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'''Noah's Umbrella '''is artifact that was owned by Noah when the Earth was flooding.
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|episode name = Lyle the Kindly Viking
 
|director = [[Tim Hodge]]
 
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|writer = [[Phil Vischer]]
 
|music = [[Kurt Heinecke]]
 
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|release date = March 24, 2001
 
|runtime = 36 minutes
 
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'''Lyle the Kindly Viking''' is the 15th episode of [[VeggieTales]].
 
   
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It is believed that the umbrella was used to control the weather.
The first story is a retelling of "Hamlet", while the main feature is a parody of  a Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera.
 
==Plot==
 
Bob and Larry start the show by saying they received a lot of letters about sharing. Archibald pops up and tells them that he'll take over as host for the episode. Reluctantly, the duo decided to let Archie to take over. He decides to start the show with Shakespeare's classic, "Hamlet". However, the French Peas couldn't find it, and founded another story that's similar called "Omelet".
 
   
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In the short film Wicker saw as a child, the umbrella was portrayed polka-dotted. In real life, it is checkered with red and white squares.
====Omelet====
 
 
[[Category:Devices]]
The play starts when trouble brews at the state of Denmark as Horatio claims he used the last of the kingdom's eggs to make Prince Omelet's dish, cooked light ad fluffy. Just Omelet leaves, Ophilia tells him that everyone is starving due to the shortage of eggs. She tells the prince that he should share his eggs, but he refuses to. Later, the prince meets someone who was playing a game by himself. The young lad says he can joined, just as he sees Omelet's dish and states it looks delicious. The prince decided to let the lad eat his dish, which suddenly made himself feel better.The princes announces later that he'll share his eggs with everyone, but the chef remarks there's not enough eggs, until Polinius states he has plenty of them. Horatio decides to call the eggs cooked light and fluffy dish after their prince, the Omelet! The play ends with Larry and Junior looked very shocked.
 
 
 
====Lyle The Kindly Viking====
 
 
 
==Fun Facts==
 
Trivia
 
*The episode's original title was Ivan the Benevolent Viking.
 
*This is the first episode Tim Hodge directed.
 
*In the original alternative opening for the story of Lyle, Archibald talks about the other musicals done by Gilbert and Sullivan. (''See Real World References'')
 
*This episode uses both water and rain effects. Tim Hodge states this was a practice for the crew since this was during production of Jonah.
 
*In the credits, the headings for each sections of the teams were translated to Norwegian. The only one they couldn't translate was for "editing", so they called it "Nadaavclubjen". Tim stated this name was to notify the producer that they're not a AV (handles videotapes and projectors) club.<br />The scene of Sven tripping over Ottar was animated by [[Robert Ellis]].
 
*There was a deleted outtake after Lyle sings his solo, he falls over backwards, but gets back up. This can be seen in the behind the scenes on the DVD.
 
*This marks the last episode for Gail Freeman to be part of the voice cast.
 
 
====Remarks====
 
*This is the first episode to be in a different frame rate, and has been kept the way ever since.
 
*The screenshots on the DVD have the skies blue. But in the actual video, they are purple.
 
*Sven shrugs despite the fact [[Lack of Visible Arms and Legs|he has no arms]].
 
*Ottar and Sven both [[Fourth Wall Breaks|break the fourth wall]] acknowledging they're in a musical.
 
*Despite being in the water, Lyle and the other vikings don't seem to be wet.
 
 
====Goofs====
 
*On some versions of the DVD cover, the background image is messed up.
 
*Archibald's mouth wasn't moving in the close up when he starts talking about Lyle.
 
 
====Inside References====
 
*Archibald recalled the events from [[King George and the Ducky|King George]].
 
*One of the shields on the viking ship is Larry-Boy.
 
 
====Real World References====
 
*Sonny and Cher were a popular couple during the mid to late 20th century. They broke up in 1977.
 
 
====Fast Forward====
 
*This won't be the last time Mr. Lunt would [[Saint Nicholas: A Story of Joyful Giving|crossdressed]].
 
 
==Gallery==
 
 
[[File:LyletheKindlyVikingTitleCard.png|250px|link=Lyle the Kindly Viking/Gallery]]<br />
 
[[Category:Episodes]]
 
[[Category:VeggieTales episodes]]
 

Revision as of 19:15, 5 November 2014

Noah'sUmbrella

Noah's Umbrella is artifact that was owned by Noah when the Earth was flooding.

It is believed that the umbrella was used to control the weather.

In the short film Wicker saw as a child, the umbrella was portrayed polka-dotted. In real life, it is checkered with red and white squares.