List of Duckman episodes

The following is a list of episodes of the adult animated sitcom Duckman, which ran from March 5, 1994 to September 6, 1997 on the USA Network.

Series overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
113March 5, 1994 (1994-03-05)June 11, 1994 (1994-06-11)
29March 11, 1995 (1995-03-11)May 8, 1995 (1995-05-08)
320January 6, 1996 (1996-01-06)July 6, 1996 (1996-07-06)
428January 4, 1997 (1997-01-04)September 6, 1997 (1997-09-06)

Episodes

Season 1 (1994)

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1"I, Duckman"Marv Newland, Robin Steele, Drew Takahashi & Andy KnightJeff Reno & Ron OsbornMarch 5, 1994 (1994-03-05)4000
Feeling underappreciated by his family, Duckman hunts down the man mailing him bombs thinking he's the only one who cares.
Note: This episode was dedicated to Frank Zappa, who died three months before this episode's airing.
2"T.V. or Not to Be"Raymie MuzquizBernie KeatingMarch 12, 1994 (1994-03-12)4001
Duckman is hired by a televangelist to find a missing painting and has a near-death experience after being captured and suffocated with cellophane.
3"Gripes of Wrath"Norton VirgienMichael MarkowitzMarch 19, 1994 (1994-03-19)4003
Duckman takes his children to the unveiling of a supercomputer named Loretta. However, during the unveiling, Loretta overhears a comment Duckman makes and alters reality to make everything go Duckman's way... for a while.
4"Psyche"Paul DemeyerJeffrey Astrof & Mike SikowitzMarch 26, 1994 (1994-03-26)4004
Feeling insecure about himself, Duckman gets plastic surgery for his bill. Not long after, two buxom blondes hire him and Cornfed to investigate why they only attract men who only want them for their bodies causing Duckman to have a crisis of conscience.
5"Gland of Opportunity"John EngRon Lux & Eugene SteinApril 9, 1994 (1994-04-09)4005
After an accident at an amusement park, the cowardly Duckman has the adrenal gland of a daredevil transplanted into his body giving him a new outlook on life.
6"Ride the High School"Raymie MuzquizMichael MarkowitzApril 16, 1994 (1994-04-16)4006
Ajax is offered a scholarship to an exclusive boarding school, which Duckman sends him to, unaware that the scholarship is part of a plan by his arch-nemesis King Chicken.
Note: This is the first appearance of King Chicken, who is voiced by Tim Curry.
7"A Civil War"Norton VirgirnBob KushellApril 23, 1994 (1994-04-23)4007
Duckman gets jealous when his family showers Cornfed with attention, so he fires him during their next case: a death investigation for an insurance company.
8"Not So Easy Riders"Paul DemeyerJoe Ansolabehere & Steve VikstenApril 30, 1994 (1994-04-30)4008
To escape paying years of Duckman's back taxes he and Cornfed flee on motorcycles.
Note: Bobcat Goldthwait appears as the Indian.
9"It's the Thing of the Principal"Igor KovalyovS: Eugene Stein;
S/T: Ron Lux
May 7, 1994 (1994-05-07)4009
Ajax and his vice-principal fall in love and elope, leaving Bernice and Duckman to track them down, posing as a married couple themselves.
10"Cellar Beware"Norton VirgienLadd GrahamMay 21, 1994 (1994-05-21)4010
A home security expert gets Duckman to buy an elaborate security system—the "Interlopen Fuhrer 2000"—which first fails to prevent a burglary, then locks the whole family in the basement.
11"American Dicks"John EngJeffrey Astrof & Mike SikowitzMay 28, 1994 (1994-05-28)4010
An episode of the reality show American Dicks films a day in the life of Duckman (chosen as the only agency not affected by a nationwide detective union's strike) as he and Cornfed try to find the mayor after he's been kidnapped.
12"About Face"Raymie MuzquizJim Pond & Bill FullerJune 4, 1994 (1994-06-04)4012
Duckman dates an ugly woman whose voice he fell in love with when calling 911. People's reactions, however, prompt her to seek a full makeover, making her gorgeous to everyone.
13"Joking the Chicken"Jeff McGrathJeffrey Astrof, Mike Sikowitz & Michael MarkowitzJune 11, 1994 (1994-06-11)4013
A group of rude stand-up comics hire Duckman to stop Iggy Catalpa; a clean, mild-mannered, politically correct comedian whose bland, inoffensive brand of comedy becomes a sensation, thanks to his agent — King Chicken.

Season 2 (1995)

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141"Papa Oom M.O.W. M.O.W."Norton VirgienMichael MarkowitzMarch 11, 1995 (1995-03-11)4215
Duckman becomes a national hero after saving the President from an assassination attempt, until it's revealed that his "heroics" were an accident and he was merely trying to grope two women. Nonetheless he capitalizes on his newfound fame, penning a film for USA and planning a run for the Senate.
Note: Guest-starring Gilbert Gottfried as sleazy Art De Salvo.
152"Married Alive"Raymie MuzquizBernie KeatingMarch 18, 1995 (1995-03-18)4214
Bernice returns home from a European vacation and announces that she is marrying a self-made billionaire who plans to take her, Grandma-ma, and the kids away with him to Switzerland, leaving Duckman alone.
163"Days of Whining and Neurosis"John EngGary GlasbergMarch 25, 1995 (1995-03-25)4216
Duckman and Cornfed go undercover at an exclusive celebrity-filled health and rehab spa to investigate the murder of a doctor. While there, Duckman detoxes from his various addictions.
174"Inherit the Judgement: The Dope's Trial"Jeff McGrathMichael MarkowitzApril 3, 1995 (1995-04-03)4217
In search of a free clock radio, Duckman takes the family across five states through the desert. On their trek they wind up in the small town of Coopville, where everyone is related, King Chicken is the sheriff, and Duckman is put on trial for heresy.
185"America the Beautiful"Paul DemeyerBill Canterbury & Gene LaufenbergApril 10, 1995 (1995-04-10)4218
In an episode "full of heavy-handed and over-obvious allegory" (according to the beginning disclaimer), a multi-ethnic group of children hire Duckman and Cornfed to find their idol, a gorgeous model named America. The investigation involves speaking to four of her ex-boyfriends, men who represent American life in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, while Duckman falls deeper in love with the idea of her.
Note: featuring Alan Young as Wilbur Nelson, June Lockhart as Mrs. Nelson, Bobcat Goldthwait as Cinque, the 1960s hippie; Jim Belushi as Saul Monella and a police officer, and Heather Locklear as America.
196"The Germ Turns"Bob HatchcockJim Pond & Bill FullerApril 17, 1995 (1995-04-17)4219
At a New Age fair, Duckman gets a visit from his dead mother (voiced by Katey Sagal)--reincarnated as a highly infectious germ because of how terrible of a mother she was. Hoping to escape the same fate, Duckman begins smothering his sons with affection, much to their chagrin.
207"In the Nam of the Father"Norton VirgienJeff Astrof & Mike SikowitzApril 24, 1995 (1995-04-24)4220
The son Cornfed never knew he had arrives at the office and Cornfed travels back to Vietnam to find the mother and the truth. Duckman takes his family along on the trip for a much needed vacation and must also deal with the flashbacks he is experiencing.
218"Research and Destroy"John EngS: Jeff Astrof, Mike Sikowitz;
T: Jay Moriarty
May 1, 1995 (1995-05-01)4221
When Ajax shows a natural talent for poetry, Duckman gets him to sign a contract for a greeting card company in search of a new writer.
229"Clip Job"Jeff McGrathDavid MischMay 8, 1995 (1995-05-08)4222
Henry Melfly (voiced by Ben Stiller) kidnaps Duckman, blaming him for the decline in moral, family-friendly shows, resulting in a clip show as he argues his point.

Season 3 (1996)

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231"Noir Gang"Raymie MuzquizEva Almos & Ed ScharlachJanuary 6, 1996 (1996-01-06)4224
In a black-and-white, film noir-style episode, Cornfed and Duckman fall for the same woman — femme fatale client Tamara LaBoinque (voiced by Bebe Neuwirth) — raising conflicting feelings in Cornfed.
242"Forbidden Fruit"Paul DemeyerJeff Astrof & Mike SikowitzJanuary 13, 1996 (1996-01-13)4223
The family hires a French live-in tutor (King Chicken in disguise) to help the children with their study skills and social development, who sues Duckman for sexual harassment after he gives her an apple, which, according to Judeo-Christian ideology, is considered sexual as the apple is the forbidden fruit Eve ate and tempted Adam with. Ostracized by the public, Duckman is forced to hide out with Fluffy and Uranus while a feminist group begins forcing pro-female political correctness on the town.
253"Grandma-ma's Flatulent Adventure"Norton VirgienBill Canterbury & Gene LaufenbergJanuary 20, 1996 (1996-01-20)4225
When the family fears they can no longer care for Grandma-ma, they decide to place her in a retirement home. Unfortunately, Duckman loses her while dropping her off, sending her on a wild adventure, which ultimately kills her.
264"Color of Naught"John EngMichael MarkowitzJanuary 27, 1996 (1996-01-27)4226
Tony Sterling (self-made millionaire and entrepreneur) and his assistant/supermodel Angela (the 911 operator from "About Face") begins advertising "Beautex", a beautifying cream to the city and its denizens. In truth, however, Sterling is King Chicken and Beautex (which doesn't work on Duckman) is a virus which eventually devolves everything it touches.
Note: Lee Tergesen, John Mallory Asher and Michael Manasseri from Weird Science appear as themselves.
275"Sperms of Endearment"Jeff McGrathBill Canterbury & Gene LaufenbergFebruary 10, 1996 (1996-02-10)4327
After caring for a small girl (that calls her "mom") in the park, Bernice decides it's time to have children of her own. Her hunt for a father doesn't go well, however, so she settles on artificial insemination — with sperm that turns out to be from Duckman.
286"A Room with a Bellevue"Peter AvanzinoJoshua Sternin & Jeffrey VentimiliaFebruary 17, 1996 (1996-02-17)4328
After an incredibly bad day, Duckman simply wants to make it to Charles and Mambo's birthday dinner, but gets pushed too far by a dry cleaner. His ranting in the street (without wearing a starched collar) gets him arrested and committed to a state mental hospital for thirty days, where he settles into the routine and decides to stay, forcing Cornfed to break him out.
297"Apocalypse Not"Raymie MuzquizBill Canterbury, Gene Laufenberg,
Michael Markowitz & David Misch
February 24, 1996 (1996-02-24)4329
While everyone in the city goes underground for a disaster preparedness drill, an oblivious Duckman thinks he's the last man alive and wreaks havoc -- until he finds a beautiful, deaf gymnast and falls for her. The trapped city folk, meanwhile, begin to turn on each other during their attempted escape back to the surface.
308"Clear and Presidente Danger"John EngDoug Chamberlin & Chris WebbMarch 2, 1996 (1996-03-02)4330
Duckman scams a vacation to a South American country, where a passionate Duckman rant about pay toilets leads to a people's revolution and has him installed as dictator. After his first hundred days he's just as corrupt a leader as the government he replaced, and it's up to Cornfed to lead another revolution to bring him down.
319"The Girls of Route Canal"Donovan Cook & Raymie MuzquizWritten by: Brian Kahn
Storyboard by: Donovan Cook, Raymie Muzquiz, Rossen Varbanov, Vince Waller and Dean Criswell
March 9, 1996 (1996-03-09)4331
Charles and Mambo ask Duckman to tell them how he won over their mother to help build their confidence in approaching their dreamgirls. The story he tells turns out to be a spoof of The Bridges of Madison County.
Note: Guest-starring David Duchovny as Richard.
3210"The Mallardian Candidate"Peter ShinDavid MischMarch 16, 1996 (1996-03-16)4332
Iggy Catalpa hires Duckman to investigate a conspiracy: every time he does his laundry he loses one sock. However, the case is actually a ruse to kidnap Duckman and turn him on Cornfed by Catalpa's World Domination League.
3311"Pig Amok"Jeff McGrathSpencer GreenApril 6, 1996 (1996-04-06)4333
Because of a previously unknown genetic problem, Cornfed has 24 hours to lose his virginity or he will die. After he fails to connect with multiple women (thanks to Duckman's sleazy pick-up lines), Bernice has sex with him to save his life, but Cornfed thinks Bernice is in love with him.
3412"The Once and Future Duck"Peter AvanzinoDean Batali & Rob Des HotelApril 13, 1996 (1996-04-13)4334
Ajax accidentally opens a rift in the time/space continuum with his clock radio, bringing various future versions of Duckman to the past to see him, all different depending on different decisions he can make, causing him to fall into a paranoid spiral.
Note: Rhonda Shear of USA Up All Night makes a cameo as herself.
3513"The One with Lisa Kudrow in a Small Role"
"Planet of the Dopes"
Raymie MuzquizWritten by: Monica Piper
Storyboard by: John Holmquist, Dave Arnett, Kevin O'Brien, Dean Criswell and Raymie Muzquiz
April 20, 1996 (1996-04-20)4335
Feeling unappreciated by his family, Ajax leaves the house for a walk and is abducted by two redneck aliens from the planet Betamax. On Betamax, Ajax is treated like a genius and worshiped as a deity, while on Earth, Duckman realizes he knows nothing about his son -- or any of his family.
3614"Aged Heat"John EngBill Canterbury & Gene LaufenbergApril 27, 1996 (1996-04-27)4336
After his family mocks his detective skills, they refuse to take him seriously when he accuses Grandma-ma of acting suspiciously, though she has, in fact, been replaced by Agnes DelRooney (voiced by Brian Doyle-Murray), a robber who looks just like her.
3715"They Craved Duckman's Brain!"Donovan CookWritten by: Michael Markowitz
Storyboard by: Rossen Varbanov, Chuck Klein, Ted Mathot and Dean Criswell
May 4, 1996 (1996-05-04)4337
Duckman is cast in a hospital educational film. After being left in an active MRI chamber for hours, a mutant part of his brain grows an isotope that can cure cancer, which everyone wants.
Note: Joe Walsh appears as himself.
3816"The Road to Dendron"Peter ShinBill Canterbury, Gene Laufenberg,
Michael Markowitz & David Misch
May 11, 1996 (1996-05-11)4338
In a parody of the Bing Crosby/Bob Hope "Road to..." films, Duckman and Cornfed chaperon Ajax's class trip to the Dendron in Sudan, where Ajax is kidnapped and held hostage by a Sultan, his Fakir, and a beautiful princess.
3917"Exile in Guyville"Jeff McGrathEllen L. FogleMay 25, 1996 (1996-05-25)4339
In a distant future, a mother's (voiced by former Fridays cast member Maryedith Burrell) bed-time story for her son involves Duckman and Bernice leading a nationwide division of the sexes after Bernice lambastes Duckman for developing raunchy lingerie with no thought to what a real woman would want to wear.
4018"The Longest Weekend"Raymie MuzquizWritten by: David Misch
Storyboard by: John Holmquist, Dave Arnett, Sandi Frame, Tibor Belay, Vince Waller, Dean Criswell and Raymie Muzquiz
June 22, 1996 (1996-06-22)4341
Fed up with the shabby treatment of local government, Duckman and his North Phlegm neighbors form a block association to take on the nearby Dutch Elm Street block associationwhich has been lobbying the Mayor's officeeventually leading to all out war.
4119"The Amazing Colossal Duckman"John EngWritten by: Bill Canterbury
Storyboard by: John Eng, Anthony Bell, David Steele, Celia Kendrick and Dean Criswell
June 29, 1996 (1996-06-29)4342
Duckman contracts a very rare blood condition through a unique combination of chemicals which causes his blood to literally boil and his body to grow several inches every time he gets angry. After exploiting his new stature for a while, he realizes he is unable to control himself and exiles himself to a secluded island,
4220"Cock Tales for Four"Donovan Cook & Bob HathcockWritten by: Doug Chamberlin & Chris Webb
Storyboard by: Bob Hathcock, Rossen Varbanov, Chuck Klein, Dave Williams and Dean Criswell
July 6, 1996 (1996-07-06)4343
Duckman and Bernice attend a dinner party to meet Ajax's new girlfriend Tammy's parents, King Chicken and drunken wife Honey. Over the course of the evening their relationships change in unexpected ways.

Season 4 (1997)

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431"Dammit, Hollywood"Peter ShinWritten by: Michael Markowitz & Jeff Reno
Storyboard by: Peter Shin, Steve Ressel, Dave Fontana, Dean Criswell, Cathy Malkasian, Declan Moran, Raymie Muzquiz, John Holmquist, Dave Arnett & Chuck Klien
January 4, 1997 (1997-01-04)4449
After seeing a bad movie Duckman sneaks into the studio head's office to get his $7 back. The studio head, however, makes him an executive to sabotage the studio.
442"Coolio Runnings"Jeff McGrathWritten by: Bill Canterbury, Gene Laufenberg & David Misch
Storyboard by: Jeff McGrath, Cathy Malkasian, Declan Moran & Dean Criswell
January 11, 1997 (1997-01-11)4446
Duckman adopts rap star Coolio (voicing himself) as his son to compete in the local father/son games over Ajax, hurting Ajax's feelings.
Note: Coolio "performs" Geto Highlites to close the show.
453"Aged Heat 2: Women in Heat"Peter AvanzinoWritten by: Eva Almos & Ed Scharlach
Storyboard by: Peter Avanzino, Eduardo Olivares, Greg Emison, Vince Waller, Amber Tornquist, Kevin O'Brien & Dean Criswell
January 18, 1997 (1997-01-18)4440
Duckman is arrested for killing Fluffy and Uranus again and accidentally sent to a woman's prison. There he becomes the star attraction of an illegal dance ring, until another girl arrives and bumps him from his slot.
464"All About Elliott"Peter ShinWritten by: Gene Laufenberg
Storyboard by: Peter Shin, Steve Ressel, Dave Fontana, Dean Criswell, Tibor Belay & Sandi Frame
January 25, 1997 (1997-01-25)4445
Duckman and Cornfed hire the college-aged Elliott (voiced by Chris Elliott) to be their office intern. Immediately he warms himself to Duckman by feeding his destructive side and pushing Cornfed away by sabotaging his personal life and commitments.
475"From Brad to Worse"Peter AvanzinoWritten by: Michael Markowitz
Storyboard by: Peter Avanzino, Greg Emison, Eduardo Olivares, Dean Criswell, Ira Sherak & Celia Kendrick
February 1, 1997 (1997-02-01)4447
Duckman is reunited with a man he made homeless 20 years ago and decides to try to help him get back on his feet.
486"Bonfire of the Panties"Anthony BellWritten by: Michael Markowitz
Storyboard by: Anthony Bell, John Eng, David Steele, Rossen Varbanov & Dean Criswell
February 8, 1997 (1997-02-08)4448
Cornfed, Charles and Mambo create an aphrodisiac to revive Duckman's waning love life. When he forgets to wear it, Courtney Thorne-Smith (voicing herself) falls for him, but the family isn't sure what to believe.
497"Role With It"Anthony BellWritten by: Michael Markowitz
Storyboard by: Anthony Bell, Dave Arnett, Jeff Scott-Smith, Damian Tromel & Nicholas Blard
February 15, 1997 (1997-02-15)4450
Duckman, his family and staff, vacation together at an Indian casino, during which they're approached by a psychiatrist who offers them treatment involving roleplaying to prevent them from what she sees as inevitable violent self-destruction and uncovers real issues among them.
Note: Steven Weber appears in a live-action Wings sequence. This is also the last episode to feature Dana Hill as Charles. This episode was produced around April or May of 1996 at the time Dana Hill’s health started to declined in the spring of 1995 where she started having mood swings and began taking anti-depressant medication and the beginning in the year of 1996. This actually means before Dana slipped into a diabetic coma in late May of that year, she did the last recording of Charles voice when this episode was produced, as her voice was lower due to her health.
508"Ajax and Ajaxer"Peter AvanzinoWritten by: Bill Canterbury
Storyboard by: Peter Avanzino, David Fontana & Christopher C. Claflin
February 22, 1997 (1997-02-22)4451
While investigating a laboratory, Cornfed accidentally ingests a "Get Dumb" potion, which lowers his IQ to the point that he becomes best friends with Ajax, who is feeling left out of his family again.
Note: This episode is dedicated to Dana Hill (voice of Charles), who died on July 15, 1996.
519"With Friends Like These"Steve LoterWritten by: Gene Laufenberg
Storyboard by: Steve Loter, Declan Moran & Chris Savino
March 1, 1997 (1997-03-01)4452
After convincing himself again that he's having a surprise party only to come home to just Cornfed, Duckman realizes he has no friends. Vowing to use his clean slate and try again to be the "best friend possible" he stumbles upon a group of culturally diverse, laugh tracked, 20-somethings at a coffee shop who immediately take a shine to him.
5210"A Trophied Duck"Jeff McGrathWritten by: Bill Canterbury
Storyboard by: Jeff McGrath, Dean Criswell & Nicolas Bland
March 8, 1997 (1997-03-08)4453
Duckman drags the family to Dickcon '97 in San Francisco to see him get an award. Unbeknownst to him, he's actually being set up by Lauren Simone, a rival from his days at "Don Galloway's Famous Detective School".
5311"A Star is Abhorred"Jaime DiazGene LaufenbergMarch 15, 1997 (1997-03-15)4454
During a night out, Bernice becomes an angry female music star after yelling at Duckman for insulting her singing at a karaoke bar. Her life begins to go downhill, however, when she and the family go on tour and she gets sucked into the rock & roll life style.
Note: Part one of two
5412"Bev Takes a Holiday"Stig Bergquist & Toni VianWritten by: Gene Laufenberg, Michael Markowitz & David Misch
Storyboard by: Stig Bergquist, Shawn Murray, Ian Graham & Toni Vian
March 22, 1997 (1997-03-22)4455
Continuing from the previous episode, Bernice travels to Washington, D.C. to assume her new role as Congresswoman. Meanwhile, Beverly—long lost triplet of Beatrice and Bernice—hires a detective to find her family and seeks them out. Duckman spots her spying on him and, mistaking her for Beatrice, runs to her, only to be struck by a bus. In the hospital, Bev must pretend to be Beatrice for Duckman's sake when he wakes and mistakes her for same.
5513"Love! Anger! Kvetching!"
"Ain't Gonna Be No Mo No Mo"
Anthony BellWritten by: Michael Markowitz
Storyboard by: Anthony Bell, Rose Rosely, Susan Bock & Rossen Varbanov
April 12, 1997 (1997-04-12)4456
On the night of a big poker game Duckman has planned with Joe Walsh, Bob Guccionne and others, his Uncle Mo arrives and claims to be dying from heart cancer.
Note: Joe Walsh "performs" a modified version of his song "Life's Been Good" to close the show.
5614"Duckman and Cornfed in 'Haunted Society Plumbers'"Peter AvanzinoGene Laufenberg, Michael Markowitz & David MischApril 19, 1997 (1997-04-19)4457
In an episode with hints of Marx Brothers, Three Stooges, and Martin and Lewis classics, Duckman and Cornfed—temporarily plumbers—are hired as at a high-society party celebrating the unveiling of a "cursed" jewel: "The Sharon Stone". Before the ceremony, though, the stone goes missing.
Note: This episode was nominated for an Emmy award. Homer Simpson makes an appearance at the end.
5715"Ebony, Baby"Steve LoterWritten by: Gene Grillo
Storyboard by: Steve Loter, Declan Moran, Chris Savino & Arnie Wong
April 26, 1997 (1997-04-26)4458
Cornfed goes on vacation—his first in 11 years—Duckman works as the sidekick to a black female private investigator Ebony Sable (voiced by Tisha Campbell) who gets him involved in a world of murder, power, lust and blaxploitation clichés.
5816"Vuuck, as in Duck"Jeff McGrathWritten by: Brett Baer & David Finkel
Storyboard by: Jeff McGrath, Dean Criswell, Philippe Capart, Rossen Varbanov and Ron Brewer
May 3, 1997 (1997-05-03)4460
Duckman inherits a AAA baseball team as the last minute action of owner Gene Vuuck—who overhears him bemoaning the current status of the game and decides he's a "real fan"—who is trying to keep the team out of the hands of a banker. Unfortunately, the team has no following and is losing money rapidly so he replaces the whole team with supermodels.
5917"Crime, Punishment, War, Peace, and the Idiot"Jaime DiazHoward MarguliesMay 10, 1997 (1997-05-10)4459
Beverly asks Bernice if she knows anything about Grandma-ma's life, prompting Grandma-ma to begin a series of flashbacks of her life, with the main cast filling in for past friends, acquaintances and lovers.
6018"Kidney, Popsicle, and Nuts"Stig BergquistWritten by: David Silverman & Steve Sustarsic
Storyboard by: Stig Bergquist, Shawn Murray, Rose Rosely & Ian Graham
May 24, 1997 (1997-05-24)4461
Duckman is in need of a kidney transplant from a blood relative, but the children are out for various reasons (Ajax doesn't have any, Charles and Mambo share one) so he turns to his cryogenically frozen father whom, it turns out, wasn't his father at all. He tracks down his real father (voiced by Brian Keith), a paranoiac in the sticks with his "own country," and while he's staying with him a standoff with the government develops.
Note: James Brown "performs".
6119"The Tami Show"Anthony BellWritten by: Eva Almos & Ed Scharlach
Storyboard by: Anthony Bell, Ian Graham & Susan Bock
14 June 1997 (1997-06-14)4461
Duckman backs his car into Tami, a cute girl who claims her family died in a sleighing accident leaving her on her own. The family invites her to stay with them and she quickly begins incapacitating Bev and taking over the family.
6220"My Feral Lady"Peter AvanzinoStory by: Reid Harrison and Dan Gerson
Teleplay by: Dan Gerson
Storyboard by: Peter Avanzino, Dave Fontana, Chris Claflin and Chuck Klein
21 June 1997 (1997-06-21)4462
A depressed Duckman purchases a mail-order bride, but upon delivery finds her to be a feral jungle savage. With Cornfed's help, Duckman attempts to turn her (Kathy Lee) into a proper lady he can marry.
Note: Leeza Gibbons appears in an extended live-action Leeza sequence.
6321"Westward, No!"Steve LoterWritten by: Jed Spingarn
Storyboard by: Steve Loter, Declan Moran & Chris Savino
28 June 1997 (1997-06-28)4463
While the boys are visiting Bernice in D.C., Cornfed invites Beverly to a catfish ranch in Louisiana owned by his Aunt Jane (voiced by Estelle Getty), and a jealous Duckman tags along. After getting the ranch hands fired, Duckman and the gang must help the foreman, Big Jack McBastard (voiced by Jim Cummings), drive the 2,000 head of catfish to Texas.
6422"Short, Plush and Deadly"Jeff McGrath & Steve ResselLisa Latham12 July 1997 (1997-07-12)4464
During a taxpayer financed dream vacation Duckman, Cornfed, Fluffy and Uranus are kicked out of camp, stung by bees, and lost. The bee stings paralyze Cornfed and cause his head to swell, but turn turning Fluffy and Uranus into large, homicidal monsters. It's up to Bernice and Beverly to find and save them.
Note: Jim Bailey cameos as himself.
6523"How to Suck in Business Without Really Trying"Jaime DiazEllis Weiner19 July 1997 (1997-07-19)4465
Duckman sells his last name to the VarieCom corporation for $1,000, which he immediately wastes, leaving him penniless and jobless.
6624"You've Come a Wrong Way, Baby"Stig BergqvistWritten by: Gene Laufenberg & Howard Margulies
Storyboard by: Stig Bergquist, Shawn Murray, Rose Rosely & Michael Bell
26 July 1997 (1997-07-26)4466
After catching Mambo with a cigarette in his mouth, Bernice challenges the tobacco industry on the floor of Congress. During testimony she's invited to a tobacco plantation by Walt Evergreen (voiced by Jim Varney)—president of an unnamed tobacco company—which doesn't go well for the family.
Note: This episode carries a tag dedicating it to Joe Camel.
6725"Hamlet 2: This Time It's Personal"Anthony BellWritten by: David Misch
Storyboard by: Anthony Bell, Susan Bock, Ian Graham, Alberto Dose & Shawn Murray
2 August 1997 (1997-08-02)4467
Duckman sees the ghost of his Uncle Mo, who says that Duckman's father was murdered by King Chicken and Duckman should take revenge. To do so he decides to act crazy to get King Chicken—with whom he has formed a truce to allow King Chicken time around Bernice—to admit his guilt so he can kill him with impunity. Cornfed realizes that Duckman is living out the plot of Hamlet, which will eventually lead to his death.
6826"Das Sub"
"Class Warfare"
Peter AvanzinoWritten by: Gene Grillo & Michael Markowitz
Storyboard by: Peter Avanzino, Dave Fontana, Rose Rosely, Chuck Klein, Rossen Varbanov and Arnie Wong
16 August 1997 (1997-08-16)4468
Convicted of fraud, Duckman is sentenced to 5,000 hours of community service, but accidentally finds himself substituting for a teacher he injures and teaching a group of intellectual high schoolers how to be "street smart".
6927"Where No Duckman Has Gone Before"Steve LoterWritten by: Gene Laufenberg
Storyboard by: Steve Loter, Declan Moran, Chris Savino, Suzanne Bock, Alberto Dose, David Fontana & Rossen Varbanov
23 August 1997 (1997-08-23)4469
A Star Trek parody where Captain Duckman (as Captain Kirk) does battle against King Khan Chicken in an episode similar to "Arena" among others.
Note: Leonard Nimoy cameos in this episode.
7028"Four Weddings Inconceivable"Steve ResselMichael Markowitz6 September 1997 (1997-09-06)4470
At the wedding of Dr. Stein, a series of emotional epiphanies lead to an amazing set of marriage proposals: King Chicken proposes to Bernice; Cornfed proposes to Beverly; Duckman proposes to Honey, King Chicken's ex. After arguments between the principles, Duckman volunteers to make the arrangements for the triple wedding, purposely putting any blame on himself. Despite his arrangements, the ceremony goes off without a hitch — until Duckman's supposedly deceased wife, Beatrice, returns.
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