VeggieTales Review

One of the neat things about technology is that as it progresses it gets easier to use and more powerful.  When I was a child, video cameras were just coming out with big VHS tapes and the first VeggieTales movies were VHS all the way up into the 1990s!

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I’ve been meaning to write for some time on the whole VeggieTales on NBC concept.  It appears as thought NBC is actually doing well with VeggieTales and 3-2-1 Penguins, and have actually backed off on some edits.

This from Phil Vischer about the edits:

But I do know I’m thrilled the last few stories, including Madame Blueberry and King George and the Ducky, will be airing just as we wrote them – without a single edit.  That’s really cool, don’t you think?

Big Idea themselves have found that Penguins are really popular, and they’re out making 20 brand new Penguins episodes for this fall:

After debuting last fall on NBC, the 3-2-1 Penguins! series garnered high ratings capturing the #1 spot on the kid-dominated Saturday morning television time-slot.

As a result, Big Idea’s crack-squad of Penguin-herders led by Tim Hodge (Director, Gideon: Tuba Warrior, LarryBoy and the Bad Apple, Minnesota Cuke, Duke and the Great Pie War, An Easter Carol, Star of Christmas …) is currently in production on 20 new episodes which will begin airing Friday, October 5th on the ION Network, and Saturday, October 6th on NBC and Telemundo.

So, I think it can be a good thing, if not a great thing, as long as they keep their heads and know what they’re selling and where to draw the line.

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Rating:

From the Cover:

God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?! contains two hilarious, fully computer-animated stories that teach children a biblical perspective on forgiveness.

The Grapes of Wrath

Four cranky grapes, known for being mean (in ways that only veggies can be mean like throwing snake in your milkshake) come upon Junior playing outside.  They start picking on him because of his name and his falling over a hoe in the yard, and Junior’s asked by his father to forgive them more than once. 

At this, Junior balks, and Bob and Larry show back up to ask Qwerty what the Bible has to say on the topic.  When Qwerty digs up the verse on forgiving 70 times 7 times there’s then an interlude on just how much that is– with Rosie getting the answer right.

After this, the Grapes of Wrath decide to change their names to the Grapes of Math and everyone decides to get along.

Forgive-O-Matic

This is the only non-silly song interlude, and it’s cute, but one can understand why they decided to stick to songs.  In this segment, the head Scallion tries to sell a machine that will give you forgiveness, and he tries to sell it like a ronco food item from infomercials!  Complete with testimonials!

When Junior confronts him with the fact that you can’t buy forgiveness, the Scallion tries to sell it as a chia-forgive-o-matic or anything else you can think of.

Larry’s Lagoon

This Gilligan’s Island parody has everything that you could ask for– beautiful day, the crew you know and love (minus Mary-Ann) and Larry day dreaming that he’s in a Russian ship trying to rescue some whales!?  In any case, Larry’s day dreams crash them on an island, and then destroy’s a hut they built– and it takes Larry’s disappearance and another chain of events to cause them to look for him and to forgive them.

In the end, Junior’s dad builds a helicopter to get them off the island.

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It’s that time again.  Time to test your knowledge of VeggieTales Classics – God Wants Me to Forgive Them?

1. What Grape accurately answers the question of “What is 7 times 70?”
2. What do they throw in your milkshake to make you cry?
3. How many grapes are in the car?
4. What color, other than normal, does Junior turn in this episode?
5. What do the Grapes of Wrath change their name to?
6. Who is the host for the Forgive-O-Matic?
7. Name one other product that the host tries to sell after it is revealed that you can’t sell forgiveness?
8. Who is not parodied on Larry’s Lagoon?
9. What is being eaten on the boat before it crashes?
10. Who crashes the boat?
11. What does Larry think the rock is?
12. How does the group get off the Island?
13. Who is the voice for the coconut tree?

So, test you knowledge, or better yet, pick up a copy and watch it today!

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