A new site!
Yeah, I've been a little lax about updating my site lately. It's because I've been busy. Doing what, you ask? Making a new site! A Jellyfish site!
As you probably know, I've recently launched a new company called "Jellyfish" with several of my old Big Idea buds. Well, now we're online with the official Jellyfish website, www.jellyfishland.com. This will be the place to find out all about the goings on at Jellyfish Labs here in Wheaton, IL. We'll also be posting short films and introducing new characters at the site, so it will be much more than just press releases about our new projects.
There isn't much there yet, but we're just getting started. You'll need the latest Flash player to see the video content, but it's a free download so it's definitely worth the trouble.
Hope you enjoy it!
Phil
your link doesnt work….just so you know. not that one anyways. =)
when’s it gonna be updated again?
The links are working correctly out of wordpress. I’m getting a 404 error here in FireFox.
However, if I just go to http://www.hellyfishland.com it works fine. 8-{)>
Oh man. Gotta proofread BEFORE hitting Submit! :blush:
I meant “…are NOT working correctly….”
And I meant “However, if I just go to http://www.Jellyfishland.com it works fine. 8-{)>”
Oh brother. Too early for posting non-editable posts. :rolleyes:
Thanks, folks. I got it fixed. WordPress gave me a weird little link there. Anyway, appreciate the feedback. I was hoping there would be something cooler at hellyfishland.com than a non existant url, though.
hehehe, weeeeeelll, if you want me too, i’ll put it in existance for you. lol, my minds already swirling with ideas….=)
I loooveeeeeee Buvk Denver!!! He’s soooo cute! I’m fifteen and I never liked puppets, but buck and captain pete are awesome. But there hasn’t been news from jellyfishland since sep. 4th! more…. buck… lol
Hi Phil! We heard you on the Rick and Bubba show today. It was so good to hear you speak. Thank you for all you have done for Christian entertainment. We appreciate you!
CONGRATULATIONsS on your first year anniversary Phil!!!!!!!!! Buck Denver rocks!!!
I don’t think I’ve ever laughed this hard at puppets before…interesting. 😀 Well done, Mr. Phil! Buck Denver and Captain Pete are hilarious! Congrats on one full year of internet broadcast of the best news show out there! 🙂
By the way, anyone ever tell you that Captain Pete sounds eerily like Shrek? I mean that in a good way, I assure you. 🙂
So is Buck D going to have his own video — maybe twice a year. It would be less expensive than animation but could be great because it would be content driven – and Phil is Mr. Content. (I guess you could take that in different ways.) Well, the Bible does say we should be content in all situations. He has proved that to us too.
When does strawberry get to be Jelly of the Month?! Or maybe even pineapple? Why only grape? It’s a conspiracy I tell you! Well don’t just do something, stand there!
more Buck Denver. He is hilarious.
I heard you describing your childrens book ” Sydney & Norman ” this morning on James Robinson, and I can hardly wait to get it for my grandchildren…What a wonderful message for children to learn at a young age. thank you!
Dear Phil, God woke me up at 2 am this morning and wouldn’t let me go back to sleep so I turned on the TV and saw you on the Life show I can’t remember the title, but anyway I digress. I heard your story and I felt an empathy for you. My court date was last friday. I am a mother, grandmother, nurse, president of the Alliance Christian womens group for the DuBois area, sunday school teacher, Bible study teacher, and expresident of my own company. Needless to say I trusted people to keep things in line and well the next thing I knew I was in court with 385 felony counts for workmans compensation fraud. I had no idea what that was till I talked to the people that should have paid the insurance. Well my reputation is shot, my health is shot, and I am counting the quarters to see if I can afford gas for the van that is soon to be repossessed. I have learned that God doesn’t want our work for Him. He wants us. I have a couple of verses for you that our Lord gave me during the worst time, in Micah 7 verses 7 and 8. The court dropped the felony counts and made them misdemenors, I am waiting for the test results for bone cancer even as we speak and my faith in the Lord is stronger than ever. Remember brother Phil, Though we have fallen we will rise. Glory to God Your sister in affliction Linda PS I am not a really tidy like you so forgive the type o’s
You blessed me with your transparent story on Life Today. Thank you for not giving up and continuing to be a light in a dark world. What a witness you are and a powerful communicator. You are loved and prayed for. Our God is awesome and you are an inspiration for many. I believe your true dream is yet to come.
Phil;
This is the only way I know to notify you, but, I want you to know how much the testimony of your experiance blessed me today. I just watched you on James Robisons program, (and I never turn on TV in the day) and I cried with big understanding tears. Understanding the Fire of God you have been through because my husband and I went through something very similar, and ouch how it burns.
Two years as of this month (Oct.) bankruptcy court was where our ministry ended & many dreams lost. BUT, praise His Holy Name, we were not alone in it and now we like you look forward as we press toward what is ahead, forgetting what lies behind. This fire brings eternal things and hope for what is promised, that cannot be surrendered to this life.
My favorite motto in the now moment of our lives;
The Lord of the work is more important than the work of the Lord!
God Richly Bless you & your family
Carolina Clemens
Phx. Az.
Phil,
I saw you on tv today on Life Today with Betty and James Roninson. You were such an inspiration to me. Good luck on your New project Jellyfish.
I saw you on James Robinson show. I was wondering if it is possible to get a copy of your testimony. So many things you shared we very powerful. I was trying to explain to my husband but couldn’t. There were so many things you said that I wanted him to hear. Something you shared about being a new person, I was wondering do you think you were saved. Something you shared lead me to believe that you thought maybe you weren’t saved. I’ve been wondering about alot of things that are going on if people really love the Lord how can they do the things they are doing. Are they really saved. Not that I want to judge them but the Lord does say he will say to them flee from me I never knew you. I really can’t wait to read you children’s book. I know the Lord will really bless you for being so obedient to his WORD. He wants all of us. Thank you so much for sharing.
Dear Phil, Forgive me if I make any errors with this. This would be my first E-Mail I have sent in so long I don’t remember, not much of a computer geek myself..(joke). Anyway, I read the other comments and the same thing happened to me as far as I could tell the Lord wanted to share something with me, he wouldn’t let me sleep. Finally I turned on the T.V. and there you were on Life Today. Well, anyway…I didn’t lose a huge business or anything, but as far as my life goes…to much to tell. I feel so desperate to talk to anyone right now but it’s hard to find someone I can relate to…besides the Lord. I think in my lifetime I have experienced losing every dream, including the ones the Lord is in, that he blessed me with, except a business. What is ironic is I am computer illiterate it’s true, however I did purchase this computer to learn how to work E-Bay and start up my own business. The Lord gave me a vision years ago of the plans (my purpose in this world) he has for me. It was so incredible. But, given the present situation, the dreams shattered in the past, I am 30 years old, I have gone from a bubble of feeling God’s unconditional Love and Forgiveness, his Joy, Peace. His Faithfullness. His tenderness with me. Feeling protected,even when he disciplined me (thinking I really knew who he was). To watching my only Grandmother die of Cancer when I was 17, pretty normal right? I made that one fine. I knew she loved the Lord. Sammy, my brothers 7 year old daughter died from cancer lying on her mothers lap and mine. I made it O.K. @ 18.
The Lord was blessing my socks off during High School. I met a man (who I had known all my life, his parents went to the prayer group my parents led) Chuck @19. We talked, cried, prayed together, read the word, loved being together in the presence of God. Long story short, we remained pure and planned to be married after his first year of Med. School. (Big, Huge Dreams happening here…feeling the love and blessings of God everwhere.) Although all I could hear the Lord saying to me was “wait, just wait” I thought he meant until after that first year, then I could say yes to him and we could be married. Well, Chuck and his sister Cheryl, another sweet,sweet spirit were killed on Memorial Day weekend in 1996, car accident, On a Sunday. They went out to get games and surprises for the children (his aunt was having a party for his whole family, I was going there after work) By the way, I am leaving out all of the details of pretty much every relationship and of the small details where God showed up in the midst of my personal pain and suffering and showed me just how truly loving and faithfull he can be in our brokenness. I had never had a dream so big where everything I had was wrapped up into it/ him. Well, I didn’t take it so well. After two months of all kinds of fears entering and attacks that my walk with the Lord just couldn’t handle… I decided to go to a Bible School, or go crazy, so I went to the Bible School, and went crazy. I went from everybody know’s my friendly face to I was afraid someone would see how truly ugly I was, full of fear, I didn’t really know who God was after saying I knew him all of my life. My confidence was so shattered that I couldn’t even look people in the eyes for fear that they would see how truly ugly I was. Well Bible School taught me one thing at least, it gave me a true love for God’s word. I finally picked it up and read it on a consistant basis, starting in 2000. I failed to mention that 6 months after I moved out to O.K. to go to school, my mom followed me out there (with Dad)Mom and I…a few words…inseperable….loved the Lord…open….prayer warrior….mother bear….prophetess….true to her relationship to the Lord, no matter what her friends thought or family….hurt when I hurt, I was her delight, she took Joy in me, you could see it on her face if she wasn’t telling you already. She knew everything about me, my struggles, hurts, dreams, and loved me for all of it, everything. I thought I knew God once again after spending so much time with him, alone (maybe 3 and 1/2 years) still battling with my dreams being stolen, and with the fear of death. Well, Mom died of a heart attack in 2004. I met my husband now only 2 months after. Bringing this up to date then leaving every detail out which is important to me because I am a woman…I am now living in M.O. living with my husband who is daily strugglin to remain faithfull (just in his mind so far), to keep control of his temper, to accept God’s forgiveness for his past sins, to see God at all, to hear God at all. I have two beautiful Babies, my 2 year old, Isaac, and my 4 month old, Elizabeth Joy (after my grandmother and mother). I do not have any family or friends around me anymore, just my husband who is in his own world dealing with his own pain to much to listen to mine, and his parents are 30 minutes away, which the moment his mom met me thought I was to religous because I talked openly about God and when she hears that we are having trouble, she goes to divorce, Jeremy’s dad…well forget about that one, he just doesn’t talk about anything but business. Mom was my best friend. I never imagined she wouldn’t be here, looking at her beautifu grandchildren, helping me with all of this crap, meeting my husband. She didn’t have any grandchildren from her line yet. My children will never be able to be influenced by her spirit here, and if it wasn’t for her and the Lord, I probably would have killed myself along time ago. My husband has always struggled with these things, but he has a repentant heart and he keeps on trying. I was the center of attention, confident believer, princess who everything was just building up to the castle in the clouds, my job was to just float through life Loving people, remaining tenderhearted, forgiving them when they persecuted, asking God to bless them etc., when I sinned, asking God to forgive me and so on…a bubble. Now I am apparently not ugly on the outside yet because I still get stared at, but on the inside, the only time I feel warm, tender, loving is in my quiet time with the Lord. I feel so alone the rest of the time. I stay at home with my children, I am 30 years old and instead of dealing with enjoying my family, despite the pain of the past, enjoying romance, enjoying learning about God, being one….that whole I have a Dream…I am faced daily with that question “Do you Love Me, Or the Dream”. The things the Lord allowed me to experience groing up, the things people valued me for, wether it was sports, outer beauty, or my strong beliefs in our savior and his relationship to us. How do I walk confidently, when knowone around me wants to hear me talk. God has been their in every detail of my life, that’s the beautiful part. The part that puts people off is all of the tragidy (and I left plenty of them out, I just hit on the closest few) God brought me up to feel like a princess, and then made me weird, and then he places me in a land where knowone recognizes me as royalty, nor does anyone care, knowone wants to hear about life before or after usually not even my husband. All of this just to say “Do you Love me, or the dream?” Well, maybe that answer came easier for you. I do love the Lord very much, I believe he is in control, I am faithfull to my husband, I serve him in everything, I pray for him,(not as much as I should). But…unless I am quiet, or in worship with the Lord, in his presence. I wake up dead and go to sleep dead. I wonder, do I love the Lord more than my Life? when I was with my mom (she spent two weeks in the hospital) the last time I saw her, I told her (lying in my flesh) from my spirit to hers (I know she heard me just fine because in that moment through all of the machines running her body and all of the morphine and what not…when I called her name and said “look at me” she did, without hesitation, looked right into my spirit, like she was so good at doing. She held my gaze and my spirit said “mom, you can let me go, I love the Lord, he will take care of me now, you raised me to love the lord mom, if you want to, go be with him. (Mind you, I was the only one in the family that was not going to let her go, so I know that those words were the grace of God and by his strength alone)If you could imagine Joyce Meijers daughter telling her mom to go home after watching her go through the worst physical torment ever, well that’s probably close. I always said that Joyce reminded me of my mom, like spirits, personalities, man. My mom, although she delt with alot of the same issues as Joyce, she didn’t have the same amount of healing. Although not known by anyone but God and those close to her, she had a huge ministry, and she was a stay at home mom like me. I have watched quite a few others pass on from this world, the Lord having me in the right place at the right time to hold their hand and pray for them even. Never really considered that a ministry though, more like, their was something he kept trying to show me that I just don’t understand yet. The good news through all of this is the fear of death no longer has power over me. Although the thought of going to the Lord myself (not by suicide of course) of his return….is all I have hope in right now. Well Thank you anyone for just being there. God said he is faithfull to bring beauty and purpose out of the bad things that happen to us that Love him. I guess that means I do love him because he sure has been faithfull to me and through all of this he has truly blessed me, just by giving me the oppurtunity to know him in a deeper way. wish I could alway’s see that clearly.
Today, I saw Phil Vischer interviewed on “Life Today” with Betty and James Robison. It was aired on Oct. 30, 2006. I watch this show regularly, and was particularly interested when James announced that Phil Vischer was on the show. After watching the show, I immediately logged onto the Jellyfish.com website to read through the story. I can’t thank you enough, Phil & friends, for publishing the story on the net. I sincerely appreciate the little Jellyfish Company that you all started. It looks so simple, yet humble, written from the broken spirits of several Christian soldiers. I reread the story several times, crying, because it was what I was going through at this time in my life.
I needed to hear Phil Vischer’s story. It was what God had directed me to. I, too, am watching a dream die. Primarily for the same purpose that Phil watched his dream die. I had an epiphany, an “Ah-ha!”, when Phil was talking about his story. My dream was placed before God, even though the purpose was for God. I started to take advantage of what I had, even though I was seeing it grow and staying continuously strong. Dreams such as those are like kids, watching them grow up, and becoming strong, along with tending to their needs of nourishment and discipline.
It wasn’t until I heard Phil’s story tonight that God reached down and put His loving hand on my shoulder to comfort me with His grace. Thank you, Phil, for sharing your story.
“Your tears will pray for you, when you don’t know how to pray” –Tommy Tenney
God Bless
Phil,
I saw you on James Robison the other day, you really blessed me with your honest and humorous testimony. Did not get to hear all of the testimony tho. I tried to tell my husband, who is a pastor and the staff, but I guess it’s age that has a wicked way with the ole memory. Would love to have it in writing so I could share with others. Your new book sounds great also. Be blessed!!
Hi. I saw you on The James Robinson Show the other day. I really enjoyed listening to you. You made me laugh, smile, and almost cry, with your testimony. However, I did not cry because God has blessed you and brought you through with victory. And He is a RESTORER! You are really a gifted speaker, to God be the glory, of course, because we are nothing without Him, but I really enjoyed listening to you. Lastly. I didn’t read everyones comments but I did read the one from Christina, and I am praying for her, and as she continues to casts her cares on the Lord, He WILL bring her through with VICTORY!!!
Hi. I saw you on “The James Robinson Show” the other day and I really enjoyed listening to you. I was blessed!
Hello Phil i’m sure you don’t remember me but i was the assistant electrican on Veggie Tales Live. I just wanted to say hello and let you know that even though i myself am not a practicing christian i think that the messages of about faith you instill into each and everything you produce is something special that everychild no matter ther religion should be exposed to. i still love rack, shack, and benny, and will at the drop of the hat bust out into a rendition of his cheeseburger .. Keep up the faith
Shawn Riley
Hi there, I just wanted to share something with you. You have no idea how Larry Boy has affected my children, especially my 3 1/2 yo son. (I have three kiddos, 6 1/2 yo Sam, and 3 1/2 yo twins Ben and Amelia). Larry Boy is the only thing they agree on, whether it be on tv or in the van. The music is ‘in’ Benjamin, he becomes Larry Boy, he has his own super suctiooo ewa. You would not believe how well they know and sing the music, even when there are no words. du du du du du du du, i wish i could record it for you. i really wish you could hear them. But the other thing you should know is when one isn’t acting right, the other will say, ‘but God wants us to share’ or God wants us to be nice… whatever the case may be. i know the messages are sinking in, at least for my kids. we have been fans since about 2000. in all your other ventures, and may they be blessed, keep coming with the Larry Boys adventures! They make a difference.
sincerely,
missy day
Hi Phil, I am from a small country town in Victoria, Australia and it just so happened that i was up feeding my baby son at 5 am when i turned on the TV and saw you on life today… what an amazing story you have to tell…thank you that you are actually telling it. What an inspiration….thengs happen in life, but God does have a plan for uds, you are a true example of that.
Keep up the good work, can’t wait to read both your books.
Dear Phil,
I so found your testimony on 100 Huntley St today such an encouragement. My husband had a professor in University that had a Jewish saying that translated into, “We plan, God laughs”. We have seen this so often in our own life. It was such a blessing to see where has led you into your new ministry. Our prayer is that God will use your new ministry as you continue to serve Him where He has put you. So often we think our desire is God’s desire and really forget that we need to listen to His still small voice. May God truly bless you.
hey, phil! I won that contest to get free tickets to jonah in 2003!
Hello – I heard you tonight on Open Line MBN and wanted to find you on the net and here is where i ended up. I want you to know that as a long-divorced 55-yr-old mother of a beautiful daughter, 28, I watch Veggie Tales alone on NBC, and have also seen a couple videos, absolutely loved the Jonah movie – and ,as a baby in Christ, I love the VT so much, it’s amazing – and with some very fallen past history – I generally cry my way thru every TALE, praising God for the people who gave these amazing and hilarious stories, characters, and Christian teaching to our world in this form – to the children who will be caring for our world and each other. THANK YOU – and GOD BLESS YOU, Phil. Big hugs! I look forward now to whatever God does with you!
i wanted one of those oh so stylish jellyfish shirts, but unfortunately one needs to use paypal to purchase. i had my card information stolen from them before, so i refuse to use. bummer for me.
I thank God that Veggie Tales was a part of his perfect plan, and how it has blessed so many. I also thank God for how much he loved his Son named Phil, to use VeggieTales to bring his son into a greater loving knowledge of his God.
I too, have a 2 1/2 year old son, though you cannot understand anything he says, you definatley can understand three things,
“I am that Hero!” “Larry Boy” and then he puts his hands to his ears and extends the suctions!
God is good! Thank you Phil.
I just got through reading your book, Me, Myself, & Bob. It came at the right time in a difficult time for me and my wife. God bless you for your honesty in failure. Thank you thank you thank you!
I just got finished reading Me, Myself and Bob. I was tempted to sit and read it all at once, but my habit as a grad student is to take a bit more time to digest. I thank you for your story, specifically showing the reality of your efforts at Big Idea. My wife did not believe me when I told her what had happened with Big Idea, but I tend to agree with what you mentioned in the last chapters of your book.
I appreciate what you and the original Big Idea undertook as an adventurous lot. We will continue to support you and the ministry of Christ.
Thank you, God bless you.
Jeff
I like your jellyfish site!the jelly news is funny! keep up the good work! -Katherine Carver
i bought your pig and beaver books for my son and daughter for Christmas presents, and they are both soooo good! the beavers are adorable, and the rhyming is very fun to read out loud. 🙂 and the pig book almost made me cry, it’s so sweet! both of them have such good messages, and i’m excited to read them over and over with my children! i’m so thankful for you, phil! for how you use your (insane amount of!) creativity to portray God’s truths to me and my family! please, please write more books!!! 🙂
Phil why don’t have any pictures of our family or your school pictures or where you grew up? I am doing you for a project for school and all i can find is one or two pictures.
Just finished reading Me, Myself & Bob. Thanks for the honesty and humor. I didn’t even know that sad things had happened at Big Idea.(I’m in Australia – we sometimes miss stuff down here!) The lessons you have learned are making me think about my dreams vs God’s dreams! Alot of what you say in your book also backs up things I’ve heard from different sources over the years. Hmmm. I think some thinking time is called for here!
I would also like to let you and Lisa know….may God bless you in your marriage as you hold to the promises you made to each other when you were first married. I was greatly encouraged by what you wrote about staying true to each other and working through issues.
Thanks also for fun videos that have positive Christian lessons that back up what we, as parents, are trying to teach our kids.
Hi Phil
I have loved Veggie Tales long before I even had kids. In fact, Veggie Tales was one of the reasons we were so eager to have a child- an excuse to watch the videos.
I just finished Me Myself and Bob today. God used your book in a powerful way in my life, especially the chapter titled Dreams PartII. The major impact was your quoting C.S. Lewis “He who has God plus many things has no more than he who has God alone”. Reading that caused me to cry myself to sleep last night. Today God and I had a real heart to heart that is resulting in me looking at the idols in my own life- especially those related to my career. I had been growing dissatisfied, feeling I couldn’t match up to my own expectations and getting stressed from working so hard. But today I have great peace, thanks to how God used your book.
My son is now a huge fan also and we buy every video that comes out. I love I can’t wait to see Pirates. Though we live in the Canadian Arctic we will be in Florida in January and will get to catch Pirates in the theatre – a real treat considering we don’t even have a theatre!
May God bless you and continue the work that He has begun in you for His glory and praise.
I just finished reading your book and it had a huge impact on me. I was wondering if you could tell me the title of the Blackaby book you referenced in the last chapters. You used quotes from the book frequently and I was wondering what the title is because i want to read it now too. I think you said it was on leadership and it was about Samuel.
HEY!!! My Church just invited me to the chidren’s thingie in April in IL!!!
Cannot wait to see you there!
Thank you for your website and for your wisdom on business issues.
I have alot more things to say. So I will probably wait til April to say them.
If I can get any words out. %)
I just read “Sidney and Norman: A Tale of Two Pigs”. Picked it up on a whim (I thought) when I was Christmas shopping. It was the only copy on the shelf. Recognized Phil’s name and though it would probably be something cute to read to my class. Little did I know that it was sooooooo the Holy Spirit that prompted me to buy that book. (Don’t you love it when He works that way?) It’s message was exactly what I needed to hear–right at the perfect time. Yes, the Lord can speak through two pigs. Thanks, Phil, for using your talents— to God be the glory!!!!