One of the more intriguing videos in our video playlist for this week's Duck Tales episode is this 1989 Sunoco spot:
You know what I miss about the old days? Being able to get cool toys at gas stations. Actually, I don't remember many of the fill-up joints near me carrying sweet merch like this. I recall being able to get 18-wheelers with oil brand names on them and stuff like that, but Duck Tales toys? No way.
I want that Gyro Gearloose, by the way!
After listening to this week's podcast, check out our video playlist devoted to Duck Tales! We have plenty of stuff, including promos! Commercials! Donald Duck orange juice! Alan Young and Russi Taylor (Birdie in the McDonald's ad)! Bagpipes? And who was going to Disney World after the Super Bowl the season Duck Tales premiered? Click below to find out!
And remember to visit our official YouTube page for all of our past podcast episodes and video playlists to accompany them!
*Special thanks again to Geno from our Facebook group for suggesting we talk about Duck Tales and for sharing his thoughts on the series! Come on over and join us to talk about classic (and maybe not-so-classic?) television!
*Duck Tales' original incarnation aired September 1987 to November 1990 in first-run syndication, mostly weekday afternoons.
*Uncle Scrooge McDuck first appeared in Carl Barks' comic book story "Christmas on Bear Mountain" in the issue of Four-Colour cover-dated December 1947. He then made a cameo in the animated opening of The Mickey Mouse Club, but his first speaking role came in the 1967 short Scrooge McDuck and Money, in which Bill Thompson provided the voice. Here is some more info about Scrooge.
*Huey, Louie, and Dewey debuted in the syndicated Donald Duck comic strip by Ted Osborne and Al Taliaferro. They made their screen debut the following year in 1938's Donald's Nephews.
*Talking dogs vs. non-talking dogs? Ducks with and without pants? We will just have to continue exploring these issues because we don't have solid answers.
*Disney bought Capital Cities/ABC in 1995.
*Roy E. Disney, nephew of Walt and son of Roy O. Disney (who died in 1971), was a longtime member of the Disney board of directors and an active figure in the company for years.
*Donald Duck Presents aired vintage Disney animated shorts on The Disney Channel from 1983-1992.
*Scrooge McDuck is not in season 1 of The Mandalorian, but we are not sure if he will show up in season 2.
*Old Man Ribbit is credited to William Callaway, whose other TV animation roles include Clumsy Smurf, Ming the Merciless, and Aquaman!
This week, we dive into the deep end of the money bin as we take on a lister request, eighties cartoon Duck Tales. On every duck's favorite holiday, Dime Polishing Day, Scrooge McDuck tells the duck tale of how he got his number one dime and became the world's richest duck.
Don't ask me to explain why, but very little in this world gives me more joy than hearing Casey Kasem say, "Eischeid!"
Joe Don Baker and James Stephens! Looks like a good episode!
Our season premiere covered The Brady Bunch last month, so we feel it's appropriate to mark the late actor's birthdate of this day in 1932. Reed was more than just Mike Brady, of course, starring in The Defenders before his most beloved role and in a recurring role on Mannix. One role we didn't discuss on the pod, though: Dr. Adam Rose on the short-lived Michael Learned show Nurse.
