Larryboy was intense as fuck

thanks doc

VeggieTales was really quite good. They get a lot of jokes thrown at them for being a Christian show, but they expressed their worldview in the midst of actually enjoyable storytelling and writing. Which is something obviously lacking when you watch a lot of actively Christian aimed media.

>>85811398

This.

I grew up as the son of a Southern Baptist preacher.
And thats really the issue with a lot of christian entertainment.
Thats where they start.

"THIS IS A CHRISTIAN THING okay so what next"

Its even more evident in Christian music.

If something a a part of your life in a significant way and means a lot to you theres no reason the art connected to that should suck entirely.

But so often it does for Christian stuff because they're more interested in "good vibes" and marketing.

The Rumor-weed one was really intense. Especially when LarryBoy went subterranean and there was a giant weed lady there... and his butler accidentally unplugged the computer at a critical moment.

Did anyone else watch the 2D Larryboy cartoons? Like, the one where the guy was in love with a lamp?

Buzz saw louie saves christmas was what got me thinking as a kid that I dont need all the hot shit on tv, just be humble and live within your means, and being with family at christmas is the best part.

>>85811616
>and his butler accidentally unplugged the computer at a critical moment.

I thought communications got cut because the walls in the sewer were too thick so the raido stopped working.

>>85811616
>>85812207
He's mixing up the Giant Fib with the Rumor Weed.

Larryboy had me on the edge of my seat more then any of the Batman cartoons did.

>>85811616
>>85813097
>>85812207
His gun stopped working for some reason and the rumor weed beat the brine out if him. As a little kid, that bothered the hell out of me. I wanted Larry Boy to defeat her. But I guess that had to happen so they could have the proper ending.

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>>85811398
>>85811547
I loved those old veggie tale VHS tapes, they were so comfy. I had the David and Goliath one, the one where they went to space, and the Daniel in the Lions den. I remember loving those tapes a lot, as much as I loved Nickelodeon shows or Cartoon Network's shows.

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>>85811049
I really like the early computer animation of VeggieTales. It's not off putting, but still rudimentary enough to be comfy. The cartoon episode about the angry eyebrows was pretty weird from what I remember.

It was also strangely trippy, I'm about 80% sure Seth Rogen was influenced by it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltG37Bbx1qk
Veggietales is a surprisingly comfy entrance into absurdist humor. What's great is that having it be a Christian thing wasn't constant reverence or 'it's in everything you do' it's more in line with what Jesus did with his stories, he made fables to explain his points.

You never see the parable of the Good Samaritan or the Prodigal Son essentially point to any one God, because it's implicit, and so many stories miss just telling good lessons and an interesting story in favor of explicit signalling.

I think that's why even when I stopped believing, I never got bitter with Christianity or just 'oh I don't like what it's doing' it just didn't connect with me personally as a be-all end all ruleset or dogma. I still appreciate how much of our culture is affected by it as opposed to a Hinduism or Islam affected culture, and am glad, but the origins don't necessarily need to be present in all aspects for me.

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>>85811049
Did you know there was a 2D cartoon spin off series starring Larryboy?
https://youtu.be/6Ug3nchQIPY

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...Veggietales was a Christian thing? Really?

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>>85817183
Holy shit. So this is what nostalgia feels like...

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>>85817998
Yeah... what story did you think Moe and the Big Exit was based off of anyway, Tarzan?
http://www.watchcartoononline.com/veggietales-episode-26-moe-and-the-big-exit

Didn't the new show give him a new suit?

>>85818126
Yeah, that was Veggietales in the House, a Netflix exclusive series, that felt more like bad Disney Afternoon series than something from Veggietales

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This might sound like a bad anecdote, but one of my 3D animation teachers at school did some of the early work for Veggietales. He said that the CEO would visit the studios sometimes, dancing around in his socks and gleefully humming Christian hymns in close proximity of the animators. It pissed them off, which is probably why he left.

>>85811547
MY BROTHER.

Son of Baptist preacher my own self.

> tfw I don't have the heart to explain to my mom why God's Not Dead and the sequel are terrible.

>>85818122
With how I grew up, the only person in my family that I meant that was ever outwardly religious was my grandma, and even then it was only because she had a collection of Angels. So, I never learned about a lot of religious stories until I was like, 14, and even then I still don't know much about them.
I only watched Veggietales because I thought it was good shit.

>>85811049
Those asparagus ladies are kind of cute...

>>85818301
Same story here, senpai.

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>>85818249
>the CEO would visit the studios sometimes, dancing around in his socks and gleefully humming Christian hymns in close proximity of the animators

VEGGIE TAAAAALES VEGGIE TALES

BROCCOLIIIIIII
CELERYYYYYYYY
LIMA BEEEEAAANS

VEGGIE TALES

CAULI FLOOOOOWEEERRRR
SWEET AND SOUR
FOUR AN HOUR

VEGGIE TALES

RUNNNA RIOMAMSNDSNNS VEGGIE TALES

VEGGIE TAAAAAAAAAAALES
*Cucumber with a tuba collapses*

is what I remember

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> tfw blue Fib defeated
> red Fib lands in Bumblyburg

>>85817998
I was you like in 2010

I didn't know it had anything to do with Christianity either, my school just played them for us

>>85811049
It's such a weird occurrence when you think about it.

It's a show about talking food, with religious undertones, and it's actually well put together and reasonably funny.

Bless whoever made these things. They really went the extra mile.

>>85818249
Only somewhat related, but I went to a Christian college. While that was a mistake and most of it was pretty insufferable, the animation department was pretty awesome and our professor was cool as fuck and honestly looked just like Snoop Dogg. My church was randomly cleaning out their old building and came across a Veggietales poster signed by nearly the entire Big Idea staff. Nobody there wanted it so I gave it to my professor and it was pretty fun just how stoked he was.

>>85818608
>FOUR AN HOUR
It's "half an hour", you philistine

>>85819262

Woah, woah, no need to call him FRENCH, anon.

>>85819356
Kek.

>>85819198
>a Veggietales poster signed by nearly the entire Big Idea staff. Nobody there wanted it
what kind of college is this

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so long and goodnight

>>85811398
>>85811547
It's the mark of good "_________ Entertainment" if you don't need to be a part of _________ group to enjoy it.

>>85819508
That butternut squash has seen some shit.

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>inb4 the redesigns
I'm still pissed.

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>>85819508
DAMMIT

>>85819508
The voices are the worst of it honestly. It might just be nostalgia talking but Junior sounds absolutely terrible in comparison to older videos.

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>yfw they keep walking
>yfw its plain to see that their brains are very small

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>>85819508
>MFW when a kid a babysit only watches this version and not the older ones.

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>>85811049
Veggietales was the shit, but I remember these guys also made another show about penguins? Like, they went into outer space, with these weird human kids? Had a catchy as hell theme song.

>>85824467
I remember that show but I have no idea what it's called.

>>85824467
yea 3 2 1 Penguins.

The episode I remember the most was Uncle Bob's Complaining Carnival

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>>85819508

>>85819508
Mike Nelson and Doug TenNapel are writers on the show

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>>85824615
The most I remember is this weird joke about eating kidney pie and the kids spitting it out cause ha ha english people are funny?

Anybody got a rip of the show? I kinda wanna watch it now so I can see if it was any good.

>>85811398
My parents were pretty anti religion, but I still really enjoyed Veggietales.

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>>85811049
God I was looking for some pictures of a background and I see this pop up, this must be as strange as seeing Bob X Larry Fan art.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnhW69FiCAM

Tell me. Do you pray?

You will!

>>85825001
You can find all of them on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMd4At78P_abVIwJCds7I4RIVhcpFphtS
Don't watch anything beyond Planet Tell-A-Lie though. Those are the Qubo episodes, which are absolute shit.

>>85818274

Oh man do I feel that.
My church put up posters had this whole to do about the sequel.

>"Anon! we're going to see gods not dead 2 this thursday you should come you like movies"

I think I was in a bad mood that day and called it a shallow strawman and an affront to film.
Or at least something to that effect.

I do teach a sunday school class to teens.
>tfw Ive Been secretly pushing liberation theology for like 2 years.

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>>85825538
What exactly is the issue with the god's not dead movies? I've never bothered to watch them because I felt like I'd be seeing nothing but theology debates and I'm guessing it ends with the teacher seeing the way and becoming a christian or something silly.

>>85825122
it's all so... oddly fitting.