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The End of Silliness?

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"[gasps] You don't mean..."
"Yes, it's my fault! All my fault! I'm the one to blame!"
— Jimmy and Archibald



Silly Sing-Along 2: The End of Silliness? (later known as The End of Silliness?: More Really Silly Songs!), simply known as The End of Silliness?, is the second VeggieTales sing along video after Very Silly Songs!

This episode is set after the events of Madame Blueberry.

Plot

Sometime after the last episode in which Archibald Asparagus had cancelled Silly Songs with Larry as a tragedy, Larry, having detoured to Jimmy's ice cream parlor on a stormy night, is in a state of depression over the new change, and gives himself an ice cream headache after drowning his sorrows in ice cream sundaes. Inside the ice cream parlor, Jimmy is washing some plates. After flashing back to the events during and after "The Song of the Cebú," Larry begins to toss and turn in great stress, which gives Jimmy no choice but to sedate him as the scene cuts off before cutting to the theme song.

As the scene returns, Jimmy is able to snap Larry out of his stress after sedating him and asks if he's okay. Larry replies such and tells Jimmy to press G7 on the video music player, explaining how he was performing "The Song of the Cebú" when things went awry.

At the end of the song, Jimmy laughs, finding the song funny, but Larry's angry stare quickly puts him off of laughing any more. After Larry tells him it wasn't his fault that Foto Hut had mixed up his slides, Jimmy assures him messing up on one song isn't the end of the world. Soon after, a mysterious man in a trench coat, followed by a woman with red hair wearing a red blouse and skirt walks in. However, the man's face is obscured by the turned-up collar of his coat, before he places his briefcase on the counter. Jimmy then tells the man and the woman that he'll be with them in a minute before he goes back to the jukebox and pushes a few more buttons on it. As he returns to service the man and woman who just entered, the jukebox plays some more songs.

Larry is now more down than ever, singing "It Isn't Any Trouble Just to S-M-I-L-E" while sobbing, which Jimmy admits seems to be a result of choosing the wrong song. The mysterious man is at first stern but becomes mildly sympathetic once he sees how Larry feels. Jimmy plays more songs on the jukebox and is amused by them, however, Larry is still unhappy. When Jimmy wants to know why Larry is so down in the dumps, the mysterious man reveals himself as Archibald Asparagus, saying that he'll tell him what's going on. Larry is surprised, but also furious, that Archibald has appeared. Archibald approaches the jukebox and brings up the previous episode's song, including the tragic part that saw Archibald declare that Silly Songs is to be cancelled until further notice, which horrifies Larry. Archibald blames himself for Larry's state and it was revealed that he was the one who made Larry depressed by cancelling his silly songs. Jimmy becomes shocked and appalled at Archibald's treatment of Larry and says that he would feel the same way too if someone took his songs away. Archibald attempts to explain himself, saying that he believed he was acting in the public's best interest, while Jimmy can only give him a rather scornful look. Archibald opens up the briefcase that he had brought with him and reveals a petition that 167,512 fans had posted, asking that "Silly Songs with Larry" be brought back and that Archibald should obviously forgive and forget all about "The Song of the Cebu" Incident. Archibald hops on the counter and elaborates that silliness is just the beginning, before he slipped and fell off the counter. Picking himself back up, he tells Larry not to be too silly. Larry is finally cheered up as he plays a new silly song on the jukebox.

Characters

Major

Minor

Featured in the Silly Song

Archival Footage (in order of appearance)

Voice Cast

  • Phil Vischer as Archibald Asparagus, Jimmy Gourd, Pa Grape, Phil Winklestein and Scallion #1
    • Archival audio: Bob the Tomato, Percy Pea, Tom Grape, Grandpa George, Phillipe Pea and Mr. Lunt
  • Mike Nawrocki as Larry the Cucumber, Scallion #2 and the Bear (Re-Release)
    • Archival audio: Jerry Gourd, Injured Pea Factory Worker and Jean-Claude Pea
  • Mike Sage as Scallion #3
  • John Wahba as Voice on the phone
  • Robert Ellis as the Bear (Original Release)
  • Appearing in archival audio (in alphabetical order): Kristen Blegen (Laura Carrot), Kurt Heinecke, Jim Poole (Scooter), Raeann Powell, Ginger Tam, Lisa Vischer (Junior Asparagus) and Shelby Vischer (Annie Onion)

Songs

  1. VeggieTales Theme Song
  2. Silly Songs with Larry: The Song of the Cebu (from: Josh and the Big Wall!)
  3. Promised Land (from: Josh and the Big Wall!)
  4. Good Morning George (from: Rack, Shack & Benny)
  5. The Thankfulness Song (from: Madame Blueberry)
  6. Keep Walking (from: Josh and the Big Wall!)
  7. Big Things Too (from: Dave and the Giant Pickle)
  8. Stuff-Mart Rap (from: Madame Blueberry)
  9. Love Songs with Mr. Lunt: His Cheeseburger (from: Madame Blueberry)
  10. Silly Songs with Larry: The Yodeling Veterinarian of the Alps

Other languages

  • A mellőzött uborka (Hungarian) (The Neglected Cucumber)
  • The End of Silliness? (Indonesian) (same title)
  • As Últimas Canções Divertidas? (Portuguese) (Brazil) (The Latest Fun Songs?)
  • Será o Fim da Tontaria? (Portuguese) (Portugal) (Will it be End of Dizziness?)
  • Konec traparij (Slovenian) (The End of Traparium)

Home media

Main article: The End of Silliness?/Home Video

Features

Fun Facts

Explanations

  • A waffle cone is ice cream in a waffle cone.
  • A push-up is a frozen yogurt (usually orange flavored) in a small tube with a stick. You push the treat with a stick.

Trivia

  • This is the first episode for a few things:
    • The first episode not to have the Stuff-Mart since its debut appearance.
    • The first episode in which someone screams a Big "NO!".
      • Larry's Big "NO!" later became a YouTube Poop meme & used for “my reaction to” videos.
    • The first episode to use rain effects.
  • This is the last episode for several things:
    • The last episode to date in which Lovey appears.
    • The last Big Idea Production where Phil Winklestein appears in until Bob Lends a Helping Hand.
    • The last episode to have the countertop rendered in Softimage.
    • The last episode in which Scallion #1 appears without his new hairdo.
    • The last episode Pa Grape has a Gray Mustache.
    • The last episode to use the Book Antiqua font for the end credits, used since the first episode.
    • The last episode which Bob the Tomato, Jimmy Gourd, Phil Winklestein, Pa Grape, Scallion #1 and #2 are animated in Softimage (not counting picture cameos in Larry-Boy and the Rumor Weed)
    • The last episode Cara Bukovski worked on.
  • This is the only episode for a few things:
    • The only episode rendered in SoftImage to have a Big "NO!".
    • The only non-speaking appearance of Lovey.
    • The only 1990's episode whose individual DVD reprint does not fall under the VeggieTales Classics line (despite having first been released on DVD as part of The Complete Silly Song Collection DVD set in 2004). However, it does appear under the VeggieTales Classics line in some international DVD releases.
  • This episode is based on "The Song of the Cebú" Incident that happened in Josh and the Big Wal!.
  • This episode was originally going to be released in Spring 1999, but the release date was switched with Larry-Boy and the Rumor Weed's when Big Idea determined that having more production time would make the episode better.
  • In the script, the "Silly Sing-Along 2" part of the title was originally going to be "A Very Silly Sing-Along 2," similar to the original release of Very Silly Songs!.
  • This episode marks the first instance Moose Lake is mentioned, which would become a running gag later in the series.
  • The font used for the sing-along words is Hotsy Totsy.
  • Jimmy calls Larry "Mister."
  • The pattern used on Larry's ice pack is the same pattern used on the cover to the 1998 release of Rack, Shack & Benny called "Nezzer's Clock," except in a different color.
  • One of the end credits states: "No Animals were injured during the filming of this song."
  • The suitcase was designed by Daniel Lopez. He actually wanted to put a machine gun as a joke, but the idea was declined.
  • The cow drawing on the cartons are probably done by Daniel as well, as they resemble his art style from the Cebu song.
  • This episode is featured in Larry's Favorite Stories!.
  • The Yodeling Veterinarian of the Alps also appears in The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown, Sing-Alongs: I Can Be Your Friend, God Made You Special, and If I Sang a Silly Song... .
  • There were two scripts that were included on the DVD. They're both the same, except Jimmy was an ice cream bartender instead of a soda jerk and there was no scene between the "Thankfulness Song" and "Big Things Too" in the alternative one.
  • The Brazilian Portuguese dub is the only (known) time the songs for "Josh and the Big Wall!" were translated to Portuguese.
  • In the Brazilian Portuguese version, instead of Larry singing "S-M-I-L-E" whilst crying, he sobs to the melody of the song, almost as if he was humming it while sobbing.
TheEndofSillinessAlternateTitleCard

2000 VHS Title Card

  • The Lyrick Studios and the Word Entertainment VHS release changed the title card to say "The End of Silliness?: More Really Silly Songs!". However, VHS Screener copies and the DVD release retained the original "Silly Sing-Along 2: The End of Silliness?" title card from the Word Entertainment VHS release.
  • This show was first released on DVD in 2004 as part of The Complete Silly Song Collection. It was given a separate DVD release on September 18, 2007.
    • This got nominated for the 2000 Long Form Music Video of the Year by GMA Dove Award.
  • For a limited time upon the episode's release, calling the phone number 673-9050 would prompt the caller to dial a set of numbers. Dialing either one of the two combinations would play one of two songs:
  • The song that plays during Archibald's speech is "God Save the King" or "My Country 'Tis of Thee."
  • The video of the episode in the VeggieTales Official YouTube channel is different compared to how it originally looks. For example, the opening scene is cut off.

Remarks

  • The settings menu shows Larry with Barbara Manatee, even though that song's not in the DVD.
  • In the DVD-Rom section, it shows pictures from God Is Bigger and The Hairbrush Song, but those songs aren't on the video.
  • According to what may be the only edition of the Veggie Gazette on Big Idea's website (which apparently referred to The End of Silliness? as the 12th video in the VeggieTales series, not the 11th), Larry had been in the parlor for hours and only talking "say-boo" when Jimmy tried to cheer him up. If that's the case, were there other customers at the parlor who left the establishment over being unable to put up with Larry? Wouldn't Jimmy have asked him to leave at some point as well?
    • In regards to the Veggie Gazette saying that this episode was the 12th video in the VeggieTales series, it may be referring to the 1998 video of VeggieTown Values.
  • Larry asks Jimmy if Scallions #2 and #3 got hurt in the song, even though 1. Jimmy wasn't in that episode, and 2. Larry was there watching them and should have known what happened.
  • The rain suddenly stops after Archibald opens his suitcase.
  • Larry seems more relieved that he got his segment back than that he was completely vindicated when Archibald made a scandal of himself by his wily attempt to cancel Larry's segment and introduce someone else in his place all over one silly mistake that, allegedly, wasn't even Larry's fault either.
    • Archibald stating in the episode before last that he's "gonna have to talk to Bob about this" would also raise a question of whether or not he and Bob were colluding to derail Larry's music career. If that's the case, they both should've gotten in trouble with the show or perhaps fired on the spot. It's unclear whether or not the incident forever stained Larry's relationship with either of the two. Archibald singing The Biscuit of Zazzamarandabo later on seems to suggest they reconciled.
  • Lovey has no speaking lines in this episode.
  • Although not a goof, there are some shots where Larry is seen without his tooth.
  • International versions of the episode use a textless version, having no title card, no lyrics on the bottom of the screen, and also replacing the title card for The Yodeling Veterinarian of the Alps with the usual international one (also textless).
    • In addition, the closing credits oddly have no credits text at all.
  • When the episode was released on streaming services, including IMDb TV, it oddly uses the international textless version, albeit omitting the closing credits.

Goofs

  • As the scene returns following the theme song, Jimmy and Larry are both seen clipping into their seats.
  • When Larry tells Jimmy to play G7, there's some black from the rain animation on Larry.
  • As Larry is explaining the mess-up on "The Song of the Cebú from "Josh and the Big Wall!" to Jimmy, his nose clips into the table.
  • When we cut back to the diner from The Song of the Cebú, the space next to Jimmy doesn't have its chairs. But in the next shot, the chairs suddenly re-appear and the music video player is slightly different with its lighting than in the mentioned shot.
  • On the DVD releases of the episode, during "Good Morning George," when the word "plant" in "We work here in the plant" is sung, the sing-along lyrics vanish for a second.
  • When Archibald is trying to defend himself to Jimmy, the "Yodeling Vet" DVD is floating in front of the jukebox.
  • The Alby Singapore VCD release of this episode (where it is paired with Josh and the Big Wall! as a double feature VCD) removes the entire opening scene, as the sing-along version of the theme song from this episode was placed at the very beginning of the VCD.
  • Larry is crying without any tears showing from his eyes.
  • During "Big Things Too", when Archibald starts rapping, the word alright is misspelled as allright.

Inside References

  • The number G-7 could be referring either to the seventh episode of VeggieTales (excluding the ones between Dave and Larry-Boy since they don't include the countertop), or the seventh Silly Song in the entire series. (See Real-World References)
  • Larry's glare is reminiscent to the one from The Story of Flibber-o-Loo, similarly, Archibald and Lovey are involved in this scene.

Real-World References

  • As stated by Mike Nawrocki, the opening scene of Jimmy's restaurant is a spoof of a painting with a similar scene called Nighthawks.
  • G7 was the button combination used in the 1998 buddy black comedy film "Dirty Work" as well as the 1999 Nickelodeon cartoon series "SpongeBob SquarePants".
  • Foto Hut is a now defunct photography chain that started in 1972.
  • Larry binge eating ice cream is an allusion to how someone in a depression begins to heavily consume alcoholic beverages. However in children's shows alcohol would be replaced with ice cream, etc.

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