Big Idea's VeggieTales Receives 7th Dove Award during the 38th Annual Gospel Music Association (GMA) Dove Awards Show
 VeggieTales Worship Songs Named Children's Music Album of the Year
Awards Show Taps VeggieTales Bob & Larry as Featured Presenters
Big Idea, Inc. Named Recipient of The Grady Nutt Humor Award
Universal Pictures/Big Idea Feature Sneak Preview of The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything -- A VeggieTales Movie
FRANKLIN, TN (May 2, 2007) -- Big Idea, Inc., home to the world's most popular faith-based kids' VeggieTales brand, accepted the Dove Award for the 2007 Gospel Music Association (GMA) Children's Music Album of the Year for VeggieTales Worship Songs. Its 7th Dove Award to date and 6th Dove nod for Children's Music Album of the Year, VeggieTales received the award during the 38th Annual GMA Dove Awards April 25 at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville.
"This has been a great year for VeggieTales," expressed Big Idea COO Terry Pefanis. "And we are extremely grateful to the Gospel Music Association not only for this award, but for their continued support of Big Idea and our mission."
VeggieTales characters Bob and Larry also joined Word Records' Nicole C. Mullen to present the awards for the "2007 GMA/Christian Music Broadcasters Radio Stations of the Year" during the live Dove show. Winners were announced in major, large, medium and small market categories. All of the festivities can be seen when the show begins airing in national syndication in May.
Additionally, Big Idea was honored earlier in the week as this year's recipient of the Grady Nutt Humor Award, one of the Gospel Music Association’s prestigious Special Awards. The awards ceremony, which kicked off GMA Week 2007, took place Monday, April 23 as part of the Monday Morning Live! event at the Nashville Convention Center.
Graciously accepting the award on behalf of Big Idea was COO Terry Pefanis and VeggieTales co-creator and voice of the infamous "Larry the Cucumber" Mike Nawrocki.
"This is an exciting time for us at Big Idea," said Nawrocki. "And we want to genuinely thank all of our supporters who have stood behind Big Idea and have encouraged us to carry on with our mission to enhance the spiritual and moral fabric of society through creative media."
The Grady Nutt Humor Award was established in memory of the late Grady Nutt, one of TV's beloved "Hee Haw" stars of many years and friend to Christian Music whose life tragically ended in a plane crash in 1982. This year's award was given to Big Idea, Inc. in recognition of the company's outstanding cultural contributions and achievements. In addition to sales of over 50 million videos and seven million albums, episodes of VeggieTales, 3-2-1 Penguins! and LarryBoy Adventures are among the top rated shows on the "qubo" kids programming block seen weekly on NBC, ION and Telemundo. Currently, Big Idea is in production of its second theatrical release, The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything - A VeggieTales Movie, slated to hit the big screen in early 2008 from Universal Studios.
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