The Philosophy behind the show VeggieTales

VeggieTales is a children’s television show that started in the early ’90s and ended in 2015. This show is a Christian based show that teaches children lessons about how to deal with certain situations (ex. how to handle fear). VeggieTales teaches children Christian based morals, such as, obey your parents, do not steal, etc. The philosophy behind this show is to teach kids to have good morals and to make good judgments, whether or not they are Christian. The show’s main purpose is to teach children to be respectful of others and to not be rude or judgmental.  

                               

In the show VeggieTales, most of the characters are vegetables, but some are fruits. The two main characters are Bob the tomato and Larry the cucumber. These two characters have a very prominent role in the show. Bob is more serious; he is the one that tells the children that they need to be respectful and kind to people. Larry is the funny one; he does a segment in each show called “Silly Songs with Larry.” “Silly Songs with Larry,” is a segment where Larry the Cucumber sings a funny song that has a hidden message that teaches children to not overreact to uneasy situations.

The show is made up of characters who are all obviously vegetables, and some fruits. This causes children to want to eat their fruits and vegetables. All of the characters are different with varying personalities, for example, there is Madame Blueberry, who is a very exuberant blueberry. There is an episode of VeggieTales about Madame Blueberry and how she “needs” so much “stuff” at the “StuffMart." This episode teaches children to not be greedy and to give to people who need it. These lessons are good for children to learn so that they can grow up to be giving and selfless people. 
VeggieTales is full of many different songs that children learn and sing. Growing up I watched VeggieTales and to this day still, know the words to the theme song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MreUtmdNqpc. Every song is full of lessons that help with children’s learning about how to treat others. The show really emphasizes the golden rule and strives to teach and instill that in everyone who watches it. You don’t have to be a Christian to watch it, but it is based off stories from the Bible and teaches lessons that are based on Christian morals.  
The VeggieTales episodes have different stories, which are Bible-based and are turned into more child-like stories so that the children can relate better to the characters in the stories. There is a VeggieTales episode about Joseph from the Bible who they call “Jo,” who is out in the American West. There are songs that are in every episode that relates to children and the fears or struggles that they may face. There is an episode of VeggieTales where Junior the asparagus is afraid of the boogie man, so Bob the tomato and Larry the cucumber sing him a song about how God is always with you and he will protect you from your fears and remember to pray to him. The song that they sing to him is called, “God is bigger than the Boogie Man."