VeggieTales - Moe & The Big Exit Review

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(More customer reviews)MOE AND THE BIG EXIT is basically a retelling of the story of Exodus from the Bible, but set in a Western format. It's also a homage to the Lone Ranger and a sequel to one of the more popular Veggie Tales in recent years, THE BALLAD OF LITTLE JOE.
Following the usual Veggie Tales format, MOE AND THE BIG EXIT begins with Bob preparing to read a letter from a child asking for help in understanding a lesson learned at church. However, Larry interrupts Bob and asks him if he remembers THE BALLAD OF LITTLE JOE. As Larry is already dressed in Western garb, it becomes clear that he is hinting at something. Larry then reads a letter from a viewer who asks to see a sequel to LITTLE JOE. Bob is able to read his letter before Larry announces he has the perfect story to tell. Thus begins the story of MOE AND THE BIG EXIT.
A group of singing carrots sitting around a campfire gives a recap of THE BALLAD OF LITTLE JOE and one of the members of the group narrates the tale to follow. The story follows Exodus fairly closely, though in a Western-VeggieTale twist, until just after the crossing of the Red Sea (in this version the children of Little Joe cross Death Valley under the covering of snow). Besides the crossing Death Valley, some other twists include Moe talking to a burning tumbleweed, characters being literally sent up the river means that they died, and a condensation of the 10 plagues to six or seven (I lost count, but there weren't ten).
I enjoyed MOE AND THE BIG EXIT. Having had to watch countless Westerns with my parents as a child, I have more respect for the genre than many of my peers. I also like it when the Big Idea crew revisits settings from previous episodes.
The "Silly Songs with Larry" segment is once again taken over by someone else. This time it's THE BOYZ IN THE SINK who sing a rap song, "A Mess Down in Egypt" retelling the story of Moses and the Exodus. At the end Bob cuts them off. "Silly Songs with Larry" used to be my favorite part of a Veggie Tales episode. However, Larry hasn't been singing very many Silly Songs by himself lately. I hope that in the next few episodes the segment goes back to just Larry singing a silly song.
MOE AND THE BIG EXIT is one of the longest Veggie Tales I have ever seen. Normally an episode runs about 30 minutes, though some of the later episodes have been running closer to 35-40 minutes. MOE AND THE BIG EXIT runs almost 50 minutes in length. The time flies by and since the story is told so well most children won't even notice. However, very young children might become a little fidgety.
Overall, another fine production from the folks at Big Idea. I'm surprised that they've been able to come up with so many fresh and original twists on Biblical stories and am looking forward to see what they are able to come up with next.

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You’ve heard the story of Moses but have you heard it told as a Western?!Meet Moe, a good-natured cowboy living high on the hog out in Dodgeball City, while his kinfolk work their fingers to the bone digging the Grand Canyon.Upset by how his familyis treated, Moe stands up to the zucchini mayor and sends him up the river.Well as you might reckon a heap of trouble comes to town.Can Moe help free his people and flee Dodgeball once and fer all?Includes a hilarious silly song - A Mess Down in Egypt - starring everyone’s favorite boy band - Boyz in the Sink!

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