King George and the Ducky

King George & The Ducky
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Directed by	Mike Nawrocki
Written by	Phil Vischer
Story by	Sean Gaffney
Produced by	Jennifer Combs
Starring	Phil Vischer Mike Nawrocki Lisa Vischer Jaquelyn Ritz
Edited by	John Wahba
Music by	Kurt Heinecke
Production company	Big Idea Entertainment
Distributed by	Lyrick Studios Word Entertainment
Release date	April 11, 2000 (2000-04-11)
Running time	37 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

King George & The Ducky is the 13th episode in the VeggieTales animated series. It was released in April 11, 2000 on VHS by Everland Home Video and Lyrick Studios with the Esther teaser, then on May 20, 2003 on re-recording sing-along edition DVD by Sony Wonder. Subtitled "A lesson about... Selfishness", it teaches viewers that they must think of others before themselves. The message is conveyed through a story based on the Biblical account of David and Bathsheba from Second Samuel.

Although the VeggieTales adaptation remains relatively true to the source, Bathsheba is represented by a rubber duck, thus replacing the sin of adultery with the less difficult crime of theft. But the essence of the story remains intact as the King covets something belonging to his neighbor and takes it for his own and the selfish act is later condemned by a wiseman/prophet.

The subsequently released Duke and the Great Pie War is a prequel to this episode.

This was the first episode to use the Maya animation package instead of Softimage.

Plot

The episode opens with Jimmy and Jerry Gourd looking like Bob and Larry, who both are trying to host the show but aren't doing a convincing job of it. When the real Bob and Larry arrive, Jimmy and Jerry explain that they figured that Bob and Larry could use a break, and they've been wanted to host a show ever since Dave and the Giant Pickle. Bob argues that he just had a break, but humors the gourds and lets them tell a short story they wrote called "The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill (And Came Down With All The Bananas)".

In this "story", an Englishman (Scallion #1) goes up a hill and steals all the bananas which he doesn't eat or share. Then a Swede (Jerry) goes up another hill and steals all the strawberries. As both men refuse to eat their own fruit without some of the other to go with it, but are both too selfish to lend some to each other, they are stuck hoarding their respective piles from one another indefinitely, and the story ends with Jean Claude (the higher-voiced of the French Peas), who has been interjecting the story from off-screen with cries of "you're so selfish!", pointing out that they are "not very bright".

The story ends there and Jimmy tries to get a verse from QWERTY, but he's been switched off. Jerry substitutes a crudely written "Don't be selfish" message in its place, but Bob finally cuts in and tells the gourds to let him tell a real story, that of King George and the Ducky.

In this story, King George (Larry) only cares about rubber ducks. His servant Louis (Bob) tries to tell him the kingdom is in the middle of the Great Pie War though George doesn't care. To him, the most important person in the world is himself. As George proclaims his love for himself and his rubber duck, he notices a rubber duck which belongs to a poor boy named Thomas (Junior). Jealous, King George tells Louis to get him the duck, but Louis refuses.

At this point, Cedric the General (Scallion #) says that they need more men on the battlefield. Seeing his opportunity, George announces that Thomas wants to help and tells Cedric to put Thomas on the front line of the battle alone. With Thomas out of the way, George tells Louis to meet him at Thomas's house so they can take the duck.

At this point, it's time for Silly Songs with Larry. Today's song is "Endangered Love", in which Larry follows the tragic saga of his favorite daytime soap-opera character, Barbara Manatee. As he watches Barbara and her boyfriend Bill overcome life's obstacles, Larry sings of his own affections for Barbara.

Back in the story, King George and Louis manage to steal the duck and the King is happy. Before George can take a bath with his new duck, Cedric and Thomas come. According to Cedric, Thomas ended the war all on his own, but has suffered "the trauma of war" in the process. George quickly shooes them away and again tries to get in the bath, but is interrupted by Melvin (Pa Grape), a "slightly odd wiseman who shows up every so often" to tell a story using amazing audiovisual technology... a flannelgraph.

Melvin tells a story of two men, one who had many sheep and one who had only a single sheep. Visited by a guest, the rich man steals the sheep from the poor man to serve for dinner. Furious, George asks who this rich man is, and Melvin points out that it's George himself. His actions in stealing Thomas's duck have done nothing but prove the King's selfishness, and Melvin tells George that "Whether he is a king or just a kid, God wants us all to put others first." Looking to make up for his sins, George lets Thomas take a bath in his tub, which cures his war trauma, and then returns his duck. George then apologizes to God, Thomas, and Louis for his selfishness and is forgiven, thus ending the story.

Back on the countertop, Bob finishes up the story by adding that the next day, King George shared all his ducks with his people. As the show ends, however, the French Peas arrive and try their hand at hosting.

Countertop

• Jimmy Gourd as Bob the Gourd
• Jerry Gourd as Larry the Gourd
• Larry the Cucumber as Himself
• Bob the Tomato as Himself
• Ma Carrot with Blue Purple Hat and Blue Purple Clothing as Herself
• Unnamed England Boy as Himself
• The Banker as Himself
• England Man with Light Brown Top Hat and Brown Coat as Himself
• Ma Carrot with Blue Hat and Blue Clothing as Herslef
• England Man witb Navy Top Hat and Navy Coat as Himself
• Unnamed England Girl as Herself
• London Carrot with White Pants and White Hat as Himself
• Jerky Vendor as Himself
• London Carrot with Blue Pants and Blue Hat as Himself
• England Woman with Tan Colored Dress as Herself

The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill and Came Down With All the Bananas

• Scallion #1 as Brittsh Man
• Jerry Gourd as Swede
• Jimmy Gourd as Himself
• Ma Carrot with Blue Purple Hat and Blue Purple Clothing as Herself
• Unnamed England Boy as Himself
• The Banker as Himself
• England Man with Light Brown Top Hat and Brown Coat as Himself
• Ma Carrot with Blue Hat and Blue Clothing as Herself
• England Man with Navy Top Hat and Navy Coat as Himself
• Unnamed England Girl as Herself
• London Carrot with White Pants and White Hat as Himself
• Jerky Vendor as Himself
• London Carrot with Blue Pants and Blue Hat as Himself
• England Woman with Tan Colored Dress as Herself

Countertop

• Jimmy Gourd as Bob the Gourd
• Jerry Gourd as Larry the Gourd
• Larry the Cucumber as Himself
• Bob the Tomato as Himself
• Ma Carrot with Blue Purple Hat and Blue Purple Clothing as Herself
• Unnamed England Boy as Himself
• The Banker as Himself
• England Man with Light Brown Top Hat and Brown Coat as Himself
• Ma Carrot with Blue Hat and Blue Clothing as Herself
• England Man with Navy Top Hat and Navy Coat as Himself
• Unnamed England Girl as Herself
• London Carrot with White Pants and White Hat as Himself
• Jerky Vendor as Himself
• London Carrot with Blue Pants and Blue Hat as Himself
• England Woman with Tan Colored Dress as Herself

King George and the Ducky

• Scallion #1 as Credic
• Larry the Cucumber as King George
• Bob the Tomato as Louis
• Junior Asparagus as Thomas
• The Rubber Ducky as Himself
• Jean Claude Pea as Great Pie War
• Ma Carrot with Blue Purple Hat and Blue Purple Clothing as Herself
• Unnamed England Boy as Himself
• The Banker as Himself
• England Man with Light Brown Top Hat and Brown Coat as Himself
• Ma Carrot with Blue Hat and Blue Clothing as Herself
• England Man with Navy Top Hat and Navy Coat as Himself
• Unnamed England Girl as Herself
• London Carrot with White Pants and White Hat as Himself
• Jerky Vendor as Himself
• London Carrot with Blue Pants and Blue Hat as Himself
• England Woman with Tan Colored Dress as Herself

Endangered Love

• Larry the Cucumber as Himself
• Bob the Tomato as Himself
• Manatee Doll as Herself
• Ma Carro with Blue Purple Hat and Blue Purple Clothing as Herself
• Unnamed England Boy as Himself
• The Banker as Himself
• England Man with Light Brown Top Hat and Brown Coat as Himself
• Ma Carrot with Blue Hat and Blue Clothing as Herself
• England Man with Navy Top Hat and Navy Coat as Himself
• Unnamed England Girl as Herself
• London Carrot with White Pants and White Hat as Himself
• Jerky Vendor as Himself
• London Carrot with Blue Pants and Blue Hat as Himself
• England Woman with Tan Colored Dress as Herself

King George and the Ducky

• Scallion #1 as Credic
• Larry the Cucumber as King George
• Bob the Tomato as Louis
• Junior Asparagus as Thomas
• The Rubber Ducky as Himself
• Pa Grape as Melvin
• Ma Carrot with Blue Purple Hat and Blue Purple Clothing as Herself
• Unnamed England Boy as Himself
• The Banker as Himself
• England Man with Light Brown Top Hat and Brown Coat as Himself

Countertop

• Jimmy Gourd as Himself
• Jerry Gourd as Himself
• Larry the Cucumber as Himself
• Bob the Tomato as Himself
• Jean Claude Pea as Bob the Tomato
• Phillipe Pea as Larry the Cucumber

Segments

• Countertop Intro (Part I)
• The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill and Came Down With All the Bananas
• Countertop Intro (Part II)
• King George and the Ducky (Part I)
• Silly Song: Endangered Love (Barbara Manatee)
• King George and the Ducky (Part II)
• QWERTY Closer

Songs

In addition to the ubiquitous "VeggieTales Theme" and "What We Have Learned," this episode contains the following songs:

• I Love My Duck, sung by Nawrocki, Phil Vischer, and Lisa Vischer
• I Must Have It, sung by Nawrocki
• Endangered Love (Barbara Manatee), sung by Nawrocki
• There Once Was a Man, sung by Phil Vischer
• The Selfish Song, sung by Nawrocki, Phil Vischer, and Lisa Vischer

External links

• King George and the Ducky at IMDb
• Review from Christian Answers
• Review from Epinions