| VeggieTales: The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Tom Bancroft Mike Nawrocki |
| Produced by | Jennifer Combs |
| Written by | Mike Nawrocki |
| Starring | Phil Vischer, Mike Nawrocki |
| Music by | Kurt Heinecke |
| Editing by | John Wahba |
| Studio | Big Idea Productions |
| Distributed by |
Word Entertainment Warner Home Video released = September 15, 2001 |
| Running time | 43 minutes |
| Language | English |
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.
Contents |
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!?!", 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.
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.
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.
Behind the Silly Scenes – Deleted Countdown Footage – Interview with Phil and Mike – MOO SHOO Karaoke – Silly Surround – Story Reel – Previews - 16 Chapters
1. http://www.parentpreviews.com/movie-reviews/veggie-tales-the-ultimate-silly-song- 2. http://www1.epinions.com/content_57579376260