Hey everyone, time for another episode of #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
Today I'll be livetweeting VeggieTales "Are You My Neighbor?" (1995) #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNEQb7_ZmKU …—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
@pnumber628 You might just inspire a rewatch in this house.—mackenzian (@mackenzian) 2017-11-10
hahaha this youtube link has veggietales ads at the beginning. now there's nostalgia #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
VeggieTales theme song—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
"you play the guitar!"
"Bob, I don't have any hands."
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the veggietales theme song is just genius #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
We open on Bob & Larry on the counter top. Larry is wearing a boot on his head. #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
A fan wrote in to ask the veggies what "loving your neighbor" really means #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
This is a really interesting concept, how they have a set of veggie characters who serve as actors in all the stories #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
It's the story of flibber-o-loo and jibberty-lot, which I guess is modelled after dr seuss #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
in 1 town all the inhabitants wear shoes on their heads. in the other town, they wear pots—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
carrot child: "mine's really more of a kettle"
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The 2 towns catapulted shoes & pots at each other #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
Interesting how the distinction is made between people who actively participated in the shoe-throwing and nice people who weren't involved #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
All right all the fans of Larry's toy blue lobster, where y'all at? #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
Wait larry was also wearing a sock on his head? #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
Larry gets robbed and left on the side of the robe. Poor Larry. #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
Mayor of shoe land shows up, let's see if he will help Larry #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
Mayor sings a song about being busy & that's why he can't help #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
a doctor shows up. I bet she is also too busy to help Larry. #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
wow veggietales is so full of little jokes. this is great #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
This is the "good Samaritan" episode of veggietales. in case you didn't figure it out. #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
Junior is from the pot head town. (wait i'm pretty sure the creators of veggietales did not intend for them to be called that) #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
—Ahab (@Ahab_Of_Gilead) 2017-11-10
Junior at first recoils at the idea of helping Larry because the shoe town is so mean to his hometown #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
But then Junior reasons that Larry really needs help, and God cares abt him, so he should help #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
I feel like there is a lot you could say about this veggietales story as an analogy for race #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
Anyway, the major is so inspired by Junior's kindness, he decides that the 2 towns will stop fighting and throw flowers to each other instead. the end. #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
THIS IS THE VEGGIETALES WITH THE HAIRBRUSH SONG #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
"oh where is my hairbrush?" #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
....... why is it embarrassing for larry to be seen in a towel? he usually walks around naked.... #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
why do random ppl keep popping into larry's bathroom? #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
Larry had never realized that he doesn't need a hairbrush bc he has no hair. So..... like... typically what does he use it for? #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
Bob gave the hairbrush to the peach, because "he's got hair".—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
So Bob & Larry are roommates, or what? #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales
Do we see the peach again in future episodes of veggietales? #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
@pnumber628 He's from the IRS in the christmas cookie song.—Superenby! (@MorganL666) 2017-11-10
I love how the hairbrush song goes through so many different emotions #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
Junor & Dad are talking about who Junior will invite to his birthday party. Junior does NOT want to invite Fernando. #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
Junior doesn't like Fernando bc he's new & "talks funny." Dad says he doesn't "talk funny", it's just that his family's from another country, and we can learn from ppl who are different. #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
Bob & Larry just flew into Junior's room in a tiny spaceship #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
This is the Star Trek episode of Veggietales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
"our ship, the USS Applepies, is in grave danger!" #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales
Junior minored in aerospace at preschool so he is going to help #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
wow I am so happy, I love star trek #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
WOWWWWWWWW this carrot "Scooter" is so Scottish #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
the meteor is made of popcorn—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
Junior: "wow, a popcorn ball meteor"
Bob: "the worst kind"
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the 2 gourds are "the new guys"—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
"all they do is sing and eat, eat and sing"
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yay Jimmy and Jerry Gourd!!!! #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
Jimmy & Jerry eat a lot, we have learned #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
Jimmy & Jerry are going to go eat the popcorn meteor #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
I love this Scottish carrot. because scotty. #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
hooray they saved the ship! #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
Jerry Gourd was "snacking on this end table" when he discovered actually the ship power wasn't plugged in #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
isn't somebody in this story supposed to have Vulcan ears? #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
so the moral of this story is that you shouldn't avoid ppl just because they're different from you and seem "weird" #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
yeah I think this is a really good message~ #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
Why is Dad Asparagus wearing a tie? Doesn't he take it off at home, or...???? #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
Junior decided to invite Fernando to his party bc if their party is going to be smashed by a popcorn meteor, maybe Fernando could eat it #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
Bob breaks something during the "what we have learned" song #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
QWERTY gives them the verse "love your neighbor as yourself" #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
That's the end of the episode. Let's discuss. #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
omg the Star Trek veggietales segment was titled "The Gourds Must Be Crazy" #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
So, my general feeling about VeggieTales "Are You My Neighbor?" is I really like it! #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
I attended lots of Sunday school lessons about how we have to "love our neighbor" & help ppl. But I don't remember any specifically saying "love your neighbor AND THAT INCLUDES PPL FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES" #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
So i'm really glad VeggieTales said it so directly. I really really like how they gave this specific example of Junior feeling uncomfortable about interacting with an international student & preferring to just avoid him #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
The first story though, about the towns that throw shoes & pots at each other, I feel like it's not something we can really relate to #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
I could say the same about the good Samaritan story as Jesus told it. Yeah pastors are always like "Samaritans were hated racial minorities, this story would have been shocking to Jesus' followers" ... #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
... but personally I never felt like I could really *get* how they would have felt #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
I guess the issue is that I felt like my own prejudices were reasonable, unlike the people of Jesus' time who hates Samaritans for something as arbitrary as race #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
However, I now believe that racism isn't "I hate those ppl for no real reason, just because I've arbitrarily decided their race makes them inferior" ... #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
... but something more along the lines of negative feelings associated with things you see "those ppl" doing, fear of what you don't understand, selectively remembering certain facts/stats that portray them in a negative way, etc #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
ugh well i'm not explaining this well but my point is, our attempts to be "colorblind" enable us to keep holding racist biases but not even realize they are racist #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
the sermons abt "people in Jesus' day didn't like Samaritans" didn't really challenge me to examine my own biases bc I was like "oh they don't like them JUST BECAUSE OF their race? how strange & arbitrary" #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
maybe they didn't like Samaritans bc they thought they are "statistically more likely to commit crimes" or some kind of cleverly-disguised racism like that #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
ANYWAY WHERE WERE WE—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
also at the end of the story, the 2 towns suddenly decided to be nice to each other and it's all good. yeah....... no it wouldn't have been fixed so easily #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales
Anyway my point is, I really REALLY like how the Star Trek segment gave a SPECIFIC EXAMPLE of Junior being uneasy abt talking to another student bc "he talks funny" & he's from another country #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
because that's an actual bias I have actually had #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
And then the whole point of the story is differences can be good! We can learn from ppl who come from other cultures! We should be friends~ #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
As I said, I really like this, because I don't remember any other children's Christian morality lessons that specifically focused on accepting ppl of other cultures #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
And there's nothing in here AT ALL abt doing sneaky evangelism to your international friends. It's just "be friends & learn from them." YES! #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
All right it turns out I have some more things to say about race #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
So there were lots of times in school when I didn't talk to another student bc they were of a different race/culture & I didn't really know how to relate to them/ was afraid of being awkward, so I didn't even try #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
And that's racism, and it's a sin. But us white ppl are so scared of being called racist, that we're not willing to admit when our own actions are motivated by racism #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
And if we're not willing to even admit that we have racist biases that affect our actions, then how can we learn to change & not be racist? #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
Anyway thanks VeggieTales for addressing this #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
Anyway now I live in China & i'm a minority & i'm communicating with ppl in my 2nd language #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
i'm really glad I have this experience of being a minority in china. have learned things I couldn't have learned as a white person living in the US #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales—Perfect Number (@pnumber628) 2017-11-10
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