Very Silly Songs!

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Very Silly Songs!
VHS cover
Directed by	Mike Nawrocki, Chris Olsen
Produced by	Chris Olsen
Written by	Mike Nawrocki, Phil Vischer
Starring	Phil Vischer, Mike Nawrocki, Lisa Vischer, Jim Poole, Mike Sage, Dan Anderson
Music by	Phil Vischer, Mike Nawrocki
Distributed by	Sony Wonder
Release date(s)	1997
Running time	30 minutes
Language	English
Preceded by	The Toy That Saved Christmas
Followed by	Larry-Boy and the Fib from Outer Space!
IMDb profile

Very Silly Songs! is the seventh episode in the VeggieTales animated series. Released in 1997, it is the first of several sing-along videos. It features the four Silly Songs with Larry that had been released to date along with a half dozen others from the first five episodes. It also introduced the popular "Pirates Who Don't Do Anything" whose Silly Song appears here for the first time.

[edit] Recap

This episode starts immediately with the countertop, initially skipping the theme song. [Larry the Cucumber] thinking this is the very 1st VeggieTales workout video, begins a workout hoping left, right, front, and back in time to generic, upbeat workout music. Then he uses a trampoline for jumping (claiming that if the at-home viewer has no trampoline using and old rug and a pair of slinkies will suffice). However, after jumping progressively higher, he gets hit by the cupboards, and Bob comes on-screen, explaining this is actually VeggieTales very first sing along tape. To demonstrate, Bob uses the French Peas helping out by typing on QWERTY the words on the bottom of the screen. But after the demonstration, they type whatever they hear. After the scene degenerates into true chaos, Bob yells, "Roll tape!" and the camera cuts to the traditional theme tune.

After several songs, Larry, yet again misunderstanding the point of the sing-along, introduces the kids to the very 1st VeggieTales home improvement video. Stating he will fix a leaky fixture in the sink and replace it with a new one, "Which will be quite attractive, and last for years to come." But Jimmy Gourd, turned off the water supply in the bathroom and sink, not the kitchen. Thus when Larry begins to screw off the sink fixture, he is blasted into the air by the water flow.

After the New and Improved Bunny song, Larry introduces his home-viewers to the very first VeggieTales financial success video. Bob comes onscreen and after finally explaining the sing-along theme the video is meant for, Larry seems excited and asks when they will start, at which Bob gives up trying to explain and walks off. Oblivious to Bob's annoyance, Larry repeats his financial success speech to Bob.

The final Silly Song, the only one original to the video, Larry the Cucumber, Pa Grape, and Mr. Lunt are the "infamous band of scallywags: The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything." The entire song consists of nonsensical tales of each of the Pirates have never done. When Larry makes purely random statements of what he has never done, Pa Grape and Mr. Lunt berate him and say he should sing about "piraty things." Once Pa Grape asks Mr. Lunt for his opinion on whether Larry is making no sense, Mr. Lunt says Pa Grape looks like Cap'n Crunch. After they gainsay each other and Pa Grape sentences Mr. Lunt to walk the plank, Larry sings another verse of nonsense. Pa Grape declares Larry does not understand what they said previously about his singing; they finish the song with the refrain "And we've never been to Boston in the fall." They decide to watch [Hiraldo], and Larry finds a quarter.