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Duckman - Seasons One & Two

starring: Jason Alexander, Dana Delany, Michael Horse, Russell Means, Steven Weber
directed by: Anthony Bell, Bob Hathcock, Donovan Cook, Igor Kovalyov, Jaime Diaz

: Duckman - Seasons One & Two
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 0097361370446
Format: Color, Digital Sound, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Paramount Home Video
Manufacturer: Paramount Home Video
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Paramount Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 16, 2008
Running Time: 480 minutes
Sales Rank: 7928
Studio: Paramount Home Video



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Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 09/16/2008

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Contrary to Duckman's worst fears, the 'private dick/family man' is not doomed to 'live an unnoticed, unappreciated life,' not with the DVD release of this cult fave animated series based on Everett Peck's underground comic. For four seasons, Duckman nested comfortably in the USA Network's 'Up All Night' programming block, its politically incorrect misanthropy given full voice by Jason Alexander as a character whose cluelessness, insensitivity, deviancy, and boorishness are his best qualities. Who is Duckman? No one special, he laments, 'I'm just one more duck detective who works with a pig and lives with the twin sister of his dead wife, three sons on two bodies and a comatose mother-in-law who's got so much gas she's a fire hazard.' As with Alexander's signature Seinfeld character, George Costanza, Duckman has few redeeming qualities. He's an incompetent detective whose few acts of heroism are inadvertent (in one episode, he is sent flying after groping two women and unwittingly lands on a Presidential attacker). He rants and raves on everything from 'clean' comics to the commercialism of TV news. His catchphrases are equally obnoxious: 'What the hell are you starin' at?' and 'Homana, homana, how wah.' This could get tiresome after awhile, but what buoys Duckman are its inventive and vividly colored animation (produced by the folks who birthed Rugrats, Klasky Csupo), sharp and clever writing, and virtuoso voice work by Alexander and company, including Nancy Travis as Duckman's braying sister-in-law Beatrice, Dweezil Zappa as Duckman's dim son, Ajax, and E. J. Daily and the late Dana Hill as his other conjoined-headed son, Charles and Mambo, and Gregg Berger as breakout character Cornfed Pig, Duckman's brilliant porcine partner whose deadpan just-the-facts delivery suggests Jack Webb, but who insists his 'spiritual forerunner' is Jack Lord. Duckman can be hit and miss, and some of its satiric targets (reality shows, fact-based TV movies, clip episodes) are obvious, but for those who like their comedy most fowl, it really fills the bill. --Donald Liebenson



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - What The Hell Are *YOU* Staring At!
Duckman is a unique series, which has never been duplicated before or since. Starring a duck detective ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Ya gotta watch it!
Every bit as crazy as I remember it from TV but with the emphatic bonus of no TVCs. Took me a while to ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Comic gold
So many fond memories of this show when it was on the air. I'm so glad it's finally on DVD and I say bring ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Occasional edits bring it down to four stars
I won't echo the sentiments of all the previous reviews: clearly, if you remember Duckman enough to be searching ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - I'm not really an actor, but I play one on TV.......
One of the funniest shows of all time.

I agree this is probably the best work by Jason Alexander and ... Read More

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