Lyle the Kindly Viking

Synopsis: Children’s computer animated film series featuring anthropomorphic vegetables and conveying moral themes based on Christianity and often compatible with Judaism. Features two short stories about sharing and selflessness, one a parody of Shakespeare’s Hamlet (or Omelet), the other a parody of a Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera. In the Hamlet episode Archibald wants to begin by narrating an all-vegetable staging of Hamlet. Unfortunately, French Peas could only find a script for ‘Omelet’. Prince Omelet (played by Jimmy) wants some eggs ('cooked light and fluffy’), but only three eggs are left in the kingdom. Ophelia (played hysterically by Mr. Lunt) tells the Prince that the people are starving. This forces the Prince to consider, ‘To eat, or not to eat. That is the question’. Later, when Prince Omelet plays Battleship with a young lad (Percy), he decides to share his eggs in return for the lad’s friendship. He then realises that sharing is fun and shares his eggs with the rest of the kingdom. Prince Omelet is played by a gourd and Horatio is a carrot.
Series: Veggietales
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 2001
Duration: 37 mins