Sep 27 2006

It’s Captain Underpants to the rescue!

Our next choice during Banned Books Week is the Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey, which have been challenged due to anti-family content, being unsuited to age group, and violence.

Please folks, stop taking things so seriously. Captain Underpants features cartoons, scatalogical humor, potty jokes, imaginary super heroes, and lots of fun made at teachers’ and parents’ expense, i.e., all the stuff that kids LOVE and gobble up with relish.

I came across the books six years ago at Thanksgiving dinner at our friend Russell’s mother home. His nephew was reading Captain Underpants And The Perilous Plot Of Professor Poopypants. All us grownups passed the book around to find out what name Professor Poopypants would assign us. Since my full name is Anne-Marie Nichols, my new silly name is:

Stinky Rhino Fanny

Nice.

The kids and the adults (including the retired teacher who was a bit scandalized that Scholastic would print "such trash") had a tough time not laughing every time we came up with a new name combination. Now that Russell has passed away, when I see a Captain Underpants book I smile, remembering this wonderful evening and how he laughed and joked with his nephew.

So dear readers, get out your copy of Captain Underpants And The Perilous Plot Of Professor Poopypants or go to Scholastic’s Professor Poopy Pants’ Name Change-O-Chart 2000. Find out YOUR new silly name and let me know what it is in the comment area below.

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5 responses so far

5 Responses to “It’s Captain Underpants to the rescue!”

1. # Sharion 27 Sep 2006 at 6:30 pm

   Well, I am Snotty Chucklebuns
   My fiance is Pinky Toiletsquirt (ewwwww)
   My oldest son is Pinky Chucklebuns
   Then we have my daughter – Lumpy Chucklebuns
   And my youngest boy is Gidget Toiletbuns.

   Very cute – Thanks

2. # Stephanieon 27 Sep 2006 at 6:46 pm

   I’m Snotty Gigglechunks. Cute

3. # Stephanieon 28 Sep 2006 at 12:02 pm

   Snotty Giggletush.

4. # Michelleon 28 Sep 2006 at 4:06 pm

   I never really liked the Captain Underpants series (my life doesn’t need any more exposure to bodily functions, underwear and things that make seven year-old boys giggle, thanks). But Dav Pilkey’s Rickey Ricotta series is great–my boys devoured each installment and I could appreciate the comic-book humor.

5. # Melanie Lon 29 Sep 2006 at 12:03 pm

   I am Pinky Liver Nose

   my fiance is Gidgett Girdlefanny

   and my kids are Zippy and Lumpy Liver Nose

   I’ ve heard of these books before and even received an email forward in the past to find out my name and put it in the subject line and so on and so forth. I think my oldest would get a kick out of these and I fully intend to pick up one and read it and see if I will pass it on to him.