I KNOW I'M SHOUTING / I LIKE TO SHOUT

Here are some helpful things to shout at the end of "Dora the Explorer" episodes, when she asks what your favorite part was. Quizzical looks from your children 50% guaranteed!

Now then...to get you in the spirit...what was your favorite part?

• The part where Sonny gets whacked at the tollbooth!
• The part where the Nazis open the Ark and totally melt and stuff
• The part where the centurion gives Brian lessons in Latin
• Phoebe Cates in the red bikini
• The part where the music stops and Peter says "A flower?"
• John Henry Bonham...Moby Dick!

Your contributions, as always, are welcome.

NOW FOR THE PRE-SCHOOLERS: THEIR VERY OWN MOLA RAM DOLL COMPLETE WITH FRESHLY YANKED-OUT TICKER

Joy! My transition to Humorless Old Fart continueth:

Yes, that's our old pal the high priest Mola Ram from Indiana Jones fame, with a freshly-extracted human heart in his hand there. No way Noodle gets this, no matter how much Her Awesomeness digs Harrison Ford.

Noodle would love her little Mola Ram during the day and have hellish dreams about it at night.

September 2008, if you're an action-figure geek.