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Summary: The Best Kind of Child entertainment
Review: "Rack, Shack & Benny" is our favorite, but all the Veggie Tales tapes are worth buying for your young children. They're Christian based, with entertaining, likeable "vegetable" characters such as Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber. The tales are generally taken from bible stories--"Rack, Shack & Benny" is based on Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the Fiery Furnace, of course. The production quality is excellent, the dialogue and songs are easy for youngsters to follow, and the messages are clear and positive without being overbearing. We have a three year old boy, and we often enjoy watching Veggie tales videos with him. We honestly can't say that about "Barney" and "The Teletubbies"...a bit too mind-numbing.
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Summary: The Best Kind of Child entertainment
Review: "Rack, Shack & Benny" is our favorite, but all the Veggie Tales tapes are worth buying for your young children. They're Christian based, with entertaining, likeable "vegetable" characters such as Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber. The tales are generally taken from bible stories--"Rack, Shack & Benny" is based on Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the Fiery Furnace, of course. The production quality is excellent, the dialogue and songs are easy for youngsters to follow, and the messages are clear and positive without being overbearing. We have a three year old boy, and we often enjoy watching Veggie tales videos with him. We honestly can't say that about "Barney" and "The Teletubbies"...a bit too mind-numbing.
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Summary: a well done video for kids and adults
Review: A very enjoyable video...one of the reviewers talked about the Bunny Song being objectionable. That's the point of the song...they don't want to sing the Bunny Song because it is disrespectful. I believe that's a slight flaw with the video, the producers made the Bunny Song too catchy. And the "New and Improved" lyrics aren't quite up to par with the first lyrics. However, overall Rack, Shack and Benny is a clever story, great music, and finally a great message. I'm so thankful for Big Idea and Veggie Tales!
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Summary: Humorous and teaches to hold tight to teachings
Review: Absolutely funny. What a great way to teach kids about holding onto the teachings of the bible and their parents. The music is so good. My 4 year old and 19 month old can't get enough of it. A very good way to teach bible stories so kids can understand them.
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Summary: Great video for parents and kids alike!!
Review: Another wonderful video from the Veggietales gang! They are all here in this video based on Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego from the book of Daniel. What a great lesson. With God you always win, but you do have to stand up for what you believe in. Bob, Jr. and Larry are right on target with not bowing down to Mr. Nezzer's big chocolate bunny. My children had no problem figuring out that God was with them in the firey furnace and they got the concept of the video right away. I highly recommed it!
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Summary: Great lesson on dealing with Peer Pressure
Review: As a minister of Kid's Church, I found this video to be right on target on dealing with peer pressure. A must have for anyone who wants to teach their kids about the danger of peer pressure for a child following Christian values.
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Summary: Fun for kids of all ages
Review: Combine a great message and an enjoyable, easy to understand and fun format to convey that message and you've got Veggie Tales. Rack, Shack & Benny takes a classic bible story and makes it fun and interesting for children and adults alike. Fun characters and easy to understand dialoge make this installment of Veggie Tales a great addition to any christian's video collection.
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Summary: No lemons here!!! Fun and nutritious for the entire family!
Review: Did you ever have a serious craving for chocolate? So serious that you'd rather have a plate, a fork and a chocolate bunny than a tissue when your nose is runny? Then check out what happens when Nebby K. Nezzer, owner of Nezzer Chocolate Factory, goes to extremes over his love for chocolate bunnies. Rack, Shack, and Benny work at Nezzer's factory and end up facing a serious dilemma: should they do what everybody else is doing or stand up for what they believe in? This highly entertaining computer generated video teaches kids a valuable lesson on handling peer pressure through its use of creative storytelling and catchy tunes. I love the "Silly Songs with Larry" segment in which Larry performs the traditional Argentinean ballad "The Dance of the Cucumber" in its original Spanish, with Bob the Tomato translating. END
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Summary: Larry is my hero!
Review: Don't be fooled: Another VeggieTales video, "LarryBoy and the RumorWeed," was shown to an excited group of college freshman at Grace University and everyone danced to the music video! This is more than children's entertainment. Its funny, its clean, and those Silly Songs will stick in your head for ages. I've been known to sing "The Pirates that Don't Do Anything" at the top of my lungs while driving down the highway.I grew up on Christian entertainment like "Psalty the Songbook" and "The Music Machine." This is FAR better. "Rack, Shack, and Benny" is my favorite of the series, but see them all! They are the BEST!
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Summary: Crisp Bible Storytelling From Big Idea's VeggieTales
Review: Fans of "Toy Story," The Bible, or fresh salads (guess that covers everybody) will enjoy VeggieTales, half-hour videos telling faithful (ungarnished?), fun Bible story adaptations starring a tomato (Bob), cucumber (Larry), carrot (Laura) and asparagas (Junior) aimed to kids'(and adults')pressures and problems. "Rack, Shack, and Benny," (aka Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego) is one of the series' best. It retells the story of the Fiery Furnace as a parable about peer pressure with catchy songs ("The Bunny Song" is a favorite despite its intentionally inappropriate message, "Dance of the Cucumber" is a hilarious "silly song" and tension breaker), cute one-liners ("What does being a junior executive mean?" "It means you have to wear a tie.") and kid-friendly suspense leading to God's climactic rescue where the three ("Now there's four, and one looks real shiny") are saved. The lesson is summed at the end with a pinch of good humor. Kudos (Bacos?) to Phil Vischer and his merry band at Big Idea for creating a series which, like its stars, are good and good for you. It's a series to relish, and HIGHLY recommended.
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