Duckman (1994)

Name: Duckman
Rating: 7.2

Rating: 7.2

Synopsis

Together with Cornfed, his portly, porcine partner in crime solving, this defective detective amazingly manages to solve crimes and be a single parent to his hilariously dysfunctional sons at the same time.

First Air Date: 1994-03-05

Last Air Date: 1997-09-06

Number of Seasons: 4

Number of Episodes: 70

Created By: Everett Peck

Networks: USA Network

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Top Cast

Jason Alexander as Duckman (voice)
Gregg Berger as Cornfed (voice)
Nancy Travis as Bernice (voice)
Dweezil Zappa as Ajax (voice)
Dana Hill as Charles (voice)
E. G. Daily as Mambo (voice)
Pat Musick as Fluffy / Uranus (voice)
Tim Curry as King Chicken (voice)
Ben Stein as Dr. Ben Stein (voice)
Maurice LaMarche as Merv Griffin (voice)

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Episodes:

Ep. 1: I, Duckman (1994-03-05)

We are introduced to Duckman, who's ignored by his family and feels under appreciated, he is searching for something to be remembered by. The agency receives a package that contains a bomb that goes of in the office. Duckman is happy someone cared enough to try and kill him so he visits the sender in prison. Only that suspect also receives a package.
Ep. 2: T.V. or Not to Be (1994-03-12)

Duckman is watching a TV program, but the family takes over the set when Mother Mirabelle's Home Miracle Network program starts airing. The family demands that Duckman help find Mother Mirabelle's stolen painting that helps create miracles. Duckman reluctantly agrees, but he is skeptical until he experiences his own miracle.
Ep. 3: Gripes of Wrath (1994-03-19)

A comment Duckman makes at the unveiling of a new supercomputer, named Loretta, makes the world a better place to live in, for a while anyway.
Ep. 4: Psyche (1994-03-26)

Feeling inadequate and hard up, Duckman gets a bill job. The detectives then get a job researching the lives of two large breasted women, but Duckman runs away from it. Seeking further help, takes him into his psyche where he confronts what has really been troubling him.
Ep. 5: Gland of Opportunity (1994-04-09)

Duckman receives the adrenal gland of a daredevil via a transplant at an amusement park clinic. The new gland gives him loads of confidence.
Ep. 6: Ride the High School (1994-04-16)

Duckman receives a letter offering Ajax a chance to go to a boarding school for gifted children. After visiting Ajax's current school, Duckman decides that Ajax must go to the boarding school. The family begins to miss Ajax's presence. Cornfed decodes one of Ajax's letter's and they go to the school to bring Ajax back, but it turns out the school is a front for Duckman's arch-nemesis, ""King"" Chicken.
Ep. 7: A Civil War (1994-04-23)

Duckman is jealous when everyone showers Cornfed with their attention, so he fires him while working their next case, which involves the ""murder"" of the owner of a Steak and Waffle on a Stick factory.
Ep. 8: Not So Easy Riders (1994-04-30)

Duckman receives a letter from the IRS. The IRS agent is tough and Duckman is given 24 hours to pay $29,587.42 in back taxes. After asking his family for help and being rejected and lectured, Duckman tries anything. When he can't raise the funds, he and Cornfed go on the run and then on the road. Bernice falls for the IRS agent who's staying at the house waiting for Duckman to call.
Ep. 9: It's the Thing of the Principal (1994-05-07)

Bernice is worried about Ajax, who's not been eating and has been sent to the principal every day this week. Duckman and Cornfed go undercover in the school to find out what's up with Ajax. It turns out that Ajax is in love with the vice principal and she's in love with him. They take off together with plans to get married, south of the border. Duckman and Bernice pose as a couple and go after them.
Ep. 10: Cellar Beware (1994-05-21)

Bernice decides they're going to act together as a family. For their first activity together, she invites the neighbors over for the monthly meeting of the block association. When a home security expert shows up, his pitch gets Duckman to buy the most elaborate security system, the ""Interlopen Fuhrer 2000,"" which of course doesn't do the job and then Duckman fixes it...
Ep. 11: American Dicks (1994-05-28)

The Duckman detective agency, the only agency not affected by the nationwide detective strike, becomes the focus of TV show American Dicks who are looking to solve their 100th case. Eventually, Duckman gets a case; the mission is to find the mayor.
Ep. 12: About Face (1994-06-04)

Duckman calls 911 in an emergency and falls in love with the voice on the other end of the line. When they meet, her looks leave a whole lot to be desired. Then she gets a complete makeover that changes her life.
Ep. 13: Joking the Chicken (1994-06-11)

A group of comedians hire Duckman to stop a pathetic mild mannered politically correct chicken whose ""clean"" stand up routine becomes a comedy sensation. The chicken's routines are funny to everyone except Duckman, who soon discovers the source of his popularity.