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Rude, crude, lewd. 16 00:00:45,167 --> 00:00:47,901 He's corrupt. He's dishonest. 17 00:00:47,901 --> 00:00:50,601 Um, he's consummately selfish. 18 00:00:50,601 --> 00:00:53,834 How can one person be so oblivious, 19 00:00:53,834 --> 00:00:55,734 insensitive, hateful, tactless, boorish, 20 00:00:55,734 --> 00:00:58,534 and ill-tempered to everyone he meets? 21 00:00:58,534 --> 00:00:59,667 It's a gift. 22 00:00:59,667 --> 00:01:01,133 ( jazz theme playing ) 23 00:01:04,868 --> 00:01:06,734 I didn't, you know, set out to have 24 00:01:06,734 --> 00:01:11,167 any kind of preconceived idea to create a show like this. 25 00:01:11,167 --> 00:01:13,868 I was doing some design work for Gabor Csupo 26 00:01:13,868 --> 00:01:15,100 at Klasky Csupo, 27 00:01:15,100 --> 00:01:18,033 and he was asking me, "Do you have any ideas?" 28 00:01:18,033 --> 00:01:20,534 Because he had-- He had just started The Simpsons there. 29 00:01:20,534 --> 00:01:22,300 Well, you know, I'm working on this comic 30 00:01:22,300 --> 00:01:24,567 with this duck character, and so I brought it in 31 00:01:24,567 --> 00:01:27,033 and he liked it, and so we actually kind of started 32 00:01:27,033 --> 00:01:29,167 playing around developing the show idea 33 00:01:29,167 --> 00:01:31,367 before the comic was totally finished. 34 00:01:31,367 --> 00:01:33,300 But I had a lot of the comic material 35 00:01:33,300 --> 00:01:36,934 and a lot of the stories were, uh, in place. 36 00:01:36,934 --> 00:01:38,968 I originally based Duckman 37 00:01:38,968 --> 00:01:41,434 really on a working relationship 38 00:01:41,434 --> 00:01:45,133 between a good friend of mine and his assistant, 39 00:01:45,133 --> 00:01:48,467 and he was really very much like a Duckman kind of character, 40 00:01:48,467 --> 00:01:50,033 and his assistant was very much 41 00:01:50,033 --> 00:01:53,467 the steady hand that kept everything going, 42 00:01:53,467 --> 00:01:55,701 and took a lot of abuse. 43 00:01:55,701 --> 00:01:58,834 That kind of dynamic sort of started me thinking 44 00:01:58,834 --> 00:02:01,267 about coming up with two characters like that. 45 00:02:01,267 --> 00:02:05,067 So I came up with Cornfed Pig actually in the same drawing. 46 00:02:05,067 --> 00:02:06,834 So that was sort of the-- 47 00:02:06,834 --> 00:02:09,234 The beginning of the thing, and then, uh, 48 00:02:09,234 --> 00:02:11,000 I added other characters as I went along, 49 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,767 and I had this, kind of, detective dynamic 50 00:02:13,767 --> 00:02:16,934 going as a business, giving them a lot of ability 51 00:02:16,934 --> 00:02:19,200 to go a lot of different places. 52 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:20,801 If we go undercover at his art gallery 53 00:02:20,801 --> 00:02:22,200 we'll find the miracle painting. 54 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:23,467 Miracle shmiracle. 55 00:02:23,467 --> 00:02:27,534 Klasky Csupo had been working with Everett Peck, 56 00:02:27,534 --> 00:02:31,267 and they own the rights to the comic, uh, Duckman. 57 00:02:31,267 --> 00:02:33,901 And, uh, their lawyer, 58 00:02:33,901 --> 00:02:35,100 a fellow named Tracy Kramer, 59 00:02:35,100 --> 00:02:37,334 who used to be, actually, an agent of ours, 60 00:02:37,334 --> 00:02:39,400 uh, was the one to approach us with the material. 61 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:40,934 We hooked up with Jeff and Ron 62 00:02:40,934 --> 00:02:42,734 and we sat down and talked and, you know, 63 00:02:42,734 --> 00:02:45,801 they were really great, and totally, 64 00:02:45,801 --> 00:02:47,567 you know, got it right from the start. 65 00:02:47,567 --> 00:02:48,834 They were the show runners 66 00:02:48,834 --> 00:02:50,634 because they came from that background, 67 00:02:50,634 --> 00:02:53,667 and I basically ran the art side of things. 68 00:02:53,667 --> 00:02:56,467 At that time, I mean, it was still kind of old school. 69 00:02:56,467 --> 00:02:58,501 From the first draft of the script 70 00:02:58,501 --> 00:03:01,601 to the final locked picture was nine months. 71 00:03:01,601 --> 00:03:05,267 We'd come up with a script and then we would record it. 72 00:03:05,267 --> 00:03:07,167 All the actors record their parts 73 00:03:07,167 --> 00:03:09,968 and we'd have to get everything timed perfectly. 74 00:03:09,968 --> 00:03:12,734 It would be edited into what we call a radio play, 75 00:03:12,734 --> 00:03:16,534 which was essentially a 22 minute block of just audio. 76 00:03:16,534 --> 00:03:18,367 Then they would start animating it. 77 00:03:18,367 --> 00:03:22,567 They animated it to those voices, that timing-- 78 00:03:22,567 --> 00:03:26,067 Same time I'd be working with Jerry and the other artists 79 00:03:26,067 --> 00:03:30,133 to develop any kind of special poses we would need, 80 00:03:30,133 --> 00:03:33,367 or special expressions that the characters would need. 81 00:03:33,367 --> 00:03:34,868 New characters-- 82 00:03:34,868 --> 00:03:39,267 Some episodes we had a ton of new characters to design. 83 00:03:39,267 --> 00:03:40,734 Uh, an also the backgrounds. 84 00:03:40,734 --> 00:03:44,834 How they would look, and the color and all of that. 85 00:03:44,834 --> 00:03:47,601 All four seasons were done on cells. 86 00:03:47,601 --> 00:03:49,534 It was much more, uh, a kind of complicated 87 00:03:49,534 --> 00:03:50,868 way of doing things, 88 00:03:50,868 --> 00:03:53,901 but that's how all four seasons were done. 89 00:03:53,901 --> 00:03:56,534 And once we got the board together, 90 00:03:56,534 --> 00:03:58,167 and the special poses, 91 00:03:58,167 --> 00:04:02,267 and the timing worked out, that would all go overseas, 92 00:04:02,267 --> 00:04:04,367 and then in about six weeks we'd get-- 93 00:04:04,367 --> 00:04:06,033 Start getting some finished film back, 94 00:04:06,033 --> 00:04:08,367 and then we'd start the editing process. 95 00:04:08,367 --> 00:04:09,667 First season, we actually 96 00:04:09,667 --> 00:04:12,000 had to edit it on an old flatbed with film, 97 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,701 which was terrible because we'd all be huddled 98 00:04:14,701 --> 00:04:16,734 around this little dark screen, 99 00:04:16,734 --> 00:04:20,400 and then we'd do the music 100 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:22,033 and the sound effects, and finish it up. 101 00:04:23,634 --> 00:04:25,467 What the hell was I thinking? 102 00:04:26,834 --> 00:04:31,167 Partly by design, partly-- Partly through luck, 103 00:04:31,167 --> 00:04:32,234 we came up with a show 104 00:04:32,234 --> 00:04:34,033 and a character in Duckman 105 00:04:34,033 --> 00:04:35,467 that, um, 106 00:04:35,467 --> 00:04:37,934 you could do almost any kind of joke you wanted, 107 00:04:37,934 --> 00:04:40,400 and it was-- It was kind of this amazing find, 108 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:43,300 and part of that was due to the fact it was animated. 109 00:04:43,300 --> 00:04:44,801 EVERETT: I wanted this guy's life 110 00:04:44,801 --> 00:04:46,100 to just be as big a piece of crap 111 00:04:46,100 --> 00:04:48,234 at home as it was at work, 112 00:04:48,234 --> 00:04:50,534 so he got no relief. And-- 113 00:04:50,534 --> 00:04:52,701 So he had this really dysfunctional family, 114 00:04:52,701 --> 00:04:55,133 and he had this really dysfunctional career, 115 00:04:55,133 --> 00:04:57,834 and, um, when we started the series 116 00:04:57,834 --> 00:04:59,801 it was Jeff and Ron's idea 117 00:04:59,801 --> 00:05:02,234 that instead of having him married, 118 00:05:02,234 --> 00:05:04,033 his wife was deceased 119 00:05:04,033 --> 00:05:07,467 and he lived with his sister-in-law, 120 00:05:07,467 --> 00:05:08,701 and that's how-- 121 00:05:08,701 --> 00:05:11,033 That's how that relationship came about. 122 00:05:11,033 --> 00:05:14,901 He is a widower, uh, 123 00:05:14,901 --> 00:05:19,734 who, uh, due to circumstances of his wife's will, 124 00:05:19,734 --> 00:05:22,100 is forced to live with his sister-in-law. 125 00:05:22,100 --> 00:05:26,534 There's a mild sexual tension, at least on his part, 126 00:05:26,534 --> 00:05:28,067 but what's on the surface 127 00:05:28,067 --> 00:05:30,033 is just complete disdain and hatred. 128 00:05:30,033 --> 00:05:31,934 They're looking for ways to hurt each other. 129 00:05:31,934 --> 00:05:33,467 Duckman! 130 00:05:34,767 --> 00:05:36,200 He's got Ajax, 131 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:38,901 who is the burn out of burn outs, 132 00:05:38,901 --> 00:05:41,300 and he's got Charles and Mambo, who share a body 133 00:05:41,300 --> 00:05:43,834 with two heads, and then, uh, 134 00:05:43,834 --> 00:05:45,901 his old mother-in-law Grandma-ma, 135 00:05:45,901 --> 00:05:49,901 who communicates only through flatulence. 136 00:05:49,901 --> 00:05:52,367 It's-- It's basically a typical American household. 137 00:05:52,367 --> 00:05:53,634 I've decided it's time we did 138 00:05:53,634 --> 00:05:56,033 what other people who live in the same house do. 139 00:05:56,033 --> 00:05:59,267 We're going to start planning things as a family. 140 00:05:59,267 --> 00:06:01,133 How about separate vacations? 141 00:06:01,133 --> 00:06:03,133 ( all laughing ) He is a private detective, 142 00:06:03,133 --> 00:06:07,934 and his partner is a very smart pig. 143 00:06:09,334 --> 00:06:10,968 That's-- That's Duckman. 144 00:06:10,968 --> 00:06:14,534 Your aura is a mystic reflection of your soul, okay? 145 00:06:14,534 --> 00:06:16,834 The essence of what is inside you. 146 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:20,667 ( screaming ) 147 00:06:22,501 --> 00:06:26,767 We really found a thing where we could write every kind of joke. 148 00:06:26,767 --> 00:06:28,667 You know, every kind of humor. 149 00:06:28,667 --> 00:06:31,968 And when you can go from silly, to outrageous, to irreverent, 150 00:06:31,968 --> 00:06:33,767 to really dark, 151 00:06:33,767 --> 00:06:35,267 when you can cover all those bases, 152 00:06:35,267 --> 00:06:36,501 you know, effectively, 153 00:06:36,501 --> 00:06:37,667 and have a character who can 154 00:06:37,667 --> 00:06:39,801 kind of embody all of that, 155 00:06:39,801 --> 00:06:41,234 that kind of stands out. 156 00:06:41,234 --> 00:06:44,367 RON: It was that rare situation on a show 157 00:06:44,367 --> 00:06:46,234 when the writers were hitting their stride 158 00:06:46,234 --> 00:06:47,501 and the scripts came in, 159 00:06:47,501 --> 00:06:49,467 I was a fun of reading these things too. 160 00:06:49,467 --> 00:06:53,701 EVERETT: They put together a fantastic team of writers. 161 00:06:53,701 --> 00:06:55,901 I was always totally pleased 162 00:06:55,901 --> 00:06:57,234 with whatever they came up with. 163 00:06:58,400 --> 00:06:59,868 What an experience. 164 00:06:59,868 --> 00:07:02,334 I think this is something I'll always carry with me. 165 00:07:02,334 --> 00:07:05,100 Not unlike a malignant tumor. Our take was actually to do 166 00:07:05,100 --> 00:07:08,267 kind of a less intelligent Howard Beale from Network. 167 00:07:08,267 --> 00:07:09,701 The thing that appealed to us, 168 00:07:09,701 --> 00:07:11,467 was that he was kind of a social observer, 169 00:07:11,467 --> 00:07:13,534 but, of course, it was filtered through his very, 170 00:07:13,534 --> 00:07:15,267 kind of, self-centered universe. 171 00:07:15,267 --> 00:07:17,567 That's what John Q. Public wants. 172 00:07:17,567 --> 00:07:19,067 That's what made me famous. 173 00:07:19,067 --> 00:07:22,567 That's what got you a free ride on the Duckman gravy train. 174 00:07:22,567 --> 00:07:23,767 And with exposure like this, 175 00:07:23,767 --> 00:07:26,534 that train's going all the way to the top. 176 00:07:26,534 --> 00:07:30,334 His rants were just unique to him and sometimes 177 00:07:30,334 --> 00:07:33,100 he nailed stuff, and sometimes it was, uh, 178 00:07:33,100 --> 00:07:34,968 just off into the ether. 179 00:07:34,968 --> 00:07:37,667 This world's depressing enough without a few insult slurs 180 00:07:37,667 --> 00:07:39,834 and good honest laughs at other people's expense. 181 00:07:39,834 --> 00:07:42,667 A case like this you take for the principle. 182 00:07:42,667 --> 00:07:43,934 And any favors, freebies, 183 00:07:43,934 --> 00:07:45,934 and groupie phone numbers you can throw my way. 184 00:07:45,934 --> 00:07:47,234 I will say, on record, 185 00:07:47,234 --> 00:07:51,133 I've never had more fun writing a show. 186 00:07:51,133 --> 00:07:53,534 I knew I had 'em. The answer's got to be in here. 187 00:07:53,534 --> 00:07:55,767 Home movies. 188 00:07:55,767 --> 00:07:57,701 In the pilot, we did a very conscious thing, 189 00:07:57,701 --> 00:08:00,501 where Duckman's home movies that he was going through 190 00:08:00,501 --> 00:08:02,968 took you through the various eras of animation. 191 00:08:02,968 --> 00:08:05,133 Each era kind of represented a time in his life, 192 00:08:05,133 --> 00:08:06,801 which was really funny. 193 00:08:06,801 --> 00:08:12,167 MAN ( on TV ): The winning numbers are 4, 11, 22, 51, and 88. 194 00:08:12,167 --> 00:08:13,367 That's me! 195 00:08:13,367 --> 00:08:14,601 Whoo-hoo! I won. 196 00:08:14,601 --> 00:08:16,801 D'oh! 197 00:08:16,801 --> 00:08:17,968 ( screams ) 198 00:08:17,968 --> 00:08:19,234 There's always that fine line 199 00:08:19,234 --> 00:08:23,100 about making too, uh, precise a reference 200 00:08:23,100 --> 00:08:24,734 to a contemporary event that then, 201 00:08:24,734 --> 00:08:25,767 after a year or two, 202 00:08:25,767 --> 00:08:27,767 becomes really, kind of, dated feeling. 203 00:08:27,767 --> 00:08:29,834 So we were always kind of on the fence about that, 204 00:08:29,834 --> 00:08:31,100 but there are certain things, 205 00:08:31,100 --> 00:08:32,300 like the Ark of the Covenant, 206 00:08:32,300 --> 00:08:33,968 or that stuff, that are always good. 207 00:08:33,968 --> 00:08:36,367 NARRATOR: Something called the Ark of the Covenant. 208 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:42,367 One of our favorite parts of the show, 209 00:08:42,367 --> 00:08:43,934 was that it was a social satire. 210 00:08:43,934 --> 00:08:45,901 We'd parody mental institutions, 211 00:08:45,901 --> 00:08:48,601 stand up comics, military industrial complex-- 212 00:08:48,601 --> 00:08:52,934 We kind of had a really good time going after institutions 213 00:08:52,934 --> 00:08:55,000 and things, you know-- RON: Sacred vows. 214 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,901 And celebrity rehab. All that stuff. 215 00:08:56,901 --> 00:08:58,901 MAN: This special section is for celebrities 216 00:08:58,901 --> 00:09:01,067 actually addicted to checking into rehab clinics. 217 00:09:01,067 --> 00:09:02,901 With this class of clientele, 218 00:09:02,901 --> 00:09:04,667 they run into scheduling problems. 219 00:09:04,667 --> 00:09:07,734 JEFF: He was able to say so many things 220 00:09:07,734 --> 00:09:11,501 that maybe need to be said, about lots of the institutions. 221 00:09:11,501 --> 00:09:13,801 She's a fake! She's taking your money! 222 00:09:13,801 --> 00:09:15,300 She's a bigger rip off than those 223 00:09:15,300 --> 00:09:17,868 talk-to-a-nympho-in-prison hot lines that double charge 224 00:09:17,868 --> 00:09:19,868 on your bill when they know you can't do a thing, 225 00:09:19,868 --> 00:09:22,501 because you can't tell anyone you called in the first place. 226 00:09:22,501 --> 00:09:23,501 ( chuckles ) 227 00:09:23,501 --> 00:09:24,501 So I've heard. 228 00:09:24,501 --> 00:09:25,501 JASON: I would never 229 00:09:25,501 --> 00:09:26,901 have thought to team 230 00:09:26,901 --> 00:09:30,033 Jeff and Ron with Everett, and yet they were 231 00:09:30,033 --> 00:09:32,667 able to adapt their vision and their sensibility 232 00:09:32,667 --> 00:09:35,901 to exactly what he had laid down as a ground plan, 233 00:09:35,901 --> 00:09:37,968 and then take a guy like me, 234 00:09:37,968 --> 00:09:41,701 who literally was just dropping by, you know, 235 00:09:41,701 --> 00:09:44,901 I had no overview of the project. 236 00:09:44,901 --> 00:09:46,601 And they were able to guide me through-- 237 00:09:46,601 --> 00:09:47,801 It was just remarkable. 238 00:09:47,801 --> 00:09:51,000 They were truly the right guys at the right time. 239 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:53,100 I've had a talk with my family. They know it's wrong 240 00:09:53,100 --> 00:09:55,267 to capitalize on something for extra bucks. 241 00:09:55,267 --> 00:09:58,467 The guys always set a great balance between 242 00:09:58,467 --> 00:10:02,400 the parts of Duckman that are, you know, funny ugly, 243 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:05,701 and this kind of innate sweetness to the guy. 244 00:10:05,701 --> 00:10:07,133 I miss her, you know. 245 00:10:07,133 --> 00:10:10,067 Tomorrow would have been our wedding anniversary. 246 00:10:10,067 --> 00:10:12,534 I forgot. I guess I blocked it out. 247 00:10:12,534 --> 00:10:14,734 It's the first one I'll be spending without her. 248 00:10:14,734 --> 00:10:17,767 That may explain the way you've been feeling lately. 249 00:10:17,767 --> 00:10:19,300 ( cries out ) 250 00:10:19,300 --> 00:10:21,100 Every now and then, 251 00:10:21,100 --> 00:10:22,834 when he stops ranting and raving, 252 00:10:22,834 --> 00:10:24,667 and has a moment to himself, he realizes 253 00:10:24,667 --> 00:10:28,734 that he is a-- A failed life. 254 00:10:28,734 --> 00:10:30,534 Duckman, according to your family, 255 00:10:30,534 --> 00:10:33,434 you're not an incomparable crime fighting hero, 256 00:10:33,434 --> 00:10:35,100 you're not special or unique, 257 00:10:35,100 --> 00:10:37,067 in fact, there's absolutely nothing 258 00:10:37,067 --> 00:10:38,234 memorable about you at all. 259 00:10:38,234 --> 00:10:40,133 ( cries out ) 260 00:10:40,133 --> 00:10:42,400 That little window into his own 261 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:45,000 despair and his own angst and his own 262 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,200 sense of worthlessness, 263 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:49,567 I think-- 264 00:10:49,567 --> 00:10:50,868 As much as anything could. 265 00:10:50,868 --> 00:10:53,334 --redeemed him through 266 00:10:53,334 --> 00:10:55,734 all the ranting and raving and depravity that followed. 267 00:10:55,734 --> 00:10:57,334 Never knew what to make of him. 268 00:10:57,334 --> 00:10:58,901 Never knew what people would think. 269 00:10:58,901 --> 00:11:00,200 I got to go out and tell my story 270 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:02,868 to those poor, unenlightened people who aren't yet 271 00:11:02,868 --> 00:11:05,267 lucky enough to believe. 272 00:11:05,267 --> 00:11:07,701 The thing we-- We kind of settled on with Duckman 273 00:11:07,701 --> 00:11:09,667 was that he was kind of a fallen idealist. 274 00:11:09,667 --> 00:11:12,367 Who'd aspire to be someone who's gotten the stuffing knocked out 275 00:11:12,367 --> 00:11:14,634 so many times the only reason he gets up in the morning 276 00:11:14,634 --> 00:11:16,300 is because either he's really stupid, 277 00:11:16,300 --> 00:11:18,868 or somewhere deep down inside beats the heart 278 00:11:18,868 --> 00:11:21,634 of a disappointed yet still hopeful idealist. 279 00:11:21,634 --> 00:11:24,734 RON: He's a person, in our minds, who got up every morning 280 00:11:24,734 --> 00:11:26,133 and pushed the rock up the hill, 281 00:11:26,133 --> 00:11:27,567 and the rock would roll over him, 282 00:11:27,567 --> 00:11:30,501 and somehow he kept-- He kept getting up. 283 00:11:30,501 --> 00:11:32,400 And it gave us, kind of, a pathos underneath, 284 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:34,067 that Jason, when he came in, 285 00:11:34,067 --> 00:11:36,100 just nailed. 286 00:11:36,100 --> 00:11:37,667 She's got a chance at a new life. 287 00:11:37,667 --> 00:11:39,934 She shouldn't settle for me. I wouldn't let her live. 288 00:11:39,934 --> 00:11:42,834 I'd spend the rest of our lives holding her back 'cause 289 00:11:42,834 --> 00:11:44,634 I was afraid of losing her. 290 00:11:44,634 --> 00:11:46,667 I had been doing a little bit of animation, 291 00:11:46,667 --> 00:11:48,667 I was in the middle of doing Seinfeld, 292 00:11:48,667 --> 00:11:52,033 I think we were maybe three seasons in, 293 00:11:53,901 --> 00:11:55,267 and my agent called and said, 294 00:11:55,267 --> 00:11:57,334 "Something, something, animation, something. 295 00:11:57,334 --> 00:11:59,367 Duckman, something, something, something." 296 00:11:59,367 --> 00:12:03,334 I thought it was for a guest thing. 297 00:12:03,334 --> 00:12:05,934 I didn't know it was, like, for the title character. 298 00:12:05,934 --> 00:12:08,467 And I ran down to Klasky Csupo, 299 00:12:08,467 --> 00:12:10,534 and I didn't even know the name of the show. 300 00:12:10,534 --> 00:12:12,133 I didn't know anything. 301 00:12:12,133 --> 00:12:13,834 And they hold up this character, 302 00:12:13,834 --> 00:12:16,267 you know, the duck, and they go, 303 00:12:16,267 --> 00:12:18,467 "He's kind of angry and pissed off." 304 00:12:18,467 --> 00:12:22,434 We listened to about 70 different people, 305 00:12:22,434 --> 00:12:24,934 and, uh, I was kind of burned out, 306 00:12:24,934 --> 00:12:27,267 and I remember one day, I was standing in my office, 307 00:12:27,267 --> 00:12:30,934 and Marv Newland was there, who's an old friend of mine, 308 00:12:30,934 --> 00:12:33,734 and an animator in his own right, 309 00:12:33,734 --> 00:12:36,467 and he was kind of helping out on the first episode, 310 00:12:36,467 --> 00:12:38,167 and I saw him look-- You know, "I can't-- 311 00:12:38,167 --> 00:12:39,634 I can't listen to these anymore." 312 00:12:39,634 --> 00:12:41,200 We were playing a few of them through 313 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:42,501 and then we played Jason. 314 00:12:42,501 --> 00:12:44,701 He goes, "There's your guy. That's him." 315 00:12:44,701 --> 00:12:46,868 Amusing. It's not without a certain 316 00:12:46,868 --> 00:12:48,467 understated omniscience. 317 00:12:49,868 --> 00:12:52,234 ( superhero theme playing ) 318 00:12:52,234 --> 00:12:54,868 EVERETT: And so we, Jeff and Ron and I, talked about it 319 00:12:54,868 --> 00:12:56,734 and said to me, "Let's go with Jason." 320 00:12:56,734 --> 00:13:00,567 When the agent called and said, "Okay, um, you're Duckman," 321 00:13:00,567 --> 00:13:03,667 and I went, "So what is it. How many--? Is it one and out?" 322 00:13:03,667 --> 00:13:06,267 "No, the show is Duckman. You're Duckman." 323 00:13:06,267 --> 00:13:08,167 Ha-ha. I'm Duckman. 324 00:13:08,167 --> 00:13:09,567 JEFF: Collaborating with Jason 325 00:13:09,567 --> 00:13:11,467 was one of the most fun experiences we've had. 326 00:13:11,467 --> 00:13:13,133 RON: It's rare that you have an actor 327 00:13:13,133 --> 00:13:15,434 where you know when a joke is funny 328 00:13:15,434 --> 00:13:16,634 he will not only match it, 329 00:13:16,634 --> 00:13:19,267 but even, you know, make it funnier. 330 00:13:19,267 --> 00:13:20,634 We were certainly writing 331 00:13:20,634 --> 00:13:23,801 to his voice, but he brought so much to it in the booth. 332 00:13:23,801 --> 00:13:25,267 That was just, uh, just terrific. 333 00:13:25,267 --> 00:13:26,667 And he just-- He just nailed it. 334 00:13:26,667 --> 00:13:28,067 EVERETT: I mean, I can't imagine 335 00:13:28,067 --> 00:13:29,400 anyone else doing the voice. 336 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:31,434 He was great. 337 00:13:31,434 --> 00:13:34,234 We're working for the biggest American dick ever. 338 00:13:35,901 --> 00:13:37,367 ( funky theme playing ) 339 00:13:38,934 --> 00:13:41,133 Cornfed fell in place right away. 340 00:13:41,133 --> 00:13:42,968 As soon as Gregg Berger did that, 341 00:13:42,968 --> 00:13:45,067 sort of, Joe Friday kind of voice, 342 00:13:45,067 --> 00:13:47,667 that was it, you know. 343 00:13:47,667 --> 00:13:49,234 GREGG: And they handed me this image 344 00:13:49,234 --> 00:13:53,200 of a fantastic little pig. Cornfed. 345 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:54,968 And I think scribbled in pencil was-- 346 00:13:54,968 --> 00:13:56,801 Was, "Just the facts, ma'am." 347 00:13:56,801 --> 00:14:00,801 And I grew up watching way too many Dragnets. 348 00:14:00,801 --> 00:14:02,701 And so loosely based, 349 00:14:02,701 --> 00:14:06,100 but the same kind of direct look-you-in-the-eye, 350 00:14:06,100 --> 00:14:07,400 skinny tie, stingy brimmed hat 351 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:09,033 approach. 352 00:14:09,033 --> 00:14:11,767 While most people would go for the easy Jack Webb comparison, 353 00:14:11,767 --> 00:14:14,534 I always considered Jack Lord my spiritual forerunner. 354 00:14:14,534 --> 00:14:17,767 It's just a great, kind of, Jack Webb to the-- 355 00:14:17,767 --> 00:14:19,234 You know, the thousandth degree. 356 00:14:19,234 --> 00:14:21,167 I'm Pig. Detective Cornfed Pig. 357 00:14:21,167 --> 00:14:22,634 GREGG: At least half of season one 358 00:14:22,634 --> 00:14:25,300 I was recording from Russia, 359 00:14:25,300 --> 00:14:27,400 where I was shooting for three months. 360 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:30,901 Duckman was in production, Ron and Jeff sent me to Russia 361 00:14:30,901 --> 00:14:34,167 with this little, tiny digital audio tape recorder. 362 00:14:34,167 --> 00:14:35,767 They would call at the appointed time 363 00:14:35,767 --> 00:14:37,434 and in my hotel room, 364 00:14:37,434 --> 00:14:40,267 on a telephone connected to Klasky Csupo, 365 00:14:40,267 --> 00:14:42,834 I would lay down tracks and they would listen 366 00:14:42,834 --> 00:14:44,701 until they were happy with what they heard. 367 00:14:44,701 --> 00:14:45,901 So I was reading everything 368 00:14:45,901 --> 00:14:48,901 in splits from 9000 miles away 369 00:14:48,901 --> 00:14:52,367 in animation, not on camera. 370 00:14:52,367 --> 00:14:54,567 Sometimes you can be in two places at one time. 371 00:14:54,567 --> 00:14:55,667 I was. 372 00:14:55,667 --> 00:14:58,000 ( screams ) CROWD: Cornfed, Cornfed... 373 00:14:58,000 --> 00:14:59,868 Of course it was dangerous, mayor, 374 00:14:59,868 --> 00:15:01,434 but that comes with the territory. 375 00:15:01,434 --> 00:15:03,067 ( cries out ) ( moos ) 376 00:15:03,067 --> 00:15:05,167 He did a lot of other voices on the show too, 377 00:15:05,167 --> 00:15:07,801 and I know in the-- In the live action on Papa. 378 00:15:07,801 --> 00:15:10,734 M-O-W, M-O-W, I guess, he plays the drunk. 379 00:15:10,734 --> 00:15:13,300 Duckman, there's a woman outside to see you 380 00:15:13,300 --> 00:15:15,534 and you'll be very proud of me. 381 00:15:15,534 --> 00:15:18,701 I barely vomited on this one at all. 382 00:15:18,701 --> 00:15:20,234 That wrote itself, and, uh-- 383 00:15:20,234 --> 00:15:21,601 ( chuckles ) 384 00:15:21,601 --> 00:15:23,801 On the tube everyone's a little bit bigger than life. 385 00:15:23,801 --> 00:15:24,934 A little more glamorous. 386 00:15:24,934 --> 00:15:26,334 And he just-- He was a great time. 387 00:15:26,334 --> 00:15:28,634 He was a great-- He's a terrific guy. 388 00:15:28,634 --> 00:15:29,667 And really good. 389 00:15:29,667 --> 00:15:31,167 Gregg used to screw me up in the room 390 00:15:31,167 --> 00:15:32,667 'cause I couldn't get through it. 391 00:15:32,667 --> 00:15:35,267 Gregg is really the only one 392 00:15:35,267 --> 00:15:38,434 that had that part nailed in the first episode. 393 00:15:38,434 --> 00:15:42,501 There was no, uh-- There was no growth needed. 394 00:15:42,501 --> 00:15:45,200 He knew exactly who that character was. 395 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:47,767 EVERETT: I thought some of the best comic situations we had 396 00:15:47,767 --> 00:15:50,067 was when Duckman would mistreat Cornfed. 397 00:15:50,067 --> 00:15:52,000 Who are you? My name's Cornfed. 398 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:54,334 Well, I'm Duckman. Want to be my partner? 399 00:15:54,334 --> 00:15:56,234 Sure, if I don't die. 400 00:15:56,234 --> 00:15:57,501 Ooh, that smarts. 401 00:15:57,501 --> 00:15:59,067 He's got a lot of skills. 402 00:15:59,067 --> 00:16:02,501 His background in the Irish parliament doesn't hurt. 403 00:16:02,501 --> 00:16:05,634 His history with long-leggy models doesn't hurt. 404 00:16:05,634 --> 00:16:08,167 He was an Olympic judge, 405 00:16:08,167 --> 00:16:10,234 an air conditioner repairman, 406 00:16:10,234 --> 00:16:12,567 uh, a plumber par excellence. 407 00:16:12,567 --> 00:16:16,200 But I think above all of them 408 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:18,901 is he cares for this duck, 409 00:16:18,901 --> 00:16:20,934 and he's willing to do the work of two 410 00:16:20,934 --> 00:16:24,501 to make sure that they get out of whatever trouble the duck 411 00:16:24,501 --> 00:16:26,367 gets them into every time. 412 00:16:26,367 --> 00:16:28,467 I think it's just an issue of co-dependency. 413 00:16:28,467 --> 00:16:30,133 At the risk of sounding insubordinate, 414 00:16:30,133 --> 00:16:32,067 are you out of your ****ing mind? 415 00:16:32,067 --> 00:16:36,767 GREGG: It's phenomenal to be part of a team 416 00:16:36,767 --> 00:16:39,567 that is that buddied up on camera. 417 00:16:39,567 --> 00:16:42,868 Nancy and Gregg and I got to do some stuff together. 418 00:16:42,868 --> 00:16:44,367 ( funky theme playing ) 419 00:16:45,868 --> 00:16:48,801 Bernice and Duckman were always arguing 420 00:16:48,801 --> 00:16:52,434 or there was some bizarro romantic undercurrent going on, 421 00:16:52,434 --> 00:16:54,033 and it always worked far better 422 00:16:54,033 --> 00:16:55,534 when we were in the room together. 423 00:16:55,534 --> 00:16:59,167 Nancy was actually someone that Jeff and Ron had worked with, 424 00:16:59,167 --> 00:17:02,100 and again, fantastic, 425 00:17:02,100 --> 00:17:06,100 uh, actor and just-- Just nailed-- 426 00:17:06,100 --> 00:17:07,200 Nailed the character. 427 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:09,167 Bernice is very opinionated, 428 00:17:09,167 --> 00:17:11,467 uh, very into her body, 429 00:17:11,467 --> 00:17:12,634 obsessed with exercising, 430 00:17:12,634 --> 00:17:14,934 obsessed with telling Duckman 431 00:17:14,934 --> 00:17:16,334 what an idiot he is. 432 00:17:16,334 --> 00:17:18,033 Quiet, you worthless sack of stuffing, 433 00:17:18,033 --> 00:17:19,601 I'm on the phone. We looked at-- 434 00:17:19,601 --> 00:17:21,567 Bernice is just kind of the queen shrew 435 00:17:21,567 --> 00:17:23,033 of all time, and boy she 436 00:17:23,033 --> 00:17:24,167 rose to that occasion. 437 00:17:24,167 --> 00:17:26,734 Duckman was unusual, because they wanted this 438 00:17:26,734 --> 00:17:29,033 really crass, hardcore voice. 439 00:17:29,033 --> 00:17:30,133 ( giggles ) 440 00:17:30,133 --> 00:17:33,000 ( as Bernice ): Bernice is this loud 441 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:34,267 and obnoxious character. 442 00:17:34,267 --> 00:17:36,567 Move your f... butt and f... get us 443 00:17:36,567 --> 00:17:39,234 a f... table right f... now! 444 00:17:39,234 --> 00:17:40,234 Living with this guy 445 00:17:40,234 --> 00:17:41,434 who all he cares about is sex, 446 00:17:41,434 --> 00:17:43,901 and dealing with him and-- 447 00:17:43,901 --> 00:17:45,634 Uh, and I think that kind of thing 448 00:17:45,634 --> 00:17:47,234 you just have to go for it 449 00:17:47,234 --> 00:17:49,567 and play it to the-- To the extreme. 450 00:17:49,567 --> 00:17:51,434 ( laughing ) 451 00:17:51,434 --> 00:17:54,901 You are so cute when you're smarmy and repugnant. 452 00:17:54,901 --> 00:17:57,834 What was exciting about it was that it was so 453 00:17:57,834 --> 00:17:59,300 wildly imaginative 454 00:17:59,300 --> 00:18:02,133 and not p.c. at all. 455 00:18:02,133 --> 00:18:04,000 Pushing all the buttons you could push. 456 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,901 Going right up to the line of being 457 00:18:06,901 --> 00:18:10,000 gross and crass, sometimes crossing it, 458 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:11,501 but always in a very funny, 459 00:18:11,501 --> 00:18:13,033 intellectual way. 460 00:18:13,033 --> 00:18:15,767 Last week we converted the twins' stock dividends 461 00:18:15,767 --> 00:18:17,367 into singles and blew the whole thing 462 00:18:17,367 --> 00:18:20,167 at that live nude amazons bar by the airport. 463 00:18:21,868 --> 00:18:25,033 I knew that ****er didn't quit smoking. 464 00:18:25,033 --> 00:18:27,234 You know how tough it is raising kids with a role model 465 00:18:27,234 --> 00:18:28,567 like that feathered weasel? 466 00:18:28,567 --> 00:18:29,801 ( funky theme playing ) 467 00:18:31,501 --> 00:18:32,501 E.G. Daily-- 468 00:18:32,501 --> 00:18:33,901 You really got the comedy 469 00:18:33,901 --> 00:18:35,968 of that character. She always took the character 470 00:18:35,968 --> 00:18:37,167 to a different place 471 00:18:37,167 --> 00:18:40,334 than I had a pre-conceived idea 472 00:18:40,334 --> 00:18:41,334 of what it would be like, 473 00:18:41,334 --> 00:18:42,934 and it was always great fun. 474 00:18:42,934 --> 00:18:43,934 A sweater. 475 00:18:43,934 --> 00:18:45,334 Who should we thank? 476 00:18:45,334 --> 00:18:47,534 You or the midget who left it at the bus depot? 477 00:18:47,534 --> 00:18:49,834 I just remember thinking, "Wow, that's really cool" 478 00:18:49,834 --> 00:18:51,868 that they're actually in a cartoon 479 00:18:51,868 --> 00:18:54,200 where you get to be any of those cartoons 480 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:55,968 that are a little racy, or a little more-- 481 00:18:55,968 --> 00:18:58,234 That are really true to life, which is pretty funny. 482 00:18:58,234 --> 00:19:00,701 JASON: She'd come in, she'd do the little squeaky voice, 483 00:19:00,701 --> 00:19:02,234 and then you go out to a rock club 484 00:19:02,234 --> 00:19:04,667 and see her Janis Joplin her way through some stuff. 485 00:19:04,667 --> 00:19:06,968 You know. Oh, my God. They were trying to match up 486 00:19:06,968 --> 00:19:08,968 Charles and Mambo, and that's when they found 487 00:19:08,968 --> 00:19:10,067 Dana and myself. 488 00:19:10,067 --> 00:19:11,567 ( as Mambo ): Mambo's sorta like this. 489 00:19:11,567 --> 00:19:13,868 ( normal voice ): And everything-- Kind of reminds me 490 00:19:13,868 --> 00:19:15,367 of Jason in a way, but in boy form. 491 00:19:15,367 --> 00:19:18,067 in that he's just sort of dry and cutting, 492 00:19:18,067 --> 00:19:21,033 brash, and so I just-- You know, I think that Mambo 493 00:19:21,033 --> 00:19:23,300 is not quite as smart, because-- 494 00:19:23,300 --> 00:19:24,634 That's what I think, 495 00:19:24,634 --> 00:19:27,234 because brash sometimes doesn't think first, 496 00:19:27,234 --> 00:19:29,467 so I'd have to say, even though I hate to say it, 497 00:19:29,467 --> 00:19:32,467 that Charles is smarter than Mambo. 498 00:19:32,467 --> 00:19:34,000 Got any hobbies? It's speaking 499 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,267 in a binary-based code only we understand. 500 00:19:36,267 --> 00:19:37,601 How wonderfully adolescent. 501 00:19:37,601 --> 00:19:41,000 100110001001. 502 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:42,067 ( both laughing ) 503 00:19:42,067 --> 00:19:43,567 ( funky theme playing ) 504 00:19:45,033 --> 00:19:46,934 Right before I started to do the voice-overs, 505 00:19:46,934 --> 00:19:48,801 I remember having a conversation with Dana 506 00:19:48,801 --> 00:19:50,667 and I remember talking to her on the phone 507 00:19:50,667 --> 00:19:52,868 and her telling me about how the voice-over thing-- 508 00:19:52,868 --> 00:19:54,467 'Cause she had the boy thing like I do, 509 00:19:54,467 --> 00:19:55,767 and I remember that was 510 00:19:55,767 --> 00:19:57,734 a pivotal conversation. She sort of, in a way, 511 00:19:57,734 --> 00:19:59,667 transformed that voice-over thing for me, 512 00:19:59,667 --> 00:20:01,167 so I have a lot of gratitude to her. 513 00:20:01,167 --> 00:20:04,234 EVERETT: She was just a sweetheart, and, uh, 514 00:20:04,234 --> 00:20:07,434 again, just a terrific attitude, 515 00:20:07,434 --> 00:20:10,000 and very professional and never missed a-- 516 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:11,734 Never missed a mark. 517 00:20:11,734 --> 00:20:14,334 We'd been aware of medical issues all along the way. 518 00:20:14,334 --> 00:20:15,701 You know, we really loved her. 519 00:20:15,701 --> 00:20:16,834 She was just so sweet. 520 00:20:16,834 --> 00:20:17,968 RON: Yeah. Real sweetheart. 521 00:20:17,968 --> 00:20:20,067 JEFF: Terrific and it was just sad. 522 00:20:20,067 --> 00:20:22,501 RON: Or let it weight her down or anything, you know, and, uh, 523 00:20:22,501 --> 00:20:25,767 yeah, she was-- She was also, 524 00:20:25,767 --> 00:20:27,534 and, of course, just an excellent actress. 525 00:20:27,534 --> 00:20:29,968 She actually came in and recorded one day 526 00:20:29,968 --> 00:20:32,033 and her energy was just-- 527 00:20:32,033 --> 00:20:33,734 Just very, very low. 528 00:20:33,734 --> 00:20:36,667 And, um, she-- 529 00:20:36,667 --> 00:20:38,300 She, either that day or the next, 530 00:20:38,300 --> 00:20:41,434 went into the hospital and went into the coma. 531 00:20:41,434 --> 00:20:44,901 They read people for the audition for Dana's voice, 532 00:20:44,901 --> 00:20:47,000 but I was just so familiar with the show 533 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,167 I think that really helped me have an edge on them 534 00:20:49,167 --> 00:20:50,901 and they just said, "Will you please do it?" 535 00:20:50,901 --> 00:20:55,601 And to me, it was just a real honor to be asked to do that, 536 00:20:55,601 --> 00:20:57,667 because she was a really good friend of mine 537 00:20:57,667 --> 00:21:00,033 and to be able to carry on that character for her, 538 00:21:00,033 --> 00:21:01,801 you know, I'll always remember her. 539 00:21:01,801 --> 00:21:05,434 E.G.: She was really good. She was a brilliant actress, 540 00:21:05,434 --> 00:21:07,267 and, uh, I've really glad I got to work with her, 541 00:21:07,267 --> 00:21:09,434 because I had a lot of time with her there, 542 00:21:09,434 --> 00:21:10,734 and spent a lot of time with her, 543 00:21:10,734 --> 00:21:13,701 just privately, you know, as friends 544 00:21:13,701 --> 00:21:15,934 and got to watch her and experience her on the planet 545 00:21:15,934 --> 00:21:17,567 while she was here. 546 00:21:17,567 --> 00:21:20,434 I went into it a little nervous, because it was Dana's slot. 547 00:21:20,434 --> 00:21:22,934 Charles seemed to be the head that had a little more sense, 548 00:21:22,934 --> 00:21:24,934 and, uh, Mambo the head that was, 549 00:21:24,934 --> 00:21:26,400 you know, a little more out there 550 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:27,801 on the two-headed son. 551 00:21:27,801 --> 00:21:29,367 Freudian! Jungian! 552 00:21:29,367 --> 00:21:30,968 ( grunting ) 553 00:21:30,968 --> 00:21:32,934 PAT: He obviously knew he wasn't gonna be getting 554 00:21:32,934 --> 00:21:34,567 far away from Mambo in this world, 555 00:21:34,567 --> 00:21:37,567 but I think he was maybe the more reasonable one. 556 00:21:37,567 --> 00:21:39,701 Uh, maybe a little bit more sensible. 557 00:21:39,701 --> 00:21:44,734 It became a real wonderful timing issue with E.G. 558 00:21:44,734 --> 00:21:46,367 And that made it all the more fun. 559 00:21:46,367 --> 00:21:48,434 BOTH: Eww! 560 00:21:48,434 --> 00:21:49,834 Fluffy and Uranus were characters 561 00:21:49,834 --> 00:21:51,334 I developed for the comic. 562 00:21:51,334 --> 00:21:54,300 ( funky theme playing ) 563 00:21:54,300 --> 00:21:56,501 A friend of mine looked at the comic and he goes, 564 00:21:56,501 --> 00:21:59,100 "Gee, you know, Duckman's so mean. 565 00:21:59,100 --> 00:22:01,200 You need some nice people in there. Nice characters." 566 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:03,367 So I said, "All right, you want nice? I'll give you nice." 567 00:22:03,367 --> 00:22:05,334 Poor misguided Mr. Duckman. 568 00:22:05,334 --> 00:22:07,234 You don't need to mutilate your body 569 00:22:07,234 --> 00:22:08,868 just to meet some faint standard 570 00:22:08,868 --> 00:22:10,634 of superficial attractiveness. 571 00:22:10,634 --> 00:22:13,701 We look past all that to see your inner beauty. 572 00:22:13,701 --> 00:22:15,200 Mm-hm. 573 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:16,367 Time to see your inner beauty. 574 00:22:16,367 --> 00:22:17,767 ( both yelp, thud ) 575 00:22:17,767 --> 00:22:20,534 Pat was always scheduled right before me. 576 00:22:20,534 --> 00:22:21,934 So I'd come in as she was polishing up 577 00:22:21,934 --> 00:22:23,968 the last three or four lines of her session, 578 00:22:23,968 --> 00:22:25,634 and then she'd come out and we'd chat about, 579 00:22:25,634 --> 00:22:27,267 "Isn't this just the weirdest thing?" 580 00:22:27,267 --> 00:22:28,601 And, you know, giggle. 581 00:22:28,601 --> 00:22:30,834 And then she'd go off and I'd go in. 582 00:22:30,834 --> 00:22:32,567 So we kind of passed like ships in the night. 583 00:22:32,567 --> 00:22:34,701 PAT: I remember meeting him. 584 00:22:34,701 --> 00:22:37,267 Gabor Csupo had a big party at his house for all of us. 585 00:22:37,267 --> 00:22:39,601 And, um, when I was there, 586 00:22:39,601 --> 00:22:41,567 uh, somebody introduced me to him, 587 00:22:41,567 --> 00:22:43,367 and the person said, "You know, she's-- 588 00:22:43,367 --> 00:22:45,767 She's Fluffy and Uranus." And he was like: 589 00:22:45,767 --> 00:22:50,334 "No." He said, "I had this vision of some weird 590 00:22:50,334 --> 00:22:53,200 little amorphous kind of alien sort of person doing it. 591 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:56,367 I said, "No, just me. Just me." 592 00:22:56,367 --> 00:22:59,534 Be good to your bowels and they'll be good to you. 593 00:22:59,534 --> 00:23:01,767 EVERETT: We wanted these two characters 594 00:23:01,767 --> 00:23:03,868 to be totally saccharine, you know? Ha-ha. 595 00:23:03,868 --> 00:23:07,501 And she really contributed to that. Heh. 596 00:23:07,501 --> 00:23:09,801 They said, "Well, here's the deal. 597 00:23:09,801 --> 00:23:12,000 They're little bears and he's-- 598 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:13,868 We're thinking maybe he'll destroy them, 599 00:23:13,868 --> 00:23:15,200 you know, most of the time." 600 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:18,634 And I was kind of going: "What? Ha-ha. 601 00:23:18,634 --> 00:23:20,100 Wait, what?" 602 00:23:20,100 --> 00:23:22,400 And, uh, but they just really 603 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:23,701 let me riff with it. 604 00:23:23,701 --> 00:23:26,067 ( both cooing ) What's that? 605 00:23:26,067 --> 00:23:29,367 Oh, it's a kitty cat we found on our way to work. 606 00:23:29,367 --> 00:23:30,834 At 4th and Elm. 607 00:23:30,834 --> 00:23:32,734 Uh, does that count? 608 00:23:32,734 --> 00:23:34,300 Uranus was, you know, 609 00:23:34,300 --> 00:23:37,133 ( as Uranus ): A little bit up in here, Mr. Duckman. 610 00:23:37,133 --> 00:23:38,901 ( in normal voice ): And, uh, sounded kind of-- 611 00:23:38,901 --> 00:23:40,167 Reminded me of, like: 612 00:23:40,167 --> 00:23:42,067 ( as Uranus ): Somebody from the Midwest 613 00:23:42,067 --> 00:23:43,667 who'd had, you know, problems. 614 00:23:43,667 --> 00:23:45,934 ( in normal voice ): And then Fluffy was a version of like, 615 00:23:45,934 --> 00:23:49,067 a little tiny Marilyn Monroe, you know? 616 00:23:49,067 --> 00:23:51,067 ( as Fluffy ): More like this. 617 00:23:51,067 --> 00:23:54,534 ( in normal voice ): So the two of them were the same but completely different. 618 00:23:54,534 --> 00:23:56,000 Pat's fantastic and very talented 619 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:57,767 and did other voice s for us too, but those two. 620 00:23:57,767 --> 00:23:59,934 You know, Fluffy and Uranus were so much fun to write. 621 00:23:59,934 --> 00:24:02,234 RON: The funny thing about Fluffy and Uranus though, 622 00:24:02,234 --> 00:24:05,701 was that we wrote them in such a way that you kind of wanted 623 00:24:05,701 --> 00:24:07,601 to see them get blenderized and Oster-- 624 00:24:07,601 --> 00:24:08,901 Just, you know, ha-ha, 625 00:24:08,901 --> 00:24:11,000 it was kind of in the design of the characters. 626 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:13,300 The thing I loved about both of them was, 627 00:24:13,300 --> 00:24:14,868 Fluffy and Uranus just wanted 628 00:24:14,868 --> 00:24:16,701 everything to be perfect in life, 629 00:24:16,701 --> 00:24:18,534 and they were always significantly horrified 630 00:24:18,534 --> 00:24:21,033 with Duckman because, of course, 631 00:24:21,033 --> 00:24:22,901 nothing meant anything to him. 632 00:24:22,901 --> 00:24:24,968 Mr. Duckman, we're gonna make you better 633 00:24:24,968 --> 00:24:27,033 than even you know you can be. 634 00:24:27,033 --> 00:24:30,334 And, uh, so I think that's why they hung with him. 635 00:24:31,834 --> 00:24:34,200 What can we do for you, Mr. Duckman? 636 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:35,300 An impersonation. 637 00:24:35,300 --> 00:24:36,634 Of what? 638 00:24:36,634 --> 00:24:37,968 Drowning victims. 639 00:24:37,968 --> 00:24:39,601 ( gargled grunting ) 640 00:24:39,601 --> 00:24:42,501 The writing on that show, it was just sensational. 641 00:24:42,501 --> 00:24:45,467 It was political, hilarious, 642 00:24:45,467 --> 00:24:48,534 rude, incredibly rude and raunchy. 643 00:24:48,534 --> 00:24:50,767 It means an adult can sit back, 644 00:24:50,767 --> 00:24:53,033 and laugh themselves sick at a cartoon. 645 00:24:53,033 --> 00:24:54,701 And that makes me really happy. 646 00:24:54,701 --> 00:24:57,767 It's precisely when humor is offensive that we need it most. 647 00:24:57,767 --> 00:24:59,534 Comedy should provoke. 648 00:24:59,534 --> 00:25:01,100 It should blast through prejudices, 649 00:25:01,100 --> 00:25:02,767 challenge preconceptions. 650 00:25:02,767 --> 00:25:04,033 Comedy should always 651 00:25:04,033 --> 00:25:05,767 leave you different than when it found you. 652 00:25:05,767 --> 00:25:08,734 ( funky theme playing ) 653 00:25:08,734 --> 00:25:11,067 One of the ridiculous things that happened on the show 654 00:25:11,067 --> 00:25:13,067 was we had this character Grandma-ma 655 00:25:13,067 --> 00:25:15,033 who was basically comatose, 656 00:25:15,033 --> 00:25:17,234 but flatulence was the only way she communicated. 657 00:25:17,234 --> 00:25:19,567 Grandma-ma's life-check mirror. 658 00:25:19,567 --> 00:25:21,000 ALL: She lives! 659 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,000 And so we-- We literally had a CD 660 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:27,367 of all the various kinds of farts. 661 00:25:27,367 --> 00:25:30,501 And we would listen very attentively to, you know, 662 00:25:30,501 --> 00:25:32,701 which one was a plaintive fart, 663 00:25:32,701 --> 00:25:34,467 which one was a more joyous fart, 664 00:25:34,467 --> 00:25:37,868 and choose the most appropriate fart for the scene. 665 00:25:37,868 --> 00:25:40,801 You know, for the mood that was supposed to be expressed. 666 00:25:40,801 --> 00:25:42,434 The funny part was that we would sit there, 667 00:25:42,434 --> 00:25:43,934 and listen to those takes 668 00:25:43,934 --> 00:25:46,868 as seriously as any line of dialogue that an actor's giving. 669 00:25:50,334 --> 00:25:53,567 One of the things we always went for in all of the characters 670 00:25:53,567 --> 00:25:55,434 was someone who could give us emotion 671 00:25:55,434 --> 00:25:58,067 and deliver no matter how funny they were trying to be. 672 00:25:58,067 --> 00:26:01,033 ( funky theme playing ) 673 00:26:01,033 --> 00:26:02,701 I did all this for you. 674 00:26:02,701 --> 00:26:04,300 When we were schoolchildren together 675 00:26:04,300 --> 00:26:06,868 it was you who taunted me, who humiliated me. 676 00:26:06,868 --> 00:26:08,534 It goes without saying Tim was terrific. 677 00:26:08,534 --> 00:26:11,567 JEFF: Because he almost always had another part to play. 678 00:26:11,567 --> 00:26:14,267 that eventually became King Chicken in disguise 679 00:26:14,267 --> 00:26:16,634 and so he got to play a couple different things, 680 00:26:16,634 --> 00:26:18,334 you know, usually along the way. 681 00:26:18,334 --> 00:26:21,000 Allow me to introduce myself. 682 00:26:22,934 --> 00:26:25,467 Ah! King Chicken! 683 00:26:25,467 --> 00:26:27,100 You remembered. 684 00:26:27,100 --> 00:26:32,501 He is the strangest, funniest charming guy. 685 00:26:32,501 --> 00:26:37,033 Egad, but you're an imbecile. 686 00:26:37,033 --> 00:26:38,634 ( laughing ) 687 00:26:38,634 --> 00:26:40,400 And, you know, I was always in the room going: 688 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:43,968 "I'm in the room with the Rocky Horror guy." 689 00:26:43,968 --> 00:26:46,701 ( crowd clamoring ) 690 00:26:52,634 --> 00:26:55,434 Squeal. Look, I got his autograph. 691 00:26:55,434 --> 00:26:57,734 This to the person was just, 692 00:26:57,734 --> 00:27:00,534 you know, just a bunch of really, really nice people. 693 00:27:00,534 --> 00:27:02,567 It was just a completely enjoyable experience 694 00:27:02,567 --> 00:27:03,868 all the way through. 695 00:27:03,868 --> 00:27:05,200 I think we were the two assholes. 696 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:06,534 Yeah, yeah. Basically. 697 00:27:06,534 --> 00:27:08,300 But we were just doing that to break it up. 698 00:27:08,300 --> 00:27:10,534 Yeah, you had to. Can't all be nice. 699 00:27:10,534 --> 00:27:12,100 Duckman was always kind of a funny show, 700 00:27:12,100 --> 00:27:15,467 because we've always had a very loyal sort of following 701 00:27:15,467 --> 00:27:16,801 You could say a cult following. 702 00:27:16,801 --> 00:27:19,234 There's Duckman T-shirts, Happy Meals, condoms, 703 00:27:19,234 --> 00:27:21,334 tequila suppositories, and aluminum siding. 704 00:27:21,334 --> 00:27:24,100 We were on an odd sort of network. 705 00:27:24,100 --> 00:27:26,834 USA Network, which was just starting out at the time. 706 00:27:26,834 --> 00:27:28,267 And it was never really-- 707 00:27:28,267 --> 00:27:31,701 It never had a steady timeslot or anything and-- 708 00:27:31,701 --> 00:27:33,834 And so it was difficult for viewers to find us. 709 00:27:33,834 --> 00:27:35,067 Audiences are stupid. 710 00:27:35,067 --> 00:27:38,200 You gotta force them to like the right things. 711 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:40,901 And USA was really great about letting us do 712 00:27:40,901 --> 00:27:42,634 what we wanted to do. Pretty much anything. 713 00:27:42,634 --> 00:27:44,367 And there's only one movie that can tell them 714 00:27:44,367 --> 00:27:45,634 what really happened out there: 715 00:27:45,634 --> 00:27:47,501 Mine! On USA. 716 00:27:47,501 --> 00:27:49,634 We made so much fun of them. 717 00:27:49,634 --> 00:27:51,801 USA? Are they on at night? 718 00:27:51,801 --> 00:27:54,334 Are you kidding? Dozens of people watch USA. 719 00:27:54,334 --> 00:27:56,267 Duckman had a unique voice. 720 00:27:56,267 --> 00:27:57,968 He was written uniquely 721 00:27:57,968 --> 00:28:01,701 and Jason, you know, just delivered it uniquely. 722 00:28:01,701 --> 00:28:04,200 JEFF: We're happy with 90 percent 723 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:05,567 of what we did on the show. 724 00:28:05,567 --> 00:28:06,868 We think it really 725 00:28:06,868 --> 00:28:08,334 kind of nailed it all the way through 726 00:28:08,334 --> 00:28:09,667 as far as what we wanted to do. 727 00:28:09,667 --> 00:28:12,267 I finally plugged into the true American work ethic: 728 00:28:12,267 --> 00:28:15,267 Raking in loads of cash without an ounce of actual effort. 729 00:28:15,267 --> 00:28:18,234 ( funky theme playing ) 730 00:28:18,234 --> 00:28:22,033 EVERETT: I've always liked the scenarios where they would go someplace. 731 00:28:22,033 --> 00:28:25,434 They would go on a road trip, 732 00:28:25,434 --> 00:28:27,501 or they would go on an adventure of some kind. 733 00:28:27,501 --> 00:28:30,734 I would like to think that Duckman is, you know, 734 00:28:30,734 --> 00:28:35,334 in some kind of fulfilling, lasting relationship 735 00:28:35,334 --> 00:28:38,801 with probably a Taiwanese masseuse. 736 00:28:38,801 --> 00:28:40,834 I see Corny and Duckman 737 00:28:40,834 --> 00:28:43,000 in West Palm Beach, Florida 738 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:47,234 running a senior-rights advocate center. 739 00:28:47,234 --> 00:28:50,033 Or on a 40-foot yacht 740 00:28:50,033 --> 00:28:53,334 off the coast of South Palm Beach, Florida 741 00:28:53,334 --> 00:28:59,033 on the money that they made in a high-end restaurant 742 00:28:59,033 --> 00:29:03,300 serving fatty foods to wealthy people. 743 00:29:03,300 --> 00:29:05,501 Or cleaning the kitchen of a restaurant 744 00:29:05,501 --> 00:29:09,334 and living the good life and washing other people's dishes. 745 00:29:09,334 --> 00:29:11,033 They can't still be in any kind of advocacy 746 00:29:11,033 --> 00:29:14,200 or law-enforcement. Nah, there's no way. 747 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:16,267 I have to assume they're into Internet porn. 748 00:29:16,267 --> 00:29:17,868 All right. 749 00:29:19,934 --> 00:29:21,834 ( scatting ) 750 00:29:21,834 --> 00:29:23,300 What the hell are you staring at?! 751 00:29:24,167 --> 00:29:25,868 Wait, this isn't fair! 752 00:29:25,868 --> 00:29:28,000 You just took a bunch of comments out of context 753 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:29,868 and strung them together to make me look rotten. 754 00:29:29,868 --> 00:29:31,033 Snappy editing though. 61270

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