Welcome to VeggieTales!

I think a lot of people knew that this was the first VeggieTales episode, but some are like, "What's the difference?" A lot. I can just imagine the reaction to this first episode when it was aired how many years ago. You meet Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber, the host of this wonderful show. They warmly welcome you and your little one, "Welcome to VeggieTales!" The also announce that they are there to answer YOUR questions. Who has questions? Kids! Well, this letter happens to be be about being scared. So begins the first episode of our favorite show for us and our little ones!

We finally meet for the first time, a veggie favorite, Junior Asparagus. He's watching "Frankencelery"!!! Mom says time for bed, and maybe he shouldn't watch scary stuff. Junior insists that he isn't scared. But what happens when it appears that monsters are in the closet? Enter Bob and Larry! To this day, I happen to love the song, "God is bigger than the Boogie-Man" just because I personally loved the catchy way it was all played out. Little did I know when I first heard it on Riley's (my daughter) first CD that it was from the very first episode.

But then you are introduced to... BRRR BRR BRRRR!!! (trumpet blast, people!) A SILLY SONG!!! And so we are introduced to "The Water Buffalo Song", the first of so many cherished silly songs that we've come to love and enjoy.

BUT WAIT!!! The show isn't over. Not yet. Another lesson in being scared, this time with the story of Daniel. This time we meet Archibald Asparagus as King Darius. But who else do we meet? Those 3 bee-boppin' leeks! And they tell about Daniel in the lions' den. It still isn't over yet!

We head back to the kitchen where we find out what we have learned today. Hey, am I right in assuming that the "What have we learned" song is just what the doctor ordered for Bob, or does that kind of get on his nerves? But we still even have one more thing, IMPERITIVE to this show. We meet QWERTY!! QWERTY always has a Bible verse for us concerning the show for today. I also think that this computer might have a craving for meatloaf. So, that's the first VeggieTales in a nutshell! One more thing...

God made you special, and He loves you very much! Goodbye!

This was my kids most fav. veggie tale video.

7 years after we started watching this one - our kids are still singing the songs and we plan on making it a vital part of life with any additional children God may grant us. It's that good.

No longer afraid of bedtime

My son at the age of 2 had started having trouble sleeping in his own bed throughout the night. We have had the VeggiTales movies before and he really loved them (and still does to this day), but when we bought this one I just knew it could help. It teaches our children that the scary things they see in modern TV, and modern cartoons even, are just make-believe. It also reenforces that GOD is with them everyday and in every way. Not only do I highly recommend any of the VeggiTales movies to my family and friends, but I also do so to anyone I meet that asks about my opinion of them. If you want your children to have good values and respect others despite their differences then I say get these movies.
By the way my son is now 3 years old and sleeps soundly every night and I do not mind taking 30 minutes out of my day to let him watch this before we go to bed. It's our tradition and it still works.