Giveaway Of The Week: We Covet Wow Wow Wubbzy!

I always thought that when it came to toys and entertainment for my kids, I'd avoid licensed characters. Dora, Elmo, whatever - I figured we'd avoided that stuff at all costs. Then I had kids, and I realized that there was no point in fighting it: the minute we decided to let television be a part of our daughter's life, the war was over. MOMMY I NEED TO HAVE DORA!!!!

So it became an issue of which licensed characters are acceptable. Which is to say, which licensed characters don't make me want to scratch my eyeballs out and stab myself in the ears with sharpened pencil crayons? Most of the Sesame Street characters - Elmo excepted - fall into this category. Now, too, does Wubbzy - a freaky little yellow creature with a bent tail, some weirdo friends named Walden and Widget, and a tendency to yell WOW WOW! (Also? He has a blog. Which is just so awesome that I'd recommend him on that basis alone.) I like him because his show reminds me of the cartoons that I used to watch as a kid in the late seventies, and because the stuffed character that your kid is going to demand is aesthetically interesting (sort of a streamlined, japanimation version of Spongebob Squarepants. Or a fuzzy hunk of cheese.)

Anyhoo. This week? If you leave a comment here you'll be eligible to win a Wow Wow Wubbzy happy pack, including a DVD of the show and a board book (complete with sound effects) and Wubbzy character (with a bendable tale! Which I find so ridiculously diverting that I'm almost embarrassed to admit it. Almost, but not quite.)

WINNER - Anna (from October 7)! Congrats, Anna - e-mail us at wecovet@gmail.com with your info so that we can get your prize to you!