I remember Annie pretty well too. My mom taught cpr when I was in single digits, and those things popped up at our house all the time. I think I had to learn on one for swimming too, but that was all an age ago. I definitely remember poking curiously around Annie's insides.
On ♥ing bacon: If he's not too jaded to find the comedy in a day's worth of training by overly enthusiastic morons, and a good enough writer to share it, he's my fucking hero. I'd have probably injured myself in that situation.