The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown

The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown
Directed by Tom Bancroft
Mike Nawrocki
Produced by Jennifer Combs
Written by Mike Nawrocki
Starring Phil Vischer,
Mike Nawrocki
Kurt Heinecke
Laura Richey
Nancy Rizzo
Music by Kurt Heinecke
Edited by John Wahba
Production
company
Big Idea, Inc.
Distributed by Word
Hit Entertainment
Warner Home Video
Sony Wonder
Release dates
 September 15, 2001
Running time
 41 minutes
Language English

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. On September 15th, 2001, the episode has been released on VHS and DVD and was also distributed by Word and Hit Entertainment.

Plot

This episode takes place entirely on the countertop where Larry the Cucumber, 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 such as "The Dance of the Yodeling Cebù Lips" and "The Song of the Water Buffalo who Don't Love Cebù 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 where he starred as a main character (He had minor roles in "The Yodeling Veterinarian of the Alps" and "The Hairbrush Song"). Larry and Mr. Lunt forgive him and tell him that second place is actually something to be proud of, beating "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 (to which Scallion #1 says "I heard that!"). The final two songs are presented and the show ends with Larry, Pa Grape and Mr. Lunt singing "Silly Song Remix Medley" over the end credits.

Cast of Characters

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

  1. Endangered Love
  2. Dance of the Cucumber
  3. Larry's High Silk Hat
  4. The Water Buffalo Song (re-animated version)
  5. The Yodeling Veterinarian of the Alps
  6. The Song of the Cebú
  7. His Cheeseburger (Love Songs with Mr. Lunt)
  8. I Love My Lips
  9. The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything
  10. The Hairbrush Song

VHS/DVD Releases

On September 15th of 2001, The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown has been released on both VHS and DVD and was distributed by Word Entertainment and Hit Entertainment and had bonus features, like the Do the Moo Shoo music video, interviews, and much, much more. Then, in 2002, Warner Bros. had distributed this episode with special quality, and then in early 2003, the show once again was released on VHS and DVD, but this time was distributed by Sony Wonder. The DVD was never again re-released.

References

1. http://www.parentpreviews.com/movie-reviews/veggie-tales-the-ultimate-silly-song- 2. http://www1.epinions.com/content_57579376260

External links