While You Were Out: my favorite cartoon is VeggieTales
Nashville, TN (Sept. 27, 2004) – Six-year-old Myles Pope, dubbed “Miracle
Myles” for beating the odds of a life threatening disease, declares his
favorite “cartoon” as VeggieTales on TLC’s acclaimed While You Were Out
reality show. The show featuring Myles and his family, titled Nashville:
Miracle Myles & The Big Beautiful Basement, runs Sept. 29 at 9:00 p.m. ET
and re-runs Sept. 30 at 12:00 a.m. ET.
Following Barry and Shawn Pope’s decision to sell their home to help pay for
expensive hospital treatments for son Myles, the family of four moved into a
basement living space. Prompted by Shawn’s sister, Beverly McManus, TLC’s
While You Were Out was inspired to complete an ambitious remodeling of the
Pope’s entire basement.
Taped earlier this year, the remodeling included a brand new couch won for
the Popes by McManus answering a question correctly. “When they asked me
what was Myles’s favorite cartoon, I knew immediately it was VeggieTales,”
said McMannus who spontaneously began singing the VeggieTales theme song on
camera in a lighthearted moment with show host Evan Farmer.
“We were completely taken off guard by this wonderful thing that has
happened
to us,” says Shawn Pope. “We have been not only blessed by Myles’
miraculous recovery, but also with a comfortable living space and even a
brand new DVD player, courtesy of TLC’s While You Were Out, for us all to
watch the new VeggieTales.”
Photo: Myles Pope meets his favorite veggies, Larry the Cucumber and Bob the
Tomato, at Big Idea’s Franklin, TN headquarters. Pictured (l-r) are:
Barry, Megan and Myles Pope; Mike Nawrocki, VeggieTales co-creator and voice
of Larry the Cucumber; and Shawn Pope.
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