Does that make me a bad father? The children’s ministry told me about it kindly on Sunday morning. “Your son taught us a new song,” they said.
My son broke out into song right there…
“Fifteen men on a dead man’s chest! Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!”
I felt vindicated slightly that he learned the song from a collection of Pirate Chanties for kids, put out by Disney.
But the Disney pirate movies are no good for my kids. Too violent. Too skeletal. Too many tentacles. And let’s be honest, the moral of those movies isn’t exactly something to write home about. At best it’s a complicated view of good and evil that would just confuse young kids. And that’s if they ever stopped having nightmares about tentacles.
Phil Vischer’s written (and produced) a new movie that I can take my kids to, though. It’s true. The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything is finally arriving this week. It’s fun. It’s funny. And it’s got some great new songs that I’ve already learned by heart from the CD that we listen to in our car. (There are no songs about rum on that CD, but there is a funny spoof of the B52s punk rock song “Rock Lobster.”)
We just posted a new interview with Phil Vischer on TheHighCalling.org about the business side of his time with Big Idea. (Go read it!) And a few months ago, I wrote “Tomatoes in the Halls of Power” a review of sorts about the movie after an advanced screening. I even got to meet Phil Vischer at the screening.
“I met Bob the Tomato this weekend,” I told my kids.
Their eyes got really wide, and I realized I had finally arrived. My kids think I hung the moon. Or at least, that I’ve met the guy who hung the moon. You guessed it. In our house, the moon isn’t made of cheese. It’s made of vegetables.
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Too funny! But not nearly as bad as what my daughter likes to sing and do. Remember that old song, “Shake, Shake, Shake…” Well, you can probably figure it out.
BTW, I had to move you off the WI webring a while ago because the code monster found no code on your blog. I can send you a new one. And do you have a Feedblitz/feedburner on this blog so I can subscribe. I never check bloglines, but if it comes to my email, I read it!
Marcus, I’m reminded of the time in a worship service when the leader said, “Now let’s lift up prayers honoring God’s holiness” and my son, about five years old, shouted, “Thank you Jesus that I could see the Godzilla movie today!”
Great. Now I have that song stuck in my head.
I’m impressionable when it comes to music.
Heather, try listening to the CD on loop as you drive across Texas. Then it will REALLY get stuck in your head.
Mark, your comment reminded me of this old post about Godzilla Jesus. Lo and behold, there’s our same conversation. There’s nothing new under the sun, I guess. And I’m reminded how thankful I am that you are on board now.
Gina, thanks for the reminder about WI. I forget to do my blog chores sometimes. My daughter was singing something like “Shake, shake your booty” just yesterday. I had nothing to do with that one.
Phil Vischer is on my “to meet in my lifetime” list. After reading his autobiography last year I gained great appreciation for the labor and love that goes into Veggie Tales.
Good to see you posting again.
Loved it!
Makes me remember the time that my Christopher, then about 7, now about 32, was approached by our pastor. He was small, round and very, very serious (and an excellent expositor of the Word!). He leaned down to shake hand with Christopher, who preceeded to give him a sideways high-five just as hard as he could manage (he, his dad and older brother used this as a method of “trading licks”) Can you even imagine the look on the very gentle and dignified pastor’s face? He didn’t hardly know what a high 5 was; I thought I might die and my tombstone would read, “worst mom ever!”
humm - now it should read worst speller ever - guess I should have spell-checked that before I posted it!
“But the Disney pirate movies are no good for my kids.”
I’m finding that I don’t allow my kids to watch most Disney movies. It sure has changed since we were kids.
So, when you met Bob, did you ketchup on things?
Carl, thanks. It’s good to be missed! Phil and I didn’t talk much, but he seemed like a good guy.
Susan, no worries about the speling erors. This is al justg oode conversaations tuff, in the comments sectionss. I like the image of your kids giving the pastor a side-five. That’s fun.
Eve, we have an interview with the head of Disney Parks coming up and I’ve heard that Disney is really committing to family movies again. Letting their independent film sections go, that sort of thing.
L.L., oh no.
Actually, it looks like I’ll be spending the rest of my life trying to catch up.
It would have been pretty funny if he had any idea what was going on. He was just kindly leaning over to shake hands with a little fellow! Boy did he get a surprise!
Nothing wrong with a dancing rock monster, now is there?
My six year old’s review of Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything:
It’s fun, it’s funny, and it’s cool!
What an endorsement. I’d like to meet Phil Vischer too.
Our family were big fans of the Veggie Tales stuff in the early days. The kids are older now and less interested, so I’ve gotten out of touch. I remember when the Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything was one of their silly songs. Wow, not it’s a movie.