The Wonderful World of Benjamin Cello
Overview
Follow Benjamin Cello, a winsome country gentleman, as he leads his friends on song-filled adventures of faith. Each episode explores the grandeur of God through Biblical truths, the wonder of creation, and the beauty of music and the arts.
Key Crew
Writer: Alex Wolaver, Robin Wolaver, Benjamin Wolaver
Director: Alex Wolaver, Robin Wolaver
Creator: Robin Wolaver
Producer: Robin Wolaver
Top Cast
Benjamin Wolaver
Benjamin Cello
David Dupre
Cheerful Chum / Cheerful Cum
Berklee Wolaver
Lolly Popular / Earthworm / Lambkin
Audrey Wolaver
Cheerful Chum
Joshua Carswell
Donkey Oaty / Wiggleworm / Brother Joseph
Alex Wolaver
Professor Wordsworth
Seasons
Season 1 (2023)
Follow Benjamin Cello, a winsome country gentleman, as he leads his friends on song-filled adventures of faith. Each episode explores the grandeur of God through Biblical truths, the wonder of creation, and the beauty of music and the arts.
6 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Every Park Needs A Lark
2023-01-01Benjamin Cello travels to Penny Whistle Park to visit Lolly Popular and the Cheerful Chums. The friends follow the Lark through the Park, where God has blessed them with all good things.
Runtime: 17 minEpisode 2: A Donkey Is The Best Friend
2023-01-08Miss Gretchen, the music teacher, pays a visit to Benjamin Cello to show him her new toy donkey. The two travel to the Big Ol' Barn, and hear from Cowboy Roy and the animals how Christ used a donkey to teach the ways of a Humble Servant.
Runtime: 19 minEpisode 3: The Prosody Party: Poems & Prayers
2023-01-15Professor Wordsworth is hosting a Prosody Party! With the help of the ever hungry Bookworms, Benjamin Cello and the Cheerful Chums study the four most commonly used poetic meters and use them to write fun poetry and to sing a beautiful prayer.
Runtime: 22 minEpisode 4: Noah and the Rainbow
2023-01-22What's inside Benjamin Cello's secret box? The answer takes us back thousands of years to a great deluge, a floating zoo, and one of the most important stories ever told!
Runtime: 15 minEpisode 5: A Pocketful of Seeds
2023-01-29Annie Appleseed and Benjamin Cello dig into the Parable of the Sower and sing along with Cowboy Roy and the Barnyard Animals as they consider the power of planting seeds of faith.
Runtime: 21 minEpisode 6: In The Beginning God Created
2023-02-05Benjamin Cello, Professor Wordsworth, and the Bookworms investigate the greatest opening lines of literature, including the magnificent opening words of Genesis: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."
Runtime: 20 min
Season 2 (2022)
Follow Benjamin Cello, a winsome country gentleman, as he leads his friends on song-filled adventures of faith. Each episode explores the grandeur of God through Biblical truths, the wonder of creation, and the beauty of music and the arts.
6 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The Book Swap
2022-01-01It's time to read a book! Benjamin Cello, Annie Appleseed, and Miss Gretchen, the Music Teacher, go to the Bookendless Book Tower for a book swap party, hosted by Professor Wordsworth and the Bookworms. Along the way they explore the classics of literature and the one Holy Book that stands above all others, the Book that can change your life forever.
Runtime: 31 minEpisode 2: A Friend Loves at All Times
2022-01-08When Cowgirl Pearl brings a wounded chicken named Hildegard to Benjamin Cello's Cottage, Our Mellow Fellow takes the finely feathered patient to Pennywhistle Park for a lesson in friendship and how human beings are "made in the image of God"
Runtime: 18 minEpisode 3: The Little Lost Lamb
2022-01-15Miss Gretchen's new puppy, Polly, aims to be a sheepdog, but it will take a visit to the Big Ol' Barn and the wisdom of Shepherd Sam to teach us all the faithful care of the Good Shepherd.
Runtime: 21 minEpisode 4: Preach The Word
2022-01-22The Stump Jumpers, a barbershop quartet of lay brothers, stop by the cottage to give Benjamin Cello a priceless gift! It all leads to the Bookendless Book Tower and a eureka moment where they learn what it means to preach the Gospel!
Runtime: 24 minEpisode 5: Overcome Evil with Good
2022-01-29When Benjamin Cello's beautiful day is ruined by bad news filling his cottage with soot and smoke, he retreats to Pennywhistle Park where Brother Joseph's courage and Lolly Popular's joy show everyone how to overcome evil with good.
Runtime: 26 minEpisode 6: Hoedown!
2022-02-05It's harvest time at the Big Ol' Barn! Annie Appleseed and Benjamin Cello team up to help Cowboy Roy, the Barnyard Animals, and the Cheerful Chums celebrate the bountiful blessings of God!
Runtime: 18 min
Season 3 (2023)
Follow Benjamin Cello, a winsome country gentleman, as he leads his friends on song-filled adventures of faith. Each episode explores the grandeur of God through Biblical truths, the wonder of creation, and the beauty of music and the arts.
6 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The Ballad of Barnabus Bundle
2023-01-01When Aunt Rhody loses Old Gray Goose and her potato crop too, Benjamin Cello breaks into his savings to help his friend in her time of need. Along the way, Aunt Rhody recalls the tragic tale of greedy Barnabus Bundle who tore down his barns to build bigger ones.
Runtime: 21 minEpisode 2: The Eyes Have It
2023-01-08Glow Worm is losing her glow and here eyes are going with it! It'll take the ministrations of Lady Iris to help Glow Worm fix her eyes on Jesus and see with a heavenly perspective.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 3: Imagine That!
2023-01-15Lolly Popular and the Cheerful Chums are putting on a play! Benjamin Cello and two new friends, Madeleine and Braxten, join in the fun as the dramatize the story of St. George and the Dragon.
Runtime: 22 minEpisode 4: Ears To Hear
2023-01-22Corn is a great miracle! As Cowboy Roy and a host of friends shuck ears of corn, the Cornstalker Family puts on a show detailing the wonders of corn and reminding us how important it is to have "ears to hear".
Runtime: 19 minEpisode 5: Paint By Heart
2023-01-29Man looks on the outside, but God looks on the heart! The beauty of painting takes center stage as Giovanni Angelico or "Mr. Gelly" teaches Benjamin Cello and his friends how to "paint by heart".
Runtime: 23 minEpisode 6: Hello From God!
2023-02-05When Benjamin Cello is visited by math whiz Phoebe and her pet rabbit, Fibbonacci, they travel to the Book Tower where Professor Wordsworth delivers a "golden" presentation on the mathematical miracle called the Golden Ratio!"
Runtime: 29 min
