VeggieTales repurposed for TV
"Mail, mail, here is your mail. It's here in my bag, not a bucket or pail. I'll bring it through hailstorm or blizzard or gale, for I am the man who delivers your mail!"-Jimmy Gourd
If you saw any of these stories on TV, please give their videos your user rating to verify increased exposure. In the Steve of time between LarryBoy and the Bad Apple and The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything, Big Idea got the rights to repurpose and rebroadcast their VeggieTales videos on TV, which was also 10 years since the first time VeggieTales was broadcast on network television with The VeggieTales Christmas Spectacular in 1998, on NBC. The first half had various characters singing songs while Bob went to look for The Toy That Saved Christmas, and the second half had Bob finally find The Toy That Saved Christmas to show us. However, in the TV version, the silly song where Larry waits for Santa Claus was already played earlier, so there is no Silly Song break in The Toy That Saved Christmas. I watched some episodes of VeggieTales on TV on the after-school Qubo block of Ion. It had 26 episodes from 2006 to 2008. The 4 episodes of LarryBoy: The Cartoon Adventures also aired on Qubo during that time, and they were already fit for a half-hour block, each being 21 minutes. Here, I list every VeggieTales movie in the order their stories were broadcast on TV, when they were broadcast, and which episode of which they were a part. OGA stands for Original Airing. Broadcasting VeggieTales on TV was always a big problem for NBC and Ion because they were religiously neutral networks. While they usually don't delete references to God in the original stories, that is the reason why Bob's House segments do not end with Bob and Larry saying "God made you special...and He loves you very much."
The wonderful thing about old VeggieTales videos being broadcast on traditional weekly TV are, it hardly costs any money or time to animate new material, because only 3 minutes per episode of new scenes at Bob's house need to be animated. Usually, you can tell by the animation what year the story originally came out. For example, Dave and the Giant Pickle, coming out in 1995, looks far different from the scenes at Bob's house in 2006. I still like that the TV broadcasts kept the two countertop scenes in the middle of the story when Larry as LarryBoy asked Bob a question about the story he told about Dave. Sometimes, the stories are too short to fill a 23-minute time block, and that is when a Silly Song with Larry, or one of the Auto-tainment songs, is randomly chosen to pad out the rest of the episode. After Jonah: A VeggieTales movie, the writers stopped confining their stories to 30-40 minutes and allowed them to run a bit longer. While it was helpful for 23-minute episodes for some videos to have two different stories (see A Snoodle's Tale, The Search for Samson's Hairbrush and Sheerluck Holmes), you really need to check the original runtime on VHS/DVD to know if it's too long or too short for TV. I also think it's kind of interesting to see how different stories from different videos can cover the same themes. All The Bananas (King George and the Ducky) and Lyle the Kindly Viking both teach us about sharing, or Babysitter in DeNile (Duke and the Great Pie War) and The Story of Flibber-O-Loo (Are You My Neighbor?) both teach us about caring for family and neighbors.
Whenever a part of a video is aired on TV, the whole credits and cast list are played, which gets very confusing when you mesh segments of two or three things together, and the whole cast from every segment of the original video needs to be listed. For example, The Gourds Must Be Crazy from Are You My Neighbor, The Forgive-O-Matic from God Wants Me To Forgive Them, and His Cheeseburger from Madame Blueberry are all broadcast in the same 23 minutes despite having only pieces of same theme in common. The Bob's House segments list no voice cast of their own, but that is okay because they only have 7 characters and 3 voice actors total in those segments and the TV theme song.
Phil Vischer as Bob the Tomato, Pa Grape, Archibald Asparagus, Jimmy Gourd, Mr. Lunt
Mike Nawrocki as Larry the Cucumber
Lisa Pautz as Junior Asparagus
In addition to Bob and Larry hosting, Pa Grape also has a different speaking part in every episode to comment on Archibald's sweater. Sometimes Archibald would say something in return. The only episodes where Archibald doesn't talk at the end of the opening, appear the in Bob's House segments, or the stories and silly songs shown during the episode, are Rack, Shack and Benny and An Easter Carol Part 2.
If you saw any of these stories on TV, please give their videos your user rating to verify increased exposure. In the Steve of time between LarryBoy and the Bad Apple and The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything, Big Idea got the rights to repurpose and rebroadcast their VeggieTales videos on TV, which was also 10 years since the first time VeggieTales was broadcast on network television with The VeggieTales Christmas Spectacular in 1998, on NBC. The first half had various characters singing songs while Bob went to look for The Toy That Saved Christmas, and the second half had Bob finally find The Toy That Saved Christmas to show us. However, in the TV version, the silly song where Larry waits for Santa Claus was already played earlier, so there is no Silly Song break in The Toy That Saved Christmas. I watched some episodes of VeggieTales on TV on the after-school Qubo block of Ion. It had 26 episodes from 2006 to 2008. The 4 episodes of LarryBoy: The Cartoon Adventures also aired on Qubo during that time, and they were already fit for a half-hour block, each being 21 minutes. Here, I list every VeggieTales movie in the order their stories were broadcast on TV, when they were broadcast, and which episode of which they were a part. OGA stands for Original Airing. Broadcasting VeggieTales on TV was always a big problem for NBC and Ion because they were religiously neutral networks. While they usually don't delete references to God in the original stories, that is the reason why Bob's House segments do not end with Bob and Larry saying "God made you special...and He loves you very much."
The wonderful thing about old VeggieTales videos being broadcast on traditional weekly TV are, it hardly costs any money or time to animate new material, because only 3 minutes per episode of new scenes at Bob's house need to be animated. Usually, you can tell by the animation what year the story originally came out. For example, Dave and the Giant Pickle, coming out in 1995, looks far different from the scenes at Bob's house in 2006. I still like that the TV broadcasts kept the two countertop scenes in the middle of the story when Larry as LarryBoy asked Bob a question about the story he told about Dave. Sometimes, the stories are too short to fill a 23-minute time block, and that is when a Silly Song with Larry, or one of the Auto-tainment songs, is randomly chosen to pad out the rest of the episode. After Jonah: A VeggieTales movie, the writers stopped confining their stories to 30-40 minutes and allowed them to run a bit longer. While it was helpful for 23-minute episodes for some videos to have two different stories (see A Snoodle's Tale, The Search for Samson's Hairbrush and Sheerluck Holmes), you really need to check the original runtime on VHS/DVD to know if it's too long or too short for TV. I also think it's kind of interesting to see how different stories from different videos can cover the same themes. All The Bananas (King George and the Ducky) and Lyle the Kindly Viking both teach us about sharing, or Babysitter in DeNile (Duke and the Great Pie War) and The Story of Flibber-O-Loo (Are You My Neighbor?) both teach us about caring for family and neighbors.
Whenever a part of a video is aired on TV, the whole credits and cast list are played, which gets very confusing when you mesh segments of two or three things together, and the whole cast from every segment of the original video needs to be listed. For example, The Gourds Must Be Crazy from Are You My Neighbor, The Forgive-O-Matic from God Wants Me To Forgive Them, and His Cheeseburger from Madame Blueberry are all broadcast in the same 23 minutes despite having only pieces of same theme in common. The Bob's House segments list no voice cast of their own, but that is okay because they only have 7 characters and 3 voice actors total in those segments and the TV theme song.
Phil Vischer as Bob the Tomato, Pa Grape, Archibald Asparagus, Jimmy Gourd, Mr. Lunt
Mike Nawrocki as Larry the Cucumber
Lisa Pautz as Junior Asparagus
In addition to Bob and Larry hosting, Pa Grape also has a different speaking part in every episode to comment on Archibald's sweater. Sometimes Archibald would say something in return. The only episodes where Archibald doesn't talk at the end of the opening, appear the in Bob's House segments, or the stories and silly songs shown during the episode, are Rack, Shack and Benny and An Easter Carol Part 2.
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- DirectorMike NawrockiStarsPhil VischerMike NawrockiJim PooleLarry the Cucumber is detective dynamo Sheerluck Holmes and Bob the Tomato his venerable sidekick Dr. Watson. Together their superlative powers of observation and forensic fortitude can solve any crime. But because Sheerluck takes all the credit for the pair's sleuthing savvy, the missing Golden Ruler -- the most valuable and prized treasure in all of Buckingham Palace -- may never be recovered. Will Sheerluck remember the all-important golden rule in time to rescue the ruler and save his friendship? Find out in the nail-biting VeggieTales mystery Sheerluck Holmes and the Golden Ruler. Plus! See Archibald Asparagus as Don Quixote in "The Asparagus of La Mancha." And! The inspiring new Silly Song with Larry, "Gated Community." Featuring the brand new Silly Song Gated CommunityOGA March 11, 2006
Episode 1: The Asparagus of LaMancha teaches Lucy to stick by Sarah when the other girls think she is too weird. (September 9, 2006)
Episode 2: Sheerluck Holmes and the Golden Ruler teaches Felix to treat Chester the way he wants to be treated instead of punching him back. (September 16, 2006) - DirectorTim HodgeStarsPhil VischerMike NawrockiLisa VischerLarry the Cucumber stars as Minnesota Cuke, adventurer extraordinary. Follow Cuke around the world as he searches for the legendary Hairbrush of Samson on a race to keep it from his arch nemeses, Professor Rattan!OGA June 25, 2005
Episode 3: Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Samson's Hairbrush teaches Pete to be nice to Marvin so Marvin will stop bullying him and become a friend. (September 23, 2006)
Episode 6: Bully Trouble is Bob's second attempt to teach Gwyneth why she should not be afraid of the dentist. The Robin Hood reprise at the end of the story was cut for time. (October 14, 2006) - DirectorMike NawrockiStarsMike NawrockiPhil VischerLisa VischerKing George, unlike most kings, spends most of his time in the bathtub, playing with his favorite toy - a rubber ducky. But George isn't satisfied with just his rubber ducky - he wants all the duckies! The king learns a lesson in humility from his brave soldier Thomas, whose ducky George had stolen. Eventually, George faces his sin and learns that it's always important to share with others.OGA April 1, 2000
Episode 4: All the Bananas is Larry's first attempt to teach Danny why he should share his donut. (September 30, 2006)
Episode 10: King George and the Ducky teaches Alex why he should share his blocks with the other kids instead of building something big with all the blocks. (November 11, 2006)
Episode 13: Endangered Love is the Silly Song break in the middle of A Snoodle's Tale. - DirectorsTim HodgeMarc VulcanoStarsMike NawrockiPhil VischerLisa VischerWhen Archibald Asparagus takes over VeggieTales, he does this episode in a classy way. The "Silly Song with Larry" involves takes place in the thirties, with Larry trying to protect his top hat from being squashed, and singing in Sinatra-like tunes. The episode's entire story is supposedly a lost Gilbert and Sullivan musical, which Archibald learns at the end was just a prank script. It involves a friendly young viking who continually leaves the ship with some money and returns with an empty bag. When two other vikings are sent to find out what's going on, they learn he is returning what they stole to the monks. But should they tell their superior, if it'll get Lyle executed?OGA March 27, 2001
Episode 4: Lyle the Kindly Viking is Bob's second attempt to teach Danny why he should share his donut. (September 30, 2006)
Episode 5: Larry's High Silk Hat is the Silly Song break in the middle of The Strange Case of Dr. Jiggle and Mr. Sly. - DirectorsMike NawrockiMarc VulcanoStarsMike NawrockiJim PoolePhil VischerAfter returning home from what was supposed to be a Danish-immersion camp, Larry the Cucumber meets up with Bob the Tomato for a series of sketches dealing with self-esteem, along with a Silly Song segment. In the first, "The Strange Case of Dr. Jiggle and Mr. Sly," Scooter the Carrot and Larry investigate the appearances of a flashy, disco-dancing gourd in the dark streets of London. Then Larry and a female friend team up for the Silly Song "Sport Utility Vehicle," which pokes fun at preppy SUV owners who dream of using their rugged vehicles for more than just trips to the doughnut shop. After the song, the title segment follows (in Dr. Seuss-style rhyming verse) the morality tale of a winged creature called a Snoodle, who learns his true self-worth during a mountaintop journey. As a special bonus, the similarly-Seussian "The Story of Flibber-o-loo," from "VeggieTales: Are You My Neighbor (1999) (V)", ends the video.OGA May 18, 2004
Episode 5: The Strange Case of Dr. Jiggle and Mr. Sly teaches Stacy why she and Larry should not be ashamed of looking different from everyone else. (October 7, 2006)
Episode 13: A Snoodle's Tale teaches Bartholomew why he should not give up on playing anything after he was called a doofus because he was terrible at soccer. (November 25, 2006) - DirectorsMike NawrockiChristopher HickmanKeith LangoStarsMike NawrockiPhil VischerRon SmithWhat's "Auto-tainment?" Frankly, we don't know. But Larry the Cucumber is pretty sure it involves an automated set from the future, singing robotic children and some of your favorite veggies performing bizarre renditions of classic songs like "Zaccheus," "Hole in the Bottom of the Sea" and Gilbert & Sullivan's "Modern Major General." All that and a whole lot more ... plus Bob and Larry learn that God still loves them even when the future doesn't work out quite the way they had hoped.OGA May 20, 2003
Episode 5: When The Strange Case of Dr. Jiggle and Mr. Sly is 3 minutes short, Bob asks Lisa Junior to play There's A Hole In The Bottom of the Sea after he returned the video, because "The bottom of the sea is a very special place." In the credits, Junior claims "I can burp the ABCs." before Bob says "Uh, this isn't that kind of show." (October 7, 2006)
Episode 13: Binky the Opera Singer appears after Larry asks Jimmy if he had a dream about a giant bagel, and Jimmy says "No, but I had a dream about an aardvark singing opera, if you can picture that." Modern Major General appears after Archibald says Bartholomew could abandon soccer and take up musical theater. (November 25, 2006) - DirectorMike NawrockiStarsPhil VischerMike NawrockiTim HodgeWhen Larry goes out of town during production to help some needy kids, he runs into trouble. Frustrated, he calls Bob to say that he's giving up and coming home. Bob and "Lutfi" (a small cucumber sock puppet performed by Khalil the caterpillar) show a series of skits to help Larry learn the value of perseverence.OGA August 31, 2004
Episode 6: Going Up is Larry's first attempt to teach Gwyneth why she should not be afraid of the dentist. Schoolhouse Polka is the Silly Song break in the middle of Bully Trouble. (October 14, 2006)
Episode 7: Sumo of the Opera teaches Maria why she should finish drawing a big picture. The song A Sumo Can't Go Wrong was cut for time. (October 21, 2006) - DirectorTim HodgeStarsPhil VischerMike NawrockiCydney TrentWhen the armies of Rhubarb go to battle against the Kingdom of Scone, The Great Pie War breaks out and things get really messy. Sweet Petunia, a charming young rhubarb, is forced to flee her homeland and live in a tree stump in a foreign land. When the Duke learns of the Princess's plight, he risks his life to help her and learns that true love means thinking of others first. Filled with serf music, Three Dog Knights, hurling catapults of slime and loads of silliness, Duke and the Great Pie War delivers a royal lesson in loving your family. Plus, Laura the Carrot stars in Baby Sitter In DeNile - a charming retelling of the story of Miriam and Moses.OGA March 5, 2005
Episode 8: Babysitter in DeNile shows Mr. Lunt why we should look out for others, when he is the substitute mailman for Jimmy since Jerry is sick. (October 28, 2006)
Episode 9: Duke and the Great Pie War teaches Rodney about true love. The opening song, Ballad of the Pie War, was cut for time. (November 4, 2006)
Episode 15: The Blues with Larry is the Silly Song break in the middle of Dave and the Giant Pickle. - DirectorsPhil VischerChris OlsenStarsG. BockMike NawrockiChris OlsenTwo stories, told by the VeggieTales gang, talk about why it's important to love your neighbor. "The Story of Flibber-O-Loo": The inhabitants of the towns Flibber-O-Loo and Jibberty-Lot, who are constantly fighting, attempt to make peace with each other. "The Gourds Must Be Crazy": The USS Applepies is in the path of a giant meteor! Scooter and Junior Asparagus frantically work to fix the ship's engines, but will they rely on oddball crewmembers Jimmy and Jerry Gourd to help them?OGA March 28, 1995
Episode 8: The Story of Flibber-O-Loo shows Larry why we should take care of more people than just our brothers and sisters. (October 28, 2006)
Episode 23: The Gourds Must Be Crazy, on a letter-free day, teaches us why we should love our neighbors. (February 16, 2008) - DirectorMike NawrockiStarsDan AndersonMegan Moore BurnsShelby MorimotoLet your kids spend a little time with Madame Blueberry and the rest of the Veggies and they'll learn that "being greedy makes you grumpy -- but a thankful heart is a happy heart!OGA July 21, 1998
Episode 11: Madame Blueberry teaches Ricky why he doesn't need to pick out every toy he wants at the toy store. The first 32 seconds with the butterfly and trees, the last verse of I'm So Blue, an extra 34 seconds before Larry sees the Stuff-Mart, an extra 40 seconds before the Stuff-Mart Rap, 18 seconds of Madame Blueberry, Larry and Bob hopping to the Stuff-Mart with the three scallion salesmen, 15 seconds where Madame Blueberry, Larry and Bob enter the Stuff-Mart, 18 seconds where the spectacle makes Madame Blueberry woozy, 40 seconds in the middle of Madame Blueberry's shopping montage, 16 seconds in the middle of Bob and Madame Blueberry's rush to the treehouse when the air compressor made it wobble side to side, and 23 seconds when Madame Blueberry started singing the thankfulness song were cut for time. (November 18, 2006)
Episode 23: His Cheeseburger appears to pad out the episode after The Gourds Must Be Crazy, after which Larry makes a remark about Mr. Lunt loving that cheeseburger to relate it to the episode's topic about love. - DirectorTim HodgeStarsMike NawrockiPhil VischerCynthia WestLarryboy, Alfred, and many other citizens of Bumblyburg must face the temptations of the Bad Apple.OGA July 29, 2006
Episodes 12 & 14: These don't really have any Bob's House TV segments to teach someone about temptation. It was played as two episodes on TV with the opening theme song of LarryBoy: The Cartoon Adventures. (November 18/November 25, 2006) - DirectorsPhil VischerMike NawrockiStarsPhil VischerMike NawrockiChris OlsenThe Biblical story of David and Goliath, with a cast of vegetables.OGA April 2, 1996
Episode 15: Dave and the Giant Pickle teaches Jacob that he can do big things even though he is little. (December 2, 2006) - DirectorsTim HodgeMike NawrockiStarsMike NawrockiJim PooleJacquelyn RitzThe Veggie Tales gang tells the story of Joseph and his brothers, set in a Ponderosa-like Western ranch.OGA August 5, 2003
Episode 16: The Ballad of Little Joe teaches John to forgive his big brother when his big brother apologizes for being mean to him. 31 seconds of Little Joe telling his brothers to put the sheets in groups, 2 seconds of the stacked sheep looking back, 3 seconds of Joe getting pushed down by the Desperados, 34 seconds before we see Little Joe at the Rootin' Tootin' Pizza Palace, the first verse of I'm Blue, 36 seconds when McPotiphar makes Little Joe Employee of the Month, 7 seconds of Little Joe's face when he goes to jail, the second Little Joe song, the next scene where Bob asks Little Joe "If God is really good, why is this stuff happening to you?" the first dodgeball avalanche, 13 seconds before Mayor Nezzer wakes up and screams, 7 seconds before he asks "Is there anyone in Dodgeball City who can interpret dreams?" 7 seconds when Archie mentions his disorganized sock drawer, 19 seconds of the 7-year food-packing montage, 28 seconds when we see Little Joe's family again after 8 years, an extra 13 seconds when the 10 pea brothers approach Little Joe, 6 seconds when Little Joe bumps into a door after he puts on his bandana, and 3 seconds when Little Joe blows his nose were cut for time. (October 6, 2007) - DirectorsPhil VischerMike NawrockiStarsDan AndersonKristin BlegenMike NawrockiA classic Bible story from the book of Daniel is brought to life by Big Idea Productions. Rack, Shack, and Benny work in a factory that makes chocolate bunnies, owned by Nebbie K. Nezzer (a la King Nebuchadnezzar). His obsession with the bunnies leads him to build a giant one. Anyone who doesn't bow down and worship is fed to the furnace, where the "bad bunnies" go. While most employees worship it, Rack, Shack, and Benny cling to their Christian faith.OGA November 28, 1995
Episode 17: Rack, Shack and Benny teaches Stacy what to do if she has a hard time obeying her parents when she will lose a friend by not doing things she knows are wrong. The first 42 seconds when George introduces the characters and the 16 seconds when George mentions the surprise for Rack, Shack and Benny, 15 seconds of Laura driving through the vents of the chocolate factory with Rack, Shack and Benny, and Nebby saying "God has saved you from the fiery furnace." were cut for time. (October 20, 2007) - DirectorsChris OlsenPhil VischerStarsMike NawrockiTim GregoryPhil VischerWhen Junior asparagus breaks his Dad's bowling plate, Junior lies about it, then Junior lies more until he can't stop. And his friend fib, grows big and takes over Bumblyburg!OGA April 22, 1997
Episode 18: The Fib From Outer Space taught Olivia why she should tell the truth about breaking the cookie jar. The first 42 seconds before Jimmy and Jerry's lab, Alfred saying "I've fallen and I can't get up!" 11 seconds of the main title, 9 seconds of Junior and Fib hopping down the sidewalk, LarryBoy mentioning a kid with green hair and a dog that can whistle, 12 seconds of LarryBoy complaining about looking around Bumblyburg for too long, 78 seconds of Scooter's police car and Larry playing Candy Land with Alfred, 10 seconds before Alfred mentions his modifications to the LarryMobile, 10 seconds where Laura thinks LarryBoy fell asleep, 6 seconds when Percy thought honking was part of the plan, and 17 seconds before Alfred says "The monster is a lie" were cut for time. (November 3, 2007) - DirectorMike NawrockiStarsJessica KaplanPamela ThomasPhil VischerA VeggieTales of Queen Esther and her struggle to save her people from being sent to the Island of Perpetual Tickling (IPT) by her husband the king.OGA October 3, 2000
Episode 19: Esther, the Girl Who Became Queen teaches Elise to have the courage to not get beat up by a group of mean kids who hate her for following the rules. The first scene of the queen getting thrown out before the main title (though she and Miss Acmetha are still credited in the TV broadcast despite having their scenes edited out), Esther and Mordecai's introductory scene in Babylon before Haman's car arrives, a 108 second-portion of Esther singing to God to know why she has to be a queen and Miss Acmetha singing The Puppy Song (the in-story replacement for Silly Songs With Larry), 67 seconds before Bigthan Peaoni gives King Xerxes his cake, 31 seconds when The Grim Tickler takes away Bigthan and Theresa Peaoni, the first 30 seconds of Haman's Song, the middle 60 seconds of Haman's Song, 23 seconds before King Xerxes banishes Mordecai's family, 9 seconds before Mordecai finds the Banished! poster, 51 seconds when Mordecai warns Esther they will be banished, 47 seconds before Mordecai says "Esther, you never have to be afraid to do what's right." 367 seconds where Esther sings the two songs she sang before, invites Xerxes and Haman to dinner, and invites them to dinner again, 5 seconds when Haman tells Mordecai he will work in Chuckle City in 2 days, 20 seconds when we see Haman's question card from the first dinner and Larry reads King Xerxes yesterday's records, 18 seconds when The Grim Tickler takes Haman away, and the last 10 seconds of Esther's final zoom-out shot were cut for time. (December 8, 2007)
Jeepers! It must have been exhausting to cut the original 36-minute video's length in half to speed up the pacing for a 23-minute time limit on TV. I understand cutting out a repeat of Esther's two iconic songs, and trimming fat before Esther's second invite to dinner as well as a few other scenes that linger, but you cut out the best parts with The Grim Tickler! - DirectorsChris OlsenPhil VischerMike NawrockiStarsDan AndersonLesley BenodinKristin BlegenThe town of Dinkletown is spoiled by Mr. Nezzer's toy company, because Mr. Nezzer convinced everyone that Christmas is when you get stuff. When Mr. Nezzer makes the new toy Buzz-Saw Louie everyone wants one. But one brave Buzz-Saw Louie decides that getting is not the true meaning of Christmas, and he is determined to find what is.OGA October 22, 1996
Episode 20: The Toy That Saved Christmas teaches Jodi that giving is better than receiving on Christmas. The first 82 seconds before George starts telling Annie his Christmas story, 23 seconds of George driving his mail truck over the main title, 4 seconds of the delivery penguin going down the mail chute, 13 seconds where Junior and Percy repeated phrases they heard from Buzz-Saw-Louie's nose, 24 seconds where Bob wanted to play Mouse Trap and Larry saw the broken Puggslyville bridge, the first 7 seconds of kids bawling about Buzz-Saw Louie, 3 seconds of transition to the Nezzer toy factory, 16 seconds of Bob, Junior, Larry and Louie hopping past a penguin washing dishes, 19 seconds of them hiding from a penguin, and 246 seconds when Wally P. Nezzer and the penguins rescue Bob, Junior, Larry and Louie from the broken Puggslyville bridge were cut for time. (December 15, 2007)
Hey, they cut out all the good parts! People who only saw this on TV - (at Bob's house in 2007 and 2008) will never get to know the comedy of getting to imagine a pig and a giant lizard at a bowling alley, children repeating false Christmas messages they heard on TV, Bob, Junior and Larry hiding from security penguins, or a rescue mission chase through a delivery chute. Watch the VeggieTales Christmas Spectacular from December 21, 1998 instead. As a 46-minute broadcast with commercials, it had enough time to show the full 27-minute presentation on Ion, and include Larry's 5-minute Silly Song where he waits for Santa Claus to come. - DirectorPhil VischerStarsMike NawrockiPhil VischerG. BockAny rumors caught your ear lately? Junior Asparagus and Laura Carrot start spreading rumors when they took a figure of speech too literally, which spread over Bumblyburg like a weed - threatening to engulf the whole town. Even Larry-Boy was helpless against the Rumor Weed. Thankfully, Dad Asparagus saves the day when he arrives and convinces the town that God doesn't want us to tell stories that hurt people; He wants us to spread nice words.OGA July 27, 1999
Episode 21: LarryBoy and the Rumor Weed teaches Catherine to not spread a rumor that isn't true, and apologize to Sally. The first 158 1/2 seconds before LarryBoy catches Scallion #3, 72 1/2 seconds of the LarryBoy theme song and Alfred's dinner party story, 142 seconds with Rumor Weeds spreading the Alfred robot rumor and Larry finding one of those weeds before Alfred called him inside for a call from Madame Blueberry, 3 seconds near the end of The Rumor Weed Song, 8 seconds when Alfred says these weeds don't get energy from sunlight, 28 seconds when Alfred explains how the Larry-Satellite tracks the weeds and LarryBoy says "Bumblyburg will be really weedy!" 6 seconds of LarryBoy's Larry-Mobile driving out of the Larry-Cave, 9 seconds where LarryBoy says "But I thought the weed was under the ground." 5 1/2 seconds when LarryBoy says "Hey, my wings! I need those!" 2 1/2 seconds when LarryBoy says "Alfred! Are you insane?" 22 seconds of a joke in which LarryBoy misunderstands Alfred's definition of boring, 61 seconds when Scooter drives away from Alfred and LarryBoy's weed weapons drop blue powder, 11 1/3 seconds of an odd pan transition up from the sky to the sewers, 10 1/2 seconds of the little rumor weed next to the giant mother rumor weed talking to LarryBoy and a LB transition, and 6 seconds when a scallion remembers Alfred changing his tire and a pickle mother remembers Alfred carrying her groceries were cut for time. (December 29, 2007) - DirectorsTim HodgeBrian RobertsStarsMike NawrockiPhil VischerRachael PittsCan a few good veggies stand against an army of thousands? Can a nation be defended by horns and flashlights? Find out in the hilarious new adventure from VeggieTales, Gideon Tuba Warrior. It's a tale of courage and trust as a reluctant , tuba playing warrior takes on an army of excessively hairy pickles!OGA November 4, 2006
Episode 22: Gideon Tuba Warrior teaches Mary to trust in God's plan for her Grandma. The second verse in The Great I AM and 22 seconds of Gideon's small-scale model of the Midianite field were cut for time. (February 9, 2008) - DirectorsPhil VischerChris OlsenStarsDan AndersonG. BockHeidi LandisTwo great stories on forgiveness! "The Grapes of Wrath" features Junior Asparagus as the hapless target of teasing from a bunch of cranky grapes! Junior learns that forgiveness is the best choice, even when people aren't being nice to you! "Larry's Lagoon" is the story of a three hour cruise that takes a turn for the worst when first mate Larry absentmindedly crashes into an uncharted tropical island. Will Skipper Bob be able to forgive Larry for making such a huge blunder?OGA November 1, 1994
Episode 23: The Forgive-O-Matic Silly Commercial appears to pad out the episode after The Gourds Must Be Crazy.
Note: This is the only time anything from the first two videos was used in a Bob's House episode. They never dug into the main stories. Maybe they didn't want to show such primitive early 1990s animation on late 2000s television for longer than 3 minutes. - DirectorBrian RobertsStarsMike NawrockiPhil VischerLisa VischerThe biblical story of Moses told as a Western by means of talking vegetables.OGA March 3, 2007
Episodes 24 & 25: Moe and the Big Exit teaches Matt how important it is to follow directions when he doesn't want to go back to a store for model airplane directions. In Part 1, 17 seconds of Moe running away from a bear and Moe singing Home on the Range while he was stuck in the well were cut for time. (February 23/March 1, 2008) - DirectorsChris OlsenPhil VischerMike NawrockiStarsKurt HeineckeTim JohnsonMike NawrockiThe Israelites are trying to get to the promised land, but first they must pass through Jericho, which is guarded by...the French Peas. Also, some of Joshua's charges have their own ideas on how to get past the walled city. Will Joshua listen to God's directions, or will he try to do things his way?OGA November 18, 1997
Episode 26: Josh and the Big Wall teaches Alice to obey her teacher's rules when everybody else disobeys them by running to the playground. Josh asking Bob "Do I know you?" to which Bob says "I'm the narrator." 48 seconds where the French Peas make fun of Josh before the second time he says "I'm a cucumber", 14 seconds where the Israelites walk away from Jericho, 8 seconds before Junior says "Wow. Those were very interesting directions!" 7 seconds where Jimmy says "Our God told us to do it this way." 8 seconds where Jimmy says "I've got Slushee in my ear." and Jimmy's last lines "Boy, did I pick a lousy day to wear my contacts!" and "Does anybody have any saline?" were cut for time. (March 8, 2008) - DirectorTim HodgeStarsDan AndersonTim HodgeTracy JohnsonAn adaptation of A Christmas Carol, set on Easter and starring Mr. Nezzer.OGA February 10, 2004
Episodes 27 & 28: An Easter Carol teaches Louis about having hope for tomorrow. In Part 1, 66 seconds of Reverend Gilbert telling his son Edmund that they need to have hope and Moyer telling Laura about Ebenezer tearing down the church, 10 seconds of Moyer walking Laura back to St. Michael's Orphanage, 11 seconds of Ebenezer drinking tea and trying to stay awake, and 26 seconds of Millward hoisting Cavis up and avoiding the constable were cut for time. In Part 2, 10 seconds of Seymour questioning Easter with plastic eggs and Hope's Song were cut for time. (March 15/March 22, 2008)
Note: An Easter Carol is a sequel to The Star of Christmas, which, four years prior to the series at Bob the Tomato's house, aired on PBS for 1 hour. It was the second time VeggieTales had been broadcast on network TV in December, the first time being The Toy That Saved Christmas on NBC in 1998. Like these regular episodes, The Toy That Saved Christmas had other animation made for TV broadcasts surrounding it. Other veggies put on other Christmas-related musical numbers, and this episode's Silly Song, Oh Santa, was played a lot earlier in the show, but since it was a full-hour broadcast, the VeggieTales Christmas Spectacular had time to include the whole story. Oh Santa was reused as a Silly Song Break for the 2002 PBS broadcast of The Star of Christmas from.
If you tried to make more Bob's House episodes out of every 4:3 episode (from before the second movie), all 26 episodes that are not the 4 silly song karaoke episodes and Auto-tainment, I can verify that Big Idea could indeed make an additional 10 half-hour episodes for a total 38. 39 if you put together Bob's Vacation and Lessons From the Sock Drawer. For starters, The Star of Christmas, Lord of the Rings, and The Wonderful Wizard of Ha's can each make 2 episodes. But I can also imagine four other combinations of different stories and Silly/Autotainment songs.
-Omelet, the silly song Pizza Angel, and The Story of George Mueller can make up an episode about asking for help when you need food. After telling the story of George Mueller starring his great-grandfather, Simon, Pa Grape shows us the Auto-tainment song Erie Canal to tell us another tale of his travels.
-Tales From The Crisper and The Grapes of Wrath are both stories that Junior could tell somebody who is afraid of somebody picking on them.
-Larry's Lagoon is something Larry could show a kid whose parents are mad at them for breaking their car, and teach them to ask for forgiveness. In the middle of the story, The Dance of the Cucumber would come to pad out the time. After Larry's Lagoon, Larry would play another Silly Song, Sport Utility Vehicle, to show us another one of his silly travels.
-Daniel and the Lion's Den and Lutfi's Fanciful Flannelgraph (The Story of Saint Patrick) would both teach us about people who were kidnapped, but always prayed to God to keep them safe and it helped them overcome adversity.
With all the 16:9 videos, if I imagined them being episodes, most of them could be long enough for 2 episodes, but I also thought of putting together Lenny and the Lost Birthday and Snooderella, and pairing Abe and the Amazing Promise with The Little House That Stood, each from the four videos with two stories.
At the end of the 1 1/2-year run of VeggieTales on TV, 20 out of 26 films got their stories broadcast on TV in 28 episodes. If Prince Omelet and The Story of George Mueller were paired for an episode, it would be 21. We covered just almost everything from Are You My Neighbor? To Moe and the Big Exit. The only Tales between them which were not aired at Bob's house are The Star of Christmas, Lord of the Beans and The Wonderful Wizard of Ha's. While I can do without seeing The Star of Christmas, and Lisa Junior Asparagus's shortened remakes (XD) of Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and The Wizard of Oz on TV, I am very disappointed that nobody made an episode out of the shorter first stories preceding Lyle and Gideon. I am sure somebody thought about it, but apparently Qubo's second 13-episode order with uneven 6:7 halves was sadly 1 too short. As I said, the Pizza Angel Silly Song and Pa Grape's Erie Canal song would fit right in to fill the time after each story, which make up 13 minutes together. Since Season 3 was 7 episodes, this could have been put at the middle of Season 2 to make that 7 instead of 6. Prince Omlet/Pizza Angel/George Mueller/Erie Canal should have been the 4th episode of Season 2, and aired on November 17, 2007.
