The Plucky Duck Show
| The Plucky Duck Show | |
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| Also known as | Steven Spielberg Presents The Plucky Duck Show |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | Tom Ruegger |
| Directed by | Rich Arons |
| Voices of | Joe Alaskey Don Messick Charlie Adler Tress MacNeille Gail Matthius Kath Soucie Cree Summer Frank Welker John Kassir (first episode only) |
| Theme music composer | Bruce Broughton |
| Composers | Richard Stone Julie Bernstein Steven Bernstein Mark Watters Don Davis ("A Ditch in Time") |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (31 segments) |
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| Executive producer | Steven Spielberg |
| Producer | Sherri Stoner |
| Running time | 21–22 minutes |
| Production companies | Warner Bros. Animation Amblin Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | Fox Kids |
| Release | September 19 – December 12, 1992 |
| Related | |
| Tiny Toon Adventures Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain | |
The Plucky Duck Show is an American
Plucky Duck himself.[1]
It premiered on September 19, 1992 and ended on December 12, with a total of 13 episodes.
History
Of the 13 episodes produced, only "The Return of Batduck" was original to the series. All remaining episodes were compilations of Tiny Toons produced shorts, though some aired on The Plucky Duck Show first.
The theme song is a rendition of the Tiny Toons theme, set to the same music, but with Plucky himself as the subject of the song. Some of the lyrics were reused in the Tiny Toons episode "It's a Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special".
After the show was canceled, "Batduck" was edited and added in as an episode of Tiny Toons. The show's formula was attempted again several years later when Pinky and the Brain, the supporting characters from Animaniacs (Steven Spielberg's next collaboration with Warner Bros. Animation), were also given their own show. Unlike The Plucky Duck Show, however, Pinky and the Brain consisted entirely of original material rather than reusing pre-existing shorts from the show it was spun-off from.
The "Yakety Yak" segment was made commercially available on the rare Tiny Toons Sing! CD/cassette album.
Episodes
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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| 1 | 13 | September 19, 1992 | December 12, 1992 | |
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |||||||||||||
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| 1 | "The Return of Batduck" | Rich Arons | Written by : Peter Hastings Storyboard by : Jim Fletcher (as James Fletcher), Eddie Fitzgerald, Rusty Mills and Jenny Lerew | September 19, 1992 | |||||||||||||
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Plucky returns to his role as Batduck to star in a new movie. Note: This is the only episode with John Kassir as Buster. | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | "Ducklahoma" | Rich Arons | Sherri Stoner and Nicholas Hollander | September 26, 1992 | |||||||||||||
| "Video Game Blues" | – | – | |||||||||||||||
| "Yakety Yak" | – | – | |||||||||||||||
| "Party Crasher Plucky" | Byron Vaughns | Story by : Sherri Stoner Written by : George McGrath | |||||||||||||||
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(1.) Actually an edited version of the cartoon, which is a spoof of Oklahoma!. (2.) A musical number in which Plucky and Fowlmouth sing about Plucky's addiction to video games; set to music from The Nutcracker. (3.) A "music video" set to the song Yakety Yak. (4.) Plucky crashes a celebrity party, and brings Shirley the Loon with him. | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | "Minister Golf" | Directed by : Alfred Gimeno Co-directed by : David West | Tom Ruegger | October 3, 1992 | |||||||||||||
| "Particle Man" | – | – | |||||||||||||||
| "Istanbul" | – | – | |||||||||||||||
| "My Brilliant Revenge!" | Ken Boyer | Peter Hastings | |||||||||||||||
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(1.) A "Baby Plucky" cartoon in which Plucky remembers the first time he played miniature golf. (2.) A "music video" set to the song Particle Man. (3.) Another "music video," set to the They Might Be Giants' version of Istanbul (Not Constantinople). (4.) Hamton destroys Plucky's bagpipes in a fit of anger, and Plucky plots a way to get back at Hamton. | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | "Kon Ducki" | Rich Arons | Written by : Sherri Stoner, Peter Hastings and Stephen Hibbert Storyboard by : Eddie Fitzgerald, Jim Fletcher (as James Fletcher), Enrique May and Rusty Mills | October 10, 1992 | |||||||||||||
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A feature about Pluck Heyerdahl's voyage on the Kon Ducki (which is a parody of the Kon-Tiki ); followed by a "making of" featurette. | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | "Inside Plucky Duck" | Art Vitello | Paul Dini and Buzz Dixon | October 17, 1992 | |||||||||||||
| "Bat's All, Folks" | – | Teleplay by : Paul Dini and Buzz Dixon | |||||||||||||||
| "Wild Takes Class" | Art Vitello | Paul Dini | |||||||||||||||
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(1.) Plucky and Hamton star as Batduck and Decoy, a parody of Batman and Robin. (2.) Plucky does a cartoon-style take in which he turns into a giant eyeball, but then finds out that he is stuck that way. | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | "A Quack in the Quarks" | Art Vitello | Written by : Tom Minton Storyboard by : Douglas McCarthy and Bruce Timm | October 24, 1992 | |||||||||||||
| In this spoof of the Star Wars films, aliens choose Plucky to defend their world against a Darth Vader-style villain. | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | "A Ditch in Time" | Art Vitello | Written by : Wayne Kaatz, Art Vitello, Bruce Timm and Douglas McCarthy Storyboard by : Bruce Timm and Douglas McCarthy (as Doug McCarthy) | October 31, 1992 | |||||||||||||
| Plucky builds a time machine so that he can go back a few days and finish his homework on time, but ends up traveling to prehistoric days. | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | "Going Up" | Byron Vaughns | Story by : Tom Ruegger Written by : Nicholas Hollander | November 7, 1992 | |||||||||||||
| "Wait Till Your Father Gets Even" | Ken Boyer | Nicholas Hollander | |||||||||||||||
| "Never Too Late to Loon" | Rich Arons | Jim Reardon | |||||||||||||||
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(1.) A "Baby Plucky" cartoon in which little Plucky is playing with the buttons in an elevator at the shopping mall. (2.) Hamton loses his father's bottle cap collection to Plucky, and he is afraid to face his father. (3.) Afraid of failing a math test, Plucky asks his psychic girlfriend Shirley the Loon to give him Albert Einstein's brain. | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | "Just-Us League of Supertoons" | Byron Vaughns | Paul Dini | November 14, 1992 | |||||||||||||
| "A Bacon Strip" | Ken Boyer | Wayne Kaatz | |||||||||||||||
| "Migrant Mallard" | Tom Minton | Rich Arons | |||||||||||||||
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(1.) Batduck and Decoy try to join the Just-Us League (a parody of the skinny-dipping in Max's pool, naked Hamton tries to get home without being seen.(3.) Unable to fight his instincts, Plucky flies south for the winter against his will. | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | "Hollywood Plucky" | Art Vitello | Written by : Sherri Stoner Storyboard by : Bruce Timm and Douglas McCarthy | November 21, 1992 | |||||||||||||
| Plucky, accompanied by Hamton, goes to Hollywood to try to sell his movie script. | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | "The Potty Years" | Jon McClenehan | Written by : Tom Ruegger Storyboard by : Ken Boyer and Alfred Gimeno | November 28, 1992 | |||||||||||||
| "Milk, It Makes a Body Spout" | Rich Arons | Tom Minton and Tom Ruegger | |||||||||||||||
| "The Anvil Chorus" | Art Leonardi | Don Dougherty and Tom Ruegger | |||||||||||||||
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(1.) The first "Baby Plucky" cartoon, in which Plucky remembers his potty training. (2.) Buster and Plucky have a contest to see who can make Hamton laugh hard enough to shoot the milk he is drinking out of his nose. (3.) An orchestra plays the Anvil Chorus while Plucky tries to avoid the falling anvils that are crashing down around him. | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | "Slugfest" | Art Vitello | Jim Reardon | December 5, 1992 | |||||||||||||
| "Duck Dodgers Jr." | Directed by : Kent Butterworth Design by : Maurice Noble | Mike Kazaleh, Maurice Noble and Wayne Kaatz | |||||||||||||||
| "Duck Trek" | Ken Boyer | Jim Reardon | |||||||||||||||
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(1.) In this satire of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Plucky and Hamton dress up as Plucky's cartoon heroes, the Immature Radioactive Samurai Slugs. (2.) Plucky is Duck Dodgers' sidekick as Dodgers once again faces off against Marvin. (3.) A parody of Star Trek, featuring Plucky in the role of Captain Kirk. | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | "One Minute Till Three" | Rich Arons | Tom Ruegger and Tom Minton | December 12, 1992 | |||||||||||||
| "Sticky Feathers Duck" | Rich Arons | Beth Bornstein | |||||||||||||||
| "Duck in the Dark" | – | – | |||||||||||||||
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(1.) Plucky is anxiously waiting for the class to end, and hoping to avoid getting stuck with a weekend assignment for getting the wrong answers. (2.) Plucky and Hamton steal a candy bar, and it weighs on their consciences. (3.) Plucky sleeps over at Buster's house, but stays up late watching horror movies , causing him to have nightmares. | |||||||||||||||||
References
- ISBN 978-1476665993.
External links
Wikiquote has quotations related to The Plucky Duck Show.
- The Plucky Duck Show at IMDb
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