Lyrick Studios

Lyrick Studios, Inc., established in 1988 as The Lyons Group, was an American video production and distribution company based in Allen, Texas, a Dallas suburb. They were known for producing and distributing shows like Barney & Friends and Wishbone, as well as videos and albums from two music artists, Joe Scruggs and The Wiggles, They also had book rights to Humongous Entertainment characters like Putt-Putt, Freddi Fish, and Pajama Sam. They paired with Big Idea for mass market distribution of prints and reprints of VeggieTales home videos, as well as rights to VeggieTales plush toys.

According to Phil Vischer, he chose the company to release the videos since Lyrick Studios' founder and former chairman Richard C. Leach was a committed Christian, and the company let the religious tones on the shows remain intact, unlike other distributors Big Idea had asked beforehand. The company was acquired by HiT Entertainment on February 9, 2001, shortly before Richard C. Leach died.

In 2002, Big Idea turned to Warner Home Video to serve as their new mass market distributor; HiT responded to this by filing a lawsuit against them for $11 million, which was one of the major causes of Big Idea's 2003 bankruptcy.

Releases
All re-releases were mass market reprints of videos and DVDs previously released exclusively to Christian retailers
 Where's God When I'm S-Scared? (March 31st, 1998/March 28th, 2000/March 16th, 2001/March 31st, 2009)
 God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?! (March 31st, 1998/February 9th, 1999/February 15th, 2000/March 16th, 2001/August 6th, 2001/February 9th, 2013)
 Are You My Neighbor? (March 31st, 1998/March 28th, 2000/March 3rd, 2001/March 31st, 2009)
 Rack, Shack & Benny (August 25th, 1998/August 8th, 2000/April 16th, 2002/August 25th, 2009)
 Dave and the Giant Pickle (August 25th, 1998/August 8th, 2000/March 15th, 2002/August 25th, 2009)
 The Toy That Saved Christmas (October 6th, 1998/October 5th, 1999/October 3rd, 2000/October 6th, 2009/October 5th, 2010)
 Very Silly Songs! (February 4th, 1997/June 8th, 1999/June 27th, 2000/June 8th, 2004)
 Larry-Boy! & the Fib from Outer Space! (August 25th, 1998/February 9th, 1999/February 15th, 2000/March 15th, 2002/March 16th, 2002 as part of Larry-Boy Power Pack/February 9th, 2013)
 Josh and the Big Wall! (November 18th, 1997/June 8th, 1999/June 27th, 2000/March 15th, 2002/April 16th, 2002/June 8th, 2004)
 Madame Blueberry (July 21st, 1998/October 5th, 1999/November 10th, 2000/September 26th, 2001/March 15th, 2002/October 5th, 2004)
 The End of Silliness? (November 24th, 1998/May 23rd, 2000/November 11th, 2000/May 23rd, 2006)
 Larry-Boy and the Rumor Weed (July 27th, 1999/March 28th, 2000/July 12th, 2000/March 15th, 2002/March 16th, 2002 as part of Larry-Boy Power Pack/July 27th, 2002/March 28th, 2006)
 King George and the Ducky (April 4th, 2000/April 11th, 2000/August 8th, 2000/April 13th, 2002/August 8th, 2006)
 Esther...The Girl Who Became Queen (October 3rd, 2000/October 17th, 2000/January 9th, 2001/March 15th, 2002/September 14th, 2002/January 9th, 2007)
 Lyle the Kindly Viking (March 27th, 2001/March 15th, 2002/March 27th, 2007)

Movies
 The Muppet Christmas Carol (February 10th, 1998)
 The Lion King (February 10th, 1998)
 Toy Story (August 25th, 1998)
 James and the Giant Peach (August 25th, 1998)
 Harriet the Spy (March 3rd, 1998)
 Good Burger (July 21st, 1998)
 Barney's Great Adventure: The Movie (October 5th, 1999)
 Madame Bovary: A Film by Claude Chabrol (October 5th, 1999)
 The End of Violence: A Film by Wim Wenders (May 23rd, 2000)
 The Wiggles Movie (March 30th, 1999)
 A Bug's Life (April 20th, 1999)
 Little Shop of Horrors (March 28th, 2000)
 The Rugrats Movie (January 11th, 2000)
 The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (April 11th, 2000)
 Toy Story 2 (October 17th, 2000)
 Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (March 27th, 2001)
 The Emperor's New Groove (February 6th, 2001)

Albums
 VeggieTunes (1998 reissue)
 A Very Veggie Christmas (1998 reissue)
 VeggieTunes 2
Little Shop of Horrors Soundtrack
 Larry-Boy: The Soundtrack
The Rugrats Movie Soundtrack
 A Queen, a King, and a Very Blue Berry
Rugrats in Paris Soundtrack

Compilations/Triple Features 
 Bob and Larry's Favorite Stories!
 More of Bob and Larry's Favorite Stories!
Israel's Biblical Heroes
Heroes of the Bible!: Stand Up, Stand Tall, Stand Strong! 
 Junior's Favorite Stories!
Larry-Boy Double Feature
The Bumblyburg Super-Hero Value Pack!
Larry's Favorite Stories!
A Queen, A King, and a Very Blue Berry
Heroes of the Bible!: Lions, Shepherds and Queens (Oh, My!)
Junior's Amazing Adventures!

Fun Facts

Trivia
 The 1997 reprint of Are You My Neighbor?, using the original 1995 version of the episode and with only the Interpol FBI warning screens at the beginning of the tape, was presumably a test to see if the VeggieTales videos were "acceptable" for a mass market release.
 This is the only VeggieTales Lyrick Studios VHS not to have the Lyrick Studios logo anywhere on the VHS box cover nor at the beginning or end of the video, other than on the cassette ink label. However, there are some very scarce copies with the 1997 Lyrick Studios logo at the beginning and end of the tape.
 The 1998 release of Bob and Larry's Favorite Stories! contains trailers for Where's God When I'm S-Scared? and Are You My Neighbor?
 The 1999 reprints of Very Silly Songs! and Josh and the Big Wall! contains a trailer for the 1999 reprint of Madame Blueberry.
 The 1999 reprints of The Toy That Saved Christmas and Madame Blueberry, the 1999 release of Junior's Favorite Stories, and the 2000 VHS of Madame Blueberry contains the trailer for Larry-Boy and the Rumor Weed.
The 2000 reprints of Where's God When I'm S-Scared? and Are You My Neighbor? all contain the trailer for Barney's Great Adventure: The Movie.
The 1999 reprint of Madame Blueberry, and the 2000 reprints of Where's God When I'm S-Scared?, Are You My Neighbor?, Rack, Shack & Benny, Dave and the Giant Pickle, The Toy That Saved Christmas, Very Silly Songs!, Josh and the Big Wall! and Madame Blueberry all contain the trailer for The Rugrats Movie.
The 2000 reprints of Where's God When I'm S-Scared?, God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?!, Are You My Neighbor?, Rack, Shack & Benny, Dave and the Giant Pickle, The Toy That Saved Christmas and Larry-Boy! & the Fib from Outer Space! all contain the trailer for Nick Jr. Videos.
The 2000 reprints of Where's God When I'm S-Scared?, God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?!, Are You My Neighbor?, Rack, Shack & Benny, Dave and the Giant Pickle, The Toy That Saved Christmas and Larry-Boy! & the Fib from Outer Space! all contain the trailer for Paramount Means Family Entertainment.
The 2000 reprints of Where's God When I'm S-Scared? and Are You My Neighbor? all contain the trailer for Peanuts: It Was My Best Birthday Ever, Charlie Brown.
The 2000 reprints of Where's God When I'm S-Scared? and Are You My Neighbor? all contains the trailer for Barney's Adventure Bus.
The 2000 reprints of Where's God When I'm S-Scared?, God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?!, Are You My Neighbor?, Rack, Shack & Benny, Dave and the Giant Pickle, The Toy That Saved Christmas and Larry-Boy! & the Fib from Outer Space! all contain the trailer for Groundling Marsh Videos.
The 2000 reprints of Where's God When I'm S-Scared? and Are You My Neighbor? all contains the trailer for Kids for Character Choices Count!.
The 2000 reprints of Where's God When I'm S-Scared? and Are You My Neighbor? all contains the trailer for Barney's Good Day Good Night.
The 2000 reprints of God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?!, The Toy That Saved Christmas and Larry-Boy! & the Fib from Outer Space! all contain the trailer for Blue's Clues: Blue's Birthday, Arts and Crafts and Story Time.
The 2000 reprints of God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?! and Larry-Boy! & the Fib from Outer Space! all contain the trailer for Peanuts Video Collection.
The 2000 reprints of God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?!, Very Silly Songs!, Larry-Boy! & the Fib from Outer Space! and Josh and the Big Wall! all contain the trailer for Barney's Good Clean Fun/Oh Brother She's My Sister.
The 2000 reprints of God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?!, Rack, Shack & Benny, Dave and the Giant Pickle and Larry-Boy! & the Fib from Outer Space! all contain the trailer for Barney's Big Surprise.
The 2000 reprints of God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?!, Rack, Shack & Benny, Dave and the Giant Pickle and Larry-Boy! & the Fib from Outer Space! all contain the trailer for Shelley Duvall's Mother Goose Rock N' Rhyme.
The 2000 reprints of God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?!, Rack, Shack & Benny, Dave and the Giant Pickle, The Toy That Saved Christmas and Larry-Boy! & the Fib from Outer Space! the trailer for Wishbone's Dog Days of the West.
The 2000 reprints of God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?!, Rack, Shack & Benny, Dave and the Giant Pickle, Very Silly Songs!, Larry-Boy! & the Fib from Outer Space! and Josh and the Big Wall! all contains the trailer for Barney in Outer Space.
The 2000 reprints of Rack, Shack & Benny and Dave and the Giant Pickle all contain the trailer for Blue's Clues: Arts and Crafts and Story Time.
The 2000 VHS of The Toy That Saved Christmas contains the trailer for Barney In Outer Space/It's Time For Counting/Barney's Big Surprise.
The 2000 VHS of The Toy That Saved Christmas contains the trailer for Joe Scruggs Videos.
The 2000 reprints of Very Silly Songs! and Josh and the Big Wall! contains the trailer for Madame Blueberry.
The 2000 reprint of The End of Silliness? contains a trailer for King George and the Ducky.
 The 2000 VHS of King George and the Ducky contains the teaser for Esther...The Girl Who Became Queen.
 The 2001 reprint of Esther...The Girl Who Became Queen contains a teaser for Lyle the Kindly Viking and a message from Phil Vischer.
 The 2001 VHS and DVD of Lyle the Kindly Viking contains one of the teasers for Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie.
 The 1998 reprints of Where's God When I'm S-Scared?, God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?! and Are You My Neighbor? and the 1998 release of Bob and Larry's Favorite Stories! have the 1997 "Distributed by" Lyrick Studios logo. Meanwhile, the 1998 reprints of Rack, Shack & Benny, Dave and the Giant Pickle, Larry-Boy! & the Fib from Outer Space! and The Toy That Saved Christmas, the 1999 reprints of God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?! and Larry-Boy! & the Fib from Outer Space!, and the 1998 release of More of Bob and Larry's Favorite Stories! (as well as its 2000 reprint) have the text "Distributed by" in a white font on a black background before the Lyrick Studios logo.
 In 1998, these were both averted by using the 1998 Lyrick Studios logo with "Distributed by" above the logo and later a still version of said variant.
 Despite this, the 2000 reprints of Where's God When I'm S-Scared? and Are You My Neighbor? use a still version of the 1997 "Distributed by" Lyrick logo.
 The Lyrick promos for Where's God When I'm S-Scared?, God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?! and Are You My Neighbor? were narrated by Earl Fisher. A year later, Earl would begin to provide the voice for Pasqually from Chuck E. Cheese's which began their tie-ins with Big Idea on the very show where he debuted as Pasqually (Dance Party from April 1999). Starting with the Lyrick promos for Rack, Shack & Benny, Dave and the Giant Pickle and Larry-Boy! & the Fib from Outer Space! Gail Freeman takes over with the trailer narrations.
 The Lyrick Studios release of Lyle the Kindly Viking was released three days after it's original Word Entertainment release.

Remarks 

 Although the Lyrick reprints of Josh and the Big Wall! and Very Silly Songs! used a custom Stay Tuned bumper, certain other reprints instead used Lyrick's bumper. While this was technically alright, the latter bumper tells viewers to stay tuned for "previews of other Lyrick™ Studios Home Videos," despite the fact it was Big Idea's properties Lyrick was merely promoting and distributing.

1983 establishments in the United States
2001 disestablishments in the United States
1980s establishments in Texas
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21st-century disestablishments in Texas