Today's episode is sponsored by Super Talk Barbie. We're writing Blank Checks at the box office this week for our favorite pet detective! On the Billboard charts we 'Linger' on the 'Power' of Celine Dion's 'Love.'

On Clarissa Explains It All, Ferguson reads a book on mind control then uses the included glasses to hypnotize friends and family. Clarissa counters Fergs attempts to control her mind by fighting fire with fire.

Over at the Roundhouse, the kids tackle racism, prejudices, and stereotypes when a first date leads to belly button related tensions.

On Ren and Stimpy, our heroes, exploit the benefits of living as babies.

In another scheme to feed and shelter themselves for free, the pair approach a zoo keeper disguised as monkeys. Will they take on the habits of the crude, resident chimp, or is the simian lifestyle too grotesque even for Ren and Stimpy?

And on Are You Afraid Of The Dark, a babysitter shows a boy who loves TV that books are just as exciting.