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''Duckman'' was an animated sitcom developed by Jeff Reno & Ron Osborn , based on characters created by Everett Peck in his Dark Horse comic. The series consisted of 70 episodes airing from 1994 to 1997 on the USA Network . The initial Showrunners were Reno & Osborn, and the show was produced by Paramount Television. The animation was produced by Klasky Csupo , a company owned by Gabor Csupo and Arlene Klasky , though Csupo and Klasky themselves had little day-to-day involvement in the show. In later years, the showrunning duties went to David Misch and Michael Markowitz . Producer Gene Laufenberg was with the show for most of its run. The music for first season episodes was composed and performed by Frank Zappa .

The series followed the adventures of a dim-witted and lascivious Private Detective Duck who lived with his family and sister-in-law named Bernice (an identical twin to his wife). Duckman's wife, Beatrice, died before the show began.


CHARACTERS

  • Eric Tiberius Duckman ( Jason Alexander ), the main character, a slovenly, womanizing private detective who is more interested in sex than work. Usually takes cases from attractive women, paying more attention to their physical features than the cases they bring. He is a graduate of Don Galloway Detective School and also has a detective license from Panama signed by Manuel Noriega .

  • Willibald Fievel Cornfed, a.k.a. '''Cornfed Pig''' ( Gregg Berger ), Duckman's mildly Joe Friday -esque business partner, an amazingly talented pig. Most (if not all) of the cases solved by the Duckman Detective Agency are solved by Cornfed, with Duckman usually hurting the case rather than helping. He has had numerous former occupations, such as mailman, truck driver, waiter, plumber, clerk for a Supreme Court justice, and member of the Irish Parliament . He has a medical degree from a Peruvian med school, and was also educated in Air Conditioner and TV repair.

  • Charles and Mambo Duckman ( Dana Hill then Pat Musick , and Elizabeth Daily ), Duckman's twin sons, whose heads shared the same body. Charles and Mambo are geniuses. Duckman can never seem to remember Mombo's name (calling him " La Bamba ," " Mono " and " Gumbel ," among other things).

  • Ajax Duckman ( Dweezil Zappa ), Duckman's eldest teenage son. Speaks mostly like a surfer and always calls his father "Dod." Ajax isn't the smartest person in the world, and doesn't seem to have very many friends. Ajax got his name from a trucking company Cornfed was driving for when he and Duckman first met.

  • Bernice Florence Hufnagel ( Nancy Travis ), Duckman's sister-in-law. Dresses in spandex and is obsessed with workouts. Hates Duckman with a passion and constantly criticizes him for his lack of interest in his children and anything else involving his family. Fell in love with King Chicken towards the end of the series and they were engaged in the final episode. The identical twin sister of Duckman's wife Beatrice, it was revealed in the fourth season that she was actually a triplet, and had another sister, Beverly, who was separated at birth. She eventually became a Congresswoman .

  • Beverly: Bernice's long-lost sister. It was revealed in the fourth season that Bernice and Duckman's wife Beatrice were separated from their triplet sister at birth. Eventually she tracked them down and took over Bernice's place in the household when she was elected to Congress.

  • Grandma-ma, Duckman's apparently comatose and immensely flatulent mother-in-law. Was kidnapped by her dopplegänger Agnes Delrooney (played by Brian Doyle-Murray ), who posed as her for several episodes until her scam was revealed.

  • King Chicken ( Tim Curry ), Duckman's arch-nemesis. Stops at nothing to try to rid the earth of his nemesis. Became engaged to Bernice during the series finale.

  • Fluffy and Uranus (Pat Musick), Duckman's two Teddybear -like office assistants who, despite being constantly killed, maimed, or otherwise tortured, always kept an attitude surprisingly like that of the Care Bears .


The show regularly featured high-profile guest stars, including David Duchovny , Heather Locklear , Burt Reynolds , Carl Reiner , Lisa Kudrow , Leonard Nimoy , Ben Stiller , Courtney Thorne-Smith , Brian Keith , Ben Stein , Janeane Garofalo , Tim Curry , and Dan Castellaneta .


EPISODES

Original
Episode # Prod # Air Date Episode Title
_____ ______ _________ ___________ ___________________________________________

Season 1

1. 1- 1 4000 5 Mar 94 I, Duckman
2. 1- 2 4001 12 Mar 94 T.V. or Not to Be
3. 1- 3 4003 19 Mar 94 Gripes of Wrath
4. 1- 4 4004 26 Mar 94 Psyche
5. 1- 5 4005 9 Apr 94 Gland of Opportunity
6. 1- 6 4006 16 Apr 94 Ride the High School
7. 1- 7 4007 23 Apr 94 A Civil War
8. 1- 8 4008 30 Apr 94 Not So Easy Riders
9. 1- 9 4009 7 May 94 It's the Thing of the Principal
10. 1-10 4011 21 May 94 Cellar Beware
11. 1-11 4010 28 May 94 American Dick
12. 1-12 4012 4 Jun 94 About Face
13. 1-13 4013 11 Jun 94 Joking the Chicken

Season 2

14. 2- 1 4215 11 Mar 95 Papa Oom M.O.W. M.O.W.
15. 2- 2 4214 18 Mar 95 Married Alive
16. 2- 3 4216 25 Mar 95 Days of Whining and Neurosis
17. 2- 4 4217 3 Apr 95 Inherit the Judgment: The Dope's Trial
18. 2- 5 4218 10 Apr 95 America the Beautiful
19. 2- 6 4219 17 Apr 95 The Germ Turns
20. 2- 7 4220 24 Apr 95 In the Nam of the Father
21. 2- 8 4221 1 May 95 Research and Destroy
22. 2- 9 4222 8 May 95 Clip Job

Season 3

23. 3- 1 4224 6 Jan 96 Noir Gang
24. 3- 2 4223 13 Jan 96 Forbidden Fruit
25. 3- 3 4225 20 Jan 96 Grandma-ma's Flatulent Adventure
26. 3- 4 4226 27 Jan 96 Color of Naught
27. 3- 5 4327 10 Feb 96 Sperms of Endearment
28. 3- 6 4328 17 Feb 96 A Room With a Bellevue
29. 3- 7 4329 24 Feb 96 Apocalypse Not
30. 3- 8 4330 2 Mar 96 Clear and Presidente Danger
31. 3- 9 4331 9 Mar 96 The Girls of Route Canal
32. 3-10 4332 16 Mar 96 The Mallardian Candidate
33. 3-11 4333 6 Apr 96 Pig Amok
34. 3-12 4334 13 Apr 96 The Once and Future Duck
35. 3-13 4335 20 Apr 96 The One With Lisa Kudrow in a Small Role (a.k.a. Planet of the Dopes)
36. 3-14 4336 27 Apr 96 Aged Heat
37. 3-15 4337 4 May 96 They Craved Duckman's Brain!
38. 3-16 4338 11 May 96 The Road to Dendron
39. 3-17 4339 25 May 96 Exile in Guyville
40. 3-18 4341 22 Jun 96 The Longest Weekend
41. 3-19 4342 29 Jun 96 The Amazing Colossal Duckman
42. 3-20 4343 6 Jul 96 Cock Tales for Four

Season 4

43. 4- 1 4449 4 Jan 97 Dammit, Hollywood
44. 4- 2 4446 11 Jan 97 Coolio Runnings
45. 4- 3 4440 18 Jan 97 Aged Heat 2: Women in Heat
46. 4- 4 4445 25 Jan 97 All About Elliott
47. 4- 5 4447 1 Feb 97 From Brad to Worse
48. 4- 6 4448 8 Feb 97 Bonfire of the Panties
49. 4- 7 4450 15 Feb 97 Role With It
50. 4- 8 4451 22 Feb 97 Ajax and Ajaxer
51. 4- 9 4452 1 Mar 97 With Friends Like These
52. 4-10 4453 8 Mar 97 A Trophied Duck
53. 4-11 4454 15 Mar 97 A Star is Abhorred
54. 4-12 4455 22 Mar 97 Bev Takes a Holiday
55. 4-13 4456 12 Apr 97 Love! Anger! Kvetching! (a.k.a. Ain't Gonna Be No Mo No Mo')
56. 4-14 4457 19 Apr 97 Duckman and Cornfed in 'Haunted Society Plumbers'
57. 4-15 4458 26 Apr 97 Ebony, Baby
58. 4-16 4460 3 May 97 Vuuck, as in Duck
59. 4-17 4459 10 May 97 Crime, Punishment, War, Peace, and the Idiot
60. 4-18 4461 24 May 97 Kidney, Popsicle, and Nuts
61. 4-19 4462 14 Jun 97 The Tami Show
62. 4-20 4463 21 Jun 97 My Feral Lady
63. 4-21 4464 28 Jun 97 Westward, No!
64. 4-22 4465 12 Jul 97 Short, Plush and Deadly
65. 4-23 4466 19 Jul 97 How to Suck in Business Without Really Trying
66. 4-24 4467 26 Jul 97 You've Come a Wrong Way, Baby
67. 4-25 4468 2 Aug 97 Hamlet 2: This Time It's Personal
68. 4-26 4469 16 Aug 97 Das Sub (a.k.a. Class Warfare)
69. 4-27 4470 23 Aug 97 Where No Duckman Has Gone Before
70. 4-28 4471 6 Sep 97 Four Weddings Inconceivable

TRIVIA

Duckman's catch phrases included "What the hell are you starin' at?", "Hommina hommina how wah," and his trademark scream of "D'wah!".

In the final episode, many characters get married and as the ceremonies draw to a close, Beatrice (Duckman's deceased wife) appears and shocks the entire crowd. Cornfed reveals he knew that Beatrice was alive all along. This plot twist is never resolved and has thus created a cliffhanger.

Writer Michael Markowitz noted (in Sep 1998):
"We never formally planned Part II... and I'll never tell what I personally had in mind. I'm hoping to leave it to my heirs, for the inevitable day when Duckman is revived by future generations. Ah, the Spandex suits they'll wear, the hovercrafts they'll fly!"


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