What Exactly Are the Veggie Tales?
Veggie Tales, created by Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki, is a high quality series of children’s videos that focus on Biblical teachings: stories from the Bible like Dave and the Giant Pickle and Rack, Shack, and Benny, and lessons from the Bible about telling the truth and loving our neighbors. No Veggie Tales video is complete without a bit of silliness, and Larry the Cucumber often enters and does a “silly song” as a sort of intermission during the video. Silly songs revolve around fun-filled topics such as “Where is My Hairbrush?”, “I love My Lips,” and “The Yodeling Veterinarian of the Alps.” (WARNING: These songs all have catchy tunes, and you may find yourself singing “If my lips ever left my mouth, packed their bags and headed south, I’d be so sad…” – it can bring on funny looks from passers-by!) The main emcees and “actors” in each story are Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber (actually fruits, as Bob will tell you in their online interview, but “Fruit Tales” just wasn’t as
