Sitting Ducks (TV series)

Sitting Ducks

Promotional poster
Genre
Created by Michael Bedard (lithography)
Developed by Sitting Ducks Productions
Directed by Walt Kubiak
Creative director(s)
  • Terry Shakespeare (Season 1)
  • David Molina (Season 1)
  • Gary Selvaggio (Season 2)
Voices of Ian James Corlett
Dave "Squatch" Ward
Theme music composer Kick Productions Limited
Composer(s) Charlie Brissette
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 26 (52 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Michael Bedard
  • Elizabeth Daro
  • Loredana Cunti (Season 1 only)
Producer(s)
  • Eliot Daro
  • Steve Granat and Cydne Clark (co-producers, Season 1 only)
  • Walt Kubiak and G. Sue Shakespeare (supervising producers, Season 1 only)
  • George Elliott and Brian Irving (line producers, Season 2 only)
Editor(s)
  • Billy Jones (Season 1)
  • Steven Kingsbury (Season 2)
  • Supervising editors: Craig Russo (S01), and Billy Jones (Season 2)
Running time 22 minutes
Production company(s)
Distributor NBCUniversal Television Distribution
Release
Original release September 13, 2001 (2001-09-13) – July 5, 2003 (2003-07-05)

Sitting Ducks is an American children's animated television series based on the 1970s "Sitting Ducks" lithograph and the 1998 children's book of the same name, created by the poster artist Michael Bedard. Sitting Ducks first appeared in 2001 in Europe, later debuting in United States on Cartoon Network, in Australia on ABC, in Canada on YTV, in the United Kingdom on Nickelodeon, CITV, Disney XD and in the Japanese version of Cartoon Network.

The show lasted for two seasons each comprising thirteen episodes, with the last episode shown on July 5, 2003. Reruns of the show were aired on Qubo in 2007 and was later aired as part of its Qubo Night Owl block until June 30, 2012.

Background

The show takes place in a town called Ducktown and focuses on a duck named Bill and his best friend Aldo, an alligator from the neighboring town of Swampwood. As ducks are a favorite snack of the alligators, Bill and Aldo's friendship is rather unusual. The pair usually end up in varied situations and adventures, getting around on Bill's scooter.

Episodes

Characters

Merchandise

Sitting Ducks proved to be a big hit with the European children's show market, and as a result toys, clothing and other merchandise were created. The entire series was on Hulu, a free video streaming service

VHS releases

Title Release Date Additional Information
Sitting Ducks: Duck CravingsFebruary 10, 2004Also available on DVD format.
Episodes: Running Ducks, Hic Hic Hooray, Peeking Duck, Midnight Snack, Ducks on Ice, Great White Hype, All In a Day's Work
Includes a bonus episode "Where's Aldo?"
Sitting Ducks: Ducktown AdventuresFebruary 10, 2004Also available on DVD format.
Episodes: Mind Over Mallard, Got Milk?, Duck Naked, Bill Hatches an Egg, Hey, Bill's On The News, Denture Adventure, Waddle's Spud Bud
Includes a bonus episode "The Fly Who Loved Me"
Sitting Ducks: Bill & FriendsFebruary 10, 2004Also available on DVD format.
Episodes: Ducks for Hire, Fred's Meltdown, License to Scoot, Pest of a Guest, Bev's Big Day, Feeding Frenzy, Born to be Wild
Includes a bonus episode "The Visitor"

DVD releases

Title Release Date Additional Information
Sitting Ducks - Season 1: Quack PackFebruary 10, 2004Consists of the pilot episode and complete first season. Features two interactive games and character profiles.

Print

The cartoon itself also spawned a couple of books. Quacking Up is a joke book written by Rick Walton featuring the characters from the television show, and Plucked Duck a children's picture book by Danielle Mentzer and Annmarie Harris based on the episode "Duck Naked". Both books were released in 2004, roughly a year after the show had ended.

Video games

In May 2003, LSP Games and Asobo Studios picked up the rights from Universal Studios to create games for Sitting Ducks.[1] Then, during 2004, Sitting Ducks was released for Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Advance and PlayStation 2.[2] An Xbox version was also planned to include a multiplayer racing option, but was quietly cancelled.[3]

See also

References

  1. Calvert, Justin (2003-05-27). "Sitting Ducks announced". GameSpot. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
  2. "Sitting Ducks for PS2". GameSpot. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
  3. "Sitting Ducks for Xbox". GameSpot. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
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