Sitting Ducks
Sitting Ducks is the name of a lithograph by the artist Michael Bedard from the late 1970s. The picture shows three ducks sitting on white chairs by a pool in the sun, one of the ducks noticing two bullet holes in the wall behind them.
The picture was followed by other lithographs that also deal with the ducks. A children's book was later published with these pictures and an animated series on the subject was produced.
book
Bedard's book Sitting Ducks was published in 1999.
action
Crocodiles produce ducks in a duck factory and then send them to Ducktown , where they live happily. They get thicker every day until one day they are eaten by the crocodiles. A duck that befriends a crocodile learns that the ducks could escape their fate if they eat less and fly away.
Television series
| Television broadcast | |
|---|---|
| German title | Sitting Ducks |
| Original title | Sitting Ducks |
| Country of production | Canada |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 2001-2002 |
| Production company |
Sitting Ducks Entertainment Inc. Universal Cookie Jar Entertainment Group The Krislin Company HiT Entertainment Group |
| length | 25 minutes |
| Episodes | 26 in 2 seasons |
| genre | Comedy |
| Theme music | Sitting Ducks (Instrumental) |
| idea | Michael Bedard |
| production |
Michaël Bedard Patty Gary-Cox |
| First broadcast | September 13, 2001 on Cartoon Network |
| German-language first broadcast |
April 5, 2002 - April 23, 2002 on KI.KA |
content
Bill the duck and Aldo the crocodile are friends, but the friendship is heavily strained because Aldo tries hard not to eat any ducks. And even when they walk through the city, it is always difficult because so many ducks are afraid of Aldo and other crocodiles want to eat Bill. So both step out of their usual roles.
publication
In 2001 Universal Studios produced an animated series for children's books. The series was broadcast from September 13, 2001 to March 10, 2002 by Cartoon Network in the United States and translated into Japanese, French and Portuguese, among others. The 25-minute episodes always contain two individual storylines.
The series was first broadcast in German by the station KI.KA from April 5, 2002 to April 23, 2002. Eberhard Storeck was responsible for the script and direction . A DVD with eight half-episodes was released in November 2002.
synchronization
| role | English speakers | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Bill | Ian James Corlett | Oliver Boettcher |
| Ed | Louis Chirillo | Jan-David Rönfeldt |
| Aldo | Dave Ward | Claus Wilcke |
| Oly & Watschel | Dan Carlino & Carlos Jr. Cox | Guido Zimmermann / Konstantin Graudus |
| Fred | Phil Hayes | Peter Weis |
| Babs / owner of the Cafe Lockvogel | Monique Beatty | Marion von Stengel |
| Dr. Oscar Cecil ( dentist ) | Roland Poindexter | Wolf Frass |
| Hilda Cecil / Oscar's wife | Eric Coleman | Sabine Hahn |
| Raoul / the crow | Dan Cross | Robert Missler |
| Jerry / Bill's parrot | Chris Spry | Eberhard Storeck |
The first 16 stories were also published as a radio play, four stories per radio play episode. Thomas Karallus took on the role of the narrator .
Web links
- Gallery with pictures of the artist (English, link no longer available)
- Sitting Duck's profile at Fernsehserien.de
- cartoonserien.de about the series