Jerry's Television Obsession is the second half of the fifth episode of season 5 of VeggieTales Kids.
Characters[]
- Jerry Gourd
- Jimmy Gourd
- Bob the Tomato
- Larry the Cucumber
- Junior Asparagus
- Laura Carrot
- Grandpa George
- Bob the Tomato's dad
- Larry the Cucumber's mom
Plot[]
Grandpa George comes home with a surprise. He gives Jimmy and Jerry Gourd a TV. Grandpa George turns on the TV, and tells Jimmy and Jerry to take turns watching TV. Suddenly, Jerry finds multiple television shows on PBS, which is Jerry Gourd's favorite station. Jerry turns on the TV. He watches multiple PBS shows hour after hour after hour, then Bob and Larry come in and ask Jerry to play with them. Jimmy agrees that Jerry has watched too much television, so Jimmy Gourd picks a show on TV. After his show ends, Jimmy Gourd tells Jerry to share, like Grandpa George just said. But Jerry still doesn't listen. Jimmy gets angry saying that he really wants to watch another show after this, but Jerry still doesn't listen. Eventually, Jimmy bursts out crying, because Jerry refuses to share TV watching, and Grandpa George come into the room and asks Jimmy what's wrong. Jimmy tells Grandpa George that Jerry refused to share the television, and Jimmy really wanted to watch another show. Grandpa George then turns to Jerry and tells him that because Jerry didn't share with Jimmy, Grandpa George is giving Jerry a time-out for not sharing the television with Jimmy. A few hours later time card follows, and Bob and Larry are playing basketball, and taking turns shooting baskets. Eventually, the basketball bounces so hard, that it accidentally bonks Bob the Tomato in the head, and then Bob begins crying uncontrollably in pain. Larry asks Bob if he is okay, and Bob answers between sobs that he bonked his head with a basketball, and it really hurt. Bob the Tomato's dad comes in and tells Bob that everything is going to be all right. He then puts ice on Bob's head to reduce the pain. then turns the TV on, as Bob drifts off to sleep. Then, Larry's mom tucks Larry in, and tells him that she'll see him in the morning. Then, the episode fades out.
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Trivia[]
- This is the third time Jerry Gourd gets a time-out. The first is in the episode Time-Out from season 1, and the second is Hide and Squish from season 4.
- This, alongside its sister episode, released a week after Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie released in theaters.