Moe and the Big Exit
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Moe and the Big Exit is the 31st episode in the VeggieTales
series and is only available on DVD
. Its lesson is on following directions. It is the first VeggieTales episode of 2007.
Written by Mike Nawrocki
and directed by Brian K. Roberts
, it is based on the Biblical
story of Moses
from the Book of Exodus. Adapted as a parody of The Lone Ranger
, it is also a sequel to The Ballad of Little Joe
occurring years after Little Joe's death. This episode marks the second and final time that Bob the Tomato would play the Sheriff. This is the second video where the Silly Song starts after the 30-minute mark of the video.
and the other from Brentwood, Tennessee
about directions Moe and the Big Exit tells the story of Moses
, or Moe for short (played by Larry the Cucumber), a cowboy living a privileged life while his relatives dug the Grand Canyon
painted the painted desserts as slaves. Moe stands up to the zucchini foreman for his family, and then fearing for his safety, Moe escapes to the hills and ends up running from a bear he jumps into a well and is pulled out by a Native American named Sally and her buffalo Zippy. when the bear comes back Moe breaks a stick off a stump and scares the bear away by hitting it on the nose(he later named it sliver and took it everywhere he went) . Moe soon meets Sally's parents and he marries her,they raise a family and have a son who is skilled with the yo-yo However, some years later, a "burning tumbleweed" appears before Moe and tells him to return to Dodgeball City and save his people. He showed him a miracle in which his staff turns into a rattlesnake that Zippy is scared of. Moe explains to the weed that he can't speak in public and "imagining them in their underwear never worked". the tumbleweed (God) tells him that he will send someone to speak for him, so Moe sets off for dodge ball city Sally gives him a costume with a mask so the mayor won't recognize him. Moe sets off for dodge ball city with Zippy, he travels around the dessert and finally finds his brother Aaron (Archibald Asparagus) who works as a souvenir salesman in the dessert selling rubber tomahawks and agrees to work with Moe with Moe and tells the zucchini mayor (Mr.Nezzer) to "let my people go." The mayor rejects his demands, and trouble ensues (such as rivers turning into tomato juice, prairie dogs of golf, grasshoppers eating Mayor Nezzer's lunch, cattle falling dead, pink pimples, twisters and the first-born babies being taken by the river). Finally the Mayor lets Moe relatives leave Moe ultimately frees his relatives and they leave the city to find their own place to live when they come to death valley they see Pharoah coming with his carrot army. Moe lifts his stick in the air and yells "Hi - Ho Sliver Away and before them it starts snowing.The mayor tries running after them the snow melts and Mayor and his army are left in the friying sun
Sally and her family run to Moe and are reunited again.
VeggieTales
VeggieTales is an American series of children's computer animated films featuring anthropomorphic vegetables in stories conveying moral themes based on Christianity...
series and is only available on DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
. Its lesson is on following directions. It is the first VeggieTales episode of 2007.
Written by Mike Nawrocki
Mike Nawrocki
Michael Nawrocki is an American voice actor, writer, animator and director. He is the co-founder and Executive Vice President of Big Idea Entertainment, the company best known for bringing computer-animated vegetables to life in the popular VeggieTales series...
and directed by Brian K. Roberts
Brian K. Roberts
Brian K. Roberts is a television director and sometimes an actor. He has been the voice of Gourdon the Bully in the Christian series VeggieTales for Big Idea Productions since 2005...
, it is based on the Biblical
Bible
The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
story of Moses
Moses
Moses was, according to the Hebrew Bible and Qur'an, a religious leader, lawgiver and prophet, to whom the authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed...
from the Book of Exodus. Adapted as a parody of The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked Texas Ranger who, with his Native American companion Tonto, fights injustice in the American Old West. The character has become an enduring icon of American culture....
, it is also a sequel to The Ballad of Little Joe
The Ballad of Little Joe
The Ballad of Little Joe is the 20th episode in the VeggieTales series. It is subtitled "A Lesson in Facing Hardship". It was released in late 2003 on DVD and VHS format. The story is a parody of the American Western and also a retelling of the Bible story of Joseph...
occurring years after Little Joe's death. This episode marks the second and final time that Bob the Tomato would play the Sheriff. This is the second video where the Silly Song starts after the 30-minute mark of the video.
Plot
On the countertop, Larry and Bob had letters. one of them came from Carlsbad, New MexicoCarlsbad, New Mexico
Carlsbad is a city in and the county seat of Eddy County, New Mexico, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 26,138. Carlsbad is the center of the designated micropolitan area of Carlsbad-Artesia, which has a total population of 55,435...
and the other from Brentwood, Tennessee
Brentwood, Tennessee
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 23,445 people, 7,693 households, and 6,808 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 7,889 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 94.63% European American, 1.89% African American,...
about directions Moe and the Big Exit tells the story of Moses
Moses
Moses was, according to the Hebrew Bible and Qur'an, a religious leader, lawgiver and prophet, to whom the authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed...
, or Moe for short (played by Larry the Cucumber), a cowboy living a privileged life while his relatives dug the Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the United States in the state of Arizona. It is largely contained within the Grand Canyon National Park, the 15th national park in the United States...
painted the painted desserts as slaves. Moe stands up to the zucchini foreman for his family, and then fearing for his safety, Moe escapes to the hills and ends up running from a bear he jumps into a well and is pulled out by a Native American named Sally and her buffalo Zippy. when the bear comes back Moe breaks a stick off a stump and scares the bear away by hitting it on the nose(he later named it sliver and took it everywhere he went) . Moe soon meets Sally's parents and he marries her,they raise a family and have a son who is skilled with the yo-yo However, some years later, a "burning tumbleweed" appears before Moe and tells him to return to Dodgeball City and save his people. He showed him a miracle in which his staff turns into a rattlesnake that Zippy is scared of. Moe explains to the weed that he can't speak in public and "imagining them in their underwear never worked". the tumbleweed (God) tells him that he will send someone to speak for him, so Moe sets off for dodge ball city Sally gives him a costume with a mask so the mayor won't recognize him. Moe sets off for dodge ball city with Zippy, he travels around the dessert and finally finds his brother Aaron (Archibald Asparagus) who works as a souvenir salesman in the dessert selling rubber tomahawks and agrees to work with Moe with Moe and tells the zucchini mayor (Mr.Nezzer) to "let my people go." The mayor rejects his demands, and trouble ensues (such as rivers turning into tomato juice, prairie dogs of golf, grasshoppers eating Mayor Nezzer's lunch, cattle falling dead, pink pimples, twisters and the first-born babies being taken by the river). Finally the Mayor lets Moe relatives leave Moe ultimately frees his relatives and they leave the city to find their own place to live when they come to death valley they see Pharoah coming with his carrot army. Moe lifts his stick in the air and yells "Hi - Ho Sliver Away and before them it starts snowing.The mayor tries running after them the snow melts and Mayor and his army are left in the friying sun
Sally and her family run to Moe and are reunited again.
Cast of Characters
- Larry the Cucumber as Moe/Lone Stranger/Boyz in the Sink Larry
- Archibald Asparagus as Aaron
- Petunia Rhubarb as Sally
- Bob the Tomato as a random tomato
- Pa Grape as Jethro
- Ma Grape as Jethro's Wife
- Mr. Lunt as Wyatt/Boyz in the Sink Mr. Lunt
- Mr. Nezzer as the Mayor
- Jean ClaudeJean ClaudeJean Claude was a French Protestant divine.He was born at La Sauvetat-du-Dropt near Agen. After studying at Montauban, Jean Claude entered the ministry in 1645...
as Slave of Dodgeball City #1 - Phillipe as Slave of Dodgeball City #2
- Charles Pincher as Slave of Dodgeball City #3
- Zucchini Brothers as Sheriff's Guards
- Mayor's Daughter as herself
- Citizens/Little Joe's Customers of Dodgeball City
- Junior Asparagus as Boyz in the Sink Junior in the silly song "A Mess Down in Egypt"
- Jimmy Gourd as Boyz in the Sink Jimmy in the silly song "A Mess Down in Egypt"
- The French Peas as the sons of Little Joe. Caroline King George Nona Queen Esther Petunia Rhubarb
- Madame BlueberryMadame BlueberryMadame Blueberry is the tenth episode in the VeggieTales animated series. It was released in July 1998 and issued on DVD May 20, 2003. Subtitled "A Lesson in Thankfulness", it conveys the message that material possessions will never truly make us happy...
as Miss Kitty
Songs
- O Lone Stranger
- The Boy that We Call Moe
- The Birds and the Bees
- God Did
- Silly SongSilly Songs with LarrySilly Songs with Larry is a regular feature in the Big Idea's popular 3D cartoon series VeggieTales. It generally consists of Larry the Cucumber singing either alone or with some of the other Veggie characters. Occasionally, another character or an ensemble gets the lead vocal. It is occasionally...
A Mess Down in Egypt - He Still Wouldn't Listen
- O Lone Stranger (reprise)