| Pirate
Lunt:
Level
with us: it's called VeggieTales, but Bob, technically
you are a fruit. Have there been any problems with that
on the show?
Bob
the Tomato: Not a lot of people know this beside fruits,
vegetables, and biologists, but anything with the seeds
on the inside is considered a fruit. That makes tomatoes,
gourds, and even cucumbers fruits. But that's just a technicality.
I see myself as a vegetable. I made that decision at a very
young age. Maybe that's because I grew up between a row
of broccoli and a row of carrots. Besides, in most states
there's something called "common-law veggieship," where
one can petition to be a vegetable if he or she has been
considered a vegetable for a minimum of three years.
Pirate
Lunt:
Larry, what's Bob like when the camera turns off?
Larry
the Cucumber: He's pretty much the same, only a little
lighter. You know what they say--the camera adds 10 ounces.
But he's the nicest tomato and the best friend in the world!
Pirate
Lunt:
What are your favorite hobbies?
Bob:
I like to practice my acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize.
Larry:
Watching Animal Planet and eating Jell-O cubes.
Pirate
Lunt: Ever hang out with
the Jolly Green Giant?
Bob:
We used to hang out before he started freeze-drying my friends.
Larry:
Don't let the "Ho, ho, ho!" fool you, right Bob?
Bob:
That's right, Larry.
Pirate
Lunt: You have no hands,
yet starting with Esther, the Girl Who Became Queen
you were able to hold things. Can you explain that?
Larry:
It's the magic of television. I try to pick things up off
camera and it just doesn't work. I think it might be the
same phenomenon that adds 10 ounces. Pirate
Lunt:
Larry, with your new series, The Cartoon Adventures
of Larryboy, you've gone from computer-generated,
3-D animation to traditional 2-D cel animation. Does that
process hurt at all?
Larry:
Not a bit! Dropping a dimension and going 2-D makes me look
a lot more like a comic book. It has also helped me to shed
some of those extra ounces I put on during the holidays.
Pirate
Lunt:
Now that you are Hollywood stars with your new movie coming
out [ Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie], are you afraid
that all the attention will go to your heads?
Bob:
I'm learning from Body for Life that I'm pretty much
all head, which is probably why I'm not getting anywhere
with my pecs. But really, Larry and I are just a couple
of regular, humble guys. We're just glad to have the opportunity
to help bring families together.
Larry:
Yeah! I'm just hoping that I'll get to have lunch with Scooby-Doo
one of these days. Pirate
Lunt:
Do either of you want to direct?
Bob:
Would I ever!
Larry:
You bet! I can see me now, with one of those cool rain ponchos,
a shiny metal whistle, all those cars buzzing around me.
You do mean directing traffic, right? Pirate
Lunt:
So any parting words for your fans?
Larry:
Be nice to each other! And laugh a lot, too! It burns calories
and is good for digestion.
Bob:
Oh, and remember, God made you special and he loves you
very much! |
