Every VeggieTales episode/DVD across 20 years
VeggieTales is a long-running direct-to-DVD video series by Big Idea. When I first watched them back in 2003, I was kind of expecting to see a full movie, but most of them were stories you could fit into 1 or 2 episodes of TV, which is something VeggieTales actually did from September 9, 2006 to March 22, 2008. 21 videos had their stories broadcast on TV in 28 episodes, from Are You My Neighbor to Moe and the Big Exit, plus 2 Auto-tainment songs. The only movies in between that did not make it are The Star of Christmas and Lord of the Beans. There are two VeggieTales movies that were a movie-length story shown in theaters with no countertop scenes or silly songs in between - Jonah and The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything. Most earlier VeggieTales videos are 30 minutes minimum. You can watch 31 minutes of commercial-free content. This is also true of The VeggieTales Show's The Best Christmas Gift when the other episodes are all 23 minutes.
VeggieTales makes 2 or 3 films/movies/videos a year, or 6 half-hour episodes. If a VeggieTales video is over 38 minutes (minus the theme song), I would make that 2 episodes. Esther the Girl Who Became Queen and A Snoodle's Tale are a gray area to me. Esther, which has no theme song was cut down from 36 minutes to 18 minutes on TV, and A Snoodle's Tale, which is also 36 minutes without the theme song, had 2 stories and which were both their own separate episode on TV. There are 46 videos in 20 years, but how many episodes total are there when you make 2 out of some of them? How many more will equate to 100 half-hours?
Season 1 (1993-1999)
1. Where's God When I'm S-Scared?-December 21, 1993
2. God Wants Me to Forgive Them?-November 1, 1994
3. Are You My Neighbor?-March 28, 1995
4. Rack, Shack and Benny-November 28, 1995
5. Dave and the Giant Pickle-April 2, 1996
6. The Toy That Saved Christmas-October 22, 1996
7. LarryBoy and The Fib From Outer Space-April 22, 1997
8. Josh and the Big Wall!-November 18, 1997
9. Madame Blueberry-July 21, 1998
10. LarryBoy and The Rumor Weed-July 27, 1999
Season 2 (2000-2005)
11. All the Bananas/King George and the Ducky-April 1, 2000
12. Esther, The Girl Who Became Queen-October 3, 2000
13. Prince Omelet/Lyle, the Kindly Viking-March 27, 2001
Jonah-October 4, 2002
14. The Star of Christmas Part 1-October 29, 2002
15. The Star of Christmas Part 2-October 29, 2002
16. The Wonderful World of Auto-tainment!-May 20, 2003 (The all-Silly Song episode)
17. The Ballad of Little Joe-August 5, 2003
18. An Easter Carol Part 1-February 10, 2004
19. An Easter Carol Part 2-February 10, 2004
20. Dr. Jiggle and Mr. Sly/A Snoodle's Tale-May 18, 2004
21. Going Up/The Story of St. Patrick-August 31, 2004
22. Sumo of the Opera-August 31, 2004
23. Babysitter in DeNile-March 5, 2005
24. Duke and the Great Pie War-March 5, 2005
25. Bully Trouble-June 25, 2005
26. Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Samson's Hairbrush-June 25, 2005
Season 3 (2005-2009)
27. Lord of the Beans Part 1-October 29, 2005
28. Silly Songs With Elves/Lord of the Beans Part 2-October 29, 2005
29. The Asparagus of LaMancha-March 11, 2006
30. Sheerluck Holmes and the Golden Ruler-March 11, 2006
31. LarryBoy and the Bad Apple Part 1-July 29, 2006
32. LarryBoy and the Bad Apple Part 2/Rock on LarryBoy-July 29, 2006
33. The Story of George Meuller/Lance the Turtle-November 4, 2006
34. Gideon: Tuba Warrior-November 4, 2006
35. Moe and the Big Exit Part 1-March 3, 2007
36. A Mess Down in Egypt/Moe and the Big Exit Part 2-March 3, 2007
37. The Wonderful Wizard of Ha's Part 1/If It Doesn't Have a Tail, It's Not a Monkey-October 9, 2007
38. The Wonderful Wizard of Ha's Part 2-October 9, 2007
The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything-January 11, 2008
39. Huckleberry Larry and Tomato Sawyer's Big River Rescue Part 1/The Biscuit of Zazzamarandabo-July 15, 2008
40. Huckleberry Larry and Tomato Sawyer's Big River Rescue Part 2-July 15, 2008
41. Abe and the Amazing Promise/Sneeze If You Have To-February 10, 2009
42. Blunders in Boo-Boo-Ville-February 10, 2009
43. Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Noah's Umbrella Part 1-August 4, 2009
44. Sippy Cup/Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Noah's Umbrella Part 2-August 4, 2009
45. Saint Nicholas: A Story of Joyful Giving Part 1/Donuts for Benny-October 6, 2009
46. Saint Nicholas: A Story of Joyful Giving Part 2-October 6, 2009
Season 4 (2010-2014)
47. Pistachio Part 1/Where Have All the Staplers Gone?-March 2, 2010
48. Pistachio Part 2-March 2, 2010
49. Snooderella/Pants-August 3, 2010
50. Sweetpea Beauty-August 3, 2010
51. It's a Meaningful Life Part 1-October 5, 2010
52. Bedtime Songs With Junior/It's a Meaningful Life Part 2-October 5, 2010
53. Twas the Night Before Easter Part 1/Do the Hopperena-March 8, 2011
54. Twas the Night Before Easter Part 2-March 8, 2011
55. The Princess and the Popstar Part 1/Astonishing Wigs-August 16, 2011
56. The Princess and the Popstar Part 2-August 16, 2011
57. The Little Drummer Boy Part 1/8 Polish Foods of Christmas-October 4, 2011
58. The Little Drummer Boy Part 2-October 4, 2011
59. Lenny and the Lost Birthday/Bubble Rap-March 6, 2012
60. Robin Good and his Not-So-Merry Men-March 6, 2012
61. The Penniless Princess Part 1/Best Friends Forever-August 14, 2012
62. The Penniless Princess Part 2-August 14, 2012
63. The League of Incredible Vegetables Part 1/Supper Hero-October 16, 2012
64. The League of Incredible Vegetables Part 2-October 16, 2012
65. The Little House That Stood/Happy Tooth Day-March 5, 2013
66. The Good Egg of Gooseville-March 5, 2013
67. MacLarry and the Stinky Cheese Battle Part 1/Kilts and Stilts-July 30, 2013
68. MacLarry and the Stinky Cheese Battle Part 2-July 30, 2013
69. Merry Larry and the True Light of Christmas Part 1/I Wrapped Myself Up For Christmas-October 22, 2013
70. Merry Larry and the True Light of Christmas Part 2-October 22, 2013
71. Veggies in Space: The Fennel Frontier Part 1/Asteroid Cowboys-March 11, 2014
72. Veggies in Space: The Fennel Frontier Part 2-March 11, 2014
73. Celery Night Fever Part 1/The Perfect Puppy-August 5, 2014
74. Celery Night Fever Part 2-August 5, 2014
75. Beauty and the Beet Part 1/Macaroni and Cheese-October 14, 2014
76. Beauty and the Beet Part 2/Deck the Halls-October 14, 2014
In total, VeggieTales has 76 half-hour episodes in 46 different direct-to-video movies. I am still waiting on Lisa Vischer to write or direct a batch of her own VeggieTales videos. I wrote a letter to her asking if she would be interested in writing any videos or episodes of The VeggieTales Show. I have not heard back from her yet, but that would be great if she said yes. If she and new The VeggieTales Show writer Sean Gaffney each wrote 7, we would finally have 60 VeggieTales videos! I would also be kind of fascinated by a VeggieTales video with such a long story that it ran for 1 whole hour, including the 4 minutes of end credits. The closest thing right now is Beauty and the Beet, which was off by 2 minutes and 30 seconds.
Coming up next: 10 Screenrant-type articles that I will post every weekday for 2 weeks! These are about the subjects of shows that may be a bit too obscure for ScreenRant, but things they would write and have done for other programs like Spongebob Squarepants and Avatar: The Last Airbender.
1. 5 times Lisa Junior Asparagus from VeggieTales was a great kid (and 5 times he was terrible)
2. 5 reasons Candace Flynn from Phineas and Ferb is a bad sister (and 5 reasons she is amazing)
3. 5 reasons Connie Mahareswan is the best girlfriend for Steven Universe (and 5 reasons it's Amethyst)
4. 5 features that make All Grown Up a worthy successor to Rugrats (and 5 features that make it unworthy)
5. 5 times Rainbow Dash from Friendship is Magic was the most loyal friend (and 5 times she was not)
6. 5 cartoon reboots of the 2010s that sucked (and 5 2010s reboots that were awesome)
7. 5 reasons Bubbles is the sweetest character on The Powerpuff Girls (and 5 reasons she is the most hardcore)
8. 5 reasons Wander is your best friend (and 5 reasons he is your worst friend)
9. 5 reasons Phineas and Ferb should continue in school (and 5 reasons why it shouldn't)
10. 5 Admirable Animation reviews that still hold up (and 5 reviews that aged poorly)
June 4, 2022 update: I will have to remember a lot of cartoon shows and episodes I watched to type all of this stuff out. Even if I do rewatch all of these cartoons to create these posts one day, it would be impossible for me to do it in two weeks. I would have a much better chance of making one blog post every month or two.
