Review of Sweetpea Beauty: A Girl After God's Own Heart

From the Cover:
"Sweetpea Beauty know that what's on the inside is what matters most, but insecure Queen Blueberry can't see past her own reflection! Will Sweetpea save the Queen from the lies of the tricky mirror and help her understand she's special just the way God made her? Find out in the fairy "Veggie" tale about the real meaning of true beauty."
  
As I said in a previous review, Sweetpea Beauty is painful to watch. I once heard someone say that it looks unfinished, and I totally agree. The Snoodlerella story for the most part looked better than the rest of the show though.

Veggie Quotes

We've set up a new widget for the blog where we will be posting some of the best VeggieTales quotes every week. Do have a favorite quote that you want to suggest? Then send us an e-mail at our new address, thecountertop@gmail.com

New E-mail

We've set up a new e-mail address for the blog. If you want to contact us, send an e-mail to thecountertop@gmail.com.

Soon I'll hold in my hands...

Last night I ordered my own copy of both the new DVD release of Happy Together and the new episode 'Twas the Night Before Easter. I'm so exited! Happy Together will be in my mailbox within the next few days, so expect a review within the next couple weeks!

Something BIG

Apparently, "something big" is going to be happening over at
VeggieTales' virtual headquaters, BigIdea.com. They've launched a
countdown to something new that they are going to unveil in two weeks.
I don't know exactly what it is, but I thought I heard something last
year about a completely new website...

See the countdown for yourself at: www.bigidea.com

Review of It's A Meaingingful Life

From the Cover:
"It was the biggest football game of his life, and Stewart (Larry the Cucumber) had a chance to win it all. Injured in one bad play, his hopes of playing in the Salad Bowl- and living a life of fame and fortune- are dashed forever. Years later, silly-but-sweet Stewart loves his family, friends and job at the toy train factory, but still wonders "what if" things had been different. When he meets a mysterious train conductor who can turn back time, Stewart gets a chance to have the life he always wanted. Will he finally find all he's been looking for? And what does this mean for those he loves most? Find out in this story of wonder and a lesson in being content."
 
It's A Meaningful Life is an episode that, in most ways, does not disappoint. I say "in most ways" because of a somewhat minor problem, namely the technical quality. Ever since they stopped using the animation house in Canada, the quality of the animation has slowly been going down. This show isn't as bad as Sweetpea Beauty (that one was just painful to watch), but I did notice some issues such as some of the character's bouncing looking rather unnatural, some objects being a little too shiny, and several other things.

New Music Album: Hosanna! Today's Top Worship Songs for Kids

Just found out today through Facebook that VeggieTales will be releasing another "worship song" album, this one titled: Hosanna! Today's Top Worship Songs for Kids. Here's what was posted on Facebook: