The Duck Factory
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| The Duck Factory | |
|---|---|
| Image:The Duck Factory VHS Cover.jpg The Duck Factory cover | |
| Format | Sitcom |
| Starring | Jim Carrey |
| Country of origin | Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 min (per episode) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Original run | April 12, 1984 – October 4, 1984 |
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| IMDb profile | |
The Duck Factory was a 1984 NBC television series produced by MTM Enterprises that starred Jim Carrey. It was about Skip Tarkenton, a new employee of a low-budget animation company called Buddy Winkler Productions. Skip comes to Hollywood looking for a job, but when he gets there he finds out Buddy Winkler has died. So Skip gets an animation job at The Duck Factory, whose main cartoon is "The Dippy Duck Show."
The Duck Factory lasted thirteen episodes; it premiered April 12, 1984, and its last episode was broadcast on July 11, 1984.
Contents |
[edit] Cast
- Jim Carrey - Skip Tarkenton
- Jack Gilford - Brooks Carmichael
- Nancy Lane- Andrea Lewin
- Jay Tarses- Marty Fenneman
- Don Messick - Wally Wooster/Voice of Dippy Duck
- Julie Payne- Aggie Aylesworth
- Clarence Gilyard Jr- Roland Culp
- Teresa Ganzel- Mrs. Sheree Winkler
[edit] Home Video
Two VHS videocassettes were released, one containing the first three episodes, the other the last three episodes. No DVDs or full-season sets have been released yet.
[edit] Episode Guide
- Goodbye Buddy, Hello Skip
- Filling Buddy's Shoes
- The Annies
- No Good Deed
- The Way We Weren't
- Can We Talk?
- The Education of Mrs. Winkler (a.k.a. The Education of S*h*e*r*e*e W*i*n*k*l*e*r)
- Ordinary People, Too
- It Didn't Happen One Night
- The Duck Stops Here
- The Children's Half Hour
- You Always Love the One You Hurt
- Call Me Responsible
