Rating: 
Summary: A disappointing sham. Avoid if possible. Rent if you must.
Review: Short Take:
If you want an engaging, secular sing-along video, look over the various videos by The Wiggles. If you're looking for the usual Biblically-based stories and songs by Big Idea, try any of the other VeggieTales videos. This video gives the impression that Big Idea is trying to go more "mainstream" and it suffers badly for the effort. If you are already a VeggieTales fan, my recommendation is to avoid this video and rent it only if you must. If this would be your introduction to the VeggieTales characters, please seriously consider one of their other videos before this one....
Rating: 
Summary: "This is the worst day in my show business career!"
Review: So laments Bob the Tomato at one point in this dvd. The problem is that he's absolutely correct. Never before in the history of the Veggietales series have they produced a complete bomb...until now. There's no plot to speak of, most of the between-songs moments are just plain dumb, and the entirety of the Bible lesson normally so prevelant in other entries in the series is summed up in the final song. This is absolutely nothing like any of the other dvds in the series (with the possible exception of the Silly Songs one...and even that one had a lot of funny moments in it). The only redeeming thing in this dvd is the shorts shown during the show. The "Lunch" short and the aardvark singing opera were hilarious, and I would have loved to have seen more of them. Don't judge the whole series by this one episode. Hey, they've been doing this for 10 years...they're bound to get bored and want to try something new every now and then, right?
Rating: 
Summary: Nice songs, but no plot
Review: This DVD reminds me a lot of the Ultimate Silly Songs DVD -- there are a lot of great songs (and this time they're NEW), but not much in the way of a plot or a message. It starts with a silly (of course) view of the future, where Larry is convinced that randomly-generated programming is the wave of the future. So we get a randomly-selected Veggie singing a randomly-selected song topic in a randomly-selected genre. The results are...well...random, with some hits and some misses. The song list includes:
There's a Hole in the Bottom of the Sea (French Peas)
Zacchaeus (Pa Grape)
Modern Major General (Archie)
You are My Sunshine (Larry)
Erie Canal (Pa Grape)
My Day (Junior) Some of these aren't original...well, other than My Day, none of them are original (and My Day was on a VeggieTales CD last year -- Junior's Bedtime Songs). But they're well-executed, with visual and aural humor throughout. The between-songs shtick is a little annoying, but delights our girls (ages 3 and 1.5). There aren't any Bible stories (though the Zacchaeus song is itself a short one), and not a huge message (My Day is what passes for that -- God loves us even when things go bad), and not even all the traditional trappings of a VeggieTale (no visit to QWERTY at the end). Still, it's cute -- and it's a lot better entertainment for kids than some of what's out there! The songs are memorable and fun to sing(though Modern Major General may be more for listening to than singing...but the tune is stuck in my head after hearing it just a couple times). Not a bad purchase, all considered, but I wish they'd let themselves stick with the formula that worked. I'm sure they get bored with it, but the kids don't seem to!
Rating: 
Summary: good vegge fun
Review: this is a good veggietales dvd it is packet with music and this music is grant it is the best. and it its so funny. kids love it. i thinck vegges are good and shound get 5 stars it is good i thinck you no that it is good.
Rating:
Summary: This One Is Fun!
Review: This is a pretty fun video! I absolutley LOVED,"Hole in the Bottom of the Sea"!( I liked that there was a pic of Jonah) The jokes were definetley not as funny--thats why i'm giving it 4 stars ( I was hoping for an appearence by Khalil). "My Day" was SO CUTE! I don't know why people are so mad because it's different- like another reveiwer said, they can't do da same thing every time! the shorts were funny--I liked da opera singer better. About it being different, I noticed that happened with "Esther". People got all sore because it wasn't "normal" And I don't think that's FAIR!
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Summary: this is good
Review: this is one of the best veggietales. the songs are so good. and a lot of laughs. you shoud buy this. it is good!!!!!!
Rating: 
Summary: Not that great....
Review: This one we borrowed from the library and I'm going to have to buy it since we've played it so much within a week! This really is a very, very cute video. Larry thinks the way of the future is to go automated in the entertainment industry so two robot friends narrate most of the songs. It's pretty cute and some of the highlights are "Modern Major General" sung by Archibald Asparagus. Okay, for those non-music majors out there, this song is a Gilbert & Sullivan song and incredibly difficult to sing. Phil Vischer does a fantastic job as Archibald and if you don't know it, it's horrifically hard to sing it in your regular voice, let alone try to sing it as someone else. Great job, hands down there. I really appreciate the exposure they're giving kids to classical music in these videos. Great stuff. I think my next favorite song in this video is the next one - Larry is singing "You Are My Sunshine" to cheer up the robots. However, he's playing a grand piano in the back of a crayon-rendered pickup truck. Oh, is this one cute! All the scenes as he drives by are crayon renderings and show all the seasons, different activities, etc. It's just very well done. All day all I hear is "Mom, can I watch my new robot cucumber?" (Larry, in other words.) I don't know what I'm going to say when we have to return it to the library - sure hope my order gets here before that happens! Grab this one - it really is great entertainment for your children and they're also getting exposed to some great music.
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Summary: One of Veggietales cutest efforts.
Review: This one we borrowed from the library and I'm going to have to buy it since we've played it so much within a week! This really is a very, very cute video. Larry thinks the way of the future is to go automated in the entertainment industry so two robot friends narrate most of the songs. It's pretty cute and some of the highlights are "Modern Major General" sung by Archibald Asparagus. Okay, for those non-music majors out there, this song is a Gilbert & Sullivan song and incredibly difficult to sing. Phil Vischer does a fantastic job as Archibald and if you don't know it, it's horrifically hard to sing it in your regular voice, let alone try to sing it as someone else. Great job, hands down there. I really appreciate the exposure they're giving kids to classical music in these videos. Great stuff. I think my next favorite song in this video is the next one - Larry is singing "You Are My Sunshine" to cheer up the robots. However, he's playing a grand piano in the back of a crayon-rendered pickup truck. Oh, is this one cute! All the scenes as he drives by are crayon renderings and show all the seasons, different activities, etc. It's just very well done. All day all I hear is "Mom, can I watch my new robot cucumber?" (Larry, in other words.) I don't know what I'm going to say when we have to return it to the library - sure hope my order gets here before that happens! Grab this one - it really is great entertainment for your children and they're also getting exposed to some great music.
Rating:
Summary: Sigh, I could make a video more entertaining
Review: To a degree I can understand the ire of some of the reviewers' postings here. This video is definitely a stylistic departure from the more story-driven VT productions. It took me some getting used to (I'm slower to adapt than my twin three-year-olds, who requested it every night for a week), but I am glad I gave it a few views before making up my mind on it. It has become one of my favorites. Although the content draws less from biblical content than many VT videos, I think the headline lesson (unconditional love) warranted this approach. I also found the satirical elements (lost on me in the first several viewings but more apparent thereafter) made this video stand up well to the kind of repetitive viewing my household demographic seems to demand.
I found the production quality of this video truly stunning; all of the songs are also terrific. Junior Asparagus' "My Day" alone is well worth the admission price. I'm giving it 5 stars, and also recommending that you view it a couple of times before making up your mind on it.
Rating:
Summary: An underrated masterpiece
Review: To a degree I can understand the ire of some of the reviewers' postings here. This video is definitely a stylistic departure from the more story-driven VT productions. It took me some getting used to (I'm slower to adapt than my twin three-year-olds, who requested it every night for a week), but I am glad I gave it a few views before making up my mind on it. It has become one of my favorites. Although the content draws less from biblical content than many VT videos, I think the headline lesson (unconditional love) warranted this approach. I also found the satirical elements (lost on me in the first several viewings but more apparent thereafter) made this video stand up well to the kind of repetitive viewing my household demographic seems to demand.
I found the production quality of this video truly stunning; all of the songs are also terrific. Junior Asparagus' "My Day" alone is well worth the admission price. I'm giving it 5 stars, and also recommending that you view it a couple of times before making up your mind on it.
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