Though it hinted heavily on Biblical Judeo-Christian values, I have to say that a deterrer for me seriously considering the Christian faith was how Christianity in the west tends to be just as marketable as “secular” films & so on.. Kind of similar to a Mac Donald’s, or ESPN entertainment, Americans are apparently so f-ing stupid that we need some bright animation or visual stimulus to keep us interested and amused (perhaps distracted) for something to seem “Relevant”.

But I respect you in how you sold your “Big Idea”. You took advantage of middle class ignorant religious right wing America & they treated you & your product as King. Many of those same people who are the most conservative give you a hard time on here about that.. Calling you a sell out more or less..

Phil, you are a brilliant businessman, but it would have perhaps been more profitable for you if you had been equally brilliant selling something that (may or may not) have some effects on where you spend time in the after life (haha joking).. The Bible thumping soccer mommies & daddies were ticked at you when you broke your promise to them.. Yes, it was a promise, when you made all of the Veggie Tales films. A promise to only sell them their worldview, their values, their identity. They are white, middle class, very religious, Christian, & have plenty of money in their back pockets that is burning for the next big “Christian Product”. It’s just Like Pokemon or Furby, with the Holy Spirit, God the father, & Jesus Christ’s holy stamp of approval.

I am a humanist & I do not believe in Christ. I think that if your fans were born in Islamabad and Islam somehow became as worldwide and stagnant as Christianity, they might perhaps have some similar show (but maybe Larry would be a pomegranate named Mahmud or something)..
If you want to start making money again, make a show like veggie tales but market it for the Adult Swim audience perhaps. Maybe you could find a way to tell funny honest stories about society, responsibility, & not use religion or the Christian Christ as a vehicle to personal gain & success.. Or geez, even go viral or social man, that’s the way to go today.. You are marketing to a demographic that hides in cheapness, cheap faith with a price on it with little to no sacrifice involved…

Companies & faith usually don’t work out too well, just look at the Catholic church lol.. Misplaced motives proceed corruption. (for you Christians “pride goeth before a great fall”)

P.s. They know this deep inside, & still love you for it
Kudos to you, Phil
Chris J.

As you can afford it, please go but new DVDs instead of pirating low quality copies. Help fund Phil’s new brilliant works… and maybe his kids’ college tuitions.

I was delighted with a wonderful evening tonight that brought back fond memories of my daughters growing up with Veggie Tales. My daughter took the laptop into the kitchen to play ‘her’ music while doing dishes; she keeps a web-based music playlist.

During a string of her favorites, along comes Larry singing the Hairbrush song. This sparked a series of requests by the family in the living room for other Silly Songs that we love. I must admit that we spent the next hour hearing Silly Song clips and watching some videos that have made their way to YouTube.

I sat on the couch fondly remembering my children in their younger years and treasuring the present moment.

As my children have gotten older, we haven’t kept up with the Veggie Tales as much, so I started reading postings on the Internet to see what is up with the company. That’s how I stumbled onto this web page.

It’s interesting reading your article and seeing the BHAG you set for your company. I remember when my company set a BHAG to grow to the size of 1000 employees by the year 2010. It was an eight year goal for a company of about 300 people.

That vision gave us all strong vision for the first couple of years, but as time went on managment found that the goal wasn’t compatible with some of their strong convictions and values. They wanted to be responsible - building a company that would last, and also wanted to maintain the culture and values that had brought them to where they were.

I was pretty disappointed at the time. It seemed that management was forsaking the goal, and we had worked so hard to help the company achieve it.

In hindsight - I think it was nobel of the company to redirect it’s attention and hold on to ideas that were important to it - some of those core values where still being learned.

Whatever misfortunes have come your way, I hope that you know the strong positive impact that Veggie Tales has had on my family. I am grateful that we were introduced to those talking vegitables who did skits on the kitchen sink.

I wish you much success in the years to come.

Jeff