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 previously released exclusively to Christian retailers*

1. A Boy Named Charlie Brown (March 31st, 1998/March 28th, 2000)
2. Being Thankfulness is Serious? (February 9th, 1999/March 28th, 2000)
3. Why, Charlie Brown, Why? (December 16th, 1997/March 31st, 1998/March 28th, 2000)
4. You're in Love, Charlie Brown (August 25th, 1998/March 28th, 2000/March 15th, 2002)
5. Snoopy's Reunion (August 25th, 1998/March 28th, 2000/March 15th, 2002)
6. A Charlie Brown Christmas (October 6th, 1998/October 5th, 1999/October 3rd, 2000)
7. The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk (July 21st, 1998/February 11th, 1999/March 28th, 2000/March 15th, 2002)
8. You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown (February 5th, 1999/January 9th, 2000)
9. It Was My Best Birthday Ever, Charlie Brown (June 11th, 1999/March 28th, 2000/August 8th, 2000/March 15th, 2002)
10. Mimi and Linus van Pelt's Big River Rescue (October 19th, 1999/January 11th, 2000/March 15th, 2002)
11. Heather Wold (June 22nd, 1999/March 22nd, 2000/March 15th, 2002)
12. The Star of Christmas (March 26th, 2000/March 15th, 2002)
13. Someday You'll Find Her, Cavis and Millward (August 8th, 2000/March 15th, 2002)
14. Dolly... the Girl Who Became Queen (January 9th, 2001/March 15th, 2002)
15. Is This Goodbye, Charlie Brown? (March 27th, 2001/March 15th, 2002)

## Compilations/Triple Features

* Bob and Larry's Favorite Stories!
* More of Bob and Larry's Favorite Stories!
* Tommy's Favorite Stories
* Larry's Favorite Stories!

## Albums

* VeggieTunes
* VeggieTunes 2
* Adventures, Christmas Songs, and Silliness!

## Trivia

* The 1997 reprint of Why, Charlie Brown, Why?, 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 A Boy Named Charlie Brown and Why, Charlie Brown, Why?.
* The 1999 reprints of The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk and It Was My Best Birthday Ever, Charlie Brown contain a trailer for the 1999 reprint of Mimi and Linus van Pelt's Big River Rescue.
* The 1999 reprint of Mimi and Linus van Pelt's Big River Rescue contains a trailer for the 2000 reprint of Heather Wold.
* The 2000 VHS of A Charlie Brown Christmas and Heather Wold contain the teaser for Is This Goodbye, Charlie Brown?.
* The 2000 reprint of It Was My Best Birthday Ever, Charlie Brown contains a teaser for Dolly... the Girl Who Became Queen.
* The 2001 reprint of Dolly... the Girl Who Became Queen contains a teaser for Is This Goodbye, Charlie Brown? and a message from Phil Vischer.
* The 2001 VHS and DVD of Is This Goodbye, Charlie Brown? contains one of the teasers for Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie.
* Five VeggieTales tapes have the text "Distributed by" in white font on a black background before the Lyrick Studios logo. The first two have the 1997 "Distributed by" Lyrick logo.
	+ In 1999, 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.
* The Lyrick promos for A Boy Named Charlie Brown and Why, Charlie Brown, Why? 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).