|
LarryBoy And The Bad Apple
''VeggieTales'' is an American Christian CGI-animated series and multimedia franchise created by Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki under Big Idea Entertainment. The series stars Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber leading a variety of fruit and vegetable characters as they retell stories from the Bible and parody pop culture while also teaching life lessons according to a biblical world view. One of the earliest computer animated franchises, it was first released in 1993 on VHS, as a direct-to-video series, and later on DVD and Blu-ray through to 2015. The success of the videos led to multiple spin-off television series, such as ''VeggieTales on TV!, which'' ran on NBC from 2006 to 2009, two Netflix series that debuted in 2014 and 2017, and a series produced by Trinity Broadcasting Network in 2019. Two films were released: '' Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie'' (2002) and '' The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie'' (2008). The success of the animations helped establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Vischer
Phillip Roger Vischer (born June 16, 1966) is an American filmmaker, animator, author, puppeteer, and voice actor. He is the creator of the animated video series ''VeggieTales'' alongside Mike Nawrocki. He provided the voice of Bob the Tomato, Archibald Asparagus, Pa Grape, Jimmy Gourd, Mr. Lunt, Mr. Nezzer, Phillipe Pea and about half of the other characters in the series. Currently, he owns a small film business, Jellyfish Labs, based in Wheaton, Illinois. Early life and education Vischer was born on June 16, 1966, in Muscatine, Iowa, United States, and grew up in Chicago, Illinois with his younger brother, Rob Vischer, who is the President of the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. He attended Glenbard West High School and graduated in 1984. For three semesters, Vischer attended St. Paul Bible College (currently known as Crown College); around that time, he also worked at a small Christian video production company. Career According to Vischer's autobiog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trinity Broadcasting Network
The Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN; legally Trinity Broadcasting of Texas, Inc.) is an international Christian-based broadcast television network and the world's largest religious television network. TBN solicits donations on its Web site, as cash, vehicles, or legacies. TBN was headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, until March 3, 2017, when it sold its office park, Trinity Christian City, retaining its studios in nearby Tustin. Auxiliary studio facilities are located in Irving, Hendersonville, Gadsden, Decatur, Miami and Orlando, Tulsa and New York City. TBN has characterized itself as broadcasting programs hosted by a diverse group of ministries from Evangelical, traditional Protestant and Catholic denominations, non-profit charities, Messianic Jewish and other Christian media personalities. TBN also broadcasts original programming, faith-based films, and political opinion commentary from various distributors. The TBN corporation owns and operates four broadc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallas Business Journal
American City Business Journals, Inc. (ACBJ) is an American newspaper publisher based in Charlotte, North Carolina. ACBJ publishes ''The Business Journals'', which contains local business news for 44 markets in the United States with each market's edition named for that market, and also publishes '' Hemmings Motor News'' and '' Inside Lacrosse''. The company is owned by Advance Publications and receives revenue from display advertising and classified advertising in its weekly newspaper and online advertising on its website and from a subscription business model. The bizjournals.com website, using the overarching online title ''The Business Journal'', contains local business news from various cities in the United States, along with an archive that contains more than 5 million business news articles published since 1996. it receives over 3.6 million readers each week. History American City Business Journals, Inc. was founded in 1982 by Mike K. Russell with the launch of the ''K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyrick Studios
Lyrick Studios, formerly The Lyons Group, was an American video production and distribution company based in Allen, Texas, best known for their flagship property ''Barney & Friends''. The company was known for producing and distributing television shows, home videos, audio products and children's books and toys. On February 9, 2001, the company was acquired by British entertainment company HIT Entertainment and completed in June. HIT later folded Lyrick in August. History The company traces its origins to 1986, when The Lyons Group was formed as a division of DLM, Inc., an educational company owned by Richard C. Leach. Lyons began producing and distributing a direct-to-video series titled '' Barney & the Backyard Gang'', which was created by Leach's daughter-in-law, Sheryl Leach. Three years after its debut, ''Barney'' caught the attention of PBS executives, who subsequently revamped the concept for television as ''Barney & Friends'' and began airing on the organization's flag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HIT Entertainment
HIT Entertainment Limited (stylised as HiT) was a British-American entertainment company founded in 1982 as Henson International Television, the international distribution arm of The Jim Henson Company, by Jim Henson, Peter Orton, and Sophie Turner Laing. Orton alone took over the company in 1989 after learning Henson intended to sell the company to The Walt Disney Company. HIT owned as well as distributed children's television series such as ''Thomas & Friends'', ''Fireman Sam'', ''Bob the Builder'', ''Pingu'', ''Barney & Friends'', and ''Angelina Ballerina (TV series), Angelina Ballerina''. HIT Entertainment was one of several partner companies alongside NBCUniversal, PBS, and Sesame Workshop that founded Universal Kids, PBS Kids Sprout; many of HIT's shows aired on the channel as a result. On 1 February 2012, HIT Entertainment was acquired by Mattel, as Mattel was initially only interested in the ''Thomas & Friends'' brand in its acquisition, according to ''Deadline Hollywood' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autodesk Maya
Autodesk Maya, commonly shortened to just Maya (; ), is a 3D computer graphics application that runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux, originally developed by Alias and currently owned and developed by Autodesk. It is used to create assets for interactive 3D applications (including video games), animated films, TV series, and visual effects. History Maya was originally an animation product based on codebase from The Advanced Visualizer by Wavefront Technologies, Thomson Digital Image (TDI) Explore, PowerAnimator by Alias, and ''Alias Sketch!''. The IRIX-based projects were combined and animation features were added; the project codename was Maya. Walt Disney Feature Animation collaborated closely with Maya's development during its production of ''Dinosaur''. Disney requested that the user interface of the application be customizable to allow for a personalized workflow. This was a particular influence in the open architecture of Maya, and partly responsible for its popularity in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where's God When I'm S-Scared?
This is a list of VHS and DVD releases of the animated children's television series ''VeggieTales''. Videos Original videos (1993–2015) Theatrical films Compilation videos Collections # ''Lessons From The Sock Drawer'' (May 6, 2008): Includes various "Veggie Vault" Silly Songs, shorts, and briefs including Binky the Opera Singer, Dr. Jiggle & Mr. Sly, The Story of St. Patrick, Paco and The Singing Aardvark, Gated Community, Paco and the Chicken, The Englishman Who Went Up The Hill, Larry's High Silk Hat, Larry's Lagoon, Modern Major General, Forgive-O-Matic, Larry's Blues, Going Up, Omelet, and Lunch # ''The Bumblyburg Super-Hero Value Pack'': Includes '' Larry-Boy! And the Fib from Outer Space!'', '' Larry-Boy and the Rumor Weed'', ''Dave and the Giant Pickle'' (first Larry-Boy Appearance), and all four episodes of '' Larryboy: The Cartoon Adventures''. # ''LarryBoy Superhero Power Pack'': Includes '' Larry-Boy! And the Fib from Outer Space!'', '' Larry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Heinecke
Kurt Henry Heinecke (born January 10, 1963) is an American composer, musician, songwriter, photographer, and voice actor. He was the music director at Big Idea Entertainment, creators of the animated VeggieTales. He is the Assistant Artistic Director at Music City Strings. Biography Early life Heinecke was born in Wisconsin on January 10, 1963, and raised in Cullman, Alabama. He came from a musical family, his mother played the organ and was a member of the church choir. During his years at junior high he and his friends started a jazz band called Deathstar which later disbanded in high school. After graduation in 1982, Heinecke studied at the music lab at the University of Montevallo. He also went to study at Luther College (Iowa), Luther College where he got his B.A. in band and choral conducting. Music career After touring around the country and serving as a teacher in the Bahamas, Kurt finally settled down in Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois where he later became Director of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junior Asparagus
This is a list of characters from ''VeggieTales'', an American computer-generated children's series and franchise. The series presents life lessons from a biblical world view featuring various garden-variety vegetable and fruit characters retelling Bible stories and parodying pop culture. Many of the main characters were established in the early episodes of the direct-to-video series, such as Bob the Tomato, Larry the Cucumber, Junior Asparagus, and Laura Carrot, among other produce. Main characters Bob the Tomato * Voiced by Phil Vischer (1993–2022) and Joe Zieja (2022–present) Bob the Tomato (introduced 1993) is a friendly but slightly high-strung tomato and host of ''VeggieTales''. As the creator and original voice of the character, Phil Vischer often cites Bob as being "my inner Mr. Rogers...though a frustrated Mr. Rogers, because he couldn’t get things to go as smoothly." Alongside his best friend, Larry the Cucumber, the pair introduce and wrap-up almost every show a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Healthy Diet
A healthy diet is a diet that maintains or improves overall health. A healthy diet provides the body with essential nutrition: fluid, macronutrients such as protein, micronutrients such as vitamins, and adequate fibre and food energy. A healthy diet may contain fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, and may include little to no ultra-processed foods or sweetened beverages. The requirements for a healthy diet can be met from a variety of plant-based and animal-based foods, although additional sources of vitamin B12 are needed for those following a vegan diet. Various nutrition guides are published by medical and governmental institutions to educate individuals on what they should be eating to be healthy. Advertising may drive preferences towards unhealthy foods. To reverse this trend, consumers should be informed, motivated and empowered to choose healthy diets. Nutrition facts labels are also mandatory in some countries to allow consumers to choose between foods base ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthropomorphism
Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human entities. It is considered to be an innate tendency of human psychology. Personification is the related attribution of human form and characteristics to abstract concepts such as nations, emotions, and natural forces, such as seasons and weather. Both have ancient roots as storytelling and artistic devices, and most cultures have traditional fables with anthropomorphized animals as characters. People have also routinely attributed human emotions and behavioral traits to wild as well as domesticated animals. Etymology Anthropomorphism and anthropomorphization derive from the verb form ''anthropomorphize'', itself derived from the Greek ''ánthrōpos'' (, "human") and ''morphē'' (, "form"). It is first attested in 1753, originally in reference to the heresy of applying a human form to the Christian God.''Oxford English Dictionary'', 1st ed. "anthropomorphism, ''n.''" Oxford University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
