- Very Silly Songs! (original title: A Very Silly Sing-Along)Episode number: 7Original release date: March 1997
- Very Silly Songs!
The episode begins immediately on the Countertop, where we see Larry the Cucumber wearing a Gourd's Gym sweatshirt and a headband, before welcoming the viewers to what he thinks is the very first "Veggietales Workout Video". First, Larry does some hopping exercises to the left and the right, then jumps onto a trampoline as he starts jumping higher and higher. Unfortunately, Larry ends up jumping too high, so he hits his head on the bottom of the cabinet, unable to stop bouncing, as he keeps bouncing up and hitting his head on the cabinet. Bob the Tomato then shows up and explains to the viewers that Larry is a little confused, before explaining to them that it's actually the very first "Veggietales Sing-Along Video". Bob then explains that what they'll do is put the words at the bottom of the screen so that the viewers at home can sing along. The French Peas then demonstrate this by jumping on Qwerty's keyboard, but they keep going, even after Bob stops singing, as the scene then degenerates into total chaos. Bob then yells out "Roll tape!", but not without one of the peas saying, "Jane! Stop this crazy thing!"
The songs that are shown in the first half are the Veggietales theme song, "I Can Be Your Friend" (from "Are You My Neighbor?"), "Dance Of The Cucumber" (from "Rack, Shack and Benny"), "The Forgiveness Song" (from "God Wants Me To Forgive Them!?!"), "The Water Buffalo Song" (from "Where's God When I'm S-Scared?"), and "God Is Bigger" (from "Where's God When I'm S-Scared?").
In the second half of the video, Larry, still in a case of confusion and misunderstanding, is now wearing a hardhat and a tool belt while welcoming the viewers to the very first "Veggietales Home Improvement Video". Larry then explains that what they're going to do is change the leaky old fixture on the sink faucet and replace it with a new one "which will be quite attractive, and last for years to come". Larry is about to push on a wrench when he suddenly tells the viewers that it's very important in any plumbing job to shut off the water, and that he had Jimmy turn off the water to the kitchen. Larry then pushes on the wrench to take the fixture off the faucet, when Jimmy is heard saying, "Oh, you meant the kitchen sink". The minute Larry unscrews the fixture, he is suddenly thrust into the air on a geyser of water that shoots out from the fixture, at the same time that Jimmy Gourd shows up (this episode marks the first time that Jimmy appears without his brother Jerry), claiming that he thought that they were doing bathrooms and decks, at the same time that Larry calls out for Bob while he is still on the water geyser.
The songs shown in the second half of the video are "Love My Lips" (from "Dave and the Giant Pickle"), "Oh, No!" (from "Where's God When I'm S-Scared?"), "Stand Up!" (from "Rack, Shack and Benny"), and "The Hairbrush Song" (from "Are You My Neighbor?"). After these songs, Bob then introduces his favorite song, "The Bunny Song" (from "Rack, Shack and Benny"). One of the French Peas then tells Bob that they're not supposed to sing "The Bunny Song", but Bob tells them that this is "The New And Improved Bunny Song", which removes the original lyrics and negative implications, replacing them with more positive implications.
In the third and final part of the video, Larry, now wearing a business suit, welcomes the viewers to the very first "Veggietales Success Video". Bob then shows up and finally explains to Larry about the sing-along video that they're doing. Larry is happy to hear that, saying that he loves sing-along videos, before asking Bob which song they'll do first. Bob doesn't want to explain to Larry that they're almost done with the show, telling him to "never mind", before hopping off. Larry then boasts to Bob that he bought a whole chocolate factory with no money down.
- Silly Songs with Larry
In the final song, we see that Larry, along with Pa Grape and Mr. Lunt, are now a band of pirates known as "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything", before they start singing that they don't do anything. Pa is first as he sings about having never been in Greenland or Denver, and having never buried treasure in St. Louis or St. Paul, and that he's never been to Moscow or Tampa and that he's especially "never been to Boston in the fall". Mr. Lunt is next, singing about how he's never hoisted the main stay or swabbed the poop deck and that he never veered to starboard because he never sailed at all, and that he never walked the gang plank and never owned a parrot (played by Harry the Penguin in a cameo) before saying that he's "never been to Boston in the fall". Larry is last, before he starts singing about completely random stuff, such as never plucking a rooster, not being very good at ping-pong, and that he's never thrown his mashed potatoes up against a wall, as well as never kissing a chipmunk and never getting head lice, before singing that he's "never been to Boston in the fall". Pa and Mr. Lunt then berate Larry for singing about that stuff and that they're supposed to sing about "pirate-y things". When Mr. Lunt thinks that Pa Grape looks like Cap'n Crunch, Pa Grape sentences him to walk the plank, but Mr. Lunt outsmarts him. At the same time this is happening, Larry goes on singing about how he never licked a spark plug or sniffed a stink bug and that he never painted daisies on a big red rubber ball, and that he never bathed in yogurt and that he doesn't look good in leggings. Pa then tells him, "You just don't get it", before all three then sing "And we've never been to Boston in the fall". After they finish singing, the three then decide to watch Hiraldo on TV and Larry finds a quarter, before the episode then ends.
Tropes:
- Big "WHAT?!": A variant on it:Larry: Hey, Bob! Guess what? I bought a whole chocolate factory with no money down!Bob: You did WHAT?!
- Bowdlerize: Similar to Rack, Shack and Benny, "The Bunny Song" is once again reworked from the original, rechristened as the ''New and Improved Bunny Song". Unlike the version heard in that episode's later releases, this one removes the more health-oriented lyrics in favor of altered versions of the original lines.
- Epic Fail: At the beginning of the video, when Larry is bouncing on the trampoline, he bounces up too high and ends up hitting his head on the bottom of the cabinet, unable to stop bouncing.
- Follow the Bouncing Ball: Naturally. This episode and most sing-alongs afterwards from this show use the "highlighting the words" variant. Lampshaded at the beginning when the French peas are shown typing the words out with Qwerty, but they take it too far by typing out the words that Bob isn't even singing.
- Infomercial: Larry's "Veggietales Success Video" resembles a 1990s-style real estate infomercial in the vein of Carleton Sheets videos
, even using similar gameshow-style music. - Late to the Realization: It takes Larry the entire episode to figure out that they're actually making a sing-along video, not an exercise, home improvement, or entrepreneurship video like he initially believes. By the time he's ready to ask what song they should do first, they're already on the last song.
- The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: Trope Namer.
- Shout-Out: One of the peas yells out "Jane! Stop this crazy thing!" much like George Jetson from The Jetsons.
- The music heard during Larry's attempt at a home improvement tape is based on the Home Improvement theme.
- The Triple: The first two verses of "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything" are about places Pa Grape has never been to and sailing related things Mr. Lunt has never done, respectively, but Larry's verse (the third one) is a series of Non Sequiturs.
- Walk the Plank: Pa Grape sentences Mr. Lunt to do this in "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything", but Mr. Lunt is able to outsmart him.
- Water-Geyser Volley: Larry ends up falling victim to this when he removes the fixture from the kitchen sink, due to Jimmy Gourd misunderstanding, thinking that they were doing bathrooms and decks.
