If you grew up evangelical in the 1980s you likely heard Psalty - and Psaltina, Melody, Harmony, Rhythm, and Charity Churchmouse. I was looking for the recording where Charity says "I don't want to be a servant. I want to have servants!" but it eludes me. Best line in the series.
Anthropomorphic Bibles creep me out. How about you?
ReplyDeleteMy family had a massive collection of those when I was little. I think I listened to the Christmas Calamity and the Time Machine story the most frequently.
ReplyDeleteG Poulin, good question, I had to think about it a bit. I anthropomorphize things on my own quite readily, speaking to them as if they have personalities inside them. I don't mentally change their appearance at all. I also like beast-fable, even with illustrations. I don't like them in 3D moving about at all. All of them creep me out, not just the Bibles. When living things are in my own imagination I can simply imbue them with a little personality, with few visual or reality changes. When someone else does it to me full bore, I don't like it, especially an inanimate object.
ReplyDeleteThe cartoon version doesn't bother me so much, 'cuz it's a cartoon. But the live-action Psalty gives me some serious willies. Looks like the Christian version of Drag Queen Story Hour. But at least he's not reading "Heather has Two Mommies" to the kiddies, I would presume.
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ReplyDeleteNever saw this show, but as far as appearances go, I much prefer VeggieTales, even if it left a lot of Sunday school kids with the impression that King David was an asparagus.
ReplyDeleteThere may be something to that, as they both have that imitation quality. Weird pickup, but worth noticing.
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