Georgy Porgy

Episode aired Apr 26, 1980
TV-14
25m

IMDb RATING

5.8/10

311

YOUR RATING

John Alderton in Tales of the Unexpected (1979)

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Attractive vicar George Duckworth had an unusual childhood which leads to problems with the insatiable spinsters of his parish.Attractive vicar George Duckworth had an unusual childhood which leads to problems with the insatiable spinsters of his parish.Attractive vicar George Duckworth had an unusual childhood which leads to problems with the insatiable spinsters of his parish.

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IMDb RATING

5.8/10

311

YOUR RATING

8User reviews

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searchanddestroy-1

Curious episode indeed

I did not expect such an episode in TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED tv series; I know it sounds silly, stupid to tell such a thing, but that's true. But after all, why not? It's an unexpected story as any other unexpected story and I suppose that, during the late seventies, a few films - except Jean-Pierre Mocky's ones - spoke of such priests's matters, and the curious or nasty things related to them. I don't know what to say about this episode, and in the same time, I guess there would be so much to talk about. It is definitely an interesting story, but also definitely worth watching several times. Try it.

1Chiller117

What a load of old cobblers

Oh Dear God, this has to be one of the worst tales of the unexpected that I have ever seen... I only watched it because of joan collins, as john all-ten-a-thingy is just a complete twonk. I like some of these episodes, but this one made me feel like I could not understand a word of it.

4Prismark10

Georgy Porgy

Reverend George Duckworth (John Alderton) was called Georgy Porgy by his eccentric and possibly incestous mother Clare (Joan Collins.)

Her actions left George psychologically damaged. Claire died in a possible car accident when George was a child.

Now grown up and a man of the cloth. He is surrounded by single ladies as part of his congregation. George never married and a newcomer Julia Roach (Joan Collins) is giving Georgie boy the eye.

Julie's resemblance to his mother unleashed something deeply buried in George.

There was some fantastic acting by Joan Collins. It has an eerie ending. The story did not work for me, it might just be aspects of the tale was made less dark for television.

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Trivia
The book that George is reading in the bathtub is "The Water Babies" by Charles Kingsley - perhaps a symbol of his arrested development.

Goofs
When George imagines the female members of his congregation naked during his sermon, the personnel is not the same as when they are clothed; notably, Joan Collins is not present in the naked scene but is in the clothed scene. However, the hats all match.

Quotes
[first lines]
Roald Dahl: The possibility that a large woman might one day swallow a small clergyman is one that has always appealed to me. My mind first started wandering in this direction one day in the zoo, while I stood watching a huge snake swallowing a live rat. The rat didn't wish to be swallowed. He was against it. But the snake hypnotized him so he had no chance, and down he went. The keeper told me it would take the snake five days to digest the rat. And that's when I got to wondering how long a large woman would take to digest a clergyman with all his clothes on, if he were not too big. That, of course, would depend on the woman. But I know one or two who could have him for breakfast and still feel hungry at the end of it.

Soundtracks
Lord Jesus, Think On Me
(uncredited)
Music by William Daman
Lyrics by Synesius of Cyrene (430 A.D.), translated by Allen W. Chatfield
Performed by John Alderton