Mike Nawrocki

You’ll meet Mike Nawrocki on this week’s FIRST PERSON. As co-creator of VeggieTales and the voice of the beloved Larry The Cucumber, Mike has been making entertaining and wholesome content for kids since 1993. He created, wrote and directed most of the extremely popular “Silly Songs with Larry” segments, and lent his screenwriting and directing talents to VeggieTales episodes as well as their movies Jonah and The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything. Mike also developed and wrote for 3-2-1 Penguins! And authored a number of VeggieTales Books and CD projects.

Mike serves as Assistant Professor of Film and Animation at Lipscomb University and is now producing a new, animated series for children called The Dead Sea Squirrels. In our interview, he talks about the team behind the project and what their dream is for this new series. For more, visit www.deadseasquirrels.com.

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