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Issue Details: First known date: 1971... 1971 I Do ... I Don't
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In the course of the previous couple of episodes of The Godfathers, Pete commits himself to marrying Helen by getting engaged. However, will he go through with it? 'I Do... I Don't' begins on the day of the wedding, and Pete subsequently sends the house into chaos. The attempts by the other godfathers, Maria, and Mike to get him to the altar prove to be difficult, as he makes every effort to get out of the wedding right up to the last minute.

Notes

  • While this the final episode with Pete Fairhall as a regular character, he does return on a semi-regular basis throughout the remainder of the series. When the script was written, a definite decision had not been made on whether or not to write the characters out, so an alternative ending was prepared (but never filmed). Following Pete's departure, another boarder, Dave Milson, is taken in and he too becomes a 'godfather.'

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Bruning, Bell and Partners ; Gemini Productions , 1971 .
      Extent: 25 min.p.
      Description: Colour
      Series: form y separately published work icon The Godfathers Michael Laurence , Robert Bruning , Michael Laurence , Sydney : Bruning, Bell and Partners Gemini Productions Nine Network , 1971-1972 Z1638586 1971 series - publisher film/TV humour

      A comedy drama set on Sydney's north shore, The Godfathers centres on nine-year-old Mike Varga and his widowed Hungarian mother. Crippled by the car accident that killed her husband, Maria Varga is confined to a wheelchair. To help financially, she takes in three boarders: Chris (a forty-something taxi driver), Pete (a thirty-year-old commercial photographer) and Gary (a twenty-one-year-old garage attendant who has just moved to Sydney from the country). Mike is an only child and a bit introspective, but the three boarders become fond of him and Mike adopts them as his 'godfathers.' Under their influence, he becomes a happy, outgoing kid, although they are often tested by his youthful ways.

      Tensions are frequently raised through the on-going presence of Elizabeth Dent, a Child Welfare Officer who is constantly checking on Mike to see that he is being well cared for. After Pete leaves the Vargases' house to get married, he is replaced by another 'godfather,' Dave.

      Number in series: 26
Form: screenplay
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon In Focus : Scripts from Commercial Television's Second Decade Don Reid (editor), Frank Bladwell (editor), South Melbourne : Macmillan Australia English Teachers Association of New South Wales , 1972 Z1380866 1972 anthology screenplay

    A selection of Australian television scripts from the late 1960s and early 1970s. Some of these had been fully developed at the time of publication (including directions and camera directions), while others were still waiting to be produced and hence contain dialogue and directions that were undergoing development.

    South Melbourne : Macmillan Australia English Teachers Association of New South Wales , 1972
    pg. 83-112
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