Giveaway: Nickelodeon hits the Walton Arts Center!

03/10/2010 nwamamas

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Trust me, you do NOT want to miss out on the chance to win these tickets. Because if you score tickets to “Storytime Live!” at the Walton Arts Center, your little one is going to squeal and dance and light up dora-the-explorer.jpglike a star from Dora the Explorer’s backpack. This show is bringing four of the top-rated preschool cartoons to the stage, and it’s Nickelodeon’s biggest, newest, most exciting show ever. Characters from the following four shows will be in the production:

  • Dora the Explorer
  • Ni-hao Kai-lan
  • The Backyardigans
  • The Wonder Pets

Tickets for this show range in price from $18.50 to $32.50, depending on where you sit. We’ve got a family pack of FOUR TICKETS to give away to one lucky mom for the show on Tuesday, ni-hao-kai-lan.jpgMarch 23rd at 6:30 p.m. Plus, this ticket package includes a “meet-and-greet” with the show characters! AND we’re going to send the winner and her kiddos to lunch or dinner at nearby Flying Burrito. Yum!

Click here for more info about the show and a listing of show times.You can also call the Walton Arts Center box office at 479-443-5600.

HOW TO ENTER: To throw your name into the hat for this drawing, click the big orange comment button below and tell us two things: Name your favorite cartoon as a kid, and then tell us what your kids’ favorite cartoon is. Easy, huh? You can also e-mail your entry to us at giveaways@nwaMotherlode.com.

wonder-pets.jpgHOW TO INCREASE YOUR ODDS: As always, you can increase your odds of winning the tickets and the Flying Burrito gift certificate by telling your mama friends about the giveaway. Just send them an e-mail about it and be sure to put giveaways@nwaMotherlode.com on the CC line of your note so we can give you proper credit.

Good luck in the giveaway! We’ll notify the winner by e-mail, so watch your inbox for a possible note from us with good news!

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  1. My favorite cartoon was…..Probably Rug Rats. My son’s favorite is Thomas the train.

  2. My favorite was the Smurfs! and Mia Bella’s favorite is Strawberry Shortcake…

  3. My favorite cartoon as a child was the smurfs.
    My daughter’s favorite cartoon is Max and Ruby and the Wonder Pets!

    Thanks,
    Deena Bell

  7. My fave cartoon was the original Bugs Bunny cartoons. I used to watch them every Saturday Morning! My son’s favorite is the Wonder Pets and he would absolutely love to see them live!!!

  10. My favorite cartoon as a child was either Strawberry Shortcake or Rainbow Brite 🙂 and my kiddos LOVE Phineas and Ferb (Their daddy and I love it as well-very cute cartoon!)

  14. I loved the Smurfs! My child on the other hand is hooked on Baby Einsteins and Thomas the train! All things are right with the world if he’s watching one of those!

  15. I thought Strawberry Shortcake was awesome. But, my little girls LOVES Dora and my son is fascinated by Chuggington. The house is quiet when they get to watch these two shows. :o)

  16. My favorite cartoon when I was a kid was most definitely Care Bears!

    And Miss Marti Pearl’s is the same! She’s been wearing out the VCR with the old tapes and requests it every single day.

  17. Mine was the smurfs and my daughter has a couple Wonder Pets, Kai-lan and Max and Ruby.

  18. My favorite cartoons were Rainbow Bright, The Care Bears and My Little Ponies. Leo’s favorites are Clifford the Big Red Dog and Super Why.

  19. As a kid my favorite cartoon was easily Jem and the Holograms. They were so great! My kids love all the boys stuff but as far as Nick goes we all love the Backyardigans.
    I would love the special date with my guys, thanks!

  20. My favorite cartoon as a kid was Tom and Jerry, and I have to say my kids like the Backyardigans!! I love to watch my kids sing and dance along!!!

  21. My favorite cartoon as a kid would probably be either the Smurfs or Carebears. I know I liked them both. As for what my daughter likes… I would have to say Veggie Tales. She is 10 months old and will sit through an entire DVD and watch! I just wish I could get her to sit still more often! ha!

  22. My favorite cartoon was Scooby Doo. My daughters’ favorite is Wonder Pets. This would be a great GNO for me and my daughter along with our next door neightbor and her daughter. Would love to win!

  23. i loved the smurfs! my kiddos first favorite was thomas the train. now he loves calliou and kipper.

  24. I loved Scooby Doo as a child!! My son loves the Backyardigan. We love to sing their songs and read the books.

  25. I loved the Smurfs!!! My 2 year old daughter loves Dora and my son loves Super Why and Word World.

  27. My favorites were Strawberry Shortcake and Rainbow Brite. My girls love The Backyardigans and Sesame Street.

  29. Ooooh — I loved the Smurfs! Isaac’s first “love” was the Backyardigans. He still really likes them, but also loves Thomas (yuck), Dora and Diego, and Dinosaur Train on PBS.

    Erin

  32. My favorite cartoon was the Casper the Freindly Ghost. My granddaughter loves Dora. Last year she had a real “Explorer Birthday Party” just like Dora!

  34. My favorite was My Little Ponies! My daughter Kara loves the Backyardigans!

  35. Oh my gosh…Scooby Doo where are you!! I loved Scooby! I have four kids that all like different characters…some of their favorites are Backyardigans, Dora, and Kai lan.

  36. My favorite cartoon as a kid was the smurfs. My youngest childs favorite cartoon is Dora or Diego.

  37. my favorite cartoon as a kid was Mickey Mouse…. my child’s fave is Wonder Pets!!

  40. My favorite cartoons as a kid were The Flintstones and The Jetsons. My daughter’s favorite at the moment is Phineas and Ferb. My son’s favorite at the moment is Chuggington. They both really love Dora too.

  41. my favorite cartoon as a kid was underdog and my son’s favorite cartoon is handy manny.

  42. Honestly, we didn’t have hardly any channels, so I don’t remember watching many cartoons. In later elementary school and junior high, I looooooved Disney movies (who didn’t?). My daughter’s favorite is “Word Girl” on PBS!

  43. My favorite was Tom & Jerry. My sons favorite “this week” is WOW WOW WUBBZY! 🙂

  44. As a kid I loved the Alvin and the Chipmunks so when they came to the big screen recently I enjoyed it so much with my two kiddos! My kids are huge Dora fans and would so love this opportunity to see them live!!

  46. my favorite cartoon was….tom and jerry, my daughters…..mickey mouse clubhouse – at least for this week!

  47. My favorite cartoon was smurfs, my girls’ favorite cartoons is probably…Blue’s Clues. (don’t know if it is technically a cartoon)

  48. My favorite character was Scooby Doo! Loved the whole gang! My youngest loves Max and Ruby! He would watch them 24/7 if we let him!

  49. My favorite cartoon when I was a kid was the Looney Tones. My daughter is in love with the Backyardigans!

  51. I loved Scooby Doo, as do my kids, but they also love the Nick Jr cartoons – especially Dora!

  52. I liked Looney Tunes & Smurfs when I was little, and my kiddos like a lot of things on PBSKids as well as watching nickelodeon & disney online. My 2yo loves Dora & Diego!

  53. My favorite was the Smurfs, and thanks to my husband buying me the season 1 DVD, my girls love it too!

  54. I loved Bugs Bunny and Tom and Jerry when I was little. Still do! My nieces love the Backyardigans!

  56. 🙂 My favorite show as a kid was Scooby Doo! Both of my girls love Scooby! My oldest loves Diego, she wants to work with animals when she grows up. My little one is crazy about Team Umizoomi and Dora!

  57. My most favorite cartoon was probably Tom and Jerry and my kids love to watch PBS. They especially like Clifford.

  58. My parents did not have a tv when I was young; however, I had a Jungle Book tape and book that I loved to listen to. My daughter’s favorite show is Diego.

  59. I liked the Smurfs and Chip and Dale cartoons when I was little. My little guy loves Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse.

  61. I loved the Littles. My daughter loves care bears and my sweet little guy adores Barney.

  63. My favorite cartoon as a kid was Rainbow Brite! She had the coolest, most ecclectic outfits! (I can’t forget to mention Care Bears) I love when my kids watch the cartoons that I used to love. Such a blast from the past! Although they are more into all of the computer animated stuff now. Who knows what will be around for our grandkids! My daughters both love Dora. My oldest would watch tv all day if I let her, and isn’t picky about waht is on, but my youngest is obsessed with Dora. It is the only show she will sit still for and last week she told me she had a dream that Dora was calling her “swipey”. Oh, and when she wants to be really mean to me, she will look at me with evil eyes and call me a sneaky fox.

  65. I loved Bugs Bunny and Smurfs as a kid. My daughter who is 1 loves Dora which she lovingly calls Boots. We have 2 GIANT stuffed Dora’s that she drags everywhere with her. Way cute. My oldest daughter likes the Backyardigans best. She likes basically anything with singing. There is a lot of dancing and singing at our house.

  66. I loved Tom and Jerry and my daughter does too! She loves the backyardigans and pretends to go on great adventures just like they do.

  67. Oh this is a good one!!! I was a big strawberry shortcake fan, my daughter loves little bear!!!

  69. I just loved Scooby-Doo as a child. My kids love the backyardigans and wonderpets.

  72. My favorite was Looney Toons. I remember sitting every Saturday morning on the couch and watching with my dad. My daughters like Mickey Mouse, Dora, Veggie Tales, and Boz.

  74. I liked the smurfs. My oldest son is digging Phinneus and Ferb right now. My youngest is still not interested in TV much.

  75. My favorite character, it’s been a few years ago, was Woody Woodpecker.

    My kids are grown, but my grandkids, like Dora and the Backyardigans.

    I have granddaughters that would really love to see this show. One of my grandaughters’ birthday is March 29th. This would be a great birthday present for her.

  76. My favorite cartoon growing up was the Smurfs. I would get up super early on Saturday morning to watch it. My little boy is absolutely obsessed with Thomas the Tank Engine and my daughter is starting to get into the “tween” shows like Hannah Montana.

  77. I had two favorite cartoons – the Flintstones and the Jetsons (dates me, I know). My kids favorite was Scooby Doo.

  78. My favorite cartoon as a child was the Care Bears. My daughter’s favorite cartoon right now is Dora The Explorer.

  79. My favorite cartoon as a child was Mighty Mouse. My daughter really loves Wonder Pets and Max and Ruby.

  81. Oh how I really want these tickets! My favorite character growing up had to be Jem or She-Ra and my 2-yr’s old’s (current) favorites are Yo Gabba Gabba and Dora. My 2-yr old nephew who visits my brother 4 wks a year from Colorado will be here during that week, so it would be just perfect!!

  82. My favorite cartoons growing up are Smurfs and Care Bears. My son’s favorite cartoons are Pinky Dinky Doo, Diego and Super Why!

  85. My favorite was the SuperFriends. My soon to be 2 yr olds is Handy Manny (Tools) or Barney (Bop!). My 6 yr old likes Olivia. This would be such a fun night!

  86. Oh goodness! How does a kid pick a favorite?? I would say I probably liked the Smurfs the best as a kid. My kids like all kinds of cartoons, but right now, Jessalyn’s fave is Kailan, and Isaac’s fave is Penguins of Madagascar. 🙂 We only have videos and the computer to watch cartoons on at the moment, so our selection is more limited than it once was.

  87. I loved Scooby Doo. I watched it everyday after I got home from school. My daughters favorite cartoon is Dragontales and my sons is Spongebob. I even watch them with them. Oh my.

  88. OMG! My daughter is a Dora junkie! This would make her day, month, year! I was a Strawberry Shortcake fan as a kid.

  89. My daughter is 3 and her favorite character is Dora The Explorer. My favorite cartoon as a kid was He-man.

  90. My daughter loves Wonder Pets and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse! My favorite was Scooby Doo!

  91. I LOVED all cartoons. My absolute favorites were Care Bears and Rainbow Bright. My son loves Max & Ruby.

  92. My favorite cartoon was Tom and Jerry.
    My son’s favorites are Dora and Deigo.

  96. my favorite cartoon was scooby doo and my daughters currents are Word Girl and Animalia.

  97. My favorite cartoon was The Flinstones. My son’s favorite cartoon right now is Dinosaur Train.

  98. I loved the Smurfs as a kid and my daughter loves Dora so cute to watch her talk back to the TV when Dora asks questions.

  100. My favorite cartoon as a kid was the Smurfs. 🙂 My son loves The Wonder Pets. We even have a real guinea pig named Linny.

  101. I love to hear my daughter sing, “What’s going to work….TEAMWORK!” when her favorite show the wonderpets comes on!

  102. My favorite cartoon growing up was the Road Runner. That poor coyote…
    My daughter’s favorite cartoon is Phineas and Ferb. The two creative geniuses!

  103. As a kid, I used to love watching Smurfs. It was a hit then. Now, my daughter likes watching Dora day and night! 🙂 Dora is in, smurfs are out! 🙂

  105. My favorite cartoon was probably Strawberry Shortcake….my daughter’s is of course Dora!

  106. My favorite cartoon growing up was Tom and Jerry. The episodes never get old! I started letting my twin boys watch it on Boomerang and they love them now as well. We will sit around and watch them together and just laugh and laugh and laugh.

  108. My favorite always was and is Looney Tunes – any episode. My daughter’s favorite is Mickey Mouse Clubhouse or anything with Disney princesses in it! We would love to see something live in person – like the Walton Arts center giveway.

  109. My favorite was and is still Bugs Bunny!
    My son Cameron loves Backyardigans!

  110. My favorite cartoon was Scouby Doo. My son’s favorite is Handy Manny or Diego and my daughter likes Dora.

  111. My favorite cartoon was Care Bears and Bugs Bunnny! I remeber being only allowed to watch TV for one hour after homework was done and I was always hoping I would be done in time for Bugs Bunny! My daughter’s favorite shows are Dora and Diego. She could sit for hours if I let her just staring!!

  113. My favorite cartoon as a kid was The Smurfs. My daughters favorite cartoon is Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.

  114. My favorite cartoon was Tom and Jerry. My kids’ favorite cartoon is WonderPets.

  115. My favorite cartoon was Garfield and Friends! It was always on when I got home from school. My daughters favorite is DORA!
    Amanda

  116. My favorite cartoon was the “Jetson’s”. All 3 of my grandchild like Dora but I really think the grandson prefers “Handy Manny” but he is out numbered! As Grandma I love anything they are watching that I can sit with them to cuddle!

  117. My favorite cartoon as a kid was The Jetsons. My granddaughters (2) favorite is Dora the Explorer.

  118. my fav cartoon as a child – scooby doo
    childs fav cartoon character now – Caillou

  119. My favorite cartoon was Tom & Jerry. My granddaughter’s favorite carton is Sponge Bob Square Pants.

  120. My favorite cartoon as a kid was The Flintstones. I loved that cartoon!! My girls favorite cartoon is Dora & Max & Ruby.

  121. My favorite was Scooby Doo. My son’s favorite is the Backyardigans. My daughter’s favorite was the Care Bears but now she is in to Hannah Montana.

  122. My son LOVES all these characters and remebers each and every one – he’s 3 1/2, 4 in May. I’m very excited this is coming to the Walton Arts Center.

  124. My favorite cartoon growing up was Strawberry Shortcake. Now, it’s one of my daughter’s favorite as well. I love the way things go in cycles. Mickey Mouse has been my all time favorite since I was three years old, and now it’s my three year old son’s favorite….he loves MM Clubhouse! It’s fun to have those connections with my kids!

  125. Okay-my favorite cartoon as a kid-that is a tough decision! I loved all the girlie ones for sure-Rainbow Brite ranked pretty high, but I also had a love for He-Man and G.I. Joe! My daughter loves cartoons period, although Dora was her favorite for quite awhile, until her baby brother came along and fell in love with all her Dora stuff! He is seriously in love with Dora and sleeps with a Dora blanket he stole from his big sister! Spongebob is his other favorite-sadly “Spongebob” and “Dora” were two of his first words!

  128. I loved SMURFS 🙂 Of my 3 girls, two are crazy dora fans!! The other loves phineas and ferb.

  130. I loved Duck Tales as a kid, and my son loves 3.. Its really hard to choose from.. Backyardagains, Phineas and Ferb, and Penguin of Madagascar.

  131. I loved Scooby Doo! My daughter loves Dora the Explorer and has just discovered Ni Hao, Kai Lank, which she really likes, too.

  133. My favorite cartoon as a kid was The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show. I watched it every single Saturday. My daughter, Ruth, loves Wonder Pets and Yo Gabba Gabba. She has learned so much from those shows, it is unbelievable.

  134. Mine Strawberry Shortcake. My son’s Curious George, but he loves Dora and Diego.

  137. I LOVED the Smurfs when I was little, followed by Strawberry Shortcake. My son loves Curious George.

  139. I loved the bunny rabbit on Captain Kangaroo, my youngest daughter loved Barney.

  140. I loved bugs bunny as a kid. My daughters favorite cartoon now is of course Dora! My sons favorite cartoon is Scooby Doo!

  141. My favorite cartoon was the Care Bears. I had Goodluck Bear 🙂 My son’s favorite is Noddy and Dragon Tales. PBS is a hit in our house!

  142. My favorite show as a child was the smurfs! We never had cable so our choices were limited but I thought the smurfs rocked! my 4 year old is of course addicted to Dora!

  143. My favorite was always the Looney Tunes. My son LOVES the Backyardigans and Yo Gabba Gabba. Every morning he grabs the remote and points it at the tv and says ‘dabbadabba dabbbbbba!’ (Yo Gabba Gabba) 🙂

  144. I loved so many cartoons as a child but the first one that comes to my mind is Rainbow Brite and my son loves Thomas the Tank Engine and ALL of his Railway Friends.

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