VeggieTales Classics LarryBoy and the Rumor Weed VHS (without LarryBoy Theme Song)
Even though the LarryBoy Theme Song is on that tape, I had to remove it so this wouldn't be taken down
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00:00From the writer who brought you King George and the Ducky comes a Snoodle's Tale.
00:29Welcome to Snoodleburg, home of the Snoodles.
00:32A curious folk who eat pancakes with noodles and spend half their days making sketches
00:36and doodles and cutting their hair into shapes like French poodles.
00:40From the producers of Lyle the Kindly Viking comes the story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
00:45Isn't that story a little scary?
00:49Well sure, if you tell it that way, but if you change things around a little bit, it
00:54becomes the story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Sly.
00:57And from the creators of classic hits like the Hairbrush Song comes the SUV Song.
01:12They're all part of the latest VeggieTales release, a Snoodle's Tale and other stories,
01:17now on DVD and VHS.
01:19Sunday morning values, Saturday morning fun, from the studios of Big Idea.
01:25Well right now we're working on a really fun story, it's called the Sumo of the Opera.
01:30And it's basically if you took the Mikado and Rocky and maybe tossed in a little WWF.
01:38If you want to know who we are, we are wrestlers of Japan.
01:46Larry the Cucumber plays a sumo wrestler named the Italian Scallion.
01:50That's no clown, it's his sparring partner.
01:53The Italian Scallion.
01:56And that's his introduction.
01:57In each of our shows we have what we call a nugget of truth, and it's a biblical value
02:01that we hope kids will pull out of the lesson.
02:03In the Sumo of the Opera, the lesson is perseverance.
02:07You never finish anything, unless it's a punchline.
02:11There's actually three stories in this.
02:13The Sumo of the Opera is the main story, and then we have a little silent film called Going
02:17Up, which is kind of a take off on the Three Stooges.
02:20And then we have a completely new story, which is told in a segment, a new segment we have
02:25called Lutfi's Fanciful Flannelgraph.
02:27And Lutfi is a sock puppet that's done by Khalil the Caterpillar.
02:32And we've got all these three stories plus a silly song, Schoolhouse Polka.
02:35Larry has an accordion and a lesson to teach about vocabulary, but all done in polka style,
02:40so it's really kind of fun.
02:41It's hilarious, and I think it's one of the best things we've ever done.
02:46Big Idea presents...
02:48The Ballad of Little Joe.
02:52The good news is that this is a western.
02:55Hello, little doggie.
02:57The bad news is that our hero runs into a string of bad luck.
03:02This does not look good.
03:04The good news is that he never gives up hope.
03:07You did it, Little Joe. Now we're ready for anything.
03:10Bad things happen to good people, and a cucumber and a Stetson
03:14is going to show you why.
03:16Crazy, huh?
03:17Only VeggieTales can tell the story of Joseph like this.
03:24The Ballad of Little Joe, including a silly song featuring boys in the sink.
03:39Available on video and DVD from the studios of Big Idea.
03:44Stay tuned after our main presentation for a special bonus feature.
04:08That was a lousy movie.
04:10You're telling me. That monster looked like a chicken in a wig.
04:21Hey, do you remember what we saw the last time we were here?
04:27Yeah.
04:31Hey, kids, could you spare a nickel?
04:34We're not supposed to talk to strangers.
04:38And no, I don't have any extra money.
04:42Oh, really? Well, how about a dollar and twenty-eight cents?
04:47What? How did you know I had that?
04:51I've been watching you, kid.
04:53Every Monday morning, your mom gives you a dollar and twenty-eight cents.
04:58And I want it.
05:01But that's my milk money.
05:09See you later, boys. I hope you like water with your lunches.
05:31I believe you have something that belongs to those boys.
05:34Well, I... I... I...
05:41Who are you?
05:43I'm Larry Boy.
05:55What are you gonna do?
05:57It's not nice to take people's milk money.
06:05Hey, take it easy, fella. Don't get crazy.
06:24I ain't feeling so good.
06:28Hey! Hey! Hey!
06:31Hey! Hey!
06:33Where are we going? You can't do this!
06:36My God, hey! Hey! Hey!
06:43Ah! It's another space alien.
06:47Oh, it's the milk money bandit. We've been looking for you for months.
06:53Thanks, Larry Boy.
06:56Well done, Master Lenny. Splendid job.
07:00Why, thank you, Alfred. It was pretty good, wasn't it?
07:03Bumblybeck should be proud.
07:06Next time, though, try to remember to release the criminal from your super suction ear,
07:12turn your head left, and snap your neck down.
07:16Ah, yeah. That's why I couldn't get rid of him.
07:19But besides that, I was super!
07:24What? What happened?
07:26Uh, nothing.
07:28That's exactly what Harold told me.
07:31Yeah, but guess what I heard about Ethel.
07:35Uh-huh. She must do so much for that.
07:38Did you hear something?
07:40Oh, well, I don't know. But anyway, did I tell you about Wanda's cousin?
07:45Yes. Not really.
07:49Hey, what do you say we go get some pizza? You know, to celebrate.
07:54Oh, I'd love to, Master Lenny.
07:56But it's getting late, and I'm volunteering at the Veggie Valley Grade School tomorrow morning.
08:02Oh. All right. Good night, Alfred.
08:05Good night, Master Lenny.
08:08If any more space aliens want to fall into Bumblyburg, I'm ready for you, too.
08:25Blah blah blah...
08:35So I repaired the chafing dish, then sent the chef out to get another jar of pickled herring.
08:42And the dinner party was saved!
08:49Well, thank you, Mr. Alfred.
08:51Wasn't that a great story, kids?
08:54Well, we've still got more to do today.
08:57Mr. Alfred, would you like to stay and watch?
09:00Oh, that sounds like fun.
09:02But I'm a bit winded from my storytelling,
09:05so I think I'd better go home and recharge my batteries.
09:09Well, okay.
09:11Let's all thank Mr. Alfred for coming today.
09:14Thank you, Mr. Alfred.
09:18Remember, tomorrow we're going to learn about rumors,
09:21little stories that can hurt.
09:28Did you hear what Mr. Alfred said?
09:31Yeah.
09:33He said he had to go home and recharge his batteries.
09:38Why would he say that?
09:40I don't know.
09:42I've got a toy with rechargeable batteries.
09:46It's my robot.
09:49Do you think Mr. Alfred is a...
09:52I don't know.
09:54He talks kind of funny, and he's kind of stiff.
09:58Kind of like my...
10:01robot!
10:04Should we tell anybody?
10:06No. We better keep it to ourselves.
10:09Keep what to yourselves?
10:11Who said that?
10:13Hey, over here! The weed!
10:16Keep what to yourselves?
10:18You're a talking weed!
10:20I'm a talking weed, you're a talking carrot.
10:23Your point was...
10:25So come on, tell me what it is you're keeping to yourselves.
10:31It's about Mr. Alfred, but we can't tell you anymore.
10:35Listen, Sprout.
10:38Did your parents ever teach you to share?
10:40Well, yes, but...
10:42Then share with me.
10:44I'm a good friend of Albert's.
10:46Alfred.
10:47Alfred.
10:48Ask, because I care.
10:54We learned something about Mr. Alfred today.
10:57Yeah? What is it?
11:00Well, we think Mr. Alfred...
11:04Yeah?
11:05Is a robot!
11:07No.
11:09He looks so natural.
11:11He's a good robot.
11:13You won't tell anybody, will you?
11:16Hey, I'm not like you guys.
11:18I got roots. I'm not going anywhere.
11:21Your secret stays right here.
11:42Psst.
11:45Did you hear about Mr. Alfred?
11:47What?
11:48Mr. Alfred, the guy who came to your class today.
11:52Yeah?
11:53He's a robot!
11:55Aren't robots dangerous?
11:58I don't know. Did you hear that?
12:01Yes, I think I did.
12:04So then, Alfred is a dangerous robot.
12:07Oh, my!
12:09Whoa. Thanks for the tip.
12:15Psst.
12:16Did you hear about Alfred?
12:18What?
12:19A weed? In my yard?
12:22Yeah, yeah, yeah.
12:23But did you hear about Alfred?
12:25What about Alfred?
12:27It turns out he's really a dangerous robot.
12:30Alfred?
12:31Uh-huh. Everybody's talking about it.
12:34You don't say.
12:36Hey, I just read a book where dangerous robots took over the world.
12:41Do you think Alfred?
12:43He is on the library board.
12:45Today, the library. Tomorrow, the world.
12:55Nothing lifts the spirit more than an afternoon dabbling in the horticultural arts.
13:02I couldn't agree more, Alfred.
13:05Oh, sweet, sweet Petunia.
13:08May your bloom be a beacon of hope for all who tread these grassy hills.
13:19I'll get it.
13:24Hey, you're a weed.
13:26That's right. But did you hear about Alfred?
13:29Oh, Alfred's gonna be mad. He hates weeds in his flower bed.
13:32Yeah, but did you hear about Alfred?
13:34You better get out of here before Alfred comes back.
13:37You're not listening to me.
13:39Did you hear...
13:40Master Larry, it's the mayor. She says it's urgent.
13:44I'll be right there.
13:46I gotta go. Hold that thought.
13:50Alfred, there's a huge weed in your flower bed. I told her to leave.
13:54Oh, dear. Well, wait till you hear what the mayor has to say.
13:59Hello, mayor. This is Larry.
14:01Yes, hello, Larry. Listen, I need you to get Larry boy.
14:06Uh, yeah, sure, but why didn't you call him with the Larry signal?
14:11Because it's daytime. You can't see it in the daytime.
14:15Good point. Alfred, make a note of that.
14:19Tell him we need his help.
14:22There are weeds, terrible weeds, popping up all over the town.
14:26Weeds, terrible weeds, popping up all over Bumbleyburg.
14:30They are saying very strange things about your friend Alfred.
14:34I don't believe them, but some of our citizens are getting worried.
14:38What's worse, though, they are ruining the lawns and gardens of our fair city.
14:43Larry, if Larry boy cannot stop them, our property values will plummet.
14:49Our homes will be worth nothing.
14:52Can you find him?
14:57Don't worry about a thing, mayor. Help is on the way.
15:03Alfred, we've got some gardening to do.
15:19Have you heard the one about Alfred?
15:22A dangerous robot, I'm told.
15:26He's got lasers for eyes and the microchip brain.
15:30His skin is terribly cold.
15:33We've heard the one about Alfred. It's strange.
15:37Amazing.
15:39But now that we've heard about Alfred, we'd like to hear more about you.
15:49I'm a rumor weed.
15:52I'm a rumor weed.
15:56A tiny little story is all I need to make a big mess.
16:01I'm a rumor weed.
16:04All right, Alfred. I am executing plan A.
16:07Good luck, master lady.
16:10Um, I'm gonna, I'm gonna try plan B.
16:14All right, trying plan B.
16:18So what is a rumor?
16:20It starts as a story. Maybe it's true, maybe not.
16:25But once you repeat it, it's hard to defeat it.
16:29So what is a rumor?
16:31It starts as a story. Maybe it's true, maybe not.
16:35But once you repeat it, it's hard to defeat it.
16:39Now look at the mess that you've got.
16:42Yeah, Alfred's a robot. Everyone knows.
16:45The story is all over town.
16:48We rumor weeds know how a rumor can grow.
16:52Just like a big weed in the ground.
16:55I'm a rumor weed.
16:57Yes, it's true.
16:58I'm a rumor weed.
17:01A tiny little story is all I need to make a big mess.
17:06I'm a rumor weed.
17:09Okay, I'm executing plan B.
17:12Ah, yes, plan B.
17:28Alfred, I think we have a problem.
17:31Yes? What's that?
17:33I can't stop this thing.
17:35Oh, dear.
17:37Laddy Boy, put your super suction ear down by the weed.
17:41What? Why?
17:43I've installed sensors in your plungers
17:46that will tell us about the weed's genetic structure.
17:50Oh, my. Well, here goes.
17:54Hello, hello. Testing one, two, three.
17:58Alfred, is it working?
18:00Yes, yes, perfect.
18:04All right, that's enough, Master Laddy.
18:06You can come back to the Laddy Cave now.
18:09Um, I'd love to, Alfred, but it got me by the ear.
18:14What? You're a big, strong superhero.
18:17Surely you can get away from a little weed.
18:20Uh, yeah, you'd think so, but it's kind of strong.
18:26I'm a rumor weed.
18:28Yes, it's true.
18:30I'm a rumor weed.
18:33A tiny little story is all I need.
18:36You better watch out for the rumor weed.
18:40I'm a rumor weed.
18:41She's a rumor weed.
18:43I'm a rumor weed.
18:44Yeah, rumor weed.
18:46A tiny little story is all I need.
18:49You better watch out for the rumor weed.
18:52A tiny little story is all I need.
18:56You better watch out for the rumor weed.
19:03Good work, Master Larry. The data is fascinating.
19:07Have you figured out how to stop it?
19:09Well, not yet, but it's extraordinary.
19:12It's like no plant I've ever seen.
19:15It doesn't photosynthesize.
19:18Why do we care if it takes pictures?
19:21No, no, photosynthesize.
19:23Plants turn sunlight into energy.
19:26It's how they grow, except these weeds don't do that.
19:30They don't need energy to grow?
19:32Oh, no, they need lots of energy, but they don't get it from sunlight.
19:38Well, where do they get it?
19:40I can't figure it out.
19:41They're feeding off something, but I don't know what.
19:45Look, I fed the data about the weed into the LEDI satellite in geosynchronous orbit over Bumblyburg.
19:51Now, wherever a new weed grows, we can see it here. See?
19:58Bumblyburg have the measle.
20:00No, those are the weeds.
20:02What? They're everywhere.
20:04Yes, and at the rate they're growing, if we can't find a way to stop them...
20:08Bumblyburg will be really weedy.
20:11Oh, it's worse than that.
20:13These weeds are strong enough to break up sidewalks, smash through brick walls.
20:18If we can't stop them, Bumblyburg will be...
20:21Destroyed.
20:26No, careful, that's the satellite.
20:29Oh, my goodness.
20:31What?
20:32Look, I had the satellite looking at the surface of Bumblyburg. See?
20:36Yeah.
20:37When you bumped the control, you told the satellite to look under the ground.
20:42Now watch.
20:46They're all connected.
20:50Wow, what's that big green thing right under Bumblyburg?
20:56It could only be one thing.
21:00The mother weed.
21:03How do you kill a weed?
21:08You go to the root.
21:13You've got to take out the mother weed.
21:16Fortunately, I made some modifications to the Larry-mobile that will really come in handy.
21:21I don't know what to do. I don't know what to do.
21:23Don't worry. I've planned out the entire mission.
21:27I'll be right here giving you instructions as you need them.
21:32Remember, Bumblyburg is counting on you.
21:36You can do it.
21:43I hope.
21:49Are you up to speed?
21:51Yes, I am.
21:53All right, press the yellow button.
22:04Okay, this is great.
22:07But, um, I thought the weed was under the ground.
22:10Yes, that's right.
22:12Now you're almost there. Steady, steady.
22:16Now push the red button.
22:18Huh? Okay.
22:22Hey, my wing! I need those!
22:25Not where you're going, you don't.
22:27What?
22:31Alfred, are you insane?
22:33It's all part of the plan, Master Larry.
22:36Now push the blue button.
22:40This better be good!
22:55Goodbye, Bumblyburg!
23:10Alfred, I'm... I'm still alive!
23:13Yes, isn't it lovely?
23:16I'm flying under the ground!
23:18Well, actually, you're boring.
23:21Gee, Alfred, I know I'm not the wittiest of cucumbers, but...
23:24No, no, not that kind of boring. It's like drilling. It's a boring machine.
23:30Oh, I see.
23:32Now, I've set coordinates to take you to the sewer system about 50 feet from the weed.
23:38Once you break through the tunnel wall, I'll give you more directions.
23:42Roger.
23:48I'm slowing you down now so you don't hit the wall too hard.
24:09Ah!
24:12Master Larry, are you in the tunnel?
24:16Master Larry!
24:18All right, Alfred, I'm in the tunnel.
24:21Alfred?
24:23Master Larry, can you hear me?
24:27Alfred, can you hear me?
24:30The radio isn't working.
24:33The sewer walls must be blocking the transmission.
24:37That means I can't give him his direction.
24:40What do I do? What do I do?
24:42What to do? What to do?
24:45I must save him.
24:48Alfred!
24:50I'm coming, Master Larry!
25:01Help is on the way!
25:08Okay, I can do this.
25:11I am, after all, a superhero.
25:19Oh, look, it's just a little one.
25:23What was I so nervous about?
25:26You've met your match, weed.
25:29I'm gonna take you, and I'm gonna...
25:34I'm gonna...
25:42Mother!
25:56Oh, yes, officer, I need your help.
25:59Larry boy is battling a giant weed in the sewer system.
26:04The robot!
26:23Come on, Alfred, what did you give me?
26:26How's your ear?
26:29How'd you know about that?
26:31That's right, you're connected.
26:36Oh, Alfred, I knew you wouldn't let me down.
26:39So did you hear the one about Alfred?
26:47Hasta la vista, weedy!
26:51Wrong button.
27:04Everyone, listen to me!
27:21Oh, Mayor, Larry boy needs our help.
27:24He's...
27:25Look, Mayor, it's like I told you.
27:27He's got a shiny metal head, just like a robot.
27:31You're right.
27:32Stand back, you weedy robot.
27:37Oh, no, that's my helmet.
27:40It keeps my brain safe.
27:42Your robot brain!
27:45No!
27:46What?
27:47No!
27:50No!
27:58Don't look at his eyes!
28:00They're laser beams!
28:04No, wait!
28:10I'm not a robot!
28:12I'm British!
28:21I'm warning you, I'm a super...
28:26...hero.
28:29Face it, you can't stop this weed.
28:32Thanks to your friends up there, I'm getting bigger by the minute.
28:40So, did you hear the one about Alfred?
28:51I heard he wants to take over the world!
28:55I heard there are teenagers inside him that don't care a thing.
28:59Our children are in danger!
29:01No, no, it's not true!
29:04I'm not a robot!
29:12It's the robot!
29:13He's shaking the world!
29:16He's shaking the world!
29:22I'm not shaking anything!
29:24It's shaking me!
29:46Hey, the weed has the robot!
29:48Serves him right, you menace!
29:52Laura, Junior, what's going on?
29:55What's that thing that has Alfred?
29:57It's a big weed, Dad!
30:00Didn't you hear?
30:01Mr. Alfred is really a dangerous robot with laser eyes!
30:06What?
30:07Who said that?
30:08It's true!
30:09He's gonna take over the world!
30:11Now where did you hear that?
30:13The weed told me.
30:16Yeah, isn't that right?
30:22Did you make up this story?
30:24What?
30:25I'm a rumor weed.
30:27I never make anything up.
30:29I heard it from two very reliable sources.
30:34Right, kids?
30:39Junior?
30:40Laura?
30:41Do you have something to tell me?
30:44Oh, well we heard Mr. Alfred tell you that he needed to recharge his batteries.
30:52So we thought he must be a robot, right?
30:59Oh, kids, that was a figure of speech.
31:02A what?
31:04Sometimes grown-ups say things that really mean something else.
31:07When Mr. Alfred said he needed to recharge his batteries,
31:10he really meant that he was tired and needed to go home and rest.
31:14That's all.
31:16Oh.
31:17Listen, if you hear something about someone that sounds bad or even just weird,
31:22you should ask them about it or ask your mom or dad.
31:25But don't spread rumors.
31:27Even if it's true God doesn't want us to tell stories that can hurt,
31:31he wants us to spread nice words.
31:34So Mr. Alfred isn't a robot?
31:38No, Mr. Alfred is a very nice man.
31:44Did you see that?
31:46Yeah.
31:47Do you think we can save Mr. Alfred by spreading some nice words?
31:52Come on!
31:56Hey, Mr. Alfred is a nice man!
32:00What?
32:01A scary robot?
32:03He's not a robot.
32:05He's a nice man who came to our class to tell us stories.
32:10Well, I remember when Alfred helped me out with my dinner party.
32:15A scary robot wouldn't do that.
32:18He helped me change attire.
32:21He carried my groceries for me.
32:25He helped us with our bake sale.
32:30What a nice man!
33:01Ah!
33:13We're sorry we thought you were a robot.
33:16We didn't even ask you if it was true.
33:19Oh, I forgive you.
33:22I forgive you all.
33:26Ah, has anyone seen Letty Boy?
33:30Has anyone seen Letty Boy?
33:54Oh, hey Alfred.
33:56Somebody told me you were a robot.
33:59Shh!
34:04Is there a flower shop?
34:20Hey there, citizens.
34:22We really had an adventure today, didn't we?
34:24That was a thorny one.
34:26And once that problem got going, it just spread like a...
34:29Ah, Master Larry, enough with the puns.
34:32Can we please get on with this?
34:34Uh, sorry.
34:35We're back at the Larry Cave to wrap this one up and send you home.
34:39Alfred, do you suppose the Bible has anything to say about what happened today?
34:43As a matter of fact, it does.
34:45It's coming up on the screen right now.
34:49Here, take a look at this.
34:51Reckless words pierce like a sword,
34:54but the healing of the wise brings healing.
34:57Proverbs 12, 18.
34:59Hmm.
35:00So the Bible says, if you're not careful, your words can hurt people, just like a sword.
35:05Oh, is that right?
35:07Junior and Laura didn't mean to hurt Alfred,
35:09but they weren't careful with what they said and who they said it to.
35:12And it caused big problems.
35:13But that verse also says that if we use nice words, we can make it all better.
35:18We can make people feel good.
35:21Remember, God doesn't want us to tell stories that can hurt.
35:24He wants us to spread nice words.
35:26And if you can do that, you'll be that hero, too.
35:29See you next time.
35:30Ta-ta!
35:52Have you heard the one about Alfred?
35:55A dangerous roper, I'm told.
35:57He's got lasers for eyes and a microchip brain,
36:00and his skin is terribly cold.
36:03We've heard the one about Alfred.
36:05It's great.
36:06Amazing.
36:07Untrue.
36:08But now that we've heard about Alfred,
36:10we'd like to hear more about you.
36:13I'm a rumor weed.
36:15He's a rumor weed.
36:16I'm a rumor weed.
36:17He's a rumor weed.
36:19He's a rumor weed.
36:20I'm a rumor weed.
36:21He's a rumor weed.
36:23A tiny little story is all I need to make a big mess.
36:27He's a rumor weed.
36:36So, what is a rumor?
36:38It starts as a story.
36:40Maybe it's true, maybe not.
36:43But once you repeat it, it's hard to defeat it.
36:46Now look at the mess that you've got.
36:48Alfred's a robot, everyone knows.
36:51The story is all over town.
36:53Us rumor weeds know how a rumor can grow,
36:56just like a big weed in the ground.
36:58I'm a rumor weed.
36:59He's a rumor weed.
37:00I'm a rumor weed.
37:02He's a rumor weed.
37:03A tiny little story is all I need to make a big mess.
37:07He's a rumor weed.
37:18He's a rumor weed.
37:29Don't start a rumor.
37:31No, no, don't start a rumor.
37:34Words can hurt, they spread like a tumor.
37:36So play it safe and don't start a rumor.
37:39I'm a rumor weed.
37:40He's a rumor weed.
37:41Yes, I'm a rumor weed.
37:42He's a rumor weed.
37:44A tiny little story is all I need to make a big mess.
37:49A tiny little story is all I need.
37:51You better watch out for the rumor weed.
38:11With Larry Boy and the rumor weed,
38:12I was taking the company in a very clear direction
38:16towards producing a feature film.
38:18I think the studio was up to 50 or 60 people at that point,
38:25and we were pushing everything as far as we could.
38:29We were pushing the lighting, we were pushing the score,
38:31we were pushing the animation, we were pushing the effects.
38:34Everything was just, okay, let's take it all further
38:38than we've ever taken it before.
38:40And in my mind, to be honest,
38:42Larry Boy and the rumor weed
38:44was to be the last Half Hour of Edgy Tales video.
38:48And the one after that was Jonah.
38:57We started rumor weed as sort of practice
39:00for making a feature film,
39:02just really starting to concentrate more on cinematography
39:05and lighting and just how we frame the shots
39:10and making it more film-like.
39:12At that point, we're really starting to learn the craft
39:16and had enough people, and we're hiring the type of people,
39:21the type of artists and technicians
39:25to really do great work.
39:31I remember I was working on the design for the rumor weed,
39:34and we were going back and forth
39:36with how scary she should look
39:38and how funny she should look,
39:40and I just remember I was doing a scary drawing of the rumor weed,
39:44and my son came up to me, and he was just a little boy at the time,
39:48and he just kind of ran off.
39:50So I said, okay, that was a little too scary,
39:52so I better work on this a little bit more.
39:55The first time we actually color-keyed a show,
39:58and that means to go through sequence by sequence
40:01and decide what the design for the actual color will be,
40:04is on Larry Boy, and we took a bunch of storyboards
40:07that were already pre-drawn by Luis Contreras,
40:10and I just started to add some color to them.
40:13I believe Dan Lopez did some of that too,
40:16and we just designed the color from sequence to sequence
40:19to try to leave the characters a little bit more emotionally,
40:22as emotional be throughout the story.
40:24Everyone, listen to me!
40:26The rumor weed had a crowd scene,
40:29and for some reason, we thought we needed
40:33a wide variety of vegetable species represented in the crowd.
40:37It was a metropolitan city, very diverse.
40:40There's like a million different designs and characters
40:43that come in there, but everybody on the staff was just so into it,
40:47and they had all these really awesome ideas,
40:49and all these visions,
40:51and everybody wanted to have something in the show.
40:54So we had all these people come up with different ideas,
40:57so we started to do different-looking vegetables,
40:59and it was so funny because all these new characters
41:02came together in one shot and just really add so much to it.
41:05It was just a lot of fun to work together.
41:08But also, they were worried about filling the space,
41:11so they decided to throw in a pumpkin
41:14just to take up a lot of space,
41:17and these mushroom people that had big heads
41:20to take up a lot of space.
41:22It was a lot of work just to build and dress all of those.
41:25That was our first and last highly racially diverse crowd scene.
41:29By the time we got to Jonah, we'd learned,
41:32just peas and carrots, man, peas and carrots.
41:36Just cut and paste, different noses, different hats,
41:39but peas and carrots.
41:41Don't go messing with pumpkins and onions and all sorts of stuff.
41:44That's a nightmare.
41:49The score is by far the most complex.
41:52We ended up recording an 80-voice men's choir
41:55at Kurt's alma mater,
41:57a church that he went to in Iowa,
42:00and a full string section.
42:02It was the first time we said,
42:04we need to do a soundtrack album.
42:06We really wanted to take it to the next step,
42:09so we actually decided, let's bring in some string players.
42:12It's just such an emotional instrument,
42:14it's going to add a lot of drive to the show.
42:17So we brought in 12 or 16 string players and recorded those.
42:21Manly voice!
42:23Manly voice!
42:25The other element, of course, was the choir again.
42:28Okay, we had a choir in the Larry Boy.
42:30Well, how can we take that up a step?
42:33Instead of 12, how about 85?
42:35So I went back to Luther College, my alma mater,
42:38and asked an old friend of mine, Tim Peter, if he had any ideas.
42:41He said yeah, we've got a men's choir here, the Norsemen.
42:44That sounds good, doesn't it?
42:46Norsemen, 85-voice men's choir,
42:48one of the largest, if not the largest,
42:50men's college choir in the country.
42:52He said, oh, they'd love to do this, it would be a fun project.
42:55So Adam, our audio engineer, and I went out.
42:58Road trip to Iowa, woo-hoo!
43:00I think they had an indoor pool at the hotel, though, that was nice.
43:03And so we had 2 days,
43:06got these guys in the evenings, in the choir room.
43:10If we were in a fancy studio,
43:12you'd have headphones for everybody to hear the music.
43:15We didn't even have that.
43:17I would have headphones with the click, I'd take the pitch,
43:20and so the choir would be singing a cappella.
43:23Couldn't hear anything except themselves singing,
43:25sing their phrase, we'd get it recorded,
43:28and then later I'd drop in the orchestra to fit with the choir.
43:32I remember listening to the rough takes of that
43:35for the first time they came back from Iowa,
43:37recording this 80-voice men's choir,
43:39and just putting the tapes in and listening to them.
43:42Okay, everybody, you know, version 12.
43:45Larry boy!
43:47Ah!
43:49I did all these things, completely random, completely loose,
43:52but it was so huge, like I can't wait till that all comes together.
43:56Rumorweed, the character of the Rumorweed, was a fun addition.
43:59We had to come up with a sound for her.
44:02So I used my trumpet, and it sounds like we used a wah-wah mute,
44:06a harmon mute, which you can kind of wah-wah-wah,
44:09and get some sounds on.
44:11But we actually ran the trumpet through what's called a talk box.
44:14A lot of guitarists use it for some interesting solos
44:17where they actually send the sound back through their mouth,
44:20and as they're talking, the sound is being shaped by their mouth.
44:24So you get this wah-wah-wah-wah sort of sound.
44:27So actually, when you listen to those parts,
44:29you'll actually hear, instead of just a trumpet sound,
44:32it's actually saying things like Rumorweed,
44:35and those sorts of things.
44:37It's kind of in the background there, but it's a little fun idea
44:40that we have that I've never seen used on a brass instrument before.
44:44I remember some of those late nights
44:47I was at the office by myself writing,
44:50and we had this box just sitting under one of the desks,
44:53and it was full of fan mail that got sent in.
44:56We hadn't gotten through all of it or hadn't posted it yet.
44:59And I'd just leaf through it, and that's when a lot of times
45:02it would really strike me, the impact that we were making,
45:05because you don't get that daily.
45:07You're in the grind, you're talking to your coworkers
45:10who are in the thick of things with you,
45:13and yet out there there's people going,
45:15wow, this is affecting my kids, they're learning something.
45:18And it's just wonderful to see
45:21how these stories are impacting people,
45:23and that's what makes it so great
45:26when you're up late at night and working
45:29and wondering okay, does this really matter?
45:31And then you see this sort of response,
45:34you go wow, that's really a good payoff.
45:37Help is on the way!
45:40Alfred!
45:42We've got some gardening to do!
45:45Rumorweed was also kind of a highlight
45:48because we were exploding as a company.
45:51I think we were up to probably 120 people.
45:54And to debut Rumorweed, we rented the Hard Rock Live,
45:57the Hard Rock Cafe's huge thing at City Walk,
46:00at Universal Studios, and filled it,
46:03just filled it, packed it with people,
46:05and then premiered this film.
46:07It was just a huge, huge party,
46:09probably the biggest party we've ever had at Big Idea.
46:12It's like the sky's the limit, let's go make a movie.
46:15That's really what launched us into making a movie.
46:23This is Joseph Pulich.
46:25He's an artist here at Big Idea Studios.
46:27Today he's going to show you how to draw Larry Boyd.
46:30Be sure to get my good side!
46:32What I usually do is just kind of do a line,
46:35right smack dab in the center of where his body's going to be,
46:38and then start out with his body.
46:41Just keep it real loose, don't worry about anything.
46:44Usually arch him a little bit like that.
46:47I'm just using a marker right now.
46:52There we go, that looks pretty good, just like that.
46:55Give him a little attitude.
46:57This side is a little bit smoother,
46:59and this one has a little more detail to it,
47:01so usually one side has more movement,
47:03one side is a little more simpler.
47:05We do this character quite a bit at Ronald McDonald House
47:08at Loyola Medical Center.
47:10The children love to draw Larry Boyd.
47:15All you have to do is draw a straight line like that,
47:18and that's going to be his mask.
47:20The nose goes right smack dab in the center of his body
47:23and in the center of that line on both sides.
47:26So we've got that, and now we're going to throw his eyes in.
47:29Characters don't have any moving hands or arms.
47:31The eyes are very important
47:34because that is going to convey most of the acting in our characters.
47:38So you have these eyeballs are going to go in there,
47:42and then the center of the eyeballs,
47:45the pupils are going to go like that.
47:47Now make sure you leave a little highlight in there.
47:50You could start to put a little bit more black in there.
47:53Just make sure you leave a little room for the eyeball highlight.
47:56Now let's define his hat a little bit more,
48:01and we're going to put his fin up on top.
48:09And now we're going to put in his suction cups on both sides.
48:13They come out a little bit.
48:15And once you draw that,
48:17and make sure that they're not perfectly straight.
48:19They're just kind of whacked out a little bit.
48:22That's one side.
48:24You can make one bigger,
48:26and then you can make this one here a little bit smaller.
48:28Just make sure they're not perfectly in line with one another.
48:32A little bit bigger, a little smaller over here.
48:35And now we put in his mouth,
48:37and he's always got to have a little smile to him.
48:41And his tooth.
48:46And just color that in.
48:48And smooth that out a little bit.
48:50And give him a little bit more body over here,
48:53and we have to give him some clothes.
48:55Little superhero clothes.
48:57And it's kind of a combination of Elvis Presley and a superhero.
49:03And then he's got his ties here, like little buttons.
49:07And his big Elvis Presley belt buckle.
49:12LB, Larry Boy.
49:14Okay, now let's put a little detail in there like that.
49:18Makes it look like there's a belt.
49:24And if you give him a little shadow.
49:31And we're going to put a little background there.
49:34Make sure it continues.
49:37And you can put a little tower up here.
49:42And a couple windows.
49:44And you have a whole city suggested in the background.
49:49And put your signature.
49:51And put your signature in there, and you're all set.
50:22Now, one plunger-headed hero must discover the truth
50:26as Space Tales presents Larry Boy and the Fib from Outer Space.
50:31Now on DVD and VHS.
50:33If there's a space alien in this town, Larry Boy will bring him in.
50:37Sunday morning values, Saturday morning fun.
50:40From the studios of Big Idea.
50:45From the studios of Big Idea.
50:47A unique combination of great literature.
50:50The Grapes of Wrath.
50:52This'll be good.
50:53Once upon a time, there were some very cranky grapes.
50:56Classic TV.
50:58I remember that day, that fateful trip.
51:01It started from that traffic port aboard our tiny ship.
51:05And irresistible music.
51:07There's no escape from cranky grapes.
51:09We are the Grapes of Wrath.
51:11Two great stories with one great message.
51:15It sure does feel good to be forgiven when you make mistakes.
51:18I'm gonna start to show forgiveness from my heart.
51:23It's Veggie Tales, God Wants Me to Forgive Them.
51:26Now on DVD and VHS.
51:28Sunday morning values, Saturday morning fun.