VeggieTales Review

The Hairbrush song is one of the classic silly songs of all time and occurred originally in Are You My Neighbor. In fact, it placed first in the Ultimate Silly Song countdown and was the basis for many of the jokes in Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Sampson’s Hairbrush.

This song is the first of the classical music genre silly songs.  It features Larry in a towel looking for his hair brush– with this inside joke that not only doesn’t he have hands but he doesn’t have hair.  When first recorded, the parts that were not Larry’s song were spoken, not sung, until Lisa Vischer came in to do the part of Junior, and, not knowing that the guys had spoken their parts, sung hers.  They thought it was so funny that they all went back and recorded their parts singing.

We find out that Bob actually gave the Peach the hairbrush because he has hair– which is the gag in Minnesota Cuke: The Peach plays the part of Samson because he has hair!

In any case, Larry goes from wondering where the hair brush is, to looking for the hairbrush, to realizing he doesn’t have hair, to wondering why Bob gave the Peach the hairbrush, to hoping that the Peach will take care of it.

It’s also slightly amusing that everyone that enters Larry’s bathroom is “shocked and slightly embarassed at the sight of Larry in a towel” and yet usually he’s in less than that!

A classic silly song indeed.

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VeggieTales on TV? People are asking questions …

Two weeks ago, VeggieTales made its debut on national television. After 13 years and 50 million videos sold, many people are familiar with Bob & Larry and their brand of “Sunday Morning Values, Saturday Morning Fun!” But putting VeggieTales on TV has got some people asking, “Hey, what’s the big idea?”

Some think that because of its teaching of Judeo-Christian values, VeggieTales should not be allowed on TV — or at least should be restricted to a time slot or channel for religious programming. Others feel that VeggieTales should be on TV and in the exact same format that is familiar to millions of families. Well, VeggieTales is on TV and is not in the same format as the DVDs — and that’s created a bit of a stir! Keep reading to hear how this all happened.

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Summary (from the DVD Case):

Now, y’all have heard the story of Joseph and his coat of many colors before, but I reckon you’ve never heard it told as a Western… until now!

Join Little Joe (played by Larry the Cucumber) and his rootin’ tootin’ French pea brothers on an adventure that will take them from an abandoned mineshaft all the way to Dodge Ball City — with Little Joe’s faith being tested every step of the way!

It’s a Wild West yarn that teaches us to keep the faith when facing hardship because, in the end, God can work all things out for good.  Yee-haw!

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