Atheists for Veggie Tales!

[TXlib]

It's Christian-themed, but it doesn't generally beat you over the head with Christianity. They are very entertaining, the songs are catchy, the animation is quite good, and they teach nice moral lessons that, for the most part, I think are universal.

Their stories tend to fall into either retelling biblical tales (Jonah, Ester, which my kids have), and general morality plays (Madame Blueberry), which are tied to a biblical quote. They also have Silly Songs with Larry, which is just pure fun, with no religious overtones at all.

Who else likes Veggie Tales?

(Yes, I have two small daughters, 4.5 and 2.25 years old. I don't watch this stuff for myself...)

[supernova]

1. Oh no! TXLib has been harvested!

:D

Yeah! I like Veggie Tales. Trying to get my niece to like them, I like VT better than The Wiggles! :P

[TXlib]

6. How have I been "harvested"?

[supernova]

12. Poor attempt

at humor. :-) Sorry.

[mac56]

2. I think they're great.

The religiosity isn't overblown at all.

One episode featured the story of a "kind Viking" which was a great spoof of Gilbert and Sullivan! I laughed fiendishly.

[Doctor Pedantic]

3. Love Them!

My favorite is the Silly Songs with Larry interlude in the Toy that Saved Christmas. The viking appears there and sings about coming to steal your horses, and burn your crops, and soil your quilts....

Just absurd, hysterical humor.

Oh, and I happen to be a Christian, so I don't mind the religious elements at all!

[MiddleRiverRefugee]

4. Avowed VT fan here!

Mr. Lunt and "The Cheeseburger Song" just flat git it in my book.

The DVD's are pretty interesting because you get to hear from the two founders of VT, and their influences are much wider than you'd expect at first. Regular references to Monty Python, Tim Burton, and the Coen brothers, of all people.

As a rule I have always believed that form Carl Sandburg to Tom Frank and beyond, one can find the finest writers in America somewhere in the state of Illinois. And I'm not even from there..

[cspiguy]

5. VT's are VERY well made.

kudos to their creators - wierd but cool folks.

[muchacho]

7. Screw Veggie Tales

Give me Boobah!

http://www.boohbah.com/

[Sequoia]

8. Ester is about an old sex fiend

marrying a young girl. Of all the stories they could've done and they did this one. My child got it as a Christmas gift but I gave it away. In the Biblical account the old king wanted his first wife to parade around before the other crusty old men at a party and she said no (Can't expose my breast you know, FCC and all that) so he had her killed and married Ester. That VT shows a crusty old guy marrying a young woman and the fundies think the rest of us are preverts! Another tale of keeping "women in line".

Madame B was cool and the characters are cute but sometimes the message is a bit much.

[redqueen]

10. There's so much misogynistic stuff in the bible

I still like VT, though, as do my kids. :)

[supernova]

14. The Story of Esther

is also one of speaking truth to power to prevent a pogrom. It's really a celebration of Esther's bravery.

[tsakshaug]

9. The Bunny

the bunny .... the bunny.. I love the bunny

[sniffa]

11. the simpsons take on it

"might yamseys, my peopLe grow weary of buiLding your food pyramid. Let my pickLes go!!"

[JohnKleeb]

13. it was in my three year old brother's phase

and come to think of it, we leave for Florida on his birthday, hes not three yet actualy but what the heck.

[Doctor Pedantic]

15. Three year old brother?

Geez, my youngest child is three and a half, and I've got a sister who's 51. Thanks for making me feel so old at 38....