The Complete History of VeggieTales: Where's God When I'm S-S-Scared?! 

For those wondering when the video on “God Wants Me to Forgive Them?!” is coming out… Wait. Is that really going to be a thing? Why wasn’t I informed?

Fun fact, this was the very episode I ever saw of _VeggieTales_ back when I was around 1 year old. Honestly, I think this is a perfect way to celebrate its upcoming 30th anniversary.

Bob: “What’re you gonna do? Junior: “I’m going to call the police.” That was pretty funny.

This was a surprisingly inspirational story of how a difficult media project became an instant classic and sparked a beloved legacy.

The more I learn about this show's production, the more astounded I am that it became a reality. This show formed my childhood, and I liked it just as much as any secular shows, which no other Christian media did for me or has done since. It's impossible to pick which one is my favorite, since pretty much any VeggieTales episode before 2010 is great IMO. This episode is definitely a contender, due to nostalgia, but I've always loved Abe and The Amazing Promise, Wizard of Ha's, Ballad of Little Joe, World of Autotainment, Madame Blueberry, and Are You My Neighbor. Even though those stick out to me, there are so many episodes I can't imagine growing up without, just because of the music.

This is an awesome video. My top five favorite VeggieTales episodes of all time are: 1. Larryboy and the Fib From Outer Space 2. Larryboy and the Rumor Weed 3. Sumo of the Opera 4. Lord of the Beans 5. Dave and the Giant Pickle

You know, it’s so sad how when Phil and Mike were pitching VeggieTales to other companies, they weren’t able to get any funding for the show. It’s all about “selling this” and “selling that”. Phooey. And the fact this brought them with doubt and despair is even more depressing. This kind of nonsense makes me so glad that services like Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and Patreon exist nowadays because they can help give people with big dreams the funding they deserve in order to make those dreams come true. When I’m ready to launch my own company and my own cartoons, films, and music, I’ll definitely try those out. But, you know, I wonder if they ever tried pitching VeggieTales to PBS. Maybe *THEY* would have given the show funding since *THAT* is what they’re all about. That would be really interesting and cool.

Great job! I think you're doing God's work. A few things: 1. The following prints of this episode I have are as follows: 1998 Lyrick Studios VHS, 2004 DVD, and 2008 DVD. 2. As an important reminder, VeggieTales' true premiere date was December 23, 1993, not the 21st. The people who ordered copies of the first episode didn't see it arrive until the 23rd or the 26th.

Ah I still remember popping the VHS tape of this in the VHS player back in the day many times. Good recap for this episodes anniversary. Very well timed.

I think my favorite next to Jonah is Huckleberry Larry and Tomato Sawyer. The comedy was great and the lesson is one that still sticks with me today about knowing what the right thing to do is, even if its not easy. Joshua and the Big Wall was pretty good too, plus very memeworthy with both the "You'd think so wouldn't ya?" and Pa Grape talking about going back to Egypt with some clever wordplay like "plenty of exercise" and "snorkling in the Nile" without outright saying what ACTUALLY happened, that kinda writing just tickles my brain.

This right here was probably one of the earliest VeggieTales things I remember back in the day, not to mention, along with Toy Story, one of the first CGI things I was ever exposed to. I was literally a baby so I remember thinking it was pretty scary! Good times.

I said this before but this show felt charming and relaxing! I love the character design and the CGI was pretty advanced for its time!

Me, Myself, and Bob is my favorite book (apart from The Bible), and Phil describing how he made Where's God When I'm S-Scared?!?, my favorite episode of VeggieTales no less, is my favorite section of the book. The best part of that story for me is Phil says when he was putting animation frames on that tape that took a few frames, he would put like 30 frames one tape and then.... 14,970 frames to go. (Or something like that.) Then he narrates: "It was a nightmare!" :) PS: I think Me, Myself, and Bob would make for a great Christian movie. :)

I was terrified of Christianity growing up due to my mother, but I watched veggie tales without thinking twice that it was, bravo big idea!

Gee it’s hard to decide. My favorite Veggietales episode would probably be a tie between “The Star of Christmas” and “An Easter Carol”

Remember when Lyrick Studios released VeggieTales VHS tapes?

And this episode will be celebrating it's 30th anniversary in a few month. I'm thinking for doing a month dedicated to VeggieTales in time for the 30th anniversary

10:23 I'm kinda surprise you didn't mention the Scrapped Toaster character on that promo.

Great video! The history of how VeggieTales and this episode came to be always fascinates me. Good timing with the series' upcoming 30th anniversary in December, too!

Fun fact: When VeggieTales was conceived, Phil and Mike pitched the idea to Nickelodeon in hopes that they would pick it up for airing, but they declined because they "weren't ready to experiment with 3-D animation yet" …meanwhile Jimmy Neutron is facepalming 10 years into the future at this point.

Doesn’t exactly help that this very episode is the sugar honey ice tea of nightmares.

Loved this! This episode has always been an earworm and is one of my favorites! I grew up with the 1998 Lyrick Studios VHS so that's the first thing I think of when this episode comes to mind.

My fav veggietales is Where's God I'm scared it helped me whenever I have nightmares or I watch scary videos that God is bigger than anything so I shouldn't be afraid.

Can’t believe this year is VeggieTales’ 30th anniversary.

The 1st 3 VeggieTales VHS I owned before I updated my VeggieTales Collection was Madame Blueberry, Dave and the Giant Pickle & Larry-Boy and the Fib from Outer Space

Big Idea may have been unlucky, but at least they went out in a blaze of glory.

My favorite veggietales episode is Esther the girl who would be queen. Great video.

My other favorite is Josh and the big wall.

My favorite VeggieTales episode is king George and the ducky

The VeggieTales episode that started it all.

My Favorite Veggie Tales episode is Dave and the Giant Pickle. Because I love the story of David & Goliath. And I find it very impressive that it only took them 4 months to make.

The interesting thing I realize that Phil realizing that VeggieTales fail in teaching Christianity to people.

3:28 The Ad In Question Was A Sunbeam Oven Ad By The LA Shop Rhythm and Hues

This was when CGI was being Brand-New! UPDATE: 10:38, That's what I was trying to say right now.

2:19 Mike had the same ambitions as in "spreading the Good News." He wanted to that as a doctor/missionary in Africa, though. He had to quit that to voice Larry and be Phil's partner. Source: An article in a 1998 "What's The Big Idea" magazine.

Where's God when I'm scared is my personal favorite episode and see the history of it actually got me curious.

You know what WAS deemed to scary for kids? An unreleased trailer for Larry-Boy and the rumor weed that you can find as an easter egg in the dvd

My top 5 VeggieTales episodes: 5. Are You My Neighbor? 4. King George & The Ducky 3. Esther... The Girl Who Became Queen 2. The Ballad Of Little Joe 1. The Star Of Christmas

My favourite VeggieTales episode is lyle the kindly Viking

Do Lyle the Kindly Viking next.

I think I had this one back when I was a kid. Didn't turn me into a Christian or a theist tho.

My favorite has to be Josh and the Big Wall

Charlie and Veggietales? My kinda guy

Maybe you could do a retrospective on your radio series, like what you did for Vta. I really want to know about some of the ideas you had.

My top 20 favorite VeggieTales episodes 1./2. Esther the Girl Who Became Queen and The Star of Christmas 3. Josh and the Big Wall 4. Rack, Shack, and Benny 5. Big River Rescue 6. Madame Blueberry 7. Lyle the Kindly Viking 8. Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Samson’s Hairbrush 9. Lord of the Beans 10./11. King George and the Ducky/The Ballad of Little Joe 12. Are You My Neighbor 13. Saint Nicholas A Story of Joyful Giving 14. Dave and the Giant Pickle 15. A Snoodle’s Tale 16./17. Moe and the Big Exit/Sheerluck Holmes and the Golden Ruler 18. The Toy That Saved Christmas 19. Where’s God When I’m S-Scared 20. Larry-Boy and the Rumor Weed

Well now I want to know what kind of vegetable Jesus would be. A squash? A head of lettuce? Maybe a pumpkin?

4:57 yeah Mr cute warp digivolve into Larry the cucumber

8:38 who is that in the glasses supposed to be?

I have suggestion for This halloween, can you make review of the cartoon "Ruby Gloom"?

Do twisted Tales of Felix the cat

Do you got plans do a video on the making of Josh and the big wall and Madame blueberry.

KEV MY BUDDY

Cool

I can see why you did it why be known for one thing especially after the thing ended

10:28

Media Mementos, can you do a complete history on why Stephen King’s The Shining (1997) miniseries is better, than the “supposedly classic film” directed by Stanley Kubrick. It was a lot like how Roald Dahl hated the original Willy Wonka film, where the director completely strayed from the source material of the story, changed drastic moments in the book-again that was a part of the original book, and it’s storyline-and disrespected the original characters and made them completely the opposite as they were in the novel. Stanley Kubrick was known as a perfectionist, and when Stephen King came on the filming set of The Shining, according to history, he was quite dismissive of the author and was very rude to him on set: telling him to “Get the fuck off the set,” or something along those lines. Even Stephen King, the author himself, hated the 1980 version because it changed the story and meaning of the book. He hated it to the point in 1997, where he worked with McGarris on making a miniseries adaptation of the book. Being a much more faithful adaptation; cause of Stephen King working as the screen writer, and executive producer of the series. There are some things that aren’t as good, though. Such as how the CGI that was used for the moving hedge animals, described in the novel, they are used as sentient guardians of the Overlook. They are used as mind games on people-preventing the Torrances attempting to leave the place, before and after the snow arrives. In the 1980 film Jack Torrance is depicted as a monster, as he is shown to be rude to Wendy (who is nothing like being described in the book), and Danny Torrance, who I will only give credit for despite the miniseries depiction, where he is constantly seen mouth-breathing every few seconds in between his wording. Jack Torrance is a aspiring writer, and struggling alcoholic; who’s constantly trying to do better for his family. The winter caretaker gig is his last chance for a second chance, after he lost his teaching job, when a student punctured holes in the tires of his car and beat the kid brutally after he did that act. The longer they are trapped in the hotel, one of his few jobs-before the snow came-was to vent the pressure off the boiler, repair the shingles roof, and on keep the hotel in good condition. Mr. Ullman in the novel is a nasty prick to him, but in the Kubrick version, he’s a light-hearted soul but with a little bit of doubt in Torrance. See what I mean? There is much more wrong with the Kubrick version, that Stephen King’s version got much more right. I don’t want to explain too much, because only then, I would be ranting. I only hope that you will do a detailed video about why Stephen King’s version of The Shining is much better, as you could do it justice. Compared to your last video, “Charlie is the better version” and the “Complete History of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”

What do you suppose that would look like, to push God Himself and not just Christian morality to kids?

As an ex-christian, I am so glad they failed in their basic goal of teaching Christianity to kids, because I love this show but obviously no longer like their mission statement.

I may be a Christian but I have always hated this show. Don't know why

I never watched the show growing because I had zero interest in watching anything Christian or religious. But the stories about how shows get made is always interesting. Every show, even the failures, have an insane, complicated backstory to them. I watched The Disaster Artist, and it doesn't seem nearly as crazy as some of the stories you've told. But I guess because Tommy Wiseau is such a character, it gets a movie made based on it. Even Air is a boring story. Good movie. Definitely recommend. But honestly not that interesting of a story. That just goes to show how talented Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are.

0:25 Why did you stop making Media Mementos videos about VeggieTales until this patreon raffle won? Then again, I see the value in waiting until you have 41,287 subscribers to make another VeggieTales-related video, when you have more subscribers who can watch it. It is why you stopped giving each of the failed Fox shows from the 2006-2007 season and made a video documenting all seven of them two years later. You had under 1,000 subscribers when you talked about them individually, and over 30,000 subscribers when you made the longer video about all seven FOX shows from the disastrous 2006-2007 season. I do not even have a patreon account of my own. I just like to recycle and remaster my less important videos from yesteryear when I have a bigger audience who to watch them when they are new again.