@@georgerobertson7010 i mean he they got to offer him the job he's most accurate and realistic animator and he did all of it at home with basic equipment the man is the goat
So let me get this straight. NBC didn't want to directly reference religion on a kids' show, but this was years after the likes of Hey Arnold, Arthur, and Rugrats had already prominently referenced Judaism and aspects of Jewish culture. Not to mention we have seen Christmas specials targeted at children that do directly reference Christianity, like the Little Drummer Boy and A Charlie Brown Christmas. Clearly this was just the network talking out of its butt.
There's a big difference between a single episode and an entire series being focused on religion. Every single episode either focused on a variation of a Bible story (Rack, Shack, and Benny; Gideon Tuba Warrior, Ballad of Little Joe, etc), a problem that Christian children might face (any Junior focused episode), or a pop culture parody with a moral resolution(Minnesota Cuke, Lord of the Beans, etc) The two Christmas specials you mention are the exception, rather than the norm, and they're only still around because they've become Christmas classics alongside Frosty and Santa. They originally aired in 1965 and 1968 respectively, which may also add to the type of content that networks were interested in at the time.
There's a big difference. Hey Arnold and them might reference a religion and teach about specific aspects of them, but they don't make "here's this religion and why you should adhere to its lessons" its entire focus.
@@Groundlord Hey Arnold and Rugrats were also landmarks in their representation of Judaism. It wasn't some commonplace thing, it went against the norm of Christian holiday specials, which there's no shortage of.
I get the feeling NBC never told Big Idea to remove God until they already signed the contract and the show was in full production. I say this because the censorship was so haphazardly last minute that you can still see Bob mouthing "God made you special" in the first episode (La Mancha.) On the other hand, it was ALSO last minute enough that episodes which literally couldn't survive without God were already being made, so Big Idea had plenty of room to bargain lest the season get delayed for several months. "Okay fine, your fictional characters can pray to God." (Madame Blueberry.) "Okay fine, you can have direct allegories to God." (A Snoodle's Tale) "Okay fine, you can even tell whole Bible stories for all we care." (Dave and the Giant Pickle.) Seems the only thing to which NBC took offense, the only thing Big Idea couldn't salvage, was the ending tagline. "God made YOU special, and He loves YOU very much." That alienating implication that everyone who is watching the show must be Christian or should be Christian. Basically, "VeggieTales on TV" could acknowledge Christianity about as much as Rugrats could acknowledge Judaism; surprisingly frequent, but never enough to be accused of indoctrination.
Part of why the Bob's House segments still turned out entertaining is because the first season of those were actually written by Phil himself, which explains the more bizarre stuff in them. You gotta give him props for at least *trying* to make this work. It should also be noted that they did over time get more lenient on mentioning God within the stories themselves, even if many still had to be drastically cut for runtime purposes.
The timing on this is kinda funny considering I’ve been reading Phil’s autobiography. And I must say that in spite of being the exact opposite of VeggieTales’ target demographic, the show (especially recently) has kinda become a comfort show. Helps that Spotify will randomly put in stuff like Haman’s Song or I Can Be Your Friend in my mixes. Typically after a Bad Religion or Green Day song, but I digress. I remember as a kid seeing the TV episodes and thinking that something was missing and even as someone who isn’t religious in the slightest, seeing VeggieTales without God is just weird. Sort of an uncanny valley in a way. Great video as always and I can’t wait to see the rest of the season.
Some would say that greed gives consequences sometimes. I honestly find it sad of Veggietales went through the bottom of the barrel because of the mega corporations not understanding freedom of speech and religion. Veggietales was meant to be a show for Christians, and while I’m not really much of a Christian. I still enjoyed the series of how the Christian elements and comedy was put in the right hands. I do agree that Veggietales TV version was a warning about the series downfall by Comcast. I feel very sorry for how the way Phil and Mike was treated. It does make sense why religion was censored in TV because freedom of religion, but I definitely agree that Big Idea needed to find a channel that had the correct identity
From what I remember, I don’t think they cut out ALL mentions of God from all the episodes, I’m guessing because then it would completely botch the episode to oblivion, but even then they still cut out quite a bit which obviously wasn’t very smart
It was mostly the first half of the first season. I think Big Idea and NBC eventually reached a compromise where the show can talk about God as much as it wants as long as the audience isn't expected to join in their beliefs. Information, but not indoctrination.
Even though I'm not attached to Veggie Tales this is the saddest thing ever. Also, I keep replaying the part where you emphasize the word, "THEM?!" because of how funny it sounds. Oh Lord, 3-2-1 Penguins...
This kinda breaks my heart from growing up and loving VeggieTales Especially everything my dad bought for me related to VeggieTales because of how much I loved it
Going off of memory here, but in Phil's blog, he mentioned that NBC would keep all mentions of God, but when the show was about to air they backed out last minute, thus the religious references being cut out and Phil dubbing over both Bob and Larry's voice at the end. Heck, things got so bad the the official Big Idea website ran a poll to see if their audience was supportive of the change. Majority said yes, but a few called the company liars, deceivers, said they said the never cared about christianity in the first place and would no longer buy Big Idea products. No doubt this effected DVD sales.
I kinda feel bad for Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki. They had a vision for their shows and company, but it all went sky high. Whereas the Jonah film bombing at the box office and the Lyrick lawsuit among the struggle to get the right titans of entertainment to brand the properties they own; it all became one of the absolute worst disasters in animation history. What a tragedy indeed.
Nice introduction with the character voices. I can already imagine PixarFan8695 planning to animate them at some point. Keep up the good work! And remember, God made you special and he loves you very much.
Also, thanks for mentioning one of my comments again. Because of that, both as a fan of you and VeggieTales (which by the way, your VeggieTales stuff is how I became a fan of you to begin with), this video deserves a like from me.
It’s weird because I have fond memories of the on TV episodes despite being raised on the direct to DVD series. It was only until I got online and the airings of them were starting to be found again (since they were lost media for a while) that I realized, it just doesn’t feel normal, And this is coming from an atheist who still adores the show. On one hand I do appreciate them having a nice way of presenting these episodes through visiting Bobs house and I always enjoy the visits by Paco and Archie. Those scenes made for TV were always worth the price of admission, even if Big Idea had to pay the price of losing the core of their main show. For me, I’m sort of in the middle. The editing and everything I absolutely agree it’s abhorrent at points and I can imagine for new comers it would make things harder to follow if you hadn’t even seen any of the direct to DVD series. But I can sorta look past it (keyword there being sorta) for the original content within. It’s not the definitive way to watch the show by any means but as supplemental material, it’s a fascinating little bump in the long trek Big Idea went through post initial buyout.
2010s Cartoon Network was the absolute best and nothing else will ever top that decade from there on out! Adventure time, regular show, Steven universe, we bare bears, amazing world of gumball and ok ko let’s be heroes are all incredible for different and various reasons too!
@RaleighTheUmbreonVHS yeah true. You can easily ignore that overall. I only watch the straight to dvd movies from that series. As well as the theatrical movie they had back in 2018. But i waited until it came on dvd before I watched it.
This brought back some weird memories. As a 2-7 year old I loved VeggieTales and had dozens of episodes on DVD and VHS. I watched this version briefly but never liked it. I always seemed off to my kid brain.
very interesting video, super well made! I would like to note that there are still a good few references to God in the series (see Little Joe and Esther specifically), which surprised me as at times it obvious they were avoiding it (such as in Dr. Jiggle- OG line 'You're special just the way God Made ya!' TV line- 'You're special-'). I wonder why they left it at times and cut it at others; my theory is that it was ok for them to potray a character like Little Joe praying to God, as long as it was clear it was personal to that character and did not reflect the audience or message such as the original ending line would have
In hindsight, it would've been more logical for it to air on the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). There probably would still have been bizarre editing choices, but at least its purpose would still be fulfilled. Also, I find it a little ironic that Phil's other series, "Buck Denver asks... What's in the Bible?" never got any airing offers from TBN or any other religious network, considering that there are only 26 episodes (13 volumes). Compared to the veggies, the theological puppets seemed to have WAY more of a Christian edge.
I know they did years later and split most of the later episodes into 2-parters to save on time. One memory I also do have of seeing VeggieTales on TV (not the show) was an event that would lead up to the premiere of Abe & the Amazing Promise. Which the build-up was: -Tales from the Crisper, Daniel & the Lions Den, Grapes of Wrath, Larry's Lagoon, and Moe & the Big Exit -All of these aforementioned stories were edited in some way and also had commercial breaks (to which the intermission was the opening where Larry played the first few notes on his tuba) -Even Moe & the Big Exit had this, but the theme song for all the stories (except maybe Abe?) were of the 2001 variant they used starting with Lyle -In Abe & the Amazing Promise, it was only the first story, no Silly Song, no Booboo Ville, and it went to the credits when Larry arrived revealing to have eaten the cookies. No "God Made You Special and He Loves You Very Much" message
As much as I like something with a edgy and angsty style with something like slipknot korn and linkin park shirts and music There’s something I found charming about this maybe it’s the character designs?
@@EP05 That happens to me also. And it happens with other themes too, namely PowerPuff Girls and Wow Wow Wubbzy (take a wild guess where my PFP comes from lol).
I remember veggietales on qubo. Before my mom had cable, i watched it every weekend i was over. I didn’t even know Veggietales was a Christian cartoon until a couple years ago
I remember being so excited as a kid when veggietales came to quobo I uses to tape the episodes despite already having every episode on tape but even as a 6 year old I found the obvious cuts in the episodes quite annoying
Qubo aired VeggieTales (obviously), 3-2-1 Penguins!, LarryBoy The Cartoon Adventures, Dragon, Jane And The Dragon, Babar, Jacob Two Two, Rupert, My Friend Rabbit, Miss BG, Turbo Dogs, Shelldon, The Zula Patrol, He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe, Inspector Gadget, there was a bunch of stuff from Nick Jr (Maggie And The Ferocious Beast, Franklin, Maisy, Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends) and PBS Kids (Jay Jay The Jet Plane, Jakers! The Adventures Of Piggley Winks), Bob The Builder, The Magic School Bus, The Magic School Bus Rides Again, Pet Alien, Madeline and many more.
I remember see this qubo show and also they have 321 penguins show and also a Larryboy show which not a show they use 5 episodes from dvds and not an actual show
Bob: Remember, kids, God made you special, a... Network: No Bob: Wh-what? Network: You're not allowed to say that anymore. Larry: What do we do, Bob? Bob: Well Larry, let's just go with it today, and next week we'll have Mr. Nezzar play Joseph Stalin in a tongue-in-cheek reference to state enforced Atheism, and why it's a bad thing. The producers won't notice, but the kids will pick up on what we're trying to say. Larry: Alright Bob. Bob: Remember kids, you are very special! Larry: And loved very much!
13:08 Oh woah, I didn't know vs the network was a thing that's really awesome, I'm gonna check out more episodes 😄 Maybe you could do an episode on Milo Murphy's Law sometime. Apparently Disney purposefully didn't advertise it very much, put it on Disney XD which almost nobody watches, and had it run during the least popular hours because they didn't think it'd do well so they didn't even try. And because they didn't try it got cancelled for not being very popular despite being a really good show and a follow-up to Phineas and Ferb. Disney even ended up apologizing to Dan and Swampy for screwing them over. And to this day I almost never hear anyone talk about Milo Murphy's Law and it makes me sad
In my childhood, Me and my sister used to watch VeggieTales on dvd and vhs, I never knew that there was a time when VeggieTales was on television which is great. But There’s one huge problem with this show. NBC wants Phil Vischer, Mike, and the people from Big Idea Productions to edit the episodes to remove religious messages, including references to God. The original sign-off message, "And remember kids, God made you special and He loves you very much!” But I have the reason why NBC Not allowing Christianity in a VeggieTales TV broadcast series is because of the Anti religions. At least NBC’s VeggieTales on TV does have the elements of the original series, But all around is just very odd in the end.
For someone who's thinking of diving into the entertainment industry, I am very hesitant about working for some, if not, most of the big name cooperations. If I do work for said industry, then I would much rather lead my original projects at Pixar or A24. At least, to my knowledge, they do give their visionary’s the flexibility to tell their stories. I believe VeggieTales would’ve been better off associated as an independent property. I don't see the franchise as a match made in heaven, no pun intended, with NBC/Uniiversal or Comcast. Lastly, I'll be curious to see how Pixarfan8695 will animate the opening and closing sketches.
Veggie tales on tv was my introduction to the show. I did see a video of the series once, but that was it before the television series. I have been a bit of a fan of the series since then.
I would blame NBC though. They greenlit a show that was an openly religious program for kids and tried after the fact the remove the religious content. What did they expect? They knew very well what they were signing onto. If this was going to be such a big problem why did they agree in the first place? Either NBC was being incompetant or greedy or both. Either way I would put all the blame on NBC.
If they’re so worried about not wanting to put Christianity into an children’s block channel where it will be more widespread than why pitch veggie tales in the first place?
As a Veggietales fan it truly is tragic, and as an old Qubo watcher it really does disgust me how the way they tried to scare kids into giving them thousands of dollars before shutting down.
It did feature Bob The Tomato (along with Bob The Builder, Inspector Gadget, He-Man, Franklin, Postman Pat, Madeline, Rupert, The Ferocious Beast, Pippi Longstocking, Jess, Babar, Jay Jay The Jet Plane and a bunch of other characters) getting shot in the head.
9:14 The sick irony is that the Netflix show was helmed by Doug TenNapel, a once loved cartoonist and game dev (Earthworm Jim, Catscratch, Neverhood, etc.) but a now largely reviled bigoted theocratic fascist pretty much. You'd think he'd lean even further down the god path (but in a bad, more openly hateful way) so it could have been worse imho.
I myself am working on a new comic book series…a Christian allegory nonetheless and some publishers I had in mind were businesses like VIZ media or otaku USA do you think they would be willing to publish a manga that’s a religious allegory Also I know this is a bit too far down the road but if my comic becomes popular enough to become an anime….wonder if A1 pictures and bang zoom entertainment would be willing to produce a narnia esque project!
I'm coming from an atheist standpoint. And I can say I wouldn't care if they aired religious Veggie Tales. I've seen a couple episodes and it's not bad. I would have a problem if they are televangelist for kids. But I don't see Veggie Tales as that. I want my kids to learn about other religious and pick what faith fits them if any. That's what my parents did and it's one of the better things I think they did. Veggie Tales isn't gonna turn my kid religious. It might open a door but I don't think any kid is gonna turn Christian form Veggie Tales. Just like how the Pass over episode of Rugrats isn't gonna turn kids Jewish.
I feel the same way about trans people. I tolerate them existing. I don't care rupauls drag race exists for adult entertainment. But once you put that on children's shows, that's crossing the line.
What makes no sense about them removing God from the show is that they aired The Toy that Saved Christmas and An Easter Carol, which centered ENTIRELY on the true meaning of those holidays (Jesus’s birth and resurrection.) When you remove everything about God from the episodes, then what is Buzz Saw Louie trying to find and what is Hope supposed to show Mr. Nezzar about Easter?
OK, I am not a religious person in the slightest, but taking a program specifically made for a religious audience & asking the creators to remove all references to said religion is absolutely absurd
That opening sketch alone might just be better than the entirety of VeggieTales Abridged.
I haven't actually seen VeggieTales Abridged and I already agree.
This comment should be pinned. XD
@@ZachtheRobot It's a lost project.
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I've got a feeling that the entire opening sketch will get turned into a standalone animation by Cmanflip or any other VT animator.
I can see that happening
@@georgerobertson7010 i mean he they got to offer him the job he's most accurate and realistic animator and he did all of it at home with basic equipment the man is the goat
I wanna see that
So let me get this straight. NBC didn't want to directly reference religion on a kids' show, but this was years after the likes of Hey Arnold, Arthur, and Rugrats had already prominently referenced Judaism and aspects of Jewish culture. Not to mention we have seen Christmas specials targeted at children that do directly reference Christianity, like the Little Drummer Boy and A Charlie Brown Christmas.
Clearly this was just the network talking out of its butt.
There's a big difference between a single episode and an entire series being focused on religion. Every single episode either focused on a variation of a Bible story (Rack, Shack, and Benny; Gideon Tuba Warrior, Ballad of Little Joe, etc), a problem that Christian children might face (any Junior focused episode), or a pop culture parody with a moral resolution(Minnesota Cuke, Lord of the Beans, etc)
The two Christmas specials you mention are the exception, rather than the norm, and they're only still around because they've become Christmas classics alongside Frosty and Santa. They originally aired in 1965 and 1968 respectively, which may also add to the type of content that networks were interested in at the time.
There's a big difference. Hey Arnold and them might reference a religion and teach about specific aspects of them, but they don't make "here's this religion and why you should adhere to its lessons" its entire focus.
@@Groundlord Hey Arnold and Rugrats were also landmarks in their representation of Judaism. It wasn't some commonplace thing, it went against the norm of Christian holiday specials, which there's no shortage of.
I get the feeling NBC never told Big Idea to remove God until they already signed the contract and the show was in full production. I say this because the censorship was so haphazardly last minute that you can still see Bob mouthing "God made you special" in the first episode (La Mancha.) On the other hand, it was ALSO last minute enough that episodes which literally couldn't survive without God were already being made, so Big Idea had plenty of room to bargain lest the season get delayed for several months. "Okay fine, your fictional characters can pray to God." (Madame Blueberry.) "Okay fine, you can have direct allegories to God." (A Snoodle's Tale) "Okay fine, you can even tell whole Bible stories for all we care." (Dave and the Giant Pickle.) Seems the only thing to which NBC took offense, the only thing Big Idea couldn't salvage, was the ending tagline. "God made YOU special, and He loves YOU very much." That alienating implication that everyone who is watching the show must be Christian or should be Christian.
Basically, "VeggieTales on TV" could acknowledge Christianity about as much as Rugrats could acknowledge Judaism; surprisingly frequent, but never enough to be accused of indoctrination.
true- the characters did pray
Part of why the Bob's House segments still turned out entertaining is because the first season of those were actually written by Phil himself, which explains the more bizarre stuff in them. You gotta give him props for at least *trying* to make this work.
It should also be noted that they did over time get more lenient on mentioning God within the stories themselves, even if many still had to be drastically cut for runtime purposes.
"If your friend starts behaving weirdly, shoot them to the moon~!"
"Uh-oh. The nuts fell down. Hang on."
Veggietales: A Christian show
NBC: "allow us to introduce ourselves"
VeggieTales: If I were a Nickelodeon show…
Netflix: Then you would be exactly like when you were a Netflix (and DreamWorks/Classic Media) show!
The timing on this is kinda funny considering I’ve been reading Phil’s autobiography. And I must say that in spite of being the exact opposite of VeggieTales’ target demographic, the show (especially recently) has kinda become a comfort show. Helps that Spotify will randomly put in stuff like Haman’s Song or I Can Be Your Friend in my mixes. Typically after a Bad Religion or Green Day song, but I digress. I remember as a kid seeing the TV episodes and thinking that something was missing and even as someone who isn’t religious in the slightest, seeing VeggieTales without God is just weird. Sort of an uncanny valley in a way. Great video as always and I can’t wait to see the rest of the season.
I guess the part where Mr. Lunt was like "Well, it's what the network wants. Why bother to complain?" was a reference to Pinky, Elmyra and The Brain.
Some would say that greed gives consequences sometimes. I honestly find it sad of Veggietales went through the bottom of the barrel because of the mega corporations not understanding freedom of speech and religion. Veggietales was meant to be a show for Christians, and while I’m not really much of a Christian. I still enjoyed the series of how the Christian elements and comedy was put in the right hands. I do agree that Veggietales TV version was a warning about the series downfall by Comcast. I feel very sorry for how the way Phil and Mike was treated. It does make sense why religion was censored in TV because freedom of religion, but I definitely agree that Big Idea needed to find a channel that had the correct identity
i learned a bit about this on Medora Entertainment.
If they need a Chanel to promote Christian values how about all of the Christian tv networks
I love your videos. Your Veggietales impressions never get old.
The sketches with the VeggieTales characters felt very, very much like actual segments from the franchise.
From what I remember, I don’t think they cut out ALL mentions of God from all the episodes, I’m guessing because then it would completely botch the episode to oblivion, but even then they still cut out quite a bit which obviously wasn’t very smart
It was mostly the first half of the first season. I think Big Idea and NBC eventually reached a compromise where the show can talk about God as much as it wants as long as the audience isn't expected to join in their beliefs. Information, but not indoctrination.
@@LeafRazorStorm Ah, gotcha. I knew I had seen episodes that hadn't cut out any religion-related stuff
Even though I'm not attached to Veggie Tales this is the saddest thing ever.
Also, I keep replaying the part where you emphasize the word, "THEM?!" because of how funny it sounds.
Oh Lord, 3-2-1 Penguins...
It's sad they got rejected for standing up for what's right. :( "Blessed are those who are persecuted for their righteousness"
This kinda breaks my heart from growing up and loving VeggieTales
Especially everything my dad bought for me related to VeggieTales because of how much I loved it
That sketch at the beginning was awesome
the impressions are fantastic.
Definitely a fascinating period in veggie tales history.
Going off of memory here, but in Phil's blog, he mentioned that NBC would keep all mentions of God, but when the show was about to air they backed out last minute, thus the religious references being cut out and Phil dubbing over both Bob and Larry's voice at the end.
Heck, things got so bad the the official Big Idea website ran a poll to see if their audience was supportive of the change. Majority said yes, but a few called the company liars, deceivers, said they said the never cared about christianity in the first place and would no longer buy Big Idea products. No doubt this effected DVD sales.
I kinda feel bad for Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki. They had a vision for their shows and company, but it all went sky high. Whereas the Jonah film bombing at the box office and the Lyrick lawsuit among the struggle to get the right titans of entertainment to brand the properties they own; it all became one of the absolute worst disasters in animation history. What a tragedy indeed.
yeah be careful with who you do business.
DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT WAS TO GET A NETWORK TO CHURN OVER AN HOUR OF AIRTIME TO A BUNCH OF VEGETABLES?!?!
Can we at least be glad Phil Vischer played a part in this adaptation aside from voicework, at least during the first season?
Yeah, so Phil Vischer wrote the first season segments, Robert G. Lee wrote Season 2, and Sean Roche wrote Season 3.
Sonic Jam music was unexpected
Nice introduction with the character voices. I can already imagine PixarFan8695 planning to animate them at some point. Keep up the good work! And remember, God made you special and he loves you very much.
Also, thanks for mentioning one of my comments again. Because of that, both as a fan of you and VeggieTales (which by the way, your VeggieTales stuff is how I became a fan of you to begin with), this video deserves a like from me.
It’s weird because I have fond memories of the on TV episodes despite being raised on the direct to DVD series. It was only until I got online and the airings of them were starting to be found again (since they were lost media for a while) that I realized, it just doesn’t feel normal, And this is coming from an atheist who still adores the show.
On one hand I do appreciate them having a nice way of presenting these episodes through visiting Bobs house and I always enjoy the visits by Paco and Archie. Those scenes made for TV were always worth the price of admission, even if Big Idea had to pay the price of losing the core of their main show.
For me, I’m sort of in the middle. The editing and everything I absolutely agree it’s abhorrent at points and I can imagine for new comers it would make things harder to follow if you hadn’t even seen any of the direct to DVD series. But I can sorta look past it (keyword there being sorta) for the original content within. It’s not the definitive way to watch the show by any means but as supplemental material, it’s a fascinating little bump in the long trek Big Idea went through post initial buyout.
I don't think you get enough credit for those impressions. Each one is SPOT. ON.
Holy smokes, these voice impressions are fire
2010s Cartoon Network was the absolute best and nothing else will ever top that decade from there on out! Adventure time, regular show, Steven universe, we bare bears, amazing world of gumball and ok ko let’s be heroes are all incredible for different and various reasons too!
I'm an adult and I had my TV set to CN pretty much non-stop during those years.
@@aaronsarchive82 wow awesome! I did also like Clarence and uncle grandpa but not to the same extent.
@RaleighTheUmbreonVHS yeah true. You can easily ignore that overall. I only watch the straight to dvd movies from that series. As well as the theatrical movie they had back in 2018. But i waited until it came on dvd before I watched it.
@@BrennySpain 90s and 2000s had more memorable shows though 💀
@@randalltonbrewster I never got around to watching all of those shows anyway unfortunately lol
This brought back some weird memories. As a 2-7 year old I loved VeggieTales and had dozens of episodes on DVD and VHS. I watched this version briefly but never liked it. I always seemed off to my kid brain.
I don't remember this channel's uploads being this constant
They upload every Wednesday and Saturday until further notice. Sometimes they may upload vignette-style content as well.
Oh wow, the opening and ending sketches is like an abridged episode of VeggieTales. I remember as a kid watching VeggieTales on Qubo on NBC.
very interesting video, super well made! I would like to note that there are still a good few references to God in the series (see Little Joe and Esther specifically), which surprised me as at times it obvious they were avoiding it (such as in Dr. Jiggle- OG line 'You're special just the way God Made ya!' TV line- 'You're special-'). I wonder why they left it at times and cut it at others; my theory is that it was ok for them to potray a character like Little Joe praying to God, as long as it was clear it was personal to that character and did not reflect the audience or message such as the original ending line would have
Love veggietales growing up and still to this day omg I loved Qubo and Cookie Jar tv
The only thing I remember Qubo for, were reruns of "The Magic School Bus" and "Theodore Tugboat".
In hindsight, it would've been more logical for it to air on the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN).
There probably would still have been bizarre editing choices, but at least its purpose would still be fulfilled.
Also, I find it a little ironic that Phil's other series, "Buck Denver asks... What's in the Bible?" never got any airing offers from TBN or any other religious network, considering that there are only 26 episodes (13 volumes). Compared to the veggies, the theological puppets seemed to have WAY more of a Christian edge.
I know they did years later and split most of the later episodes into 2-parters to save on time.
One memory I also do have of seeing VeggieTales on TV (not the show) was an event that would lead up to the premiere of Abe & the Amazing Promise. Which the build-up was:
-Tales from the Crisper, Daniel & the Lions Den, Grapes of Wrath, Larry's Lagoon, and Moe & the Big Exit
-All of these aforementioned stories were edited in some way and also had commercial breaks (to which the intermission was the opening where Larry played the first few notes on his tuba)
-Even Moe & the Big Exit had this, but the theme song for all the stories (except maybe Abe?) were of the 2001 variant they used starting with Lyle
-In Abe & the Amazing Promise, it was only the first story, no Silly Song, no Booboo Ville, and it went to the credits when Larry arrived revealing to have eaten the cookies. No "God Made You Special and He Loves You Very Much" message
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Didn't you already tackle 3-2-1 Penguins on this channel?
Lol! 😝! The hilarious reaction of the other Villains in VeggieTales when they heard Mr Lunt say He has ants in his pants was completely pure gold!
I didn't even know these episodes existed.
Did Mr. Lunt just reference the theme song to Pinky, Elmyra, and the Brain?
Yep
As much as I like something with a edgy and angsty style with something like slipknot korn and linkin park shirts and music
There’s something I found charming about this maybe it’s the character designs?
The character designs appealed to me as a kid bored with normal religion classes.
I remember this. I had it on vhs and the Donut man guy thing.
The only thing from Qubo Veggietales I liked was the theme song, that’s it, I prefer the dvds
I never actually watched this version of VT, but I listened to the theme song and yeah it's good but I still prefer the DVD theme. It's iconic.
@@WubbaizyShipper1 the dvd theme never stops playing in my head, I think I have that music worm from spongebob in my head
@@EP05
That happens to me also. And it happens with other themes too, namely PowerPuff Girls and Wow Wow Wubbzy (take a wild guess where my PFP comes from lol).
0:00 - 1:48 Superb voiceacting!
I remember veggietales on qubo. Before my mom had cable, i watched it every weekend i was over. I didn’t even know Veggietales was a Christian cartoon until a couple years ago
I remember being so excited as a kid when veggietales came to quobo I uses to tape the episodes despite already having every episode on tape but even as a 6 year old I found the obvious cuts in the episodes quite annoying
Qubo aired VeggieTales (obviously), 3-2-1 Penguins!, LarryBoy The Cartoon Adventures, Dragon, Jane And The Dragon, Babar, Jacob Two Two, Rupert, My Friend Rabbit, Miss BG, Turbo Dogs, Shelldon, The Zula Patrol, He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe, Inspector Gadget, there was a bunch of stuff from Nick Jr (Maggie And The Ferocious Beast, Franklin, Maisy, Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends) and PBS Kids (Jay Jay The Jet Plane, Jakers! The Adventures Of Piggley Winks), Bob The Builder, The Magic School Bus, The Magic School Bus Rides Again, Pet Alien, Madeline and many more.
I remember see this qubo show and also they have 321 penguins show and also a Larryboy show which not a show they use 5 episodes from dvds and not an actual show
Bob: Remember, kids, God made you special, a...
Network: No
Bob: Wh-what?
Network: You're not allowed to say that anymore.
Larry: What do we do, Bob?
Bob: Well Larry, let's just go with it today, and next week we'll have Mr. Nezzar play Joseph Stalin in a tongue-in-cheek reference to state enforced Atheism, and why it's a bad thing. The producers won't notice, but the kids will pick up on what we're trying to say.
Larry: Alright Bob.
Bob: Remember kids, you are very special!
Larry: And loved very much!
13:08 Oh woah, I didn't know vs the network was a thing that's really awesome, I'm gonna check out more episodes 😄
Maybe you could do an episode on Milo Murphy's Law sometime. Apparently Disney purposefully didn't advertise it very much, put it on Disney XD which almost nobody watches, and had it run during the least popular hours because they didn't think it'd do well so they didn't even try. And because they didn't try it got cancelled for not being very popular despite being a really good show and a follow-up to Phineas and Ferb. Disney even ended up apologizing to Dan and Swampy for screwing them over. And to this day I almost never hear anyone talk about Milo Murphy's Law and it makes me sad
In my childhood, Me and my sister used to watch VeggieTales on dvd and vhs, I never knew that there was a time when VeggieTales was on television which is great. But There’s one huge problem with this show. NBC wants Phil Vischer, Mike, and the people from Big Idea Productions to edit the episodes to remove religious messages, including references to God. The original sign-off message, "And remember kids, God made you special and He loves you very much!” But I have the reason why NBC Not allowing Christianity in a VeggieTales TV broadcast series is because of the Anti religions. At least NBC’s VeggieTales on TV does have the elements of the original series, But all around is just very odd in the end.
Okay, your Bob the Tomato is actually amazing.
Wonderful impressions Trevor
Qubo had Ispector Gadget
One Qubo Show i remembered Was"Harry and his Bucket ful of Dinosaurs",And "Babar"
Exactly. Nick is not CN, Adventure Time isn't SpongeBob, Gumball isn't Loud House or Fairly OddParents, Viacom isn't Turner Broadcasting.
For someone who's thinking of diving into the entertainment industry, I am very hesitant about working for some, if not, most of the big name cooperations. If I do work for said industry, then I would much rather lead my original projects at Pixar or A24. At least, to my knowledge, they do give their visionary’s the flexibility to tell their stories.
I believe VeggieTales would’ve been better off associated as an independent property. I don't see the franchise as a match made in heaven, no pun intended, with NBC/Uniiversal or Comcast.
Lastly, I'll be curious to see how Pixarfan8695 will animate the opening and closing sketches.
Yeah added to why Comcast is evil
Actually this was before comcast owned nbc, this happened in 2006, while bought nbc in 2011.
VEGGUETAKES had it hard on QUBO!!
"Make sure you know who your pitching to" Got it, thanks for the advice.
i might want to give Phil Vischer's book.
THE VOICE ACTING IS SPOT ON
I would really love it if someone animated the opening scene
I feel a bit of nostalgic in the opening
veggietales bed on tv Yeah, no one wanna talk about it
No Vischers, Heinecke or Nawrocki, no veggietales
They didn't want to meet their maker
10:28 never knew that rapper was a prophet
The only show I remember watching son wink besides Veggietales is Jacob Two Two and that show is extremely underrated
This should've been broadcast on 4kidstv instead.
Veggie tales on tv was my introduction to the show. I did see a video of the series once, but that was it before the television series. I have been a bit of a fan of the series since then.
is that the lobby track from diddy kong racing?
I would blame NBC though. They greenlit a show that was an openly religious program for kids and tried after the fact the remove the religious content.
What did they expect?
They knew very well what they were signing onto. If this was going to be such a big problem why did they agree in the first place?
Either NBC was being incompetant or greedy or both. Either way I would put all the blame on NBC.
NBC and qubo something about VeggieTales on TV isn't a match made in right
VeggieTales be airing today
This is so weird because the qubo show was the thing that got me back into VeggieTales
No I cannot fall in love with Arthur I don't feel I'm loving
If they’re so worried about not wanting to put Christianity into an children’s block channel where it will be more widespread than why pitch veggie tales in the first place?
Your Jean Claude is so good
As a Veggietales fan it truly is tragic, and as an old Qubo watcher it really does disgust me how the way they tried to scare kids into giving them thousands of dollars before shutting down.
That was fake
@@aidanmallon9879 Oh, but still quite a dark thing for someone to do
It did feature Bob The Tomato (along with Bob The Builder, Inspector Gadget, He-Man, Franklin, Postman Pat, Madeline, Rupert, The Ferocious Beast, Pippi Longstocking, Jess, Babar, Jay Jay The Jet Plane and a bunch of other characters) getting shot in the head.
9:14 The sick irony is that the Netflix show was helmed by Doug TenNapel, a once loved cartoonist and game dev (Earthworm Jim, Catscratch, Neverhood, etc.) but a now largely reviled bigoted theocratic fascist pretty much. You'd think he'd lean even further down the god path (but in a bad, more openly hateful way) so it could have been worse imho.
I myself am working on a new comic book series…a Christian allegory nonetheless and some publishers I had in mind were businesses like VIZ media or otaku USA do you think they would be willing to publish a manga that’s a religious allegory
Also I know this is a bit too far down the road but if my comic becomes popular enough to become an anime….wonder if A1 pictures and bang zoom entertainment would be willing to produce a narnia esque project!
Could you do a "vs the Network" on The Real Ghostbusters?
He said at the end of the video he doesn’t take requests
The Netflix series were actually very good
It was even nominated for a couple Emmys. The problem was that it lacked the core foundation of Veggietales.
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And it often contradicted its own logic.
Late stage capitalism am I right
Not cool, Qubo! Not cool! Veggietales is supposed to be about God, and you said no?! Not cool.
And then Universal bought Dreamworks and acquired Prince Of Egypt.
Qubo had mighty machines, so, can you do a review of mighty machines?
I miss Qubo!!!
I had to watch it even in 5th grade
My dad used to always say that if you preach the truth, God will build the numbers. I think that applies to children’s Bible programs also
I'm coming from an atheist standpoint. And I can say I wouldn't care if they aired religious Veggie Tales. I've seen a couple episodes and it's not bad. I would have a problem if they are televangelist for kids. But I don't see Veggie Tales as that. I want my kids to learn about other religious and pick what faith fits them if any. That's what my parents did and it's one of the better things I think they did. Veggie Tales isn't gonna turn my kid religious. It might open a door but I don't think any kid is gonna turn Christian form Veggie Tales. Just like how the Pass over episode of Rugrats isn't gonna turn kids Jewish.
*thumbs up*
I feel the same way about trans people. I tolerate them existing. I don't care rupauls drag race exists for adult entertainment. But once you put that on children's shows, that's crossing the line.
Skip intro for the actual video 1:48.
Thank you! That was cringe
3:21 what’s that from?
So, the prophet is apparently cash money, I guess?
You should see their new podcast.
who did the voice acting at the beginning
I did!
@@mediamementosofficial those are the best est ever impressions i’ ve ever hearded in my live
Nowadays, you can't have a children's show unless there's a trans character.
VeggieTales reboot
What makes no sense about them removing God from the show is that they aired The Toy that Saved Christmas and An Easter Carol, which centered ENTIRELY on the true meaning of those holidays (Jesus’s birth and resurrection.)
When you remove everything about God from the episodes, then what is Buzz Saw Louie trying to find and what is Hope supposed to show Mr. Nezzar about Easter?
You know I hope veggietales will return with it's christian values and a reboot of veggietales on tv
OK, I am not a religious person in the slightest, but taking a program specifically made for a religious audience & asking the creators to remove all references to said religion is absolutely absurd