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The Duck Factory is a comedy TV series that premiered on NBC on April 12, 1984. It has 1 season and 13 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 1 Episode 13 "Call Me Responsible", aired on July 11, 1984.
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.
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13 episodes · 1 season
1984 · 13 episodes · Last episode: 42 years ago
The ball is in Skip's hands when the show needs someone to fight for it at the network, or it will be cancelled.
Roland is pressured to quit the animation biz and follow in his father's footsteps -- as a dentist. Meanwhile, the staff consider changing the show when a parents group vote it one of the most violent kids' programs on TV.
It's Children's Night at the Apollo when Brooks' son and Wally's daughter both want to further their artistic careers -- to the joy of Brooks and the dismay of Wally.
Wally decides to throw his hat into the Shakespeare ring after his Dippy Duck voice escapes him.
The gang begin to suspect that Skip and Andrea are romantically involved. Meanwhile, Marty isn't happy about his friend's new girlfriend -- Sheree.
Skip helps come up with the cash to fund Andrea's film project, yet doesn't get the thanks one might think.
In hopes of being smarter, Sheree decides to finally get her high school diploma, and Brooks gives her a helping hand -- and a little something extra.
Marty's plagiarism becomes Skip's problem.
Aggie plans to attend a reunion with her old Navy pals, but when she can't scrounge a date, she asks Skip to accompany her.
Skip learns that no good deed goes unpunished when he gives Ginger a job she doesn't deserve and Marty's script a kinder review than it deserves.
A series of mishaps arise when the staff attend the Annies, where Buddy is to receive a posthumous award.
Someone must fill Buddy's shoes as the Dippy Duck showrunner. But who? Skip (Jim Carrey) abandons his room at the studio in the wake of a waterbed flood, out of his temporary residence at Mrs. Winkler's estate, and brings a plague of innuendo from colleagues who resented his assignment to produce "Dippy Duck."
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.
Created by Herbert Klynn and Allan Burns
Kenneth Mars
Harmon Alison
Daphne Maxwell Reid
Saleswoman
Bill Scott
Annie Awards Host
Larry Gelman
Poncho
Diane Stilwell
Ginger
Frank Bonner
Mel Kemper
Barbara Perry
Aunt Pauline
Barry Corbin
Hubbell
Nancy Parsons
Channing Chase
Pat Benson
Susan James Berger
Maureen Arthur
Debbee
Donald Bishop
Ken Sansom
Liz Sheridan
The Duck Factory has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on July 11, 1984.
The most recent episode of The Duck Factory, Season 1 Episode 13 "Call Me Responsible", aired on July 11, 1984.
The Duck Factory has 1 season with 13 episodes in total.
The Duck Factory first aired on NBC on April 12, 1984.
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