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'''''The VeggieTales Show''''' is a television series and a revival of the American Christian computer-animated franchise [[VeggieTales]]. The series is produced by [[Trinity Broadcasting Network|TBN]] and [[Big Idea Entertainment]] and premiered on TBN on October 22, 2019.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|last=VeggieTales Official|title=VeggieTales is Back: Brand New VeggieTales Show Trailer|date=April 24, 2019|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6RF9XIGyhg|access-date=April 30, 2019}}</ref>
'''''The VeggieTales Show''''' is a television series and a revival of the American Christian computer-animated franchise [[VeggieTales]]. The series is produced by [[Trinity Broadcasting Network|TBN]] and [[Big Idea Entertainment]] and premiered on October 22, 2019.{{Citation|last=VeggieTales Official|title=VeggieTales is Back: Brand New VeggieTales Show Trailer|date=April 24, 2019|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6RF9XIGyhg|access-date=April 30, 2019}}</ref>


[[Phil Vischer]] and [[Mike Nawrocki]] (the creators of the original ''VeggieTales'' series) reprised their respective roles as the voices of [[Bob the Tomato]] and [[Larry the Cucumber]], as well as their other characters they'd voiced in the past (with the exception of Mr. Nezzer, who is voiced by David Mann in the series), and Lisa Vischer also returned to reprise her role as Junior Asparagus. [[Kurt Heinecke]] also returned to compose the show's music score. They joined the creative team led by show-runner Todd Waterman who also worked on such projects as the 1998 [[Disney]] film, ''[[Mulan (1998 film)|Mulan]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Prime]]''.
[[Phil Vischer]] and [[Mike Nawrocki]] (the creators of the original ''VeggieTales'' series) reprised their respective roles as the voices of [[Bob the Tomato]] and [[Larry the Cucumber]], as well as their other characters they'd voiced in the past (with the exception of Mr. Nezzer, who is voiced by David Mann in the series), and Lisa Vischer also returned to reprise her role as Junior Asparagus. [[Kurt Heinecke]] also returned to compose the show's music score. They joined the creative team led by show-runner Todd Waterman who also worked on such projects as the 1998 [[Disney]] film, ''[[Mulan (1998 film)|Mulan]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Prime]]''.

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The VeggieTales Show
The VeggieTales Show Logo
Genre
Created by
Based onVeggieTales
Written by
  • Phil Vischer
  • Mike Nawrocki
Directed byTodd Waterman
Voices of
Theme music composer
Opening theme"VeggieTales Theme Song"
ComposerKurt Heinecke
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26
Production
Executive producers
  • Todd Waterman
  • Phil Vischer
  • Mike Nawrocki
Producers
  • Eric Newman
  • Vincent Aniceto
  • Leslie Ferrell
  • Matt Crouch
  • Laurie Crouch
  • Bhanushali Shilpa
EditorLindsey Myers
Running time22 minutes
58 minutes (episode 1)
Production companies
Original release
Network
ReleaseOctober 22, 2019 (2019-10-22) –
present
Related

The VeggieTales Show is a television series and a revival of the American Christian computer-animated franchise VeggieTales. The series is produced by TBN and Big Idea Entertainment and premiered on October 22, 2019.VeggieTales Official (April 24, 2019), VeggieTales is Back: Brand New VeggieTales Show Trailer, retrieved April 30, 2019</ref>

Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki (the creators of the original VeggieTales series) reprised their respective roles as the voices of Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber, as well as their other characters they'd voiced in the past (with the exception of Mr. Nezzer, who is voiced by David Mann in the series), and Lisa Vischer also returned to reprise her role as Junior Asparagus. Kurt Heinecke also returned to compose the show's music score. They joined the creative team led by show-runner Todd Waterman who also worked on such projects as the 1998 Disney film, Mulan and Transformers: Prime.

Premise

The show focuses on the VeggieTales characters putting on Broadway-style shows in Mr. Nezzer's theater that retell Bible stories and parody mainstream Pop-culture. Phil Vischer says the show will start with a question in the form of a letter from a kid, and then Bob and Larry will respond to that question by putting on a show. Bob the Tomato attempts to use the show to accomplish his dream of becoming the next Mister Rogers. According to Vischer, "the thing that drives Bob crazy is when Mister Rogers does Mister Rogers, everything goes perfectly. Nothing ever goes wrong on ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.’ And Bob wants that for his show, but he can never achieve it.”[1] Each show would never go the way that Bob had initially planned, resulting in complete and total chaos.

Phil Vischer says "It's really all about Bob and Larry wanting to put on a show for kids. They want to teach things to kids. Bob wants to help kids, Larry wants to help Bob."

Most of the new episodes act out stories and lessons from the Bible. The show includes a nine-episode series about the fruit of the Spirit. There are also new adventures with LarryBoy and the League of Incredible Vegetables. According to Phil Vischer, the first season consists of 18 episodes in which Vischer would write the first ten and Nawrocki would write the last eight.[2] The series will provide VeggieTales content through 2021.[3]

Characters

Main article: List of VeggieTales characters

Most of the characters are the same from the other VeggieTales videos. The show brings back Mr. Nezzer, as the owner of the theater in which the show takes place. It also features Petunia Rhubarb as the President of the VeggieTales fan club.[4] Khalil the half-worm, half-caterpillar is featured in the orchestra pit. Bruce Onion from Celery Night Fever also returns as the orchestra's conductor. Goliath from Dave and the Giant Pickle has been teased in storyboards from the teaser trailer dressed as a Christmas tree, with possibilities that he will be included in the series too.

Some characters from the Netflix series appear in the show, including Callie Flower.[4] Phil Vischer also stated in a radio interview that no new characters will be created, but all the characters previously created within the franchise are penned to be revived and utilized in the new series.[5]

Voice cast

Production

When DreamWorks bought Classic Media and Big Idea Entertainment in 2012, all VeggieTales productions produced at Big Idea were to be controlled and overseen by DreamWorks.[13] As a result, DreamWorks launched production of the Netflix original series VeggieTales in the House in late 2013 and announced that it would shut down production of the original VeggieTales direct-to-DVD series after the release of its 58th episode entitled VeggieTales: Noah's Ark in 2015.[14] DreamWorks replaced the original creative crew that had been working at Big Idea Entertainment for nearly two decades with an entirely new team of nearly 75 artists led under the direction of Doug TenNapel.[15] VeggieTales creators Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki were given no control over the creative content of VeggieTales in the House and were only allowed to provide the characters' voices.[16] Since DreamWorks ordered 78 22-minute episodes for VeggieTales in the House in 2013, production of the last 13 episodes wrapped up in the summer of 2017 and DreamWorks' team left Big Idea Entertainment to work on new animated series for Netflix such as Trolls: The Beat Goes on and Dragons Rescue Riders.[17][18] DreamWorks originally planned to shut down Big Idea Entertainment once production concluded. While the last season of VeggieTales in the City premiered on Netflix in the fall of 2017, marketing employees continued to work at the headquarters of Big Idea in Franklin, Tennessee.[14]

Midway through production of VeggieTales in the House, NBCUniversal bought DreamWorks for $3.8 billion on April 28, 2016.[19] A year after production of VeggieTales in the City wrapped, NBCUniversal reopened Big Idea Entertainment and allowed them to create more VeggieTales content without the control or supervision of DreamWorks.[16] NBCUniversal allowed Big Idea Entertainment to bring back many of the original characters that had been removed from the series' cast under DreamWorks’ direction, including Mr. Nezzer. They also allowed VeggieTales to be licensed to other networks.[16]

In late 2018, Vischer received a phone call from The Trinity Broadcast Network, which was in talks to license VeggieTales from NBCUniversal in order to create a new reboot.[1] TBN, who had been trying to buy VeggieTales for nearly a decade, asked if he would be interested in reprising the voice of Bob the Tomato for the reboot. Vischer said that he wasn't interested in being part of the new reboot unless he had a role in shaping the creative and educational content for the show. As a result, NBCUniversal and TBN allowed him to view an early draft of the pilot. Vischer was encouraged by the fact that the early draft of the pilot reflected the heart of the classic episodes from the original series, instead of VeggieTales in the House and VeggieTales in the City.[1] NBCUniversal and TBN then allowed Vischer to rewrite the pilot.[16] Before long, he and Nawrocki signed on as head-writers, executive producers, and voice actors for the reboot.[1]

Although VeggieTales in the House was critically successful and was nominated for several Emmy Awards, fans of the original series were disappointed by VeggieTales in the House. A majority of the fans were dissatisfied with the redesigns of the characters.[13] On social media, fans complained that their favorite characters were given completely different personalities, the theological teachings were shallow compared to those of the original series, and the series was too juvenile compared to the original. With this being said, the viewership of VeggieTales in the House on Netflix was significantly lower than the viewership of the original series. As a result, Vischer and Nawrocki made The VeggieTales Show feel much like the original series as possible. They brought back the original character designs. They brought back many members of the creative team from the original series including Big Idea Entertainment's original music director, Kurt Heniecke, and lead storyboard artists/director, Tod Carter.[20] Lisa Vischer, the original voice of Junior Asparagus, also returned from a five-year hiatus to reprise the role.[16]

After a few years away from VeggieTales, Vischer revealed some of his regrets of the original series. According to Vischer, he spent years making VeggieTales "persuade kids to behave Christianly without teaching them Christianity".[21] With this being said, Vischer has made The VeggieTales Show go more theologically in-depth than the previous few series. It teaches the tenets of Christianity rather than just teaching children to behave morally.[16] Vischer also wouldn't be returning as the voice of Mr. Nezzer as it was announced in late September 2019 that Tyler Perry's David Mann is the new voice of the character.[22]

Due to the high number of iTunes digital downloads for the pilot, “The Best Christmas Gift”, as well as the large number of DVD's sold in the first two weeks of its release, TBN ordered an additional eight episodes for Season One on November 1, 2019, bringing the total number of episodes to 26.[23]

Christmas special

The first episode of The VeggieTales Show is a Christmas special called "The Best Christmas Gift". It features the characters putting on a Christmas show, and as they struggle to know what the show should be about, they find out the true meaning of Christmas.[24]

Description of the special:

Bob and Larry and the rest of the VeggieTales crew are putting on a Christmas show in Mr. Nezzer's theater, but when they have trouble putting on the show, Bob begins to wonder how to celebrate Christmas when everything is going wrong. It's Pa Grape's idea to go back to the very first Christmas. It's through the eyes of a junior shepherd they all learn what the promise of Christmas is.

— VeggieTales - The Best Christmas Gift [OFFICIAL TRAILER]
The VeggieTales Show theater
The theater in which the show takes place for the promotion of the series.

It was released on DVD and Digital October 22, 2019. The special will premiere on TBN Christmas Day 2019.[4][25]

Setting

The show takes place in a theater that is owned by Mr. Nezzer. The VeggieTales characters perform on a broadway-style stage. There are other veggies watching the show from the seats in the auditorium and balconies. There is also a backstage area in which the VeggieTales characters plan and practice the shows.[4] It is inspired by the setting of The Muppet Show, with similarities in visual and conceptual design to the Muppet Theater and its backstage area.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "VeggieTales to mount latest revival on Trinity Broadcasting Network". Religion News Service. August 20, 2019. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  2. ^ "The Holy Post : Ep 346: Confronting the Evangelical Industrial Complex with Julie Roys". thephilvischerpodcast.libsyn.com. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  3. ^ "TBN and Big Idea Content Group Partner to Produce All-New "VeggieTales" Episodes". TBN. April 4, 2019. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b K-LOVE Positive People: VeggieTales is Reborn – Co-Creator Phil Vischer Gets Back to Basics, retrieved May 23, 2019
  6. ^ a b c The Peach from the IRS (April 14, 2019), More Details on 'The VeggieTales Show', retrieved May 2, 2019
  7. ^ a b c "The Holy Post : Ep 346: Confronting the Evangelical Industrial Complex with Julie Roys". thephilvischerpodcast.libsyn.com. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
  8. ^ GMA (September 24, 2019). "David Mann Joins the Cast of Veggie Tales". The Gospel Music Association. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  9. ^ "Twitter". mobile.twitter.com. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
  10. ^ a b VeggieTales - The Best Christmas Gift [OFFICIAL TRAILER], retrieved August 21, 2019
  11. ^ The VeggieTales Show (TV Series 2019– ) - IMDb, retrieved August 21, 2019
  12. ^ "Twitter". mobile.twitter.com. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
  13. ^ a b "Episode 121: The History of Bob and Larry - Phil Vischer - Official Blog of VeggieTales Creator". Phil Vischer. September 30, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  14. ^ a b "Twitter". mobile.twitter.com. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  15. ^ The Phil Vischer Podcast, Episode 121: The History of Bob and Larry, retrieved August 22, 2019
  16. ^ a b c d e f "The Movie Proposal: Episode 63: The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part". themovieproposal.libsyn.com. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  17. ^ "The Movie Proposal: Episode 37: The Shape of Water". themovieproposal.libsyn.com. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  18. ^ Hipes, Patrick; Hipes, Patrick (July 22, 2019). "Netflix Boosts Preschool Slate With Seven New Series". Deadline. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  19. ^ "NBCUniversal completes purchase of DreamWorks Animation; Katzenberg payday tops $390 million". Los Angeles Times. August 23, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  20. ^ VeggieTales is Back: Brand New VeggieTales Show Trailer, retrieved August 22, 2019
  21. ^ "Phil Vischer shares regrets about Veggie Tales – and how he's making it right". www.christianexaminer.com. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  22. ^ GMA (September 24, 2019). "David Mann Joins the Cast of Veggie Tales". The Gospel Music Association. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
  23. ^ "Every Generation in Every Nation". TBN. November 1, 2019. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  24. ^ VeggieTales - The Best Christmas Gift [OFFICIAL TRAILER], retrieved August 22, 2019
  25. ^ VeggieTales (August 7, 2019). "Say hello to an all-new Veggie show coming October 22". Facebook. Facebook. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
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