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Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This: A Guide to Creating Great Advertising (Adweek Series)
$19.95
I found it very insightful, interesting, fun, and enlightening. Well written and easy to read.

Say Hey (I Love You)
$0.99
The first time I heard this song, I fell in love with it! The beat resonates with a very happy and free part of my soul and I can't help but smile and dance when I hear it. The world can never have too many uplifting songs like this one! I love you!

Hey Arnold! Season 5 (4 Disc Set)
$39.98
I was so happy to purchase Hey Arnold! seasons 1 and 2 from Amazon's Made On Demand Create-a-space. I wasn't sure if they'd continue with the releases but am excited to see that they'll be releaseing Hey Arnold! seasons 4 and 5 soon. As for season 3, you can still sign up to be notified when it's available on Amazon but there is no sign of a release yet. Hopefully if enough people sign up to be notified or if seasons 4 and 5 sell well then we will also see season 3 released on Amazon. I suspect Amazon jumped to the 4th and 5th seasons because their marketing suggested a bigger market interest in the final 2 seasons rather than the 3rd. Either way it's great to have 2 more seasons of this great series being made available on DVD for fans. Season 5 should contain the following 24 episodes, some consisting of two eleven minute halves and others being a full twenty-two minutes:

77 Monkeyman!/Buses, Bikes and Subways
78 Helga's Masquerade/Mr. Green Runs
79 Sid the Vampire Slayer/Big Sis
80 Bag of Money/Principal Simmons
81 New Bully on the Block/Phoebe Breaks a Leg
82 Parents Day
83 Helga's Locket/Sid and Germs
84 Suspended/Ernie in Love
85 Summer Love (a.k.a. Beach Story)
86 Stuck in a Tree/Rhonda Goes Broke
87 Beaned/Old Iron Man
88 Arnold Visits Arnie/Chocolate Boy
89 Harold Vs. Patty/Rich Guy
90 April Fool's Day
91 Gerald's Game/Fishing Trip
92 Married
93 On the Lamb/Family Man
94 The Racing Mule/Curly's Girl
95 The Journal (1)
96 The Journal (2)
97 Timberly Loves Arnold/Eugene, Eugene!
98 Simmon's Documentary/Big Bob's Crisis
99 Ghost Bride/Gerald Vs. Jamie O.
100 Grandpa's Packard/Phoebe's Little Problem

More great episodes this season, though I'm not certain if all the above will be included, the most likely to be left out being The Journal parts 1 and 2. Either way being able to own any of this episodes is great by me but hopefully we'll get the full season if not close to it. Great episodes this season continue to focus on the dynamic between Arnold and Helga with her secret crush on him. Such as Helga's Locket, Helga's Masquerade, Summer Love, April Fool's Day and fan favorite Married. I personally enjoy the real emotion to be found in the silly premise of what ended up as the series finale, Phoebe's Little Problem. Also enjoyable are episodes that focus on Arnold learning about his absent parents and where they may have gone such as Parents Day.

The sense of humor in these 'older' shows can at times play to a more immature childish sense of humor, guy gets hurt or bodily function and kids laugh, but for the most part what I respect about nineties television is that children were never told when to laugh. The jokes were simply presented to us and the character's played things pretty straight, never hitting us over the head, which helped our generation to understand irony and the actual art of sarcasm. Something I feel is lost in most children's television nowadays where children are told when to laugh by laugh track or by the characters playing it so over the top, it leaves the youth today not understanding the subtlety of good humor.

Anyone worried about the quality of these DVD-R, I wouldn't. I own the first two seasons of this show as well as seasons of Rugrats and Doug on Amazon DVD-R and they play great on all my DVD players. I tend to be uptight about things feeling 'of quality' and have never been bothered by these sets, the shows look as good as or better than when they originally aired in the nineties. The sets do have simple DVD menus, packaging and artwork but it all looks nice enough and gets the job done. My only issue with these sets, me being a purist, is that I'd prefer the option of watching the opening theme before every episode but it only plays before the first on each disc. I believe they do this to preserve the quality of the episodes due to compression issues that could arise and I'm aware most people skip openings anyway, so it's forgivable. Also, don't expect any sort of special features, just the episodes themselves.

I can't reccommend this enough to fans of great animated television and of children's programming that's entertaining but based in a reality with real lessons and morals to be found. While it's upsetting that these older Nickelodeon series aren't being released on proper studio made DVD sets I thank Amazon for at least making it possible for fans like me to own these episodes on DVD in decent quality and proper order. Hopefully good sales on these Amazon Made On Demand sets can still convince Nickelodeon to consider proper season releases of their old series with special features, but until the day Nickelodeon realizes the cash to be made in the remarketing of their nineties shows on DVD I'm more than happy to give my business to Amazon and buy these sets. FIVE STARS for Arnold's fifth and final season, thanks for your time.

Heys USA "Designer Disney" 18" Wheeled Kids Luggage - Minnie (Minnie)
$140.00
We were preparing for a trip overseas when I decided it was time for my kids to graduate to a piece of luggage that eclipses their Target bought Dora and Diego pieces. I own a 'grown up' Heys rollaboard and love love love it. These are equally as gratifying. The light-up wheels are a big hit with my kids and the colorful designs make a real statement and garnered many remarks from admirers. The only point I would make in criticism of the product is that the outer shell scratches very easily especially when being handled by an exuberant 4 year old. It is such a well made case you would think they could apply some sort of durable clear coat to protect the images. That aside, I would say it was a great purchase.