BoogaBooga

Centering around the characters of Marty the Monkey and Gerard the Giraffe, BoogaBooga Land attempts to retell parables from the Bible through allegory.

Based on Richard Milner's beloved allegories, each episode follows the story-line of a Biblical parable while entertaining and delighting audiences both young (my sons) and me (grown-up).

This particular DVD featured three fifteen minute episodes including: (1) So This is Booga (The Workers in the Vineyard - Matthew 20:1-16 (2)Marty's Sandcastle (The Wise and Foolish Builders - Matthew 7:24-27) (3) No Light in the Lighthouse (The Lamp Under the Bowl - Matthew 5:14-16)

I decided that I couldn't fairly review this video without two of the best judges. My son Elijah will be two in January. My son Isaac has just reached two and a half. Their non-verbal opinions would weigh equally with my own verbosity.

So we all sat down to watch BoogaBooga. The title alone enraptured them, and I found myself regretting that I told them we were going to watch BoogaBooga before we were exactly ready to turn it on. (I mean doesn't BoogaBooga just sound cool?)

So first me. I enjoyed the music in this DVD immensely. I also enjoyed some of the clean humor that went right over my boys' heads but not over mine (and that's saying a lot since I am 6'3"!) The first two episodes were especially good. The allegory was a bit of a stretch and other than a Biblical reference to start the fifteen minute session there was no religious references. However, this is part of what would make this intriguing to both Christian and secular audiences.

My boys sat through the entire forty-five minutes without budging. Isaac even told his Daddy later that evening what they had seen and asked to watch it again that night. This is saying a lot. We all started to get a bit restless by the third episode. I am not sure if this was because we had watched them back-to-back-to-back or because it lacked a bit of the focus and clarity that the first two did.

Overall, a great DVD for people of all ages and all faiths.

*Booksneeze provided me with a copy of this DVD in exchange for my honest and objective review. Now that my life is in a semi-state of normalcy, I took an opportunity to accept another review opportunity from Booksneeze. I always try to pick something that I think would be applicable to myself or my family and Adventures in BoogaBooga Land definitely fit that requirement. And they provide me with a complimentary copy in exchange for my objective and honest review.

Centering around the characters of Marty the Monkey and Gerard the Giraffe, BoogaBooga Land attempts to retell parables from the Bible through allegory. Based on Richard Milner’s beloved allegories, each episode follows the story-line of a Biblical parable while entertaining and delighting audiences both young (my sons) and me (grown-up).

This particular DVD featured three fifteen minute episodes including:

• So This is Booga (The Workers in the Vineyard – Matthew 20:1-16
• Marty’s Sandcastle (The Wise and Foolish Builders – Matthew 7:24-27)
• No Light in the Lighthouse (The Lamp Under the Bowl – Matthew 5:14-16)

I decided that I couldn’t fairly review this video without two of the best judges. My son Elijah will be two in January. My son Isaac has just reached two and a half. Their non-verbal opinions would weigh equally with my own verbosity. So we all sat down to watch BoogaBooga. The title alone enraptured them, and I found myself regretting that I told them we were going to watch BoogaBooga before we were exactly ready to turn it on. (I mean doesn’t BoogaBooga just sound cool?)

So first me. I enjoyed the music in this DVD immensely. I also enjoyed some of the clean humor that went right over my boys’ heads but not over mine (and that’s saying a lot since I am 6’3”!) The first two episodes were especially good. The allegory was a bit of a stretch and other than a Biblical reference to start the fifteen minute session there was no religious references. However, this is part of what would make this intriguing to both Christian and secular audiences.

My boys sat through the entire forty-five minutes without budging. Isaac even told his Daddy later that evening what they had seen and asked to watch it again that night. This is saying a lot. We all started to get a bit restless by the third episode. I am not sure if this was because we had watched them back-to-back-to-back or because it lacked a bit of the focus and clarity that the first two did.

Overall, a great DVD for people of all ages and all faiths.