Oh, hello. Welcome to the Aircmataxis radio show except due to technical difficulties

today we're on TV. I get to talk to an old friend of mine. Perhaps you've heard of

him. Larry the cucumber? Well, that's not his real name. As it happens, the guy who's

the talking cucumber, he's not really a cucumber in real life. In real life, he's my friend,

Mike Nuraki. Mike, welcome to the program. Hello, Eric, Mattaxis. How you doing? You know,

it's not that's not my real voice either. I was just going to say you are freaking me out.

You did that so well. It's almost as though you created the character of Larry the cucumber,

but we know because of legal reasons we can't say that, right? Absolutely. Isn't that true? Hey,

Mike, it's so good to see you. You're, you listen, you are, you have a new book out. It's called

Beautiful Mabel. And I just want to say on the cover of the book, now we've known each other

for a long time. It says you're the co-creator of Veggie Tales, Mike Nuraki. Mike, is that true?

Are you the co-creator of Veggie Tales? I am the co-creator of Veggie Tales, Phil Vischer

and I created the show back in the early 90s. 1993 was our very first episode, where's God

when I'm scared and been doing Veggie Tales ever since? Okay. Part of the reason I wanted to say

that is a lot of times I'm introduced in, you know, in front of a crowd. I'm about to speak.

And they say he had something to do with creating Veggie Tales. Here he is, Eric Mattaxis. And the

first thing I have to do because I'm a Christian, I have to correct this person who just introduced

me and say, listen, I cannot take credit for creating Veggie Tales. And I mentioned you, Mike Nuraki

and Phil Vischer. And I say I only had the privilege of working for Veggie Tales for a short

season. But it was one of the most fun things I have ever done. But part of the reason it was fun,

Mike, is because I got to know you and Phil. You guys are the real deal. And I am thrilled that,

you know, Veggie Tales is still happening. But I know that you've been doing other things in the

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