Heyyyyyy let's do an episode of #PerfectNumberWatchesVeggieTales. Here's "The Wonderful Wizard of Ha's" (2007) https://t.co/CFHdmwU15P— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
Here we go!— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
So first of all, a fun new remix of the veggietales theme song
a whole cast of characters are singing together
cool!
We open on Bob & Larry on the counter. Larry is sad.— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
He broke the aardvark toy that his dad (the astronaut) made from a kit he bought at an Amish craft show pic.twitter.com/Tw0yPjc7gr
Larry is worried his dad won't love him anymore.— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
Bob says this is similar to a letter they got. LW (letter writer) says he knows stealing is wrong but he steals stuff anyway, & he's worried about going to church bc what if god doesn't love him?
Bob says they're gonna tell the story of the prodigal son.— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
But it's gonna be "The Wonderful Wizard of Ha's"
Junior Asparagus (Darby) is on a farm. Tells his dad he wants to go to the Land of Ha's, an amusement park.— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
Dad says no, it's too expensive.
Junior wants to use his college savings bc "It's my money"
btw they are farming floss— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
????
some other kid shows up & says Darby's dad doesn't love him.— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
says he should do something his dad doesn't like, to see how far his love really goes
Darby runs away with his pig Tutu. Oh my goodness, a tornado.— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
they find a little mobile home & go inside
oh no, they were picked up by the tornado
He lands inside some kind of candyland. 3 French peas in colorful hats are like "you freed us!"— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
& the fairy Splenda sings abt it
they are all thankful to Darby pic.twitter.com/4D9Jji4xw8
oh no, that bad kid from before is mad abt Darby wrecking the scary truck (& saving the French peas)— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
LOLOLOLOL they introduce him to some guy named Yellow who can take him to the Land of Ha's.— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
"Follow Yellow McToad!"
He meets a scarecrow (Mr Lunt)— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
scarecrow is bored. "I'm a bag on a stick!"
Darby says they are going to the Land of Ha's! Scarecrow wants to come but doesn't have money. Darby says he can pay for him
they met a tin man (Larry)— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
Tin man left home to seek adventure!
Darby says he can pay for tin man too when they get to the amusement park pic.twitter.com/CLzYec0UbJ
Now it's time for Silly Songs with Larry!— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
Bob & Larry are on a photo safari. Song is abt how to tell the difference between a monkey & an ape
This is useful information
Bob: A kite has a tail!— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
Larry: It's a monkey!
Bob: A comet has a tail!
Larry: It's a monkey!
Okay back to the story of the Wizard of Ha's.— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
omg "Ohioans and fifers and mares, oh my!"
veggietales humor is the best
They met a lion (Pa Grape)— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
lolololol Lion explains he's not really the king of the forest. actually these days it's a representative govt. he's really more of a figurehead.
Lion is going to come with them to the amusement park. Darby is paying!— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
They come to a field of flowers.— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
"These aren't flowers! They're puppies!"
omg so cute pic.twitter.com/5vRdh9NDyT
meanwhile the bad kid is watching— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
with his ... onion minions?
They arrive at the Land of Ha's. Archibald Asparagus greets them.— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
Lion wants cotton candy, tin man wants roller coasters, scarecrow wants spinny rides, and Darby says "I just want to do whatever I want!"
They pay the fee & go in.— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
They are doing all the fun stuff. Wow must be nice that there are no crowds & they don't have to wait in line
Darby wants to keep having fun! But to go to the next part of the amusement park, it costs more money. & Darby has no money.— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
Scarecrow, tin man, & lion all go home.
Darby is alone.
Now Darby is remembering how he ran away from home. He took the money. What if his dad doesn't love him anymore.— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
lol Archibald takes off his mask & he's like "i'm not really a wizard"— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
Darby is suddenly a very unsatisfied customer. he wants to tell everyone this amusement park is terrible! they just want your money!
Wizard puts him in a dungeon.— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
umm
okay
Now Darby really misses his dad. He feels really guilty. "Even my dad's farmhands have it better than this!"— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
He decides to go back & see if his dad will give him a job
Lion, scarecrow, & tin man come back to break Darby out of the dungeon.— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
Scarecrow says "Unstuff me!" so he is skinny enough to fit through the bars
oh no, they are being chased by onion minions, the bad kid, & the wizard.— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
Darby throws a bucket of water on the bad kid.
lol he is not melting, he's just like "i'm all wet"
lol the bad kid's parents suddenly show up. he is in trouble. they take him home.— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
Now Darby is going home.— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
We see his dad sadly wondering where he is.
Darby is planning what he will say. calls his dad "Farmer O'Gill" instead of "dad"
Dad is so happy! Get a bouncy castle, we're gonna have a party!— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
Mr Lunt is like "didn't he take all the money?"— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
Dad says it's all okay
The end. Now we are back w Bob & Larry on the counter.— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
lol Bob wears headphones so he doesn't have to hear the "what have we learned" song. I love it!— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
Bob explains "the story of the prodigal son is abt how much god loves everyone"— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
"God's love has no limits. It goes on forever. No matter what you've done."— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
so Larry shouldn't worry that his dad won't love him bc he broke the aardvark.— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
and LW shouldn't worry god doesn't love him bc of his stealing habit.
THE END
I like the "morality lesson" in this VeggieTales episode— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
About how God will always love you, even if you do something bad.
And a good parent should always love their kid
yes, I believe that— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
I really believe god always loves us
and like, there are a whole bunch of things i'd like to add to that— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
like how this story just focused on sin on an individual level- you do something bad, & god/parents are upset w you- didn't show any of the ways that sin hurts other ppl— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
the only "bad" effect of sin was it makes you feel guilty & worried abt if god/parents still love you— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
but I don't necessarily think that's bad in this case- the example in the story was abt a kid spending the dad's money- it wasn't something that would hurt other ppl beyond that— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
and, specifically looking at situations where a kid disobeys their parents in normal kid ways, there aren't really far-reaching "this hurts other ppl" effects— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
& it's realistic that a kid in that situation would worry their parents don't love them, & I think it's good to reassure them— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
so basically: god always loves you, & a good parent should always love their kid.— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
on a completely separate note, it's also important to be aware of the way our sin hurts other ppl & ourselves
but it's okay that that wasn't discussed here
& it's important to do the work to make it right when you hurt other ppl— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
like it's not just "oh it's okay, god still loves you" & that's the end of it
but that's a separate thing & wasn't what they were focusing on in this veggietales episode, & i'm fine with that— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
okay now let's talk abt the "bible story" aspect. So this was apparently the story of the prodigal son.— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
& yeah it pretty much followed the story
EXCEPT that the veggietales story was abt a kid disobeying their parent in normal kid ways (running away, wasting money)— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
but the prodigal son story was very much NOT
in the prodigal son story, the son is an adult. when he asks the dad to give him his inheritance, that's a huge insult to the dad. & that's a ton of money.— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
& when he leaves, he's pretty much planning to never come back
whereas junior asparagus didn't really think it through that far, he's just a kid who's like "I want to do this thing, but dad said no, so i'll run away & do it anyway"— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
I've said before that the veggietales stories that work well are the ones that aren't actually based on bible stories— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
anyway when I was a good evangelical, my understanding of the prodigal son story was "we are all terrible ppl who have done this giant insult to god by occasionally having a 'sinful' thought..."— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
"... we are underserving of anything good, but isn't it amazing that god still loves us"— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
& i'm glad veggietales didn't go that way with it. they ONLY talked abt "god loves you no matter what"— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
okay a few other small comments abt this veggietales episode— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
so, it's based on "The Wizard of Oz." The Dorothy character was changed to Junior Asparagus. Umm. so the only woman in the story was the fairy Splenda— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
the wicked witch character was changed to some bad kid (a boy) who's an acquaintance of Junior's— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
all the farmers were men, Junior's dad is a man, there's no Auntie Em or that lady who was trying to take Dorothy's dog
like wtf, veggietales. why are there so few female characters in so many of these episodes?— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
it's 2007, do better.
another thing: it was a bit odd when Junior suddenly realizes the wizard isn't gonna let him into the other section of the amusement park without paying money— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
like... I guess junior doesn't know anything abt how running a business works?— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
he says to the wizard "I am not having fun, you are supposed to make everything fun for me, this place is a scam"— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
umm
like
you have to pay money to get stuff, that's how life works....
so that's the sum of my thoughts on VeggieTales "The Wonderful Wizard of Ha's"— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
overall it was good. god always loves us.
(like, that doesn't mean it's all good when we hurt other ppl, but it's okay they didn't talk abt that)
OH ONE MORE THING— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
I loved it when bob wore headphones so he wouldn't have to hear the "what have we learned" song
like as an autistic person, it has taken me A LONG TIME to learn that it's GOOD to just go ahead & take care of my own needs, in a way that doesn't bother other ppl.— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
even if other ppl think i'm doing something "weird"
---------------------Bob wears the headphones, he doesn't have to hear the song, he feels a lot better.— Perfect Number (@pnumber628) August 10, 2019
& it doesn't affect anyone else
This is wonderful.
To see all my VeggieTales reviews: Perfect Number Watches VeggieTales (Master Post)
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