Remember "Hey Arnold!" on Nickelodeon? This great animated kids series featured fourth grader Arnold, his friend Gerald, and his bully/lovestruck stalker Helga. "Hey Arnold!" ran from 1996-2004 and Season 1 is finally being released on dvd today. You can march down to the store to get your own copy or you could win a free copy from us, courtesy of Shout Factory. Just send me an email saying something nice about ole Football Head and you'll be entered in a random drawing. I'll take emails till midnight Wednesday (Aug. 10).

If you know that intrepid bilingual wanderer Dora the Explorer, then "Dora Saves Three Kings Day" tonight on Nick Jr. (Nickelodean) is pretty much standard Dora.

Dora, Diego and Boots teach children about Three Kings Day, aka The Epiphany or the day that the Magi visited baby Jesus in the manger. The cartoon wisely focuses on the stuff little ones care about: there are toys, candy and a cake with a prize inside.

It also sneaks in some of the traditions (it's celebrated in several Latin countries) like the one where children leave their shoes outside with grass in them to feed the camel, elephant and horse the Magi ride.

Although my little one wouldn't let me sing the songs (he's never appreciated my voice!), he did stay interested until the end and he knows about the holiday now.

Here's my beef: It's touted as a primetime special, so it comes on at 8pm. 8pm! Shouldn't preschoolers be in bed by 8pm?

Nick Jr., are cranky kids your Three Kings gift to parents?

Don't let N&O cartoonist Dwane Powell tell you that he gets to draw whatever he wants. He does have an editor. Or two. Here's a look at a couple of sketches that didn't make the cut.

Here's the winning caption in last month's McClatchy caption-writing contest on a cartoon by The N&O's Dwane Powell:

Try your hand at writing a caption for the new cartoon contest. Go here to enter.

Sarah Palin's wardrobe and Joe Biden's gaffes make it into the McClatchy cartoonist roundup this week. As does a tweak against Barack Obama and Colin Powell ...

Check out some of the week's best cartoons from McClatchy artists — and the winning entry in the caption-writing contest.

The country's financial situation ... big surprise ... dominates the minds of some of the nation's editorial cartoonists. Here are just a few cartoons from the past week.