Note: This is a four-part series. See also: Part I, Part III, Part IV
We all know VeggieTales as those loveable fruits and vegetables who teach children about life lessons and God. “The Complete Silly Song Collection” is a four-disc collection of songs from other VeggieTales videos. It will make you and your child laugh, sing, and dance while learning all about the right things to do.
The second disc in this collection is “The End of Silliness?” This silly songs video tells the story of Larry the Cucumber and his “Silly Songs with Larry” segment that is usually shown at the end of every VeggieTales video. Apparently when there was a disaster with one segment (“Song of the Cebu”), Archibald Asparagus became quite aggravated. He then decided to cancel “Silly Songs with Larry.” The video takes you and your child through the adventures and misadventures that Larry encountered on his way to this sad tale.
This video begins with Larry sleeping in a booth in a diner. He is having a nightmare of some sort, of which we see flashes. The worker there (played by Jimmy Gourd) talks to him when he awakes and tries to ask what is wrong. Larry promptly tells him to play a selection on the jukebox.
“Song of the Cebu” takes us to where Larry is screening slides of a vacation where he met a bull and the bull’s cousin — a cebu. During the screening there is a mishap, and Archibald Asparagus decides that he must “speak to Bob about this.” That is where the trouble begins for Larry.
After this first scene, the rest of the video takes you through other silly songs and songs that offer lessons. “Thankfulness Song” is a little prayer thanking God for everything in life. “Big Things Too” comes from “Dave and the Giant Pickle” where Junior Asparagus plays David facing Goliath, and he sings about God helping the little guy. The “Cheeseburger Song” (otherwise known as “His Cheeseburger”) comes in where Archibald Asparagus decides that “Silly Songs with Larry” has been canceled and replaced with “Love Songs with Mr. Lunt.”
The whole video is fun for the entire family. Not only will your child have fun dancing and singing along with the Veggies, but you will enjoy watching your child.
“VeggieTales: The Complete Silly Song Collection” is available for purchase at Best Buy, Amazon, and various Christian retailers for approximately $30-35. “The End of Silliness?” is also available for purchase by itself.
For more information about VeggieTales, please visit Big Idea.
Songs and segments included in “The End of Silliness?”
The Diner
VeggieTales Theme Song
Song of the Cebu
Promised Land
Good Morning George
Thankfulness Song
Keep Walking
Big Things Too!
Stuffmart Rap
Cheeseburger Song
The People Have Spoken
The Yodeling Veterinarian of the Alps