Veggietales are a Christian video series whose characters are all vegetables or fruit (I say this because the main characters are Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber, which are both technically fruit).
The animation get a little sharper and more fluid with each new video, and the basic children's morality message is intertwined with adult-level cultural references and humor - adults will want to watch the episode away from the kids, so they can see what they're missing over the giggling!
The best part about these videos is that while they are undoubtedly Christian in nature, the actual Christianity is not very blatant. They never suggest that Christianity is the only true path. Except for the Christmas video and the occasional New-Testament quote at the end, the values and stories are common to Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.
"God Wants Me to Forgive THEM?!" is the weakest of the series for several reasons. This was the second video in the series; the first, "Where's God When I'm Scared," had a "Silly Song" in the middle, and ended with "tune in next time..." but there wasn't a "Silly Song" in this one. The format of two fifteen-minute episodes rather than half an hour with an intermission gives less time to develop plot. And this particular episode is dripping with potential copyright infringement: the first half is entitled "The Grapes of Wrath," the second half is a "Gilligan's Island" spoof that introduces all the characters in a spoken version of the 1960's theme song (except the "movie star and that other girl" canceled). The intermission scene, the funny "Forgive-O-Matic," mentions infomercial classics Ronco, Ginsu, and Chia Pet by name.
If you're building a collection, though - this is the one to get. It is the only one I have not seen in the series' current release on light green videocassettes.
The animation get a little sharper and more fluid with each new video, and the basic children's morality message is intertwined with adult-level cultural references and humor - adults will want to watch the episode away from the kids, so they can see what they're missing over the giggling!
The best part about these videos is that while they are undoubtedly Christian in nature, the actual Christianity is not very blatant. They never suggest that Christianity is the only true path. Except for the Christmas video and the occasional New-Testament quote at the end, the values and stories are common to Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.
"God Wants Me to Forgive THEM?!" is the weakest of the series for several reasons. This was the second video in the series; the first, "Where's God When I'm Scared," had a "Silly Song" in the middle, and ended with "tune in next time..." but there wasn't a "Silly Song" in this one. The format of two fifteen-minute episodes rather than half an hour with an intermission gives less time to develop plot. And this particular episode is dripping with potential copyright infringement: the first half is entitled "The Grapes of Wrath," the second half is a "Gilligan's Island" spoof that introduces all the characters in a spoken version of the 1960's theme song (except the "movie star and that other girl" canceled). The intermission scene, the funny "Forgive-O-Matic," mentions infomercial classics Ronco, Ginsu, and Chia Pet by name.
If you're building a collection, though - this is the one to get. It is the only one I have not seen in the series' current release on light green videocassettes.