The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown
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Veggie Tales: The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown is the 16th episode in the VeggieTales
animated series and the third Silly Song
compilation. The premise was to count down the Top Ten Silly Songs as decided by the show's viewers. Big Idea launched a campaign to collect and tally votes from fans via mail and internet for this purpose in a date of September 15, 2001 on DVD & VHS.
The Contraption malfunctions halfway through the countdown, producing nonsense songs such as "The Dance of the Yodeling Cebu Lips" and "The Song of the Water Buffalo Who Don't Love Cebu With Yodeling Lips" forcing Larry and Mr. Lunt to come up with a song of their own. The result, based on the text of a Chinese takeout menu, is called "Do the Moo Shoo". Pa Grape declares that it won't make the Top Ten, and manages to fix the machine so the countdown can continue.
When the countdown gets to the top two, The Contraption announces "The Pirates Who Don't...". But Pa Grape starts acting shifty and suggests that all the votes have not been collected. He produces a big bag labeled "Official Votes" and feeds them into the machine. Larry and Mr. Lunt confront him and he confesses to rigging the election because "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything" is the only song that features him (Which isn't actually true, because he also appeared in the Yodelling Veternarian of the Alps). Larry and Mr. Lunt forgive him, saying that it's better than "The Forgive-O-Matic" from "God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?!
", which was a failed attempt to sell a machine that supposedly gives automatic forgiveness.(Scallion #1 says "I heard that!") The final two songs are presented and the show ends.
DVDs with a variety of additional features intended to appeal to both children and adults alike. This section itemizes the content of the DVD.
VeggieTales
VeggieTales is an American series of children's computer animated films featuring anthropomorphic vegetables in stories conveying moral themes based on Christianity...
animated series and the third Silly Song
Silly Songs with Larry
Silly 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...
compilation. The premise was to count down the Top Ten Silly Songs as decided by the show's viewers. Big Idea launched a campaign to collect and tally votes from fans via mail and internet for this purpose in a date of September 15, 2001 on DVD & VHS.
Synopsis
This episode takes place entirely on the countertop where Larry, Mr. Lunt and Pa Grape are hosting the show. Pa Grape informs the others that today they are going to do a little something else after all, but they resist. They laze around eating Chinese food while Pa Grape introduces the "Astonishing Contraption of Silliness" ("What a lame name," says Mr. Lunt). Pa Grape pushes them into action and they feed the votes into the Contraption, which sputters and begins presenting the Top 10 Silly Songs of All Time.The Contraption malfunctions halfway through the countdown, producing nonsense songs such as "The Dance of the Yodeling Cebu Lips" and "The Song of the Water Buffalo Who Don't Love Cebu With Yodeling Lips" forcing Larry and Mr. Lunt to come up with a song of their own. The result, based on the text of a Chinese takeout menu, is called "Do the Moo Shoo". Pa Grape declares that it won't make the Top Ten, and manages to fix the machine so the countdown can continue.
When the countdown gets to the top two, The Contraption announces "The Pirates Who Don't...". But Pa Grape starts acting shifty and suggests that all the votes have not been collected. He produces a big bag labeled "Official Votes" and feeds them into the machine. Larry and Mr. Lunt confront him and he confesses to rigging the election because "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything" is the only song that features him (Which isn't actually true, because he also appeared in the Yodelling Veternarian of the Alps). Larry and Mr. Lunt forgive him, saying that it's better than "The Forgive-O-Matic" from "God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?!
God Wants Me To Forgive Them!?!
God Wants Me To Forgive Them?!? is the second episode of the VeggieTales animated series. It was released in October 1994 on VHS and on May 18, 2004 on DVD and directed by Phil Vischer. It features two short stories about forgiveness. The first is about a family of cranky grapes that torment Junior...
", which was a failed attempt to sell a machine that supposedly gives automatic forgiveness.(Scallion #1 says "I heard that!") The final two songs are presented and the show ends.
Cast of Characters
- Larry the Cucumber as Buccaneer Larry
- Mr. Lunt as Pirate Lunt
- Pa Grape as Captain Pa
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as the voices of the machine
Segments
This video consists of a single kitchen countertop segment which contains the "Top 10" silly songs presented by the Astonishing Contraption of Silliness. See list of songs below.Countdown Songs
- 10. "Endangered Love", sung by Larry (2000)
- 9."The Dance of the Cucumber", sung by Larry and translated by Bob the Tomato (1995)
- 8."Larry's High Silk Hat", sung by Archibald Asparagus and Larry (2001)
- 7."The Water Buffalo Song", sung by Larry (1993)
- 6."The Yodeling Veterinarian of the Alps", sung by Larry, Pa Grape, the Scallions, and Frankencelery (1998)
- 5.The Song of the Cebú, sung by Larry with Jimmy and Jerry Gourd and Junior Asparagus (1997)
- 4 1/2 .Do the Moo Shoo sung by Larry and Mr. Lunt (2001)
- 4."His Cheeseburger", sung by Mr. Lunt (1998)
- 3."Love My Lips", sung by Larry with Archibald (1996)
- 2.The Pirates Who Don't Do AnythingThe Pirates Who Don't Do Anything"The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything" is a single released by Christian rock band Relient K. It is a cover of a song originally performed by the cast of VeggieTales. It was later included in the 2003 compilation album Veggie Rocks!...
, sung by Pa Grape, Mr. Lunt, and Larry (1997) - 1. "The Hairbrush Song", sung by Larry with Pa Grape, Junior Asparagus, Bob the Tomato, and the Peach (1995)
- Silly Song Remix Medley, sung by Larry and company over the closing credits (2001)
DVD Content
Big Idea has consistently packed the VeggieTalesVeggieTales
VeggieTales is an American series of children's computer animated films featuring anthropomorphic vegetables in stories conveying moral themes based on Christianity...
DVDs with a variety of additional features intended to appeal to both children and adults alike. This section itemizes the content of the DVD.
Chapters
- 1. Introduction
- 2. "Endangered Love" (from King George and the Ducky)
- 3. "The Dance of the Cucumber" (from Rack, Shack, & Benny)
- 4. "Larry's High Silk Hat" (from Lyle the Kindly Viking)
- 5. Technical Difficulties?!?
- 6. "The Water Buffalo Song" (from Where's God When I'm S-Scared)
- 7. "The Yodeling Veterinarian of the Alps" (from The End of Silliness?)
- 8. "The Song of the Cebu" (from Josh and the Big Wall!)
- 9. "Do the Moo Shoo"
- 10. "His Cheeseburger" (from Madame Blueberry)
- 11. "Love My Lips" (from Dave and the Giant Pickle)
- 12. Something Fishy?
- 13. The Confession!
- 14. "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything" (from Very Silly Songs!)
- 15. "The Hairbrush Song" (from Are You My Neighbor?)
- 16. End Credits