The Duck Factory(1984)
Comedy
First Air Date: 1984-04-12
Average Runtime: 30m
Rating: 6.1
Votes: 8
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 13
The Duck Factory is a 1984 NBC television series produced by MTM Enterprises that is perhaps most notable for being Jim Carrey's first lead role in a Hollywood production. The show was co-created by Allan Burns. The premiere episode introduces Skip Tarkenton, a somewhat naive and optimistic young man who has come to Hollywood looking for a job as a cartoonist. When he arrives at a low-budget animation company called Buddy Winkler Productions, he finds out Buddy Winkler has just died, and the company desperately needs new blood. So Skip gets an animation job at the firm, which is nicknamed "The Duck Factory" as their main cartoon is "The Dippy Duck Show". Other Duck Factory employees seen regularly on the show were man-of-a-thousand-cartoon voices Wally Wooster; comedy writer Marty Fenneman; artists Brooks Carmichael and Roland Culp, editor Andrea Lewin, and business manager Aggie Aylesworth. Buddy Winkler Productions was now owned by his young, ditzy widow, Mrs Sheree Winkler, who had been married to Buddy for all of three weeks before his death. The Duck Factory lasted thirteen episodes; it premiered April 12, 1984. The show initially aired at 9:30 on Thursday nights, directly after Cheers, and replaced Buffalo Bill on NBC's schedule. Jay Tarses, an actor on The Duck Factory, had been the co-creator and executive producer of Buffalo Bill, which had its final network telecast on Thursday, April 5, 1984.
Keywords
hollywoodsitcomcartoonist
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 13E01
Goodbye Buddy, Hello Skip
Air Date: 1984-04-12
Skip Tarkenton finds his dream of being an animator coming true a lot sooner than he expected when he hops a bus to L.A.
E02
Filling Buddy's Shoes
Air Date: 1984-04-19
Someone must fill Buddy's shoes as the Dippy Duck showrunner. But who? Skip (Jim Carrey) abandons his room at the stu...
E03
The Annies
Air Date: 1984-04-26
A series of mishaps arise when the staff attend the Annies, where Buddy is to receive a posthumous award.
E04
No Good Deed
Air Date: 1984-05-03
Skip learns that no good deed goes unpunished when he gives Ginger a job she doesn't deserve and Marty's script a kin...
E05
The Way We Weren't
Air Date: 1984-05-10
Aggie plans to attend a reunion with her old Navy pals, but when she can't scrounge a date, she asks Skip to accompan...
E06
Can We Talk?
Air Date: 1984-05-17
Marty's plagiarism becomes Skip's problem.
E07
The Education of Mrs. Winkler
Air Date: 1984-05-24
In hopes of being smarter, Sheree decides to finally get her high school diploma, and Brooks gives her a helping hand...
E08
Ordinary People, Too
Air Date: 1984-06-06
Skip helps come up with the cash to fund Andrea's film project, yet doesn't get the thanks one might think.
E09
It Didn't Happen One Night
Air Date: 1984-06-13
The gang begin to suspect that Skip and Andrea are romantically involved. Meanwhile, Marty isn't happy about his frie...
E10
The Duck Stops Here
Air Date: 1984-06-20
Wally decides to throw his hat into the Shakespeare ring after his Dippy Duck voice escapes him.
E11
The Children's Half Hour
Air Date: 1984-06-27
It's Children's Night at the Apollo when Brooks' son and Wally's daughter both want to further their artistic careers...
E12
You Always Love the One You Hurt
Air Date: 1984-07-04
Roland is pressured to quit the animation biz and follow in his father's footsteps -- as a dentist. Meanwhile, the st...
E13
Call Me Responsible
Air Date: 1984-07-11
The ball is in Skip's hands when the show needs someone to fight for it at the network, or it will be cancelled.
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