While on set filming, Bob the Tomato decides to respond to a fan’s letter about “waiting”, meanwhile everyone’s patience is tested by spitting camels, a confused nurse, an easily distracted film crew, and a host of other laughable filming disasters! Join the comical chaos and calamity in Abe and the Amazing Promise that reminds kids that God always keeps his promises . . . even if we have to wait a while!
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March 24, 2010
#1
Love the second story “Blunders in Boo Boo Ville”. The Abe story was just ok. If you have a kid that loves musicals and loves dancing, this is the veggie tale for you. The Boo Boo Ville story is much like a musical. Silly song was ok, but now I can’t get it out of me head!!! I also would recommend VeggieTales “Snoodles Tale” Very Cute!
March 24, 2010
#2
I was excited to see that Abe was coming on Gospel Music Channel this morning…THE DAY it comes out at Christian bookstores and BEFORE it comes out everywhere else. My 2 and 3 year olds and I sat down to watch it this morning and were not dissapointed. The show starts off with Junior, filling in for Larry, rather impatiently trying to hurry the show because his mom said cookies would be ready after the show. Bob takes the opportunity to tell that the story today is about patience and proceeds to go to “Bible times” with Junior to make a movie about Abraham. The Abe part of the movie is shot documentary style with interviews of Abe, Sarah, and Lot. I was amazed at how effectively in the amount of time they had that they told the story of Abraham and conveyed the truth that if we trust God, we can trust that He keeps His promises to us even if we have to wait on those promises. Next, is a story called “Boobooville Blunders” where Larry is an impatient inventor always trying to take shortcuts. Larry ends up learning that all of his inventions have failed because he tried to take the easiest routes. He learns patience by growing a flower from seed to finish and helps the town with the return of the booboo birds by patiently planting flowers all over the town. In the end everyone learns patience and gets some of Junior’s mom’s cookies (except for Bob….Larry accidentally ate his).
March 24, 2010
#3
As far as Veggie Tales offerings go, Abe and the Amazing Promise is average. This means that my kids and I still happily watch it over and over again.
The first story tells how Abraham and Sarah had to wait for God to fulfill his promise of giving them a child, Isaac. It is surprisingly short. It is pretty weak for two reasons: it doesn’t tell much of the actual Abraham story, and it is so packed full of whiny characters that need to learn patience that it can be painful to listen to.
In the Silly Song, Larry is a Sneeze Doctor attempting to treat Bob, who is trying to sneeze but can’t. It is catchy enough that I have spontaneously sung it in public.
The second story tells how an impatient inventor named Jacques must learn to take the time to do his work well so he can bring the BooBoo birds back to BooBooville. It is the longer and better story of the two — very entertaining! It has a good plot full of random twists, witty lines, and fun music.
All told, this DVD is one of my two-year-old’s current favorites. He has clearly taken its message to heart. He runs to put it in the DVD player whenever we tell him, “You need to be patient.”
March 24, 2010
#4
Great return to the good ole Veggie Tales that pulled our family into these wonderful tales. I laughed hard the first time through watching this with my son.
March 24, 2010
#5
Bob the Tomato and Jr. Asparagus are the hosts for the newest addition to the VeggieTales library. Jr. is a bit distracted, however, because his mother promised his cookies when the show was over. Not perfectly fits with today’s theme, Patience.
Up first is the title story. Bob is filming a documentary on Abraham (Pa Grape) and Sarah with the reluctant help of Jr. and the French Peas. But the Peas are constantly complaining about how hot it is and Jr. still wanting to get back in time for those cookies. Will they learn that waiting on someone who is trust worthy is always worth it?
This segment had some great laughs, especially the running gag of the nurse (Miss Achmetha) constantly mistaking “patience” for “patients.” However, I was disappointed with a couple things in the story. First, they leave out the example of impatience, Ishmael. That one I can certainly understand. But they cut out an entire decade of how long Abraham had to wait for God to fulfill His promise. As much as I get the fact that this is a fictional take on a Bible story, that still seems like a major error.
The new silly song is “Sneeze if You Need to.” It finds Larry playing a doctor who is trying to help Bob the Tomato sneeze. Frankly, I didn’t find the song that funny, although the breaks they take to share trivia with us were pretty good.
Finally comes the longest segment, “Blunders in Boo-Boo-Ville.” Jacques (Larry the Cucumber) is a member of an inventing club. But no one in the club has the patience to properly make their ideas, causing all kinds of problems. Will they ever learn to be patiently diligent?
This segment includes most of the songs, but they aren’t quite as inspired as normal. Again, there are some good laughs here.
There’s a good message to this disc, and some decent laughs. But this one is aimed more for kids then their parents or the series’ many adult fans.