Duckman
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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.
The series followed the home life and adventures of a dim-witted and lascivious private detective duck.
The title character, whose mysterious first name was later revealed to be Eric, was voiced by Jason Alexander, most famous as Seinfeld's George Costanza. Other characters included his two sons, Charles and Mambo (voices: Dana Hill & Elizabeth Daily), whose heads shared the same body; his eldest teenage son, Ajax (voice: Dweezil Zappa), and his business partner, an amazingly talented pig named Cornfed (voice: Gregg Berger). Nancy Travis voiced the characters of triplet sisters Bernice, Beverly, and Beatrice, Duckman's two sisters-in-law, and (supposedly) deceased wife, respectively.
Other characters on the series included Fluffy and Uranus (voice: Pat Musick), Duckman's two teddy-bear-like office assistants who, despite being constantly killed, maimed, or otherwise tortured, always kept an attitude suprisingly like that of the Care Bears; Grandma-ma, Duckman's comatose mother-in-law; and King Chicken (voice: Tim Curry), Duckman's arch-nemesis.
The show regularly featured high-profile guest stars, including David Duchovny, Heather Locklear, Burt Reynolds, Carl Reiner, Lisa Kudrow, Leonard Nimoy, Ben Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, and Dan Castellaneta as Homer Simpson.
Duckman's catch phrases included "What the hell are you starin' at?" and "Hommina hommina how wah."
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