“Psatly“, for those of you who were allowed to watch secular cartoons growing up, is a singing Song Book named after the “Psalms” from The Bible.
Obviously.
Odyssey
My childhood wasn’t all blue-singing-songbooks named after the Psalms though, we also had Adventures in Odyssey cassette tapes for our 15 hour rides to South Carolina for family vacation.
Adventures in Odyssey was an Evangelical Christian-themed radio drama/comedy series produced by Focus on the Family in the 1980s and 1990s (Actually, it might still be produced, I care way too little to google that for you).
The stories focused on mysteries in the fictional town of Odyssey where,
Episodes range from purely comedic episodes to extremely melodramatic arc episodes, but nearly always feature thematic and direct references to the Bible. Characters openly discuss Christianity in the context of individual episodes, and certain episodes present reenactments of Bible stories.
It was pretty, pretty cool, she says with no sarcasm at all.
McGee and Me!
And when I was a pre-teen I was into McGee and Me! which was the Evangelical’s church answer to the Simpsons.
Each half-hour-long episode centers on Nicholas, his cartoon friend, McGee, and the moral lessons they learn as Nick grows up after moving to a new town. McGee and Me! deals with issues such as honesty (“The Big Lie”), bullying (“Skate Expectations”), and faith in God (“Twister and Shout”).
I was not cool, guys.
But eventually evangelical Christian kids grow up and are no longer evangelical Christian kids. Some become evangelical adults, and the rest of us just become confused.
But confusion leads to wonderful things sometimes, and this morning it led me to:
A Veggie Tales Remix
Veggie Tales, for those of you who still cross yourselves whenever you pass a church* but claim you don’t even believe in God at all, was a Bible-Story singing group of vegetables starring Larry the Cucumber and Bob the Tomato:
*not sure if that’s when you cross yourselves, but I SEE YOU DO IT.
I watched a lot of Veggie Tales while babysitting in the 1990s.
But this morning all of that mediocre Christian media I experienced is finally worth it, because a guy named Shama, who looks way less like Jaleel White (aka Steve Urkel) in the video than he does in this still image below, did an amazing remix.
Its a little Chance the Rapper, a little Drake, a little Kendrick (I’ve think I’ve officially named all the rappers white girls like), and a lot amazing.
I have listened to this countless times and feel like I’m proud of something from my childhood, yet I have nothing to do with this video.
“None of them marvel superheroes have plungers for ears, dawg”
You don’t get it! It’s an inside joke between me and my evangelical Christian peeps! Go back to watching your secular cartoons and being able to wear a two piece bathing suit at camp like a normal kid.
