Max & Ruby: Rainy Day Play Review and Giveaway

Max & Ruby: Rainy Day Play Review and Giveaway

Join Max and Ruby for a rainy day adventure in the all-new DVD, Max & Ruby: Rainy Day Play! [Amazon] Created by Nickelodeon Home Entertainment and distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, Max & Ruby: Rainy Day Play! was released on April 12, 2011, and sold for the suggested retail price of $16.99.

 

Nickelodeon’s Max & Ruby is a top-rated animated series based on the children’s books by Rosemary Wells. Each episode centers on bunny siblings Max, a determined three-year-old and his big sister, Ruby, a smart, goal-oriented seven-year-old.  The show offers an empowering message for children by showing Max and Ruby playing together and resolving their differences in ways that are respectful and supportive.

 

Max & Ruby: Rainy Day Play! Episode Synopses:

Ruby Writes a Story / Max’s Dominos / Grandma’s Attic

Ruby Writes a Story

Ruby needs quiet while she tries to write a story, but Max wants to play cowboy.  Fortunately, he helps Ruby come up with the perfect idea for her story.

Max’s Dominos

Ruby and Louise want to earn their hospitality badge by hosting a Bunny Scout Meeting.  Meanwhile, Max and Morris are busy exploring the domino effect with a variety of toys culminating in a terrific welcome for Bunny Scouts.

 

Grandma’s Attic

Max & Ruby explore in Grandma’s attic.  While Ruby is delighted to try on old clothes, Max finds an old chest that Grandma says nobody ever goes into.  When he finds the key, they both get a surprise.


Bunny Cakes / Bunny Party / Bunny Money

Bunny Cakes

Ruby wants to surprise Grandma with an angel cake with raspberry fluff icing for her birthday.  However, Max wants to make Grandma an earthworm cake with red-hot marshmallow squirters.  After a few mishaps in the kitchen and a few trips to the grocery store, Grandma gets both!

Bunny Party

Ruby is preparing a surprise birthday party for Grandma and she invited all her dollies as guests.  Meanwhile, Max thinks that some of his toy friends should also be at the party.  It’s not long before Ruby discovers that there are too many guests and not enough chairs.

 

Bunny Money

Ruby has saved just enough money to buy Grandma a music box with skating ballerinas on top for her birthday.  She soon finds however that shopping with Max costs more than she planned.


Ruby’s Safari / Max’s Mud Bath / Max’s Lost Lizard

Ruby’s Safari

Ruby and Louise have to fill out the last page of their Bunny Scout Scrapbook.  They decide to have a safari in the backyard to get a picture of a special creature.  However, Maxkeeps leading them astray with his animal toys.  In the end, his red rubber elephant attracts a hummingbird and the girls get their photo.

Max’s Mud Bath

Ruby and Louise set up there beauty shop again and want to give Max an all-natural treatment with crushed up fruits and veggies.  However, Max thinks the treatment looks quite tasty and would rather play in the mud.

 

Max’s Lost Lizard

Ruby and Louise are making a terrarium for the Bunny Scout chameleon, and Max is very interested in the “lizard!” When the chameleon escapes, Max is the only one who sees through its camouflage.  Thankfully, Max manages to help get it safely back in the girls’ finished terrarium.


Ruby’s Rainbow / Home Tweet Home / Max’s Mudpie

Ruby’s Rainbow

Ruby wants to paint a perfect rainbow for Grandma but she can’t remember the colors or the order they go in.  When Max says “Backyard,” Ruby says he can’t go outside because it’s raining.  However when she finally follows him outside, she sees there’s a rainbow in the backyard.

Home Tweet Home

Ruby and Louise build a birdhouse. Max says “Hungry” so Ruby gets him a peanut butter sandwich, berries and sunflower seeds.  When the birds don’t come near the birdhouse,Max uses the treats to attract the birds.

 

Max’s Mudpie

Max keeps trying to make a mudpie but Ruby wants him to stay clean because Grandma is coming over and she’s got something very special.  In the end, Max gets himself andRuby mucky.  It turns out that Grandma’s surprise is a double chocolate fudge treat she calls “Mudpie!”

 

What makes this awesome is the simple fact its 98 minutes long – if you just hit play and prey you’re child will watch it end to end… you may just may successfully nap.  Having just seen the live show of Max and Ruby I’ve come away with a new appreciation of how the relationship and dynamic of the older sister and younger brother might be a great tool for families to use on younger kids, this certainly isnt aged for anyone over the age of 5 but once again its still a good buy for the amount of content on this dvd alone.

 

How to win it… Contest ends 11:59pm EST. June 1st, 2011.
2 Lucky people will win the Max & Ruby DVD! Tell us your favorite character on Max and Ruby is and please include some method for us to contact you in the comment (twitter or email).

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iCarly: Season 2, Volume 3 DVD set Giveaway

iCarly: Season 2, Volume 3 DVD set Giveaway

Get ready for the biggest iCarly set ever – 15 iCarly episodes and two hour-long TV movies are coming to DVD with iCarly: Season 2, Volume 3 [Amazon]!  The 2010 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards winner for “Favorite TV Show” closes its second season with a set that features the first-ever iCarly Awards, delves into Sam’s pageant girl days and includes the ratings record-setting episode that everyone is still talking about, “iSaved Your Life.”  Nickelodeon’s groundbreaking hit live-action series stars Miranda Cosgrove as Carly, the host of an incredibly popular teen web show.  Created by Nickelodeon Home Entertainment, and distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, iCarly: Season 2, Volume 3 comes out on DVD April 5, 2011 for the suggested retail price of $19.99.


iCarly: Season 2, Volume 3 Episode Synopses:


Disc 1

iTwins

Freddie tries to prove that Melanie, Sam’s twin sister, is just Sam in disguise. Also, Carly tutors Spencer’s nemesis Chuck, who Spencer is convinced is evil.


iSpeed Date

Sam announces a “Take Carly to the Dance” contest for an upcoming Girls’ Choice dance. Due to the large turnout, Carly, Sam and Freddie hold a speed-dating session to meet all the potential dates. Meanwhile, Spencer follows a bizarre workout regimen from a new application on his Pear Phone.


iCarly Awards

Carly, Sam and Freddie host the iCarly Awards for the best fan-generated content, and they honor the winners live on the web show. Spencer enlists European swimsuit models to help make the award statuettes.


iHave My Principals

When Carly, Sam and Freddie accidentally get Principal Franklin fired, Miss Briggs and Mr. Howard take control of the school – enforcing harsh rules and a dress code. In addition, Spencer hires an old rodeo star to teach him how to ride a mechanical bull.


iFind Lewbert’s Lost Love

When the gang discovers that Lewbert used to be a happy young man engaged to a beautiful woman, they set out to reunite the lost lovers. Meanwhile, Spencer joins the building watch in order to catch a thief.


iMove Out

Fed up with his Mom treating him like a baby, Freddie decides to move out into his own place. Also, the gang starts a successful pet photography business and ends up feuding with a rival pet photo studio.


Disc 2

iQuit iCarly (hour-long TV movie)

The iCarly gang invites two up-and-coming wacky web comedians, Fleck and Dave, to be guests on their show.  When Carly and Sam learn that the guys are entering a web contest for a cash prize, they volunteer to help create an awesome video.  Unfortunately, Fleck and Dave have a big blowout, which results in Carly and Sam taking sides and putting their own friendship to the test.  Their rift makes it increasingly difficult for them to continue doing the web show, leaving Freddie and the rest of their fans to wonder if this is the end of iCarly.  Meanwhile, Spencer’s obsession to win a boat pays off and he finds himself the owner of a new speedboat.  However, without a place to dock his prize, Spencer is left to captain the boat in the parking lot, much to the dismay of one of his neighbors, who plays for his college’s baseball team – the Pirates.


iWas A Pageant Girl

Sam reveals to Carly and Freddie that she used to compete in pageants when she was younger. She convinces Carly to compete against her long-time rival at a competition in Seattle. Meanwhile, Spencer convinces Freddie to go on a double date but things get a little too competitive.


iEnrage Gibby

When Gibby discovers Freddie and his girlfriend in a compromising position, he vows revenge and challenges Freddie to a fight. Meanwhile, Spencer’s art career really takes off when the local paper incorrectly reports his death.


iSaved Your Life (extended director’s cut version)

Freddie is injured when he saves Carly from a runaway taco truck.  After Freddie’s daring rescue, Carly starts to see Freddie in a different light.  Sam tries to warn him that Carly’s feelings are based on guilt and not true love; however, Freddie is happy that the girl of his dreams is finally his girlfriend.  Sam is involved in her own risky mission – competing against Spencer in a paintball game called Assassin.  Danger lurks around every corner and only one person can be left standing… paint-free.


iSpace Out

An eccentric billionaire asks the gang to perform the first live web show from outer space. While they undergo tests, a mysterious little girl visits Spencer in his loft.


iFix A Popstar

When Carly, Sam and Freddie agree to make a music video for a pop star who’s trying to make a comeback, they discover that the pop star is out of shape and untalented. Meanwhile, Spencer has trouble dating a woman when he discovers she’s Gibby’s mom.


Disc 3

iWon’t Cancel The Show

Carly and Freddie vow that the web show must go on even when Sam ends up in jail. They try to enlist Spencer’s help at the last minute but he has a date he can’t cancel.


iBelieve in Bigfoot

Bigfoot fever hits Seattle when hikers capture fuzzy footage of a suspicious figure in the woods. After an expert validates the footage on the web show, Carly convinces the gang to take Socko’s RV upstate to join the search for Bigfoot.


iPsycho (hour-long TV movie)

Carly, Sam and Freddie decide to make a slight detour on their way to a web conference to visit a fan of the show on her sixteenth birthday.  When they arrive, they discover that their super fan Nora is lonely and awkward, and no one has shown up for her birthday party.  To make Nora feel better, Carly suggests they do a special iCarly webcast and invite Nora’s classmates to her house.  The plan works, and the party is a huge hit.  So much so, that Nora decides she doesn’t want her new friends to leave and locks them in her father’s recording studio.  Despite their best efforts, Carly, Sam and Freddie are unable to break out of Nora’s basement, so they trick her into sending a secret message to Gibby.  Can Gibby decode the message and save the day?


iBeat The Heat

When a heat wave hits Seattle and the power goes out, Spencer comes to the rescue with a Norwegian air-conditioner and generator. Word quickly spreads throughout the building and the gang suddenly finds the loft filled with uninvited guests.


iBloop

This special episode includes never-before-seen bloopers and outtakes from the entire series’ run with introductions by the cast.


iCarly: Season 2, Volume 3 Fast Facts:

Street Date: April 5, 2011

DVD SRP: $19.99

Catalogue: 850984

DVD Running Time: 462 minutes

DVD Special Features:

  • Pilot Episode of T.U.F.F. Puppy (featuring the voice of iCarly’s Jerry Trainor as Dudley Puppy)
  • Shorts:
    • Meet Guppy
    • Best of Season 2

How to win it… Contest ends 11:59pm EST. April 8th, 2011.
2 Lucky people will win iCarly DVD! Tell us your favorite character on iCarly is and please include some method for us to contact you in the comment (twitter or email).

You get 1 extra entry for tweeting about this contest (you can do this daily). Must contain the following information: @NickelodeonDVD @dadarocks – http://dad.tc/g4g6K1 and you must also comment with the link to your twitter message.

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Go Diego Go! Diego Saves the World DVD review and giveaway

Go Diego Go! Diego Saves the World DVD review and giveaway

 

Diego travels the globe rescuing animals in Go, Diego, Go!: Diego Saves The World [Amazon], a six episode compilation DVD. Throughout his adventures, he receives help from his sister Alicia, animal pals, Rescue Pack Click the Camera (voiced by Rosie Perez) and the viewers at home.  Created by Nickelodeon Home Entertainment and distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, Go, Diego, Go!: Diego Saves The World will be available on DVD April 12, 2011, for the suggested retail price of $16.99.

 

Go, Diego, Go!: Diego Saves The World Episode Synopses:

Diego the Hero

Alicia’s boat gets stuck in the ice as she takes some sick and hurt penguins to the Snowy Rescue Center.  Diego and Baby Jaguar set out to help Alicia, but they’ll need the help of their friends since the Rainforest is far away from the Snowy Coast.


Cotton-top Tamarin Cave Rescue

Diego has a surprise for the lonely cotton-top tamarin singing in a cave.  Alicia and Baby Jaguar have been planting lots of trees for the Tamarins so they can move back to the forest.  When the Bobos accidentally block the cave’s entrance, Diego sets out to find another way out of the cave so he can reunite all the tamarins.


Bengal Tiger Makes a Wish

Diego is in India helping animals after a big rainstorm when he meets Benji the Bengal Tiger.  His mother had told him that if he ever got lost, she would wait for him at the Wishing Tree, but he doesn’t know how to get there!  Diego sets out to the Wishing Tree and along the way helps many animal friends who have wishes.


Diego Saves Baby Humpback Whale

A baby humpback whale is beached on a rocky island and can’t get back into the ocean!  Diego sets off to save the humpback whale, running through a rainforest obstacle course and swimming with Tuga the Leatherback Sea Turtle past jellyfish and sharks. When Diego reaches the baby humpback whale, he leads the other humpback whales in making big waves to lift the beached humpback whale into the ocean and back to her mommy.


Jorge the Little Hawk Learns to Migrate

It’s getting really cold and Jorge the Hawk is ready to migrate to the Warm Forest.  Diego must help build a bird place to help Jorge fly home.  On this sky-high adventure,Diego and Jorge catch a ride on the warm windy wind, fly through the foggy fog, avoid a lightning storm, and finally make it all the way to the Warm Forest.


Egyptian Camel Adventure

Diego visits his friend Medina in Egypt to learn all about camels when they realize the river in Medina’s town is drying out.  They must find a way to fill it up again for the camels and other desert animals to have enough water to drink.  They learn of the legend of the golden cloud, which can bring water back to the river, and head out to find it.

 

Go, Diego, Go!: Diego Saves The World Fast Facts:

Street Date: April 12, 2011

DVD SRP: $16.99

Catalogue: 821774

DVD Running Time:  Approximately 146 Minutes

 

I will totally admit I like dora a bit better then diego, but what I love about diego is that he does teach my son about animals.  Over all the episodes on this disc feature 3/4 different areas of the world and with that comes a good selection of animals.  Clearly it’ll be entertaining for your child to watch and plus with 146 minutes of run time you might want to pickup a chapter of a book if they really just get into it.  I say 45 minutes tops before you have a little one tugging at your leg.

 

How to win it… Contest ends 11:59pm EST. April 8th, 2011.
2 Lucky people will win Diego DVD! Tell us your favorite character on Diego and please include some method for us to contact you in the comment (twitter or email).

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SpongeBob SquarePants: The Great Patty Caper DVD Giveaway

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Great Patty Caper DVD Giveaway

SpongeBobSquarePants: The Great Patty Caper [Amazon]

Come for a crazy ride with SpongeBob as everyone becomes a suspect in SpongeBob SquarePants: The Great Patty Caper. In addition to this Krabby Patty recipe caper, check out the wily ways Mr. Krabs’ tries to handle Pearl’s appetite, SpongeBob’s escape from a tight place, Plankton’s wildest disguise yet and latest scheme to steal the Krabby Patty formula. And that’s not all – don’t miss the fast food grease wars and SpongeBob’s newfound modeling career. Created by Nickelodeon Home Entertainment and distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Great Patty Caper lands on DVD March 8, 2011 for the suggested retail price of $16.99.


For more than a decade, the porous brainchild of creator Steve Hillenburg has grown from a single Saturday morning kids’ show to a certified pop culture maverick. Since its launch in July 1999, SpongeBob SquarePants has emerged as a pop culture phenomenon with 77 million viewers monthly, and has been the number-one animated program with Kids 6-11 for more than eight consecutive years.

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Great Patty Caper Episode Synopses:

The Great Patty Caper
It’s part whodunit, part whereisit as SpongeBob, Patrick and Plankton take a train to search for the Krabby Patty recipe’s latest hiding place.

Growth Spout
When Pearl starts growing rapidly, Mr. Krabs’ wallet is in for a fight to survive.

Stuck in the Wringer
SpongeBob gets himself into quite a situation when he gets stuck in a wringer after his shower.

Someone’s in the Kitchen with Sandy
In his latest attempt to steal the Krabby Patty formula, Plankton disguises himself as Sandy.

The Inside Job
In another crazy move for the Krabby Patty formula, Plankton manages to infiltrate SpongeBob’s head.

Greasy Buffoons
Mr. Krabs and Plankton overindulge everyone and their love of greasy food in an all-out fast food war.

Model Sponge
Spongebob attempts a modeling career as a kitchen sponge.

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Great Patty Caper Fast Facts:
Street Date: March 8, 2011
DVD SRP: $16.99
Catalogue: 821424
Running Time: 89 Minutes
DVD Special Features:
· The Great Patty Caper Shorts

  • SpongeHolmes
  • The Porter Reveal
  • Gumshoe SquarePants

Of course I’ve got the humor that loves SpongeBob and my kid is starting to laugh at his antics too (YAHHH) – its a good dvd another one for the collection – great for the long flights for these upcoming spring breaks.

How to win it… Contest ends 11:59pm EST. March 14th, 2011.
2 Lucky people will win SpongeBob DVD! Tell us your favorite character on SpongeBob and please include some method for us to contact you in the comment (twitter or email).

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The Backyardigans: We Arrrr Pirates DVD Review and Giveaway

The Backyardigans: We Arrrr Pirates DVD Review and Giveaway

The Backyardigans are setting sail with four exciting pirate adventures on this brand new DVD, The Backyardigans: We Arrrr Pirates [Amazon].  Preschoolers will learn to mambo with Sinbad and become heroes when they rescue King Pablo and his knights from the No-So-Nice Dragon.  Created by Nickelodeon Home Entertainment and distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, The Backyardigans: We Arrrr Pirates DVD hits shelves March 8, 2011, for the suggested retail price of $16.99.

In every episode of The Backyardigans, five high-spirited neighbors meet in their adjoining backyards and use their imaginations to transform themselves into different locations for epic adventures. Each half-hour episode of this Emmy® Award-winning show features a unique music/dance genre with four original songs, along with real choreographed movements recreated in animation.

The Backyardigans: We Arrrr Pirates Episode Synopses:

Pirate Camp

Captain Austin trains Uniqua and Pablo at Pirate Camp with garage-band music blasting. But training takes a turn for the worst when a fearsome ghost (Tasha) captures the great pirate captain.

Pirate Treasure

Captain Uniqua and Captain Austin sail the high seas in search of treasure with reggae playing. If they don’t beat Captain Pablo and Captain Tyrone to it, they will have to walk the plank!

Sinbad Sails Alone

Set sail for adventure and mambo as Sinbad (Tyrone) encounters rough waters, Siren (Uniqua), and Medusa (Tasha)!  The fate of the ship is in bumbling First Mate Pablo’s hands.

The Tale of the Not-So-Nice Dragon

The Not-So-Nice Dragon snatches up King Pablo and his Mighty Knights.  Now it’s up to the Flighty Fairy (Tasha) and the Grabbing Goblin (Austin) to rescue them!

The Backyardigans: We Arrrr Pirates Fast Facts:

Street Date: March 8, 2011
DVD SRP: $16.99
DVD Running Time: 98 Minutes

We’ve been playing this for the last week and the kiddo loves the episodes and really whats not to love about these stories which feature Pirates and Knights. Its truly a DVD thats a little bit more designed for boys then girls.  The stories will be a big hit with all kids no matter if their boys or girls but I’m betting the boys like just a wee bit more.

How to win it… Contest ends 11:59pm EST. March 7th, 2011.
2 Lucky people will win Backyardigans DVD! Tell us your favorite character on Backyardigans and please include some method for us to contact you in the comment (twitter or email).

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