Larry the Cucumber's vision of the future includes automated robotic hosts telling jokes with random punch lines and musical numbers in which the performers and themes are chosen entirely by chance. As Bob the Tomato quickly points out, the jokes of the future aren't very funny because they don't make sense. Worse, technical malfunctions in the Ventrilomatic hosts actually promote emotional instability. Nonetheless, Bob admits that Larry's vision of the future contains some very cool adaptations of classic songs like Gilbert and Sullivan's fast-talking "Modern Major General" and Binky the Aardvark's solo performance of Mozart's The Barber of Seville. Larry's vision of the future also includes an amusing animated short about greed called "Lunch." Junior Asparagus calls Bob and Larry back to the present with a final song celebrating God's unconditional love.
Writing
Larry's unhinged prophecy of robot entertainment.
Production
Ventrilomatic's genuinely cursed character design.
Score
Barber of Seville performed by an aardvark.
Director
Mike Nawrocki
Mike Nawrocki
Larry the Cucumber (voice)
Mike Nawrocki
Jean-Claude Pea (voice)
Phil Vischer
Bob the Tomato (voice)
Phil Vischer
Archibald Asparagus (voice)
Phil Vischer
Mr. Lunt (voice)
Phil Vischer
Pa Grape (voice)
Phil Vischer
Phillipe Pea (voice)
Lisa Vischer
Junior Asparagus (voice)
Ron Smith
Rusty / The Ventril-o-matic (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of the rare VeggieTales episodes where Mike Nawrocki directed alongside three others, suggesting even the creators knew this concept was unhinged.
The 'Modern Major General' adaptation introduced countless children to patter songs they'd later rediscover in actual musical theater—possibly the most subversive Sunday school move ever.
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