The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown
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| The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown | |
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| Directed by | Tom Bancroft |
| Produced by | Jennifer Combs |
| Written by | Mike Nawrocki |
| Starring | Phil Vischer, Mike Nawrocki |
| Music by | Mike Nawrocki, Kurt Heinecke |
| Distributed by | Sony Wonder |
| Release date(s) | 2001 |
| Running time | 43 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Lyle the Kindly Viking |
| Followed by | Jonah Sing-Along Songs and More! |
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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.
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[edit] Synopsis
This episode takes place entirely on the countertop where the Pirates Who Don't Do Anything (Pa Grape, Mr. Lunt, and Larry the Cucumber) are hosting the show. Pa Grape informs the others that today they are going to do a little something 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 forcing Larry and Mr. Lunt to come up with a new song on the spot. The result, based on the text of the Chinese menu, is called "Do the Moo Shoo" and is a sort of hip-hop version of the "Hustle". Pa Grape declares that it won't make the Top Ten, and the countdown continues.
When the countdown gets to the top two, The Contraption announces "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything". But Pa Grape starts acting shifty and suggests that not all the votes have been counted. 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. Once that is cleared up, the final two songs are presented and the show ends.
For more information on the individual Silly Songs in the countdown, see Silly Songs with Larry and the associated episode articles.
[edit] Cast of Characters
- Larry the Cucumber as Buccaneer Larry
- Mr. Lunt as Pirate Lunt
- Pa Grape as Captain Pa
[edit] Segments
This video consists of a single countertop segment which contains the "Top 10" silly songs presented by the Astonishing Contraption of Silliness. See list of songs below.
[edit] Songs
This episode includes ten previously available Silly Songs along with two others. It does not contain the "VeggieTales Theme" or "What We Have Learned".
- Endangered Love, sung by Larry
- The Dance of the Cucumber, sung by Larry and translated by Bob the Tomato
- Larry's High Silk Hat, sung by sung by Archibald Asparagus and Larry
- The Water Buffalo Song, sung by Larry
- The Yodeling Veterinarian of the Alps, sung by Larry, Pa Grape, the Scallions, and Franken-celery
- The Song of the Cebu, sung by Larry with Jimmy and Jerry Gourds and Junior Asparagus
- Do the Moo Shoo, sung by Larry and Mr. Lunt
- His Cheeseburger, sung by Mr. Lunt
- Love My Lips, sung by Larry with Archibald
- The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything, sung by Pa Grape, Mr. Lunt, and Larry
- The Hairbrush Song, sung by Larry with Pa Grape, Junior Asparagus, Bob the Tomato, and the Peach
- Silly Song Remix Medley, sung by Larry and company over the closing credits
[edit] DVD Content
Big Idea has consistently packed the VeggieTales DVDs with a variety of additional features intended to appeal to both children and adults alike. This section itemizes the content of the DVD.
[edit] Chapters
- 1. Introduction
- 2. "Endangered Love"
- 3. "The Dance of the Cucumber"
- 4. "Larry's High Silk Hat"
- 5. Technical Difficulties?!?
- 6. "The Water Buffalo Song"
- 7. "The Yodeling Veterinarian of the Alps"
- 8. "The Song of the Cebu"
- 9. "Do the Moo Shoo"
- 10. "His Cheeseburger"
- 11. "Love My Lips"
- 12. Something Fishy?
- 13. The Confession!
- 14. "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything"
- 15. "The Hairbrush Song"
- 16. End Credits
[edit] Bonus Features
Behind the Silly Scenes – Deleted Countdown Footage – Interview with Phil and Mike – MOO SHOO Karaoke – Silly Surround – Story Reel – Previews
[edit] Notes and Trivia
- The Astonishing Contraption of Silliness goes haywire a couple times and produces song titles that are amalgams of other Silly Songs:
- The Dance of the Yodeling Cebu Lips
- The Song of the Water Buffalo Who Don't Love Cebu With Yodeling Lips
- Mr. Lunt, trying to make Pa Grape feel better about coming in second place, says, "It sure beats the Forgive-o-matic". This is a reference to the relatively unpopular segment of that name included with God Wants Me To Forgive Them!?! in lieu of a Silly Song.
- Although Pa Grape is disappointed that "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything" comes in second, he does, in fact, have a small part in the top ranked song as well.
