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Last year, when we heard that another Veggie Tales film was going to be released on the big screen, we were excited.

We don’t often go to the movie theater as a whole family because it’s hard to find a movie that appeals to a ten-year-old girl and a four-year-old boy (not to mention their parents!). Cost is another factor of course, but we went ahead and shelled out the money for the whole family to see The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything in the theater.

The humor of the Veggie Tales is the kind of thing that appeals to each of us in different ways (My son was laughing about the hopping cheese curls for weeks!).

Well, now that it’s being released on DVD (October 14), the whole family can enjoy it all over again.

We much prefer to watch a DVD at home for so many reasons:

  • Home viewing is a fraction of the cost. You can rent the DVD for far less than a single ticket, and can buy the DVD for the cost of one adult and one child ticket.
  • We can pause for potty breaks and not miss any of the action.
  • We can make our own snacks, or have a pizza party (again — much lower cost!)
  • We get to stay holed up in our own house, instead of getting out.
  • We can watch it whenever we want — not subject to theater schedules and having to schedule around naptime, bedtime and mealtime.

I have even come to prefer watching DVDs with my husband instead of venturing out to the theater, for many of the same reasons. What about you? Do you stock up on DVDs for the kids and even your own viewing?



Do you have some pirate-loving kids in your home? Leave a comment here, and we’ll post the winners on November 1. One grand prize winner will receive the prize pack pictured above, and four others will win the DVD The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything.

Until then, check out Veggiepirates.com for more information about the movie, including downloads and games.

Reader Interactions


409 Comments

  1. I’m singin the song in my head as I type this. I would love to share this with my 3 year old!

  5. My charming hubbie is the biggest Veggie Tales fan in our house, but our children are a close second, and my preteen humors her father.

  8. We saw this at the theater. My daughter loved it, but my son was scared…so we had to leave early. I’d love to have the DVD so my daughter can see how it ends.

  18. my son is a huge fan of pirates!in fact he wants a huge pirate ship from santa!
    ahdrad2932(at)msn(dot)com

  23. My family has just discovered Veggies Tales. It is a great to have something with values. So much in entertainments is no appropriate for younger children so I love that everyone in my family can watch and enjoy the Veggie Tales.

  25. Our younger son is trick-or-treating as a pirate, and was all enthusiastic when I showed him the picture — “Mom, can I look like that?!” We’ll try!

  36. Would love this….grandson can’t make up his mind whether to be a fireman or a pirate for Halloween.

  37. “Broccoli, celery, gotta be. . . Veggie Tales!” My kids love Veggie Tales. We own several movies, and the songs are silly and catchy. We would love to add this one to our collection.

  40. We love Veggie Tales! My daughter Who is 20 rented a Larry the Cucumber Costume for our church social and posed for pictures to the delight of all the children there! What a great giveaway!

  44. I think this would be a great movie for my church. Good wholesome values everyone would appreciate

  45. Veggie Tales ROCK! So much better than some of the violent or just plain weird cartoon that are on these days. I never feel bad letting my kids watch Veggie Tales.
    Thank you for the chance.

  48. We all love Veggie Tales. My son i only 18 months but he can tell you Bob and Larry’s names.

  56. I started watching veggie tales when I was in college and I’m so glad my kids love them too. Count me in!

  57. We recently discovered VeggieTales and love it. My little one would enjoy this for sure.

  61. In our house talking animals and/or vegetables rule!

    We usually have movie night at the house. Once in a blue moon we will go to the movies but for comfort, ease and money we have an evening at home.

  62. I generally take the kids to the movies one time a year. I totally agree with you. It’s much cheaper to just buy the movie and watch it at home. Not to mention the bathroom breaks and just sitting back in my own recliner with at least one child on my lap.

    But actually I rarely buy a video. Last year I bought every season of “The Dukes of Hazard”. We have special evenings and usually watch 2 episodes. I did buy 2 movies for the kids for Christmas this year.

  63. Oh, this is an awesome giveaway! Even at 29, I love Veggie Tales! And the kids at the camp I work for would love to see this movie.

    Blessings,
    Carrie

  85. Hmm… seems like most of the people who would enjoy this are A LOT younger than my daughter, so I won’t embarrass her and tell you how old she is. She wouldn’t go see it in the theaters, so she would really love to have the DVD.

  88. I know the theme song by heart. I love the veggie tales and I’d love to win this. They over great messages with their videos. Thanks for the chance!

  109. This fruity grandmother (make that a ripe old 54)was just thinking of Veggie Tales this morning while doing dishes. What excellence and creativity God unleashed in the writers, producers, creators—-would love to be part of a dramatists / writers team like that…..There’s just no better sing a long song for all ages than Cheese Burger. While camping at 12,000 feet I was once kept up late at night by the youth group across the way singing veggie tales songs – all of them – from their sleeping bags and tents…..

  123. We LOVE Veggie Tales – my husband and step-daughter got to see the movie in the theatres… Our then 1 year old was too cranky so she and I stayed home. 🙁 She loves Veggie Tales too – especially the songs!

  124. Ever since they saw that movie, my GIRLS have been stealing my vacuum cleaner atatchments and running around my house shouting “WE ARE THE PIRATES!”

  131. My grandson just loves watching the Veggie Tales characters.
    tamben7996(at)aol(dot)com

  134. We love Veggie Tales and with three boys, pirates are a big part of our world. We would love to win this!

  135. Please enter me. I have friends who are missionaries in Russia and their kids would LOVE this, so would be perfect to stick in their Christmas box I’m sending.

  139. This would be wonderful. I bought the grandkids a whole bunch of the Veggie Tales bible covers because they were on clearance. I could use this to complete a gift. Thank you so much!

  161. We haven’t seen this movie yet, and my family is crazy about pirates and the veggietales! Count us in plz

  163. It’s so nice to have shows for kids that have positive messages and help us instill morals and values.

  164. My daughter loves pirates! We count down the days until “Talk like a pirate day”. (It’s in Feb.)

  169. We live where there are NO WalMarts or Targets and we would LOVE to have this video … we have six kids under the age of seven and this would be right up their alley!

  175. My kids wanted to see this so bad last summer. I didn’t want to pay the money for my “old” kids at the theater. They would be so excited to win one (and I’d even share it with our younger friends). 🙂

  176. I would love to win this! We mostly stock up on childrens DVD’s now (they are the only ones we buy!)…but before our daughter was born my husband was always buying movies to add to our collection. Now we just have Netflix.

  179. My adorable grandchilren just lOVES vegie-tales.
    Thanks for this great contest and prize!

  180. AMAZING giveaway! Veggie tales is a huge hit here! We have a good many of the dvds…and we watch it on sat mornings..my little man dances when they come on! He is definately a pirate lover!

  181. My daughter is also counting down the days till the movie comes out. She even has the poster on her wall above her pillow!
    We didn’t get a chance to catch it in the theater ( we live in a small northern town where movies are only there for 1 week if at all) and so have been eagerly waiting for it to come out on dvd!
    we would so love to win this!! she would be super excited!

  183. Thanks so much – the Veggie Tales are great – my kids could watch over and over so would be handy to have a copy in the house!

  184. We enjoyed this one in the movie theater and would love to add it to our dvd collection!

  185. My kids are fanatics of Veggie Tales. My son walks around calling any round red object, Bob!

  186. oh me me!! I loved this movie, and we need some good ones for our weekly family movie night.

  188. My daughter would really dig this, she’s always watching Veggie Tales. Thanks so much for the great opportunity!

    furygirl3132[at]comcast[dot]net

  191. We love Veggie Tales and all their Pirates. What a great idea for a giveaway. I would love to win this for family movie night!

  193. That was my son’s first and only movie in the theater! It would be so fun to win this. He wants to have a pirate birthday party!

  195. We love veggie tales in our family especially my 3year old son and daddy. We usually buy dvd’s since the kids are to young to go to the movies, also since we made the decision for me to stay home and raise the children we are on a fixed income and the movies is to expensive. Also, we like to watch our movies over and over.

  197. My son loves Pirates, in fact he’s one for Halloweeen! What a great combo, seeing that he loves Veggie Tales too!

  201. My 2 little grandsons would love,love to see this,I watch them while my daughter works an they love Veggie tales,so count me in too please,thanks

  203. I really enjoy Veggie Tales. It is something that I don’t mind watching with my son.

  206. My son loves the VeggieTales and I have to admit that I do too! It would be great to win the movie!

  213. We love the Veggie Tales, and I have a little pirate that would love to own this movie! 🙂

  225. We like to have a selection of kid friendly DVDs for when the grand kids visit, this would fill the bill.

  231. My 8 and 5 yr old boys love pirates! And what could don’t love Veggie Tales?!

  235. My 3 yr old son asks EVERY DAY to watch “the running one” which is the Veggie Tales Toy that saves Christmas on a Double Feature Christmas dvd. Yes 90 degrees here in Az and every day he wants this Christmas Veggie Tales video. No wonder I have the Silly Song with Laryy “3 Yummy Cookies” in my head constantly(afore mentioned cookies are for Santa). Would LOVE a chance to get a different VT movie stuck in my head!! haha

  238. We love watching movies as a family. And good dvds for the kids also gives me some quiet time once in a while!

  239. I am starting to prefer watching DVDs at home mainly because of the outrageous prices. And, like you, I have to accommodate a range of ages: 1, 3, 4, 17 and then me – the mom! 😀 I haven’t even taken my youngest child to the theatre since she was a few months old because I don’t like to miss any of the movie. My kids — even my oldest — would love this movie.

  240. We LOOOOOVE Veggies at my house! I have a couple of the Silly Songs albums, the Boy Wonder dances around to the “Pirates” theme song all the time – what a great prize!!! Count me in 🙂

  242. I am very excited about this give-away. This was the first theatre movie my oldest daughter attended and I know she would love the prize pack. We’re totally at home movie watchers – cheaper and more comfortable surroundings!

  243. I LOVE Veggie Tales. I even got to dress up as Bob the Tomato for a Jonah premiere way back when. Please enter me. I would love to have this movie for my son.

  244. My daughter is 15 and REALLY wanted to see this movie, but she was too embarrassed 🙂

  247. There isn’t a video put out by Veggie Tales that we don’t love at our house. Thanks!
    Megret
    musesofmegret (at) gmail (dot) com

  248. We are all huge Veggie Tale fans. There are some exceptions — but we do for the most part do much prefer having a great dvd movie night at home!

  252. My son has been asking for months when this would come out on DVD. Thanks for the opportunity! 🙂

  253. We love the Veggie Tales..We are so looking forward tho this movie!

    tiffy2two(at)gmail(dot)com

  254. We watch DVDs at home almost every friday night. We’re looking to grow our kids’ dvd collection, Veggie Tales would be a perfect addition. They’re a little older now but still love the silliness.

  255. I would love to watch veggie tales with my grandchildren when we have weekly family night….thanks

  257. Our whole family loves Veggie Tales. We would love to be entered. I did take my kids to see it at the theatre, but we would enjoy having our own copy as well, so we can enjoy it again and again. We still break out in song from the movie anytime something sparks our memory.

  261. We love Veggie Tales. I think I’m getting close to knowing the tale of the Snoodle so having a new Larry and Bob DVD in our house will be a welcome change.

  266. Ohhh, I would so love to win this for my little nephew! He’s going through a pirate phase now and this would be a wonderful positive influence. 🙂 Thanks so much for the giveaway!

    Lindsey

  267. We just love Veggie Tales and the morals and values they instill especially during a time where morals, values, and ethics seem to be lost on most people.

  272. My son is the biggest pirate fan I know. He loves to dress up all the time even if it is not halloween.

    Great blog and website. Thank you for all your great reviews.

  273. It remains to this day the ONLY movie my son Aaron has EVER sat through. We loved it and can’t wait to get it. We would love to win a copy.

  275. My boys are wearing “turtle pirate” shirts today! They love pirates and would love this DVD, too.

  277. What a fun prize pack just in time for Halloween! This would be great to share with the kids at my daughter’s daycare. Thanks for the chance! m_huston(at)hotmail(dot)com

  278. Tristan loves the Veggie Tales. He has one Veggie Tales about Christmas that he’s watched a hundred times. He could use a new Veggie Tales DVD.

  280. We are big Veggie Tale fans at my home. My 2 kids take turns every other day of a DVD for after school “down” time. I’d love for them to get this to choose from.

  288. My daughter has been waiting for this to come out! We love the Veggie Tale movies 🙂 Great contest!

  289. We are just beginning to explore DVD’s and I would love for those DVD’s to be Christian ones!

  290. My daughter absolutely adores the veggies. She has their songs downloaded on her MP3 player and listens to them all the time. I find myself singing along, too.

  291. Veggie Tales Rock! WE LOVE ‘EM! I have 3 little pirates that love the VT, but I have to admit all 7 of us are fans!!

  292. Ohhh.. we LOVE Veggie Tales!! My mom took the kiddos to see this one at the theatre so I haven’t had the chance to see it yet- I’m as excited as the kiddos that it is coming out on DVD soon!!

    Thanks for the giveaway!!

    Jenn W
    One House Schoolroom
    http://www.OneHouseSchoolroom.com

  294. We love Veggie Tales! I love that the little ones find them so funny yet there are nuggets of humor for mom and dad too!
    I agree on the DVD over a movie…too expensive!!!

  296. I love watching DVDs at home on my schedule, rather than being forced to see a movie when they choose to show it at the theater.
    My niece loves pirates and she’d love to see this movie!

  297. Veggie Tales is one of the greatest series of videos in the history of videos. We were first introduced to them when my oldest was about 4. Now we own almost all of the movies – including the also wonderful 3-2-1 Penguins!

    We haven’t seen the “Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything” yet, but I have no doubt the whole family will fall in love.

  302. My daughter so so wanted to go see this when it was in the theater….we didn’t make it. She would love to get this movie. Veggie Tales are just too cute!

  303. Both of my older boys (4 and 2) LOVE pirates! They already have The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything sing along video, which they got from my grandma. Pirates and Veggie Tales in one…to them this is perfection! 🙂

  304. I was on hold with Comcast a few nights ago. I heard them talking about “The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything” and I thought, “What kind of movie is that?” Well, now I know!

    LOL. Thanks!!

  306. My girls would be thrilled!!! They sing that song “We are the Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything” all the time. We LOVE Veggie Tales!!! Thanks for the chance to win!

  308. We went and saw this one, too, and I’d love for my 3-year-old to get to see it now — he was too young when we went to the theater!! THanks so much!

  309. We have been waiting to see this movie! Thanks for the chance to win–my 3 boys (and their dad and I) would love it!

  313. I would love this for my nephew and niece (and me of course as I like them too). Thanks for the giveaway.

  315. Yay! We love Veggie Tales! We do have quite the DVD collection for many of the same reasons you do. We just turned off our cable, too, so more DVDs would be quite welcome in our home for when we do want to turn on the tv. Thanks!

  320. We just saw Veggie Tales Live and my son and daughter just loved it! They would be filled with so much glee to have this movie!

  321. We Love Veggie Tales! We watch them on Sundays before we go to church! I have been waiting for this to come out on DVD! We missed it when it was in the theaters!

  322. Our daughter loves Veggie Tales as well! She decided she wants to be a Pirate Princess for Halloween this year. She is only a little girly. 🙂

    Thank you so much for another fabulous contest!!!

    Sara

  327. We loved this movie! The kids are constantly borrowing Veggie Tales movies from our library!

  333. oh we LOVE Veggie Tales in our house! And you know what is sad? The movie never even CAME to our town! At all! Oh the joys of living in the middle of nowhere 🙂

  334. Our whole family loves Vegie Tales. My husband has been known to sing “the hairbrush” song. . . Would love to win this package!

    Lalycairn at gmail.com

  337. We love the Veggie Tales… and also prefer DVDs for all the reasons you mentioned above plus with a 3,2,2,& 2 year old, going to the movies is almost out of the question!!

  339. My daughter, The Bean, LOVES Veggie Tales. She asks for “the pirates” all the time since they are on the silly songs dvd we have. She would LOVE this.

  340. I would so love to win this for my little girl! She loves this movie! Thanks for the giveaway!

  341. My 4 year old son says ARRRRRGH… he is a little pirate and would love this DVD (we haven’t seen it yet). He has been a pirate 2 years in a row for Halloween…this year I told him he had to be something else, but he will probably end up being a pirate again.
    Thanks for entering me!!

  344. Both my kids LOVE Veggie Tales!! And I love them too, so I’m really crossing my fingers on this one. =)

  346. We don’t even have a decent movie theater in our town and we have a nice TV. Home viewing wins everytime! My kids love Veggie Tales, would love to win!

  349. My goodness, my four year old loves pirates to the point where I was shocked she didn’t want to be one for Halloween. Veggie tales are awesome!

  350. My boys would LOVE this!! They have quite a few of the veggietales VHS movies that we got from yard sales and we’ve been wanting to see this one. The theme of our Church’s bible school this year was Veggie Tales: The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything and it was sooo good, the boys loved it! We rarely go to the movies too, we just prefer watching them at home and it’s much cheaper!

  354. This movie was playing the other weekend at our theater for the Free Fall Flicks and we totally missed it. My daughter would love this movie! She pretty much has every Veggie Tales song memorized!

  355. My daughter came one on day from school and told me she wanted to watch Veggie Tales. I knew who they were, I just didn’t know she liked them. Come to find out, they watched it during recess one day (it was raining) and she loves them now. Go figure!

  358. Sounds like a fun movie! Though my boys have outgrown Veggie Tales for the most part, I think they would still enjoy this one.

  359. How did I miss this movie when it came out in theaters? My kids love Veggie Tales, and I love that I don’t have to worry about what they’re watching. And let’s face it, the songs are just so darn catchy!

  362. I am a great fan of Bob and Larry. These are great movies for all ages. Always have a good moral and leave you with a good feeling about life.

  364. Oh my gosh yes! My boys LOVE Veggie Tales, but they don’t have this one – we are always borrowing their cousin’s copy 😉

  365. We had the pleasure of seeing this in the theater this summer during our local theater’s free summer movies!! It was good. Gotta love the song 🙂

  366. We love Veggie Tales. Well except when my hubby gets the tune stuck in his head and tries to sing it all day, but can’t get the words right!

  367. We like to watch the new DVD’s that come out. It’s cheaper to watch them at home than at the movie theatre

  368. We LOVE pirates in this house.. my girls even make pirate faces!!! LOL.. it consists of closing one eye and yelling ARRRGGGG through the house. it’s fun! Thanks for hosting!

  370. Maybe this movie would help my 2 year old eat her veggies. lol! Looks like a cute movie.

  372. My kids would love this! they have a veggie tale Bible and my husband reads to them each evening from it … they have the stories memorized … this would be a fun gift to give them

  375. We saw this during the summer at the free Regal cinemas program – loved it! Even my 14 year old was quoting lines for weeks. I’d love to win this!

  378. My oldest son loves pirates and all of my kids love the Veggie Tales. We like being able to get DVD’s since it’s hard to go out to movies with little ones.

  382. Um, we have some pirate loving big “kids” in our house! And I’d love to turn my little guy into a pirate lover too!

  383. We have had little kids for 24 years, so we have tons of videos. My kids would love to win this one though. It was a great movie.

  386. My nieces would love this DVD. It could be one of their Christmas presents. And Veggie tales always has a good message.

  387. My girls love Veggie Tales and they loved the movie. It was the first movie we took my 3 yr old see in a movie theater. The two of them still sing the “Pirates That Don’t Do Anything” song. I must admit it is such a catchy tune it is hard to get out of your head! Thanks for the contest!

  389. My daughter loves the Veggie Tales Jonah movie! She asks to watch it over and over again. I’m not sure if she is a pirate lover or not, but I know she’d love this film!

  390. My son, Gabe (3 1/2) loves to take a hankerchief and grab a few butter knives and run around pretending he is a pirate. We got the silliest silly song count down and the pirates were “hosting” it…He had a blast and it kept him busy for over an hour!
    I would love to win this DVD!

  392. My son LOVES VeggieTales. He is going this weekend with his Grammy and Mimi to see them live. Thanks for the chance!

  393. Oh, I love Veggie Tales!! Started watching when my 8 YO was about 3 yrs old… now so many years later, we also have a 3 YO. The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything Movie was the very first movie that we took her to see at the movie theater. She loved it.

  394. Oh my goodness, I don’t know who would like this better – my toddler who asks to watch “Bop eh Eh-ee” every day or my husband.

    You didn’t mention what the prize package was, but a copy of the movie would be a major prize to our family!!

    We only watch dvds – we never go to the theater – so we get excited about new releases on dvd!

  395. I started watching veggie tales when I was in college and I’m so glad my kids love them too. Count me in!

  397. Love the Veggie Tales, and we haven’t seen this yet!

    It’s just SO MUCH EASIER to watch movies at home now…not to mention cheaper 🙂

  399. WaHoo! Count me in! My husband and son would LOVE watching this together. My husband is definitely a true pirate at heart – he was very hopeful that our toddler’s first word would be “arr”. Needless to say, my husband was very disappointed – winning this movie would definitely ease the disappointment 🙂

  400. My kids enjoy Veggie Tales! This prize package would not be wasted in our house, that’s for sure!

  401. Ali ADORES Veggie Tales! We can’t get in the car without them! She would LOVE to add this movie to her collection!

  403. My family loves Veggies Tales. It is a great way to bring us all together and watch somethings with values. So much in entertainments is no appropriate for younger children so I love that everyone in my family can watch and enjoy the Veggie Tales. My daughter sings the Pirates song all the time!

  404. My kids love Veggie Tales. They also love pirates…we have four books about pirates that frequently make the rotation in our bedtime story time. How fun!

  405. I love Veggie Tales! They are so great!

    We don’t go out to movies anymore either. For one, it’s so much cheaper to stay home, especially since we can watch a movie after the baby goes to bed without having to get a sitter. But more importantly, we just got a blu-ray player and it makes watching movies at home every bit as good as watching them in theaters, except that my couch is more comfy than the theater seats.

  406. Please count me in…We missed it in the theater last year as we were prepping for hubby’s ordination and the arrival of our third child…There was only a week difference in the festivities..So please count me in!

  407. My daughter loves Veggie Tales so she would love to get this.

    legacyofbrutalitysa{AT}gmail.com

  408. oh, my! My son would love this. He’s been watching Jonah, over and over and over. Count me in.