Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man

TV Series
1994–1997
TV-PG
30m

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Adult Animation Dark Comedy Adventure Animation Comedy Fantasy

A crass, womanizing duck works as a private eye with his level-headed pig sidekick, all the while raising a family as a single dad.A crass, womanizing duck works as a private eye with his level-headed pig sidekick, all the while raising a family as a single dad.A crass, womanizing duck works as a private eye with his level-headed pig sidekick, all the while raising a family as a single dad.

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7.7/10

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Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys
- 1 win & 10 nominations total

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Jason Alexander

Eric Duckman…

Gregg Berger

Cornfed Pig…

Nancy Travis

Bernice…

Dweezil Zappa

Ajax

Elizabeth Daily

Mambo

Pat Musick

Fluffy…

Dana Hill

Charles…

Walt Reno Jr.

Teacher…

Tim Curry

King Chicken…

Ben Stein

Dr. Ben Stein…

Maurice LaMarche

Bob Hope caricature…

John Astin

Terry Duke Tetzloff

Robert Cait

Andy Houts

Policeman

Charles Shaughnessy

Duckman…

Gilbert Gottfried

Art De Salvo…

Nancy Linari

Merv's Secretary

Danny Mann

Cornfed's Son

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Trivia
When Jason Alexander first signed up to play the title character, he thought he signed up for a one-off role. Because of this, he thought it would be fine to give Duckman a voice very different from his. While he loved doing the show, he reportedly came very close to damaging his voice; and because of this, he didn't reprise his role in the 1997 PC Adventure game.

Quotes
Duckman: Comedy should provoke! It should blast through prejudices, challenge preconceptions! Comedy should always leave you different than when it found you. Sure, humor can hurt, even alienate, but the risk is better than the alternative: a steady diet of innocuous, child-proof, flavorless mush! Demand to be challenged, to be offended, to be treated like thinking, reasoning adults. And raise your children to be the same. Don't let a comedian, a network, a Congressional committee, or an evil genius take away your freedom to laugh at whatever you want.

Alternate versions
Jack Riley recorded a camo appearance for the episode "Days of Whine and Neuroses" as his Bob Newhart character Elliot Karlin; USA ended up cutting the scene out for time restraints and it has never seen the light of day. A scene was cut from the episode "Aged Heat 2: Women in Heat," in which Duckman violently beats Grandma-Ma, believing her to be Agnes Delarooney, the bank-robbing imposter from season three. USA deemed the scene's content and subject matter "too graphic" for cable TV.

Connections
Edited into Diminishing Returns: Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (2017)

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Duckman

A great show. Knew no bounds (like a few other animated joints about the place) and always served up a laugh.

Produced by two of the same crew, Klasky and Csupo, responsible for the first few seasons of The Simpsons.

Sarcastic, cynical yet strangely warm and welcoming. The familiar voice of Jason Alexander lent the perfect pitch to the often ranting, hapless, underdog, anti-hero title character, Duckman. Not exactly 'nice' viewing however, this is a result of the blunt style and content of writing, which incorporates more reality than schmaltz.

If you spot it on your program guide, cancel whatever you have organized and give it a look.