(pen scrapes over paper)
- Today is April 2nd.
We have a special surprise today,
but first let me see what I can do, uh, with that.
Hmm, I can do this.
Let's see.
An elephant.
For someone who draws a lot of elephants,
that's not my best elephant, but I'm gonna write my name
on the elephant so that you can see that I drew it
and if I see it later, I can see
that I drew it on April 2nd.
Well, we have a special surprise today,
but before we do that, let's answer some questions,
we'll go straight to the questions on April 2nd,
on Thursday, Addison asks, "Do you have
"all of your books published in other languages
"or just some of them?"
Oh, Addison, that is a good technical question.
My books are translated into about 30 languages,
but not all of them, because each country
has to have a publisher that thinks
that enough kids are gonna want to read my books.
So there's some countries where people
really like to read my books a lot,
like South Korea or China or England,
and there are other countries where they like
to read my books a little, like Azerbaijan.
So, good question.
"How long can you stand on one foot
"without falling over?" asks Ladarius, who's five.
One foot without standing over, how long.
Not very long.
Thank you for that question.
"I miss going to school," says Branson who is six.
"What's something you miss the most right now?"
Branson, that's a very good question.
I think I miss going to a restaurant
and running into a friend that I didn't expect to see
and giving that friend a big hug
and then sitting and having a drink with that friend
and talking to that friend.
I really miss that.
I wish I could do more of that.
Carson year five wants to know,
"Do you like vegetables?
"I don't."
Carson, that is what is known as a leading question.
I think you are judging me on whether I like
or do not like vegetables and I,
Carson, will disappoint you.
I love vegetables.
Viv says, "Do you like rain?
"Some people don't, I'm not sure why,
"it's not like they can't go outside, umbrellas.
"Well thank you anyway.
"Your books are my favorite and I'm 11."
That's a great question, Viv.
I don't have an answer right now for that.
Sammy who is six says, "Do you have any tips
"for people who don't like hot dogs?"
Yes, Sammy.
Don't eat hot dogs.
You won't like them.
Um, "Before you became an author, did you have another job?"
Grace asks.
Grace, I had so many other jobs before I became an author.
But one of the weirdest jobs I had
was I painted bubblegum cards,
the original art on bubblegum cards,
I painted them for Ren and Stimpy
and a bunch of different shows,
and at the same time, I did book covers
for a very specific publisher, I took pictures
of people who weren't happy for books
about people who aren't happy.
It was a very weird job.
Well those are my questions.
Those are my answers to your questions.
I'm so excited today!
This is because, guess what?
Today, even though it's Thursday, is a Super Bounce day.
So I'm gonna make a Super Bounce,
if you guys remember, what you need for Super Bounce
is paper and pens, big paper if you've got it,
let's pause.
All right, play, let's do it.
We're gonna start here with Yay,
that means that's where we start, and I'm gonna go
and make it like a wiggle this time.
Like that, and we're gonna end here,
that's Yay, we're gonna end at Yay,
because I'm so excited that I won.
And we're gonna make all the squares.
We got some really good suggestions
for special stuff on Super Bounce,
but first let's do our pluses and minuses.
Oh, this is gonna be minus three right at the very end.
Minus one, minus two,
and minus zero.
All right, let's do our pluses.
Plus one,
plus three, plus two.
All right, and now I have a list of ideas.
I'm gonna write them really small here so I know them.
All right, Patrick says make up a word.
Make up a word.
Roar like a lion, roar like a lion.
I'm just gonna write roar lion.
Oh, and Lizzie has
make yourself invisible.
That's a good one.
And, we'll do right here, make a dog sound.
Make a dog sound.
All right.
So this time, I am going to play with this piece,
this is a bath toy of the pigeon,
and you are going to play with this piece,
which is very exciting, which is Kristen Schaal.
Hi Kristen!
- Hi!
Hi Mo, hi children!
- That's Kristen Schaal and a bath toy.
That's what we're gonna play with.
And guess what, Kristen?
I realized I forgot my die.
So I have to go get the thing that I roll.
Will you just say hi to the kids real quick,
I'll be right back, okay?
Sorry.
- Hi kids.
I hope we win.
I'm very competitive.
If I lose to a bath toy, it's gonna hurt, okay?
So let's really focus, let's get super bounce!
- Oh, okay, went too far.
Ah, I'm back.
- Like my dress kids?
Mo made me this dress.
- There we go, I had to ask Kristen,
and it was a little embarrassing, because we are friends,
but I had to ask Kristen what her size was.
- Yes, and I said it was two inches.
- Yep, so we got that.
All right, we're gonna roll first for you guys,
you and Kristen are on the same team.
Four.
Ready, Kristen?
Super Bounce, I'm gonna lift you up.
One bounce,
two bounce,
three bounce,
four, you landed on roar like a lion.
- May I?
- Please.
- ROAR!
- Wow, that was pretty lion-y.
All right so, Kristen, if you remember,
if I roll a four, I will bounce one ahead
and you will bounce one back.
- Of course.
- So if I hit, you, then that's
how the super bounce happens.
I rolled a two.
One, two.
And it says make a dog sound.
Dog.
That sounded pretty good.
All right, here we go.
Kristen, your turn.
Oh, Kristen, one, so I go one,
but you landed on a plus three,
one, two, three,
you landed on a plus two,
but you now landed on a plus two,
because I did it silly!
Oh, no!
Ready, one, and two.
And you landed on, Kristen landed on make up a word.
- Blabberjaunt.
- Yes.
- This game has been a wonderful blabberjaunt.
- It's been a blabberjaunt of a time.
- Blabberjaunt of a time.
Ooh, I have a lot of rolling if I want to catch up.
Wish me luck.
Ooh, I got a five.
Let's see what that means.
One, two, three, four, five.
Whoo.
- Right behind me.
- Right behind, I'm gonna look at you now.
But I didn't land on anything.
Now it is your turn and Kristen's turn, here you go.
Three.
- Three again.
- Here we go, one-- - Thank you.
- Two-- - Thank you.
- Three.
- Perfect, right here.
- You're very close, you're one space away.
All right and six.
One, two, three, four, five,
super bounce, six.
Now this is weird.
You bounce back one, I bounce forward one,
and land on minus three, so I bounce back one, two, three,
I'm behind you, and you
landed on make yourself invisible.
- Oh.
- Wow, where did she go?
That is so, Kristen, where are you, I can't, oh!
That was amazing!
Okay, good job.
All right, it's now Kristen's turn again.
Here we go.
Three.
- Three again.
- One-- - Three, three.
- Two-- - Two.
- Three.
- Perfect, thank you.
- You won.
- I won.
- Hurray, you won!
That's great.
That was wonderful, thank you so much Kristen
for being a game piece on Super Bounce.
I love the way you made yourself invisible.
- Thank you, my pleasure.
Bye Mo, bye kids!
- Take care, bye!
I'm gonna put Kristen back here.
Whoo, that was a blabberjaunt of a game.
That was so exciting there towards the end.
Well, why did we play Super Bounce today?
Well, it's because tomorrow is going to be
the last episode of Lunch Time with Mo Doodles.
And I am really sorry to say that,
but there's so much work that I have been missing
and so many things that I need to do
in terms of writing stories and getting stuff
ready for you, and I felt that 15 episodes was a lot,
and there are so many other authors out there
who are making really great stuff.
Who are drawing, and reading, and telling their stories
about how they make stories, so online,
we have this list of some of the authors
who are doing it, and links to all kinds
of other people, and I really encourage you
to go out and see what these other authors are doing.
Maybe even find an author you've never met
and discover their work, because that's a special thing
now that all of these people are sharing
who they are and what they do, it's a chance
to discover a new friend.
So tomorrow is gonna be very special, though,
there's no need to be sad.
Tomorrow we're gonna have a huge graduation party,
and there's gonna be a special surprise for you,
a special graduation gift that I have ready
for you tomorrow.
So do me a favor, pause, and if there are
no grown-ups in the room, pause and go get
one special grown-up into the room,
'cause I have something that I wanna say to that grown-up.
Unpause, play.
So here's the deal, grown-ups.
Tomorrow is a special day, it's a graduation day.
There is a link at this site,
and I'm just doing this, but one day
there'll be letters somewhere around there,
and at that link, it's gonna be called special surprise.
I would like one grown-up to print out
the special surprise for however many kids
or grown-ups or people who are doing the doodles,
don't let them see it, fill it out,
and save it for tomorrow, because tomorrow,
I'm gonna hand that surprise through the camera,
and you, the special adult, will be able to give it to them.
I'm very excited for that.
All right.
So I wanna thank you all for listening and doodling
and playing, and I hope that you will
go out and share some of the things
that you have learned with other people.
But tomorrow is the special day,
tomorrow is graduation.
You are gonna be an MMD, a Master Mo Doodler.
I'll see you there.