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List Price: $49.98 | | Label: Paramount Home Video
Salesrank: 20717
Released: September 16, 2008 |
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Movie DVD
Description of Duckman - Seasons One & Two:
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
Duckman - Seasons One & Two Reviews:
Duckman Forever! 
2009-11-07 - I had forgotten how funny this show was. Way before its time.
I was laughing so hard I had to close my front door to keep the neighbors from wondering what was wrong with me!
Great purchase, fast shipping. No complaints.
Bout time!
2009-01-19 - "What the hell are YOU starin' at!!??"
All I can say it's it's about damn time they released this show on DVD!! Can't wait to get seasons 3&4.
Shove your pelvis, huh! Shove your pelvis, huh! Shove your pelvis, huh!
2009-01-12 - Watched this back on USA network late at night in the 90s, more of a cult following. But was way ahead of its time, and its awesome The DVD is clear sharp, and complete, would highly recommend! Lots of rewatch value!
What the H3LL are you staring at?
2008-12-27 - This is the first two seasons of the "infamous" Duckman series. The show has a lot of famous people as voices including Jason Alexander of Seinfeld Fame. This is exactly as I remember the show from the original airings. I was so happy to finally see this on DVD and can't wait for the rest of the series to come out.
Fan of Duckman TV Series
2008-11-28 - Really enjoyed this DVD. DVD has excellent graphics and sound quality. This series was way ahead of it's time.
