VeggieTales: King George and the Ducky (2000)

King George & The Ducky is the 13th episode in the VeggieTales animated series. 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. It was released for the very first time on VHS in 2000 by both Word and Lyrick Studios. In 2002, Warner Bros. has reprinted the tape with special quality. In 2003, the show has been added as part of the VeggieTales Classics line and on both VHS and DVD.

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.

Synopsis

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)".

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