Underplayed Gems

VeggieTales (1993)

VeggieTales poster
Genre
children's television series, comedy television series
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 51 episodes
Rated
TV-Y7
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 31 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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The catalogue in 3D

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How it feels

Animated vegetables act out Bible stories and teach moral lessons. Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber lead a cast of characters in short episodes that often parody popular culture.

lightheartedwhimsicaleducationalmoralplayfulcheerfulsimplefamily-friendly

What happens

VeggieTales is an American Christian CGI-animated series and multimedia franchise created by Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki under Big Idea Entertainment. The series stars Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber leading a variety of anthropomorphic vegetables as they retell stories from the Bible and parody pop culture while also teaching life lessons according to a biblical world view. One of the earliest computer animated franchises, it was first released in 1993 on VHS, as a direct-to-video series, and later on DVD and Blu-ray through to 2015. The success of the videos led to multiple spin-off television series, such as VeggieTales on TV!, which ran on NBC from 2006 to 2009, two Netflix series that debuted in 2014 and 2017, and a series produced by Trinity Broadcasting Network in 2019. Two films were released: Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (2002) and The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie (2008). The success of the animations helped establish a franchise of related media, including books, music, stage productions, and video games. The series has sold over 16 million books, 7 million music CDs, and 235 million music streams. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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