Boyz in the Sink
Boyz in the Sink was a fictional band of "VeggieTales" characters who first appeared in the 2003 Silly Songs with Larry segment of "The Ballad of Little Joe". The band subsequently appeared in 2007's "Moe and the Big Exit" and 2012's "If I Sang A Silly Song" and "Robin Good and The Not-So-Merry Men". Like other recurring themes, such as , the group was made up of familiar "VeggieTales" characters performing specific roles. The members of the rock music and symphonic magical orchestra band were Larry the Cucumber, Mr. Lunt, Junior Asparagus, Dad  and Mom Asparagus, Laura Carrot, Petunia Rhubarb, Annie the Green Onion, Bob the Tomato, and Jimmy Gourd. The foursome and their name are parodies of "boy-bands" including NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys. Songs. Section::::"Belly Button". "Belly Button", their first song, is Lunt's musical lament that he lacks a navel depicted through his visit to a medical clinic. Tim Hodge voices Khalil the Caterpillar, who appears dressed as a physician and informs Lunt that his stem serves the purpose as a belly button. While originally included as the Silly Song for "The Ballad of Little Joe", the video was  released separately and won the Children's Jury Award for Animated Short Film or Video at the 2004 Chicago International Children's Film Festival. The song has been cited as the favorite silly song of "VeggieTales" co-creator and voice of Larry Mike Nawrocki and Milwaukee Bucks center Jake Voskuhl. Section::::"A Mess Down in Egypt". For the silly song in the "VeggieTales" episode "Moe and the Big Exit", the group interrupts the silly song announcer in order to tell the Moses story their own way, with a rap entitled "A Mess Down in Egypt". The movie website, Rotten Tomatoes, called  the silly song a "charmingly goofy musical number". Section::::"Bubble Rap". The song appears on the "Silly Song" compilation video, "If I Sang A Silly Song" and later seen in the episode, "Robin Good and His Not-So-Merry Men", as the band, again joined by Khalil, sings of the wonders of the packing material known as bubble wrap. Album. The band's only album series, "Boyz in the Sink", was released by EMI and Big Idea Productions on October 3, 2006. It peaked in 2007 at #10 on the Billboard Top Kid Audio chart and features many covers of songs  from "VeggieTales". Track listing Other media. Big Idea released a jigsaw puzzle featuring Boyz in the Sink. Boyz in the Sink also appear on the 2006 Big Idea release "VeggieTales Worship Songs". The band was featured as part of 2005's "VeggieTales Rockin' Tour LIVE", the second traveling stage show featuring VeggieTales music and characters.