G-Tales!
July 27th, 2007
That’s what Colby calls “Veggie Tales”. I never pushed Colby to watch tv, and he never had an interest in tv until he watched the movie “Cars”. But now I am so glad he has taken to liking G-Tales. The series first came out when I was in high school. I remember youth functions where we would get together and watch Veggie Tales, because we truly liked it. There’s a lot of humor there that children may not pick up, and I appreciate the creators for realizing that if you’re going to watch something with your child, it may as well be entertaining for both audiences.
Anyway, if you’re not familiar, the two main characters are Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber. Except Colby calls them “Bob May-no” and “Ware-ry Cu-mummer”. (Cu-mummer sounds a lot like what he calls Grandmother - Gam-mummer.) Some people think Veggie Tales is weird because they don’t like talking and singing vegetables. I think it’s great. Colby will now pick up a tomato and say “Bob!” Then when the tomato is cut up and he’s eating it, he says, “Bye-bye Bob.”
What do you think? A ploy for kids to eat their vegetables? Or weird and uncomfortable?
By the way, every time I hear “The Hairbrush Song”, I think of mab. I think she was one of the ones to first introduce me to G-Tales, and I thank her for that.
2 Comments Add your own
1. mab | July 27th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
Ahhh…. the days of watching Veggie Tales at grown-up college functions! I’m glad that I made such a positive impact on your life. Hah!
By the way, if my name is slightly mispronounced over here, it means “Water Buffalo.” If my hub’s name is slightly mispronounced, it means “Male Water Buffalo.” This news has led us to sing “Everybody’s Got a Water Buffalo” often and loudly. We are proud to be the Water Buffalo Family!
(And now you know why I picked a local name to go by and ditched my real one over here!)
2. Erin | July 29th, 2007 at 3:53 pm
I have the same memories of Veggie Tales in youth group. They are so clever! And as for “The Hairbrush Song.” For whatever reason I seem to always lose my brush - which prompts G to bust out with “Oh, where is my hairbrush?” until I have successfully found my brush and stopped him from singing that song - again! He’s oh so funny…
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