Phil vischer veggie tales biography

VeggieTales creator Phil Vischer had a passion early on in his life for using technology to reach people, but he had no idea that his God-given dreams would lead him to create one of the most beloved kids' brands around.

"I decided in high school that I wanted my filmmaking to promote biblical values," Phil Vischer told "The Pure Flix Podcast." "MTV turned on when I was a sophomore in high school ...

and I [had] two reactions."

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Vischer said he was drawn in by the fact that the network was like a 24-hour music and film festival, but then he had a second realization: "This is trouble." Vischer knew that many others would have the same draw to MTV and that the appeal would have a profound impact on culture.

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"I was only 16, but I knew that the values I learned growing up in Sunday school were not the values that were coming across on many of the music videos that were on MTV," Phil