Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1994)

Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1994)

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.

Cast: Jason Alexander, Gregg Berger, Nancy Travis, Dweezil Zappa, Elizabeth Daily, Pat Musick, Dana Hill, Walt Reno Jr.


28Season 4

Four Weddings Inconceivable

September 6, 1997

On the day of multiple weddings, a big secret is revealed.

27Season 4

Where No Duckman Has Gone Before

August 23, 1997

After eating exactly the wrong thing, Leonard Nimoy has a nightmare involving the cast of Duckman as Star Trek characters.

26Season 4

Das Sub

August 16, 1997

Having been convicted of a wide assortment of morals charges, Duckman is sentenced to community service as a substitute teacher in an inner-city high school. Having seen every "Classroom Hell" movie ever made, Duckman prepares for the worst.

25Season 4

Hamlet 2: This Time It's Personal

August 2, 1997

Working late one night, Duckman and Cornfed see the ghost of Duckman's father, who says he was murdered - by King Chicken. With his wife out of town, King is currently seeing Bernice, so Duckman decides to hang out with them, trying to determine the truth without seeming suspicious.

24Season 4

You've Come a Wrong Way, Baby

July 26, 1997

Congresswoman Bernice is attracting national attention as an anti-smoking activist, but no one pays more heed than the heads of the tobacco companies.

23Season 4

How to Suck in Business Without Really Trying

July 19, 1997

In this nightmare of modern marketing, Duckman sells his identity to a giant corporation which leaves him penniless and nameless. Forced to work as a Wacky "Duckman" Mascot, he conceives a desperate plan to get back his name and/or self-respect. Guest voices include Paul Sorvino, Gilbert Gottfried and Alan Rosenberg.

22Season 4

Short, Plush and Deadly

July 12, 1997

Beverly and Bernice are having trouble dealing with the idea of having a stranger for a twin, and decide to go on a camping trip to bond. Their plans are thwarted when Duckman latches on, bringing Cornfed as his guide, and Fluffy and Uranus as his trash collectors. Duckmsn's ranting causes the family to be exiled from the campground, and forced into a more untamed area.

21Season 4

Westward, No!

June 28, 1997

The Duckman family hones in on Cornfeld's plans to visit his Aunt Jane's ranch in Louisiana. They arrive on the eve of a massive catfish drive - and in an obvious but legally defensible rip-off of every cliché from classic Westerns, especially "Red River" - they're beset by raging rivers and terrifying stampedes.

20Season 4

My Feral Lady

June 21, 1997

Bev's arrival in the house makes Duckman miss Beatrice desperately. He gives into the persuasive sales pitch of Terry "Duke" Tetzloff and buys a "factory-second, slightly-blemished bride". The bride arrives ... and she is a feral jungle savage, whom Duckman names "Kathie Lee".

19Season 4

The Tami Show

June 14, 1997

When Tami, a cute but impoverished college coed twists her ankle in front of his house, an infatuated Duckman offers her a job working for the family. She turns out to be wonderful, but the only problem is Beverly who often has embarrassing drunken escapades.

18Season 4

Kidney, Popsicle, and Nuts

May 24, 1997

Duckman needs a new kidney in order to survive, but his only living relatives are not suitable donors. When Duckman thaws out his cryogenically-frozen father, the kidney does not match: his father is not his father!

17Season 4

Crime, Punishment, War, Peace, and the Idiot

May 10, 1997

As the family wonders if Grandma-ma's mind is active, she recalls her youth in a series of flashbacks. The flashbacks hilariously parody the immigrant experiences as portrayed in films like Ragtime and Hester Street, with some Tolstoy and Doctor Zhivago thrown in. Nancy Travis voices Grandma-ma as a young woman.

16Season 4

Vuuck, as in Duck

May 3, 1997

After hearing Duckman rant about the stupidity of baseball in a bar, an old geezer drops dead - and wills him his minor-league baseball team. In an attempt to increase attendance, Duckman stages wacky and dangerous promotional nights.

15Season 4

Ebony, Baby

April 26, 1997

A blaxploitation spoof involves Duckman getting involved with Ebony Sable, a model/private eye.

14Season 4

Duckman and Cornfed in 'Haunted Society Plumbers'

April 19, 1997

After Duckman and Cornfed are evicted, they become plumbers, and are hired to work during a high-society party for the unveiling of a jewel said to be cursed.

13Season 4

Love! Anger! Kvetching!

April 12, 1997

Duckman's bitter Uncle Moe announces that he has only weeks to live and wants to spend them with his least favorite relative - Duckman. Duckman is convinced by his family to do his best for Moe in his last days.

12Season 4

Bev Takes a Holiday

March 22, 1997

While chasing after Beverly, (Bernice and Beatrice's long lost sister) - they are triplets), and mistaking her for his dead wife Beatrice, Duckman gets hit by a bus. The only way to save him is to make him believe that Beatrice is actually alive.

11Season 4

A Star Is Abhorred

March 15, 1997

In a send-up of the music industry, Bernice's passionate harangue of Duckman at a karaoke contest leads to a new career as a singing sensation. The family is supportive of Bernice's new profession (as horrible as she is) until she loses herself in a fast-paced world of rock'n roll.

10Season 4

A Trophied Duck

March 8, 1997

Duckman and Cornfed travel to a private investigator's convention where Duckman is slated to receive the "Lifetime Achievement Award". There Duckman runs into his former rival from his detective school days, Lauren Simone, who's become a successful sleuth. The two attempt to humiliate each other in front of their peers at the expense of Cornfed. Amy Brenneman guest voices as Lauren.

09Season 4

With Friends Like These

March 1, 1997

Cornfed throws Duckman a surprise party but he is the only one who shows up. Duckman realizes that there is a reason he doesn't have any friends and must change.

08Season 4

Ajax & Ajaxer

February 22, 1997

Cornfed accidentally drinks a potion that reduces his intelligence to the point where he is as stupid as Ajax.

07Season 4

Role with It

February 15, 1997

Duckman and his family take a vacation to an "Indian Reservation" - which ends up being a casino. Obnoxious and crass as usual, Duckman captures the attention of an esteemed psychologist who attempts to help the family before it violently self-destructs.

06Season 4

Bonfire of the Panties

February 8, 1997

Cornfed, Charles and Mambo take pity on Duckman and his pathetic love life, combining their vast scientific knowledge to create the ultimate aphrodisiac for him.

05Season 4

From Brad to Worse

February 1, 1997

Duckman discovers that an old high school classmate has become homeless due to something Duckman did 20 years ago, and his guilt-ridden attempts to help miraculously make the guy's life even worse. Peter Scolari guests as Brad.

04Season 4

All About Elliott

January 25, 1997

The agency gets a college intern who simultaneously indulges Duckman's self-destructive behavior and undermines Cornfed's reputation. Duckman must finally choose between his loyal companion and the flashy new assistant - who may be trying to kill him. Guest voice by Chris Elliot.

03Season 4

Aged Heat 2: Women in Heat

January 18, 1997

After killing Fluffy and Uranus once more, Duckman is arrested and sent to prison. A women's prison, to his surprise.

02Season 4

Coolio Runnings

January 11, 1997

When Duckman makes an expensive bet hinging on Ajax performing well during an athletic competition, he finds that he has no athletic skills, and ends up adopting a fellow student in better physical shape -- popular rapper Coolio.

01Season 4

Dammit, Hollywood

January 4, 1997

When Duckman becomes a movie mogul, the glamour, fame and opulence quickly go to his head. Only when he is forced to confront the people he's alienated is he brought - quickly - back to earth, in action scenes featuring the three biggest stars in Hollywood.