Duckman - Duckman Created by Everett Peck and produced by Gabor Csupo and Arlene Klasky, Duckman was a cartoon series of 70 episodes, airing in the mid 1990s on the USA Network. Basically a sitcom, the series followed the home-life and adventures of a dim-witted and lascivious private detective duck. The title character was voiced by Jason Alexander, most famous as Seinfeld's George Costanza. Other characters included his two-headed son Charles and Mambo (voices: Dana Hill & Elizabeth Daily), his obese teenage son Ajax (voice: Dweezil Zappa), and his business partner, a pig named Cornfed (voice: Gregg Berger). Nancy Travis voiced the characters of triplet sisters Bernice, Beverly, and Beatrice, Duckman's two sisters-in-law, and (supposedly) deceased wife, respectively. One of the show's visual quirks was that Duckman's eyes.
Hollywood Animation: The Renaissance - Termite Terrace. Tiny Toon Adventures scored big with young TV viewers, inspiring Warner Bros. to ressurect its moribund animation studio and become a contender once again in the field of animated cartoons. Tiny Toon Adventures was followed by Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs and Batman: The Animated Series. Not only did these cartoons bring in new viewers to Warner Bros., they also captured the attention of older viewers (teenagers and adults). Animation for Adults The 1990s saw the beginnings of a new wave of animated series targeted primarily to adults. The Simpsons, based on a short animated cartoon segment of The Tracy Ullman Show, was the first prime-time animated series since The Flintstones to capture a sizable viewing audience. It was the first major hit series for the fledgling Fox network, and.
USA Network - Networks buys Canada's North American Television, Inc., owner of cable TV channels Trio and News World International. 2001: USA Networks sells its non-shopping TV and film assets (including the USA Network, the Sci Fi Channel, the Trio Channel, USA Films and Studios USA) to Vivendi Universal. USA and the other channels are folded into Vivendi's Univeral Television Group. 2003 General Electric's NBC agrees to buy Universal Television Group as part of an entertainment asset purchase from Vivendi. USA Original Programming D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear, movie The Dead Zone, series Duckman, animated series Monk, series Silk Stalkings, series U.S. Open Tennis Championships USA Up!! All Night!!, variety with Rhonda Shear Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show External Links USA Network.
Duckburg - "facts" are those presented in stories by Carl Barks and Don Rosa. To read a detailed history of the city according to their own stories follow the link: http://duckman.pettho.com/history/history.html Duckburg in other languages: Danish: Andeby Dutch: Duckstad Finnish: Ankkalinna French: Donaldville German: Entenhausen Italian: Paperopoli Norwegian: Andeby Portuguese: Patópolis Romanian: Raţburg Spanish: Patoburgo / Patolandia / Patópolis Swedish: Ankeborg Greek: Limnoupolis ("Lake City").
Raymond Scott - bandleader and innovator in electronic music. Actually, Scott never composed a note for cartoons, but his music was used in Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, The Simpsons, Ren and Stimpy, Animaniacs, and Duckman cartoons. According to his wife, he not only did not compose for cartoons, he did not watch them either. Nonetheless, even in the 1930s, before his cartoon work, his songs had cartoonish titles, such as "Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals," "Celebration on the Planet Mars," and "New Year's Eve in a Haunted House." Scott's early career was in broadcast music with CBS, but he left the network to start a band, the Raymond Scott Quintette. It was a six-piece group, but the puckish Scott thought quintette (his spelling), sounded "crisper" and told a reporter he.
Mae Whitman - appeared on Independence Day as the President's daughter, (alongside Will Smith) and in Hope Floats, with Sandra Bullock. Mae's other credits include: The Judds (television mini-series) Degree of Guilt (television mini-series) Bye, Bye Love (movie) One Fine Day (movie, with George Clooney) Invisible Child) (movie) A Season for Miracles (movie) Chicago Hope (television show) Duckman (tv show) Early Edition (tv show) Friends (tv show) Judging Amy (tv show) Providence (show) (tv show) Johnny Bravo (cartoon, voice-over) Superman (show) (cartoon, voice-over).
