Oh, to make someone's day!

It's not every day you get the chance to make someone's day. Unless you're a firefighter, or how about the lottery check writers, game-show hosts and cupcake bakers of this world. I believe bloggers, too, can make someone's day.

What I'm getting at is I have struggled with the question of exactly what to do with this blog, and I'm not sure I have a good answer. But I figure if I can give a handful of nice people (that would be you) the chance to score something free, then maybe my blog is making the world a better place. Or something like that.

So, behold: a giveaway.

Some nice folks provided me with a fun Veggie Tales DVD for kids to review, and another to give away! A friend's kid loves Veggie Tales so much that he is rumored to ask for one of the characters, Bob, by name. The latest Veggie Tales DVD, Tomato Sawyer & Huckleberry Larry's Big River Rescue, just came out last week, so you are practically getting a scoop here.

I watched Big River Rescue with my son, and it was fun. Really! I was even laughing out loud. And not just giggling. There were some quote-unquote cute moments, of course, but some scenes were downright funny. Click here for a trailer.

The movie is set along the Mississippi River in 1904. Tomato Sawyer and Huckleberry Larry are homesteading. In a few days, they are supposed to meet with someone from the government to prove they have been taking care of their plot of land for the past five years. Then, they will be given the right to own the land, when they plan to open their respective businesses -- a theme park called Jerkyland and a tax preparation office. (Um ... yeah.) An overbearing logger shows up and tells the duo to be on the lookout for a horrible giant gourd. It turns out the giant is an innocent, oversize boy who just wants to meet up with his mom (of course!), and the logger is a crooked man (vegetable?) who framed him for a crime he didn't commit. Huckleberry Larry wants to help the giant -- "Little Yimmy" -- reunite with his mom in St. Louis at the World's Fair, while Tomato Sawyer wants to stay to meet the government agent who will give him the deed to the land. The movie drives home the point that if you don't help someone in need, it's the same as being part of the problem. It wraps up with a Bible verse about helping people, but even those who aren't religious can relate to the verse about helping people. A Mark Twain-alike -- mistaken for Colonel Sanders throughout the movie -- acts as the narrator.

With vegetables as the characters and silly-nonsense songs thrown in for good measure, Big River Rescue is a movie everyone can watch and enjoy. Younger children will like the colorful characters and fun songs, and older children will enjoy the "helping others" message.

Here's the part where I can make your day! I have one copy of Big River Rescue to give away. Just leave a comment, and I'll use random.org to select a winner on Saturday.

Update: Random.org turned up number 12, and Harmony was the 12th commenter! She wins the Big River Rescue DVD. Congrats!