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01x53 - It's a Meaningful Life

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "VeggieTales". Aired: December 21, 1993 – present.*
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Series stars Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber leading a variety of fruit and vegetable characters as they retell stories from the Bible and parody pop culture while also teaching life lessons according to a biblical world view.

01x53 - It's a Meaningful Life

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[Applause] [Music] [Applause]

all right guys we've got one last shot it's do die time do gu is right if we

don't win this game we're done you're salad boy and no shot of making it to the pros I want to be a Twin City bear

Morty that's my ticket out of this town this town's not so bad hi

Morty hi Linda Morty oh huh did you get that 318

waggle right you're the decoy of course I am I was born to be the decoy quack

Stuart Green Machine this is your time to shine got it coach You Can Count On

Me make us PR Stewart Green Machine 6

point 6 points 6 points 6

points it's hero time what are you doing here huh down

I'm the decoy 319 Google right S no 318 wagle right

[Applause] [Music] whoops look at me look at me I'm the

decoy quack quack just stay out of the [Applause]

way w r

dos

[Music] sorry quack

[Applause] [Music] [Applause]

A Meaningful Life

[Music] I know you're upset Stuart but football

isn't the only meaningful thing in your future you just don't understand Donna

no I guess I don't oh hey Dad I'll be waiting for you

thanks Donna brought you a get well present Green Machine God bless us

everyone oh another one of your toy trains thanks Dad Stuart when I was your

age I wanted all the same things you do now except I was allergic to grass and

hated football then I learned that God had a plan for my life that no matter

how bad things got God was always making sure things turned out right but all my

life I've been dreaming of doing bigger more important things being a Twin City bear making a

difference Stuart the doctor's concerned about your injury he uh well he doesn't

think you'll play football again I know which is why this is more

than just a toy I thought maybe you would uh well help me build them work for the toy

train Factory someone's got to keep the business alive I I know it's not your dream but but it has its rewards and

creates jobs for a lot of people I don't

know think about it son I'm never getting out of this

[Music] town take a [Music]

will win coner one more win championship Now sing the verse again about how

handsome I [Applause]

The Numbers

[Music] am afternoon afternoon Miss Linda my my

you're looking wonderful today you po you hey B how are the grand

apples up my eye you know I know you guys see the game last night what a

catch it was like he was using superglue I'm telling you that guy's like Superman just like him good morning Mr Green Oh

hey Linda what you got well Mr Green I've got that number you asked for and well to pay the bills and keep the

business going we'll need to make and sell a whole lot of trains by this coming Christmas when you say a whole

lot what exactly does that mean 10,000 what what what how in the world

are we going to build 10,000 trains in 2 months oh a that is so cute I know I never get

tired of that sorry Mr Green the numbers are the numbers we can't afford to keep

the business going to keep our jobs if we don't get to 10,000 well I for one

need to keep my job looks like we're all going to have to pitch in and start working late yep late late that's what

they said no I'm late late for football practice sorry see you tomorrow

Sports

everybody all right men just remember everything we've been working on hit it hard and make it happen

great hi Daddy hey sweetie H one h two H one after

two no the other way Bobby other way I know the bird is pretty but he can wait

you can't throw the ball backwards especially if no one's behind you I got

[Applause] iTouch did you see me dad you told me to pay more attention on the field did you

see me pay more ow ouch you're still on the field son gee dad it doesn't seem

like we're very good at this well not yet that's why we practice who are we

kidding we're a joke a joke don't say that but this rate I'll never be a

professional football player well you sure won't be if you just give up you got to come to play you got to I don't

know give it 100% or more than that you got to give it

110% you aren't very good at math are you dad Sports math is different son

we're taking one game at a time check your stance and you'll be fine when you

step up to the plate keep your bu in the ball and you'll be great d That's

baseball quiet boy 100% we'll never do

get seven more then add a few cuz when the game is on the line it get the pck

on the net and you'll be finey Mr Green there ain't no I in team we're not sure what you need you

got to dig down deep before you take that leap you're playing to win you're laying it in you're scooping the ball up

off the rim basketball 100% will never do get seven more then out a few split

the ight punch it in that's better Shake It Off 10 to one

110 next time you

win sounds good dad let's go get some ice cream Mom did

you see me catch the ball it clobbered you in the face I didn't say how I caught it it's Boy Bubble the Bumblebee

my nose I'm Jim gley for wide world of spores and I'm here with big news from

Marty Bumble

one of the biggest football stars in the universe the Bumble be Marty Bumble

please my friends just call me be what's this about your retirement it is true I

am hanging up whatever you call my football shoes forever why would you do that well I'm

not getting any younger Jim I feel like my life is missing something I want to get back to my roots no pun intended

folks and besides I'm doing pretty good making commercials like this

one if you're like me you often dream of crunching while you eat ice cream it's munchy Dream It's not ice cream it's

creamy crunchy sweet it's an expl*si*n made of taste it's like a horse race in your face there no disgrace so buy a

case of creamy crunchy crunchy creamy tasts and a bunch of dreamy sugar sweet crun munchy dream munchy dream is not a

toy and should not be handled unsupervised by small children wow that was I know almost

makes me want to buy a box so what next I'm heading back to my hometown for

Christmas Rockwell you heard it here first folks Rockwell's native son is

coming home did you really play play football with the bubblebee coach green

Coach Green

wow dad I didn't know you knew anyone important all right kids home to dinner

for all of you bye coach green see you tomorrow Stewie are you going to be okay

yeah I'll be okay you boys go get your ice cream we'll see you at home oh man I

can't believe the Bumblebee's coming coming to town so no give it to me give it over here

give throw it over here no football in the house I understand your concern Mrs

Hassen feffer but I assure you that this one test score won't affect Andrew's College

admissions all right go along he's in the first grade

ow ow uhoh oh you see uh go and wash up for dinner sorry

Mom wow look how young we were yeah we were we're kids

ourselves I could have given us so much more than this what if I hadn't missed that catch Donna I wonder what Morty's

house looks like it doesn't matter what Morty's house looks like Stewie we're

happy oh hold that thought would you mind talking to Emma she had a rough day

at school sure it's okay don't cry I can fix it

everything okay in here Emma I adopted Teddy's busted Teddy mcf fluffington oh

no you got the stuffer knocked out of you Teddy boy art and Barney did it they

said he was a football he's not a football why do there have to be boys an

age-old question here let the doctor help you're not a doctor you make toys

that's why I'm the perfect doctor for a toy how was school today well I wanted to be

the camel but I'm just a sheep not following you sweetie in the Christmas

play the camels get to bring gold and Franken and M and all the Sheep do is

say B that's fantastic daddy don't laugh

everybody knows the camels are a lot more important than the Sheep I'm sorry

I didn't mean to laugh you just make an extra cute sheep everyone okay in here I

don't want to be a sheep I want to be a camel well maybe next year you can be a

cute camel Madison said there's nothing special about sheep who's Madison the

camel what do I do now [Music]

Precious Girl

precious girl in our lives making every moment bright your

mom and daddy love you you fill us with

delight precious girl so special to God has got a plan for you and we can

see see it clearly as you shine his

light do you realize when you shine

everyone sees you the lives you touch you're worth so much and that is just

how God made

you Mom and Dad when I'm sad you're so proud of

me God put us together now I know he

must love me precious girl can you see you're part

of our family this one thing I

promise God's plan for you is true

you are worth so much and it's just by

[Music]

being time to eat we can't have dinner yet why not too many cucumbers jumping

on the [Music]

Merry Christmas

[Music]

oops Merry Christmas Pete Merry Christmas Mrs Josephson Merry Christmas to you happy little family

[Music] steuart Merry Christmas Arthur wow

Arthur that's a very very unflattering hat I know it's a Morty Bumble

unflattering hat the Bumblebee comes home to Rockwell today today come on

Stewie we've got Christmas shopping to do you love Christmas shopping yeah

sure [Music]

Buble what's happening it's him it's Mory Bumble he's here

are you ready for bu he's here he's now he's awesome and he's a

y give it up for the Bumblebee

Marty hello former neighbors what is up with your bad s cheers Mor he's our hero

no no no do something Christmasy oh bumblebee oh bumblee how Lov is your

mustache so much better hey Stewart Stewart buddy long time no see I mean

Morty Bumble

you've seen me of course welcome back Morty not that it feels like you ever left wow my face is all over the place

it's like the world is one big mirror and wouldn't that be incredible well I

better finish up my Christmas shopping not so fast we've got big business to discuss we do join me for a latte give

me two mocha FR makach chitos with extra

[Music] whip I forgot to specify non-fat milk

you said we needed to talk business Stewart old friend Stewart old teammate

Stewart look at us it's just just like old times except I am crazy Rich

congratulations Morty you've accomplished a lot how kind of you to say but you know Stewart I've come back

to Rockwell to get back to my roots no pun intended no pun taken I'm thinking I

could use this town just as much as this town could use me how's the toy train

business not what it used to be eh we do just fine not according to this chart

where'd you get that that I made it arrows are fun no I mean how do you know this stuff oh you can find out anything

if you're rich enough and guess what I found out what you're behind on all your

bills you're barely making ends me you can't make trains fast enough to stay in

business and I can make all your troubles go away if you'll just sell me

the toy train Factory come on you can't tell me that

you wanted to end up stuck in Rockwell trapped just imagine Stuart if you sold

me the factory you could just hop onto that train and leave if the factory is

not making any money why would you want it it's not making money for you but I

know how to make money how put my name on it pardon me boy is that a Morty

Bumble choooo come again be sure to eat your munchy dream

my Bumble Cho Chu it has a nice ring to it doesn't it your factory will be the

official gift shop for bumbl toown bumbl toown formerly Rockwell the boyhood home

of myty bumble come visit the town that gave birth to the legend what that's

crazy my roots are tingling the mayor's all for it of course we'll need to get

rid of the part of the factory that cost me the most money what part's that the workers I won't sell Morty not if it

means this town goes without jobs fine I'll be happy to wait for you to fail then I'll buy it for nothing for less

than nothing I'll use a coupon then you'll be waiting a long time as soon as

we finish our Christmas orders we'll be just fine we'll see yes you will see ha

haa ha if you need me I'll be staying at whatever you call the most expensive

hotel in morville Blackwell not for long okay now I need something

salty all right everyone listen up we got one night left to finish the trains

that's 10 70% leaves 33 take away 3,000 3,000 trains in one

night we've got to give it 100% and make this happen Mr Green the most RS we've

ever made in a shift is 200 then 100% isn't good enough we need to give it

110% okay that gets us to 220 I'm talking

figuratively 100% we'll never do get seven more than add a few cuz when our

jobs are on the line get those trains in gear and we'll be fine there ain't no I

in team the same's true of extreme come on you got to dig down deep before you

take that leap you're playing to Wi you're laying it in Parts the of

the% will never do more then add a few

split the upright punch it in nice K pick it up 10 to 110 this time will win

[Music]

oops oh no what have I done everything's ruined it'll take a week to clean this

up now what are we going to do there's no way will make it we're all going to lose our

jobs hello Stewart I hope you don't mind me dropping in unannounced I just came

by to check out the ooh that's going to make for a real

blue Christmas I guess this means you'll have to sell me the factory now huh

Green Machine you were going to sell all our hard work the Late

Night Phil wait seller guess you've got a big decision to

make Merry Christmas Green

What If

Machine God how did I end up like this I was going to do something something

special but instead I've ruined everything why couldn't I have caught that

[Applause] football he's a zero now the town's in

trouble too if I had only caught that

football pick it out Stuart green what if Express what's the what if

Express a train in the football field I have gone crazy

[Music]

[Applause]

Bedtime Songs

[Music] and now it's time for bedtime songs with Junior the part of the show when Junior

gets tucked into his warm comfy bed and is sung a bedtime

[Music] song good night good

night I'll tuck you in good night I'll

kiss your cheek soon you will sleep now close your eyes good

night um Mom yes Junior can I have my bear your

bear my Bear right there with brown and fuzzy hair I love him so and you must

know I feel so much despair I moan and Gran and cry and weep my tears would drown my counting sheep to have to sleep

oh please Mom please don't make me sleep with all my fuzzy

bear thanks good night good

night the lights are off good night I'll

fluff your sheets soon you will sleep now close your eyes good

[Music] night Mom H can I have my cat your cat

my cat yes that he's soft and cute and fat I love him so and you must know my

heart would fall down flat it wouldn and ache and then it break my tears with so a birthday cake the earthquake hope

pleas m i awake with all my good night good night it's really

lateo don't go I need my white tail D I love her so and you must know my grief

would overflow good night good night I'll Tu you in good night my my dog my I

love close your eyes good [Music]

[Music] night night good friends good night

Junior good night this has been bedtime songs with Junior tune in next time to

hear Junior say can I I a drink of [Music]

Down These Tracks

water

strange hello anybody

here this is really really OD

there's got to be somebody

here excuse me but where's the ticket please uh I'm not going anywhere sure

you are we're all going somewhere I mean I can't leave Rockwell my family's here

my goodness here's your ticket it was in my hand all along huh how'd you do that I'll tell you story I've been driving

this train for 100 years and I still don't know how it does anything sit anywhere you like but buckle up it's

going to be a bumpy ride I told you I can't leave hey I told you to buckle

up where we going wherever it is you were running to what I wasn't running

away you were certainly running from someone oh yeah who you're running from

Stewart huh I'm Stewart not the Stewart you should be tonight the whatif express

will make three stops three stops only wait what's the wh if Express for every

regrettable there's a hypothetical I don't know what you're talking about for

your first stop steuart you're going to see what your life would have been like

if you had only caught that [Music]

football careful what you wish for Stuart these train tracks can take you

many places but that doesn't mean that they're all places you should

[Music]

go down these tracks is the life that you wanted down these tracks is what you

wish to be down these tracks you'll be the hero how does that look we'll just

have to see B tracks is someone most famous B

tracks you'll want for nothing down these tracks you'll be the big shot how

does that look we'll go as we sing down these tracks on which we travel lie the

choices you'll soon need to make what will make one better than the other what

will it be which path will you hey down these tracks down these

squeezy Cheesy Dream

tracks where am I oh hey what happened to the train okay people let's do this

one more time celebrity endorsement for squeezy cheesy dream take 212

if you're like me you beg and plead cuz it's so hard to eat squeeze cheese but this squeeze cheese it's easy cheese it's squeezy cheesy Dream It's like a

pill for Te tummy yummy breezyy squee cheesy

dream squeezy cheesy dream does not contain dairy and may cause dizziness in some animals cat does anybody have a

bowl I can spit this awful stuff in here's a bowl big guy tastes like notebook paper but twice

the calories what did I miss don't sneak up on me like that I wasn't sneaking I

just had to park the train what's going on why am I right here and over there I

told you this is our first stop you get to see what life would have been like for you if you had caught that football

so that's really me it's certainly what you could be Here's the final contract

the deal is almost done all you need to do is s not here let's go get some real

Im Dreaming

food this is very uncomfortable being invisible has its downside hey hurry up with those Ultra

Mega Uber spicy wings will you I'm hurrying hold your horses come on I

thought every time a bell rings a customer gets his wings all right show me the paperwork just sign here and the

toy train Factory is yours what the toy train Factory that's all a Rockwell

right don't you mean Stewartville good rings I wouldn't sit

there if I were you I can't believe how ungrateful that town is I mean I put Rockwell on the map they should have

built me a statue why is famous me so grumpy even getting your wish has not

changed your heart I am going to save a ton when I replace all those workers with robots no I won't let you I mean I

won't let me do do it those people are hardworking I tried to warn you get me

out of here what who are you the name's Gabe is

this some sort of trick no Stuart no trick things have changed you've spent

your whole life wishing you had caught that football and now you have I get it

I'm Dreaming makes perfect sense that maky Chucky keto must have given me nightmares you're not dreaming thanks a

bunch dream dude be seeing you in my

naps we're moving again no

kidding so this is real I really caught that football and I'm really rich and

famous and every bit is unhappy I couldn't be true how could I be rich famous and unhappy you'd be surprised I

think you'll understand better after our second stop what's the second stop the first

stop was what your life is like since you made that touchdown uhhuh the second stop is what life is now like for

Rockwell Town Square

everyone else where are we you've been here a

thousand times we're at the Rockwell Town Square never look like this oh

Christmas Christmas my

[Music] voice I don't like St join the club I'm

closing up for Christmas now Pete but I'll be here early day after tomorrow is that Stewart wait Donna it's

me it's your Stewie don't worry swe why is she all alone why do you think

because I left town after I made that touchdown and I never came back you never married her Stuart and she never

loved anyone else hey lady it's Christmas got any candy oh boy it's the

football team oh I'm sorry little boy I don't have any candy uh-oh wait what are

they doing raw dancers that looks hilarious but but

those are good kids not in a world where no one has taken the time to help them become something better I took the time

that's right you were like a father to those boys but not anymore wait my boys

that wasn't the whole team where are my twins art and Barney Barney and art were never born remember because you never

got married but wait that means Emma Emma

Emma should be here she should be alive and why is that story because Emma was

adopted I'm afraid Things Are very different in this world Gabe where is

she I have to know don't do this to yourself Stuart let's just get back on the train Gabe what happened to

Emma she's right over there Emma Emma it's me it's Daddy I'm

afraid she can't hear you [Music]

Daddy sorry teddy I will be your family

I'm here Emma I will Emma

Emma please please tell me this isn't real this isn't better than my old life

what is it you want I just want all of this to change oh things can change

welcome to the third stuff the one that requires a choice

Stuarts Choice

what choice I'll do anything Stuart do you believe God loves you yes of course

I do then why don't you also believe he has directed every step you've ever

taken Precious Child steart Green you're

worth much more than it may seem God has made more of your life than your un each

Dre precious one so special to when you

doubt God's plan for you just take a look around you at all the joy you

bring the way you live the love you give

to those around you the lies you T

it's worth so much and that's just how God Made

You I know what my choice is oh you do I can choose to stay in this world of what

if or or I can choose to go back to Rockwell and face my problems knowing

that God has a plan for me even when I don't you don't see it and that plan for

you is better than anything you could come up with thought your [Music]

Its A Meaningful Life

own I like unfamous steart can I really have it oh yes I do believe you're

ready fall

apart I can see his love for me your words are wise my new friend I'll hope

in God's good plan alone I

can take a look out the window the view might just take your breath

[Music]

away you are worth so much and it's just

by [Music]

being uh a Gabe thanks for

everything Rockwell oh I love you Rockwell and I love you coffee shop and

you big old tree and you broken down dentist office and even you billboard with big old Morty Bumble hey where is

everybody this old factory may be a disaster but it's still my

[Music] disaster oh Stuart isn't it wonderful I

told everyone that you refused to sell the factory and they all came to help the whole town what's going on in here I

thought everything was busted it it was hey steuart's back might as well make

this a [Music]

party father boss and our lives are better

He Loves Us Loy to the end steart dad

daddy all Barney Emma I missed you guys why where were we

Teddy wants a hug too every day Emma every single day what's the matter daddy nothing's

the matter Emma I just realized that my life is very meaningful Teddy wants to

know his life is Meaningful too you tell Teddy that our lives are special because

we have each other and that's God's plan for us can't believe it everybody helped

you nobody would ever help me nobody would want to Linda hi Morty it's been a

long time too long it's good to see you

you know bumblebee it's not too late to live a meaning for life I know you know I just had this

strangest train [Music]

ride Merry Christmas game

[Music] [Applause]