![]() ![]() īy 1999, Vischer slowly found himself running a company that was losing money due to a variety of circumstances. The series was an enormous hit and, by the late-1990s, had earned the company millions of dollars every year. In 1995, the series' third video, "Are You My Neighbor?", was released and VeggieTales continued releasing at least one video per year and even released their own newsletter called "What's the Big Idea?". Big Idea's next video was "God Wants Me To Forgive Them?!?" which was released in 1994 and included the help of their first professional voice actor Jeff Morrow. The studio's first big creation was 1993 direct-to-video VeggieTales episode "Where's God When I'm S-Scared?" which was released on home video in late 1993. Not only would Vischer and Nawrocki serve as the producers and directors of the show, but they would also voice most of the characters in the franchise (the most by Vischer). In the middle of the segment would be a silly song. A normal segment of VeggieTales would begin with both talking vegetables on a countertop receiving a letter from someone asking about a particular Christian topic (selfishness, fear, lying, sharing, etcetera) followed by two short stories about the topic. They chose vegetables to serve as the characters because they were easier to animate than human characters. The characters they came up with were Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber. ![]() The "Big Idea" for Vischer, was to teach children about right-from-wrong using God's messages from the Bible. ![]() Eventually, Phil Vischer and Nawrocki created VeggieTales and renamed the company to Big Idea Productions. It started out as a small business that used computer animation to make its films. Career Īccording to Vischer's 2005 autobiography, Me Myself and Bob, Vischer and his longtime friend Mike Nawrocki founded Big Idea Productions in the late 1980s as GRAFx Studios. Paul Bible College (currently known as Crown College) around that time, he also worked at a small Christian video production company. For three semesters, Vischer attended St. Phil Vischer was born Jin Muscatine, Iowa, United States, and grew up in Chicago, Illinois. Currently, he owns a small film business, Jellyfish Labs, based in Wheaton, Illinois. He provided the voice of Bob the Tomato and about half of the other characters in the series. Kids of all ages love the wry humor, catchy songs and ground breaking animation in each episode of Veggietales! Bonus Features! Over Two Hours Of Family Fun! *Trivia Game *Family Activity *Behind the Scenes *How to Draw: Palmy and The Grapes' Car *Veggie Karaoke *Concept Art *Word Find Game *Audio Commentary *Interactive Storybook *"Easter Egg" Hidden Features *Eight Chapter Selects of Favorite Scenes *Dolby Digital 5.Phillip Roger Vischer (born June 16, 1966) is an American filmmaker, author, speaker, podcast host, animator, musician, puppeteer, and voice actor who created the computer-animated video series VeggieTales alongside Mike Nawrocki. "The Grapes Of Wrath" What do you get when a bunch of very cranky grapes make fun of five-year old Junior Asparagus? One sad asparagus, and one big problem! Can Junior's dad show the grapes the error of their ways? Will Junior ever be able to forgive them? Does anybody know what seventy times seven is? Huh? Learn the answers to these questions and more as Larry the Cucumber tells the story of "The Grapes of Wrath!" "Larry's Lagoon" A three hour boat tour takes a turn for the worse when first mate Larry absentmindedly crashes into an uncharted tropical island! Can Skipper Bob and the passengers possible forgive Larry for making such a huge blunder? While the professor discovers how many contraptions can be built out of bamboo and coconuts, the others realize that everybody makes mistakes, and that when we forgive each other we all feel better inside. Sunday Morning Values, Saturday Morning Fun! God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?! contains two hilarious, fully computer-animated stories that teach children a biblical perspective on forgiveness. ![]()
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