Madame Blueberry

Madame Blueberry
File:Veggietales dvd blueberry.jpg DVD cover
Starring	Phil Vischer, Mike Nawrocki, Lisa Vischer, Megan Moore Burns, Dan Anserson, Mike Sage, Shelby Vischer
Music by	Kurt Heinecke, Phil Vischer, Mike Nawrocki
Distributed by	Sony Wonder
Release date	1998
Running time	30 minutes
Language	English

Madame Blueberry is the tenth episode in the VeggieTales animated series. It was released in 1998. Subtitled "A Lesson in Thankfulness", it conveys the messge that material possessions will never truly make us happy. We must instead be thankful for what we have.

The story introduces Madame Blueberry who has many possessions but is perpetually "blue". When a massive department store opens nearby, she goes on a shopping binge thinking that owning more things will bring her happiness. Ultimately she must learn the hard way that joy cannot be found in material goods.

The episode is a loose parody of the novel Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert. Emma Bovary, the protagonist of that novel, also lives beyond her means to assuage a feeling of emptiness and dissatisfaction with her life.

This episode was aired on qubo around the Thanksgiving holiday.

Cast of Characters

• Phillipe the French Pea as Narrator #1
• Jean-Claude the French Pea as Narrator #2
• Bob the Tomato as Bob the Butler
• Larry the Cucumber as Larry the Butler
• Madame Blueberry as herself
• Scallion #1 as Stuff Mart Salesman #1
• Scallion #2 as Stuff Mart Salesman #2
• Scallion #3 as Stuff Mart Salesman #3
• (Female Celery) as Mom
• (Male Celery) as Dad
• Annie the Celery as Girl with Apple Pie and a stranger from across the water
• Archibald Asparagus as himself
• Mr. Lunt as himself
• Jerry Gourd as himself
• The French Peas as Stuff Mart Employees
• Dad Asparagus as Stuff Mart Shopper
• Junior Asparagus as Little Boy with Ball and a stranger next door

Segments

• Opening Countertop
• Madame Blueberry (Part I)
• Silly Song: His Cheeseburger (Sung by Mr. Lunt)
• Madame Blueberry (Part II)
• Closing Countertop

Songs

In addition to the ubiquitous "VeggieTales Theme" and "What We Have Learned," this episode contains the following songs:

• I'm So Blue, sung by Madame Blueberry, Bob & Larry
• Stuff Mart Rap, sung by the Scallions
• His Cheeseburger, sung by Mr. Lunt during the Silly Songs segment
• I Thank God for This Day, sung by Annie the Green Onion
• I Thank God for This Day (reprise #1), sung by Dad Asparagus and Junior Asparagus
• I Thank God for This Day (reprise #2), sung by Madame Blueberry, Junior, and Annie
• Stuff Mart Blue Danube, End Credits

Trivia

• This self-titled episode marked the debut of Madame Blueberry.
• The silly song His Cheeseburger is one of the very few songs not sung by Larry because he was too sick. Archibald Asparagus interrupts the beginning of this segment and cancels Silly Songs with Larry (due to the Song of the Cebu incident in the previous episode) and replaces it with Love Songs with Mr. Lunt.
• The release of this video marked a new logo for the show as well as a re-animated theme song.