Who says there's no more quality children's television?

I recently discovered a great Veggie Tales episode that moves me to tears every time we watch it.  Not to go all Roger Ebert on you, but anyone who has a young daughter should make this a mandatory "Must See" as a family.  Here is a trailer to the DVD:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWSM8QeoAXw

This animated short tells the story of Snooderella, and lends a Seussian touch to the traditional Cinderella story with a spiritual context.  Snooderella doesn't like her appearance and her Stepsnoodle and sisters just reinforce her insecurities.  Her Stepsnoodle arranges for an Stacy-and- Clinton-style extreme makeover and they are all pleased with the result.  But even after enjoying tons of attention at the ball, Snooderella still doesn't feel beautiful.  She knows that when the clock strikes midnight, she will return to her old appearance.  This is an exact transcript of the screenplay from that point:

Alone at the punch bowl, she grabbed a cool drink

As she sipped from her cup, she started to think,

"I guess looking different can cause quite a stir.

But am I beautiful, REALLY?" she asked, not quite sure.

"I still don't FEEL pretty," then the clock chimed above,

"I still don't feel cherished, or nurtured or loved."

Again, there she stood with glasses and braces,

Uncontrollable hair and cumbersome graces.

So, back to herself in that hall, all alone,

She sat down her cup and turned to go home.

Then onto the dance floor walked the King as he said:

“Would you like to, my child, hear what I think instead?”

Then the hall filled with music as the King took her hand. 

She asked, “Your Majesty?...please, I don’t understand.”

“I think you’re beautiful,” the King said as he smiled. 

“I treasure you deeply; you’re lovely my child!

I think you’re beautiful...your hair and your braces,

Your glasses and clothes, your cumbersome graces. 

And many more traits which I could speak of.

There’s nothing about you I don’t truly love.

You’re kind and you’re honest, funny and smart.

You’re really quite charming...and you have a good heart.”

“Your Majesty,” she asked as a tear came in view.

"I’d like to believe you...is that really true?”

“Of course it is true, every word that I say!

Daughter, I am the King, and I made you that way.

 I delight in your beauty; you’re wonderfully made!

I knew you before Earth's foundation was laid.

You’re precious to me, every hair on your head.

Daughter, hear and believe,” the Snoodle King said. 

Then the music grew soft and came to an end

When the cuckoo above struck twelve once again.

She smiled as she stood in that hall all alone

"I'm....beautiful!" she said, and turned to go home.

Now, to end on a note with me once again reading

From this lyrical tale with a happy beginning

Whose middle was wistful and sad to recall,

You must hear what happened ever after the ball.

If ever Stepsnoodle or her two sisters grouched

About the style of her hair or an ill-fitting blouse,

Snoodlerella, she'd shrug...and remember one thing --

That one special night when she danced with the King.