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There are three segments on this DVD.  We open with Junior Asparagus sitting in for Larry the Cucumber.  The letter is concerned with patience and waiting for fulfillment of promises, both God’s and parents (Junior is eagerly awaiting chocolate chip cookies).  To illustrate God’s promises, Bob the Tomato and Junior decide to interview Abraham (Pa Grape).

The interview is a fiasco: The French Peas are a less than adept film crew, there is confusion over “patience” and “patients,” and there is an overly salivary camel lurking about.  Finally we see Abe and Sarah living in Ur, a retirement community replete with creature comforts such as miniature golf, shuffleboard, and pizza on demand.  Abe gets the word from God to head for Canaan, and Lot proceeds to eat all of their pizza.  In jokes abound as Lot and his family head east.  The promise is reiterated, and Abe and Sarah finally arrive in Canaan.  Shortly thereafter, Isaac also arrives.  God’s faithfulness in His promises is demonstrated yet again (Hebrews 11:2).

The Silly Song portrays Bob the Tomato as a medical patient with a sinus problem.  Dr. Larry and Nurse Lunt try to help him in “Sneeze If You Need To!”  After a series of cures that do not reach the desired result, the resultant sneeze destroys the set around them.

“Blunders in Boo-Boo Ville” borrows from Gilbert and Sullivan and Mr. Magorium’s Magic Emporium in style, and depicts two inventors who need each other to succeed.  Jacques is the impatient one, often moving on to other ideas before the first one is finished.  Maurice is the cautious, patient one who is frustrated by Jacques’ inability to follow through on things.  The two struggle over getting things done right versus getting them done now, to the point that Maurice finally quits.

Jacques seeks the advice of a mad scientist, who tells him to abandon the ideas of his hero (Leon Meringue), and to consult the Bible for the proper methodology.  Meanwhile, the town’s sunflower industry has dried up due to the lack of Boo Boo Birds.  Can Jacques complete an invention that will alleviate this problem?  Will he revive the local economy and become the “Minister of Inventions?”  Proverbs 18:2 is the guiding verse here.

As always, Big Idea crafts a story that will appeal to children and make adults laugh from time to time.  While the last story seems a bit overlong, the ideas portrayed here are a good way to teach children about patience, and about the need to trust God, as well as our friends.  Definitely in the upper half of Veggie Tales stories.
 

Brian A. Smith
19 April 2009