” in a cute little tutu that looked real enough. She wasn’t thorough the whole song before Santos used inflatable magic to transform the tutu into a victorian-style gown.

For the grand “Can Can” finale, Santos disappeared inside the dress and then reappeared wearing an entirely different outfit.

Another highlight was the sing-along when Garbo revealed his newest invention, “Fred Zepplin, the inflatable man.” While Garbo danced to “Do You Love Me” in his inflatable man costume, a baseball hat and ’80s pink-rimmed sunglasses, the audience sang along with increasing vigor.

The show climaxed during the second encore when Garbo pulled an inflatable chair, T.V. set and couch out of a small trunk. As soon as the “living room” was in place, Garbo and Santos returned to the stage in inflatable costumes, dancing and tumbling in sync across the stage, pretending to be two inflatables in love.

After Garbo gave the audience a taste of an actual scenario between two inflatables, it left me wondering why he didn’t incorporate more scenarios in his performance.

Five rounds of juggling is fun, but it doesn’t have the entertainment quality of an actual storyline between two characters.

As the final applause subsided after the last vignette, Garbo came back onstage once again to literally share his fun tricks with the audience.

He threw an inflatable jack-o-lantern and three enormous inflatable cylinders on stage for the audience to play catch with.

“Thanks for having us, and don’t forget to make something beautiful of your lives,” he said.