The Duck Factory
Skip Tarkenton is a young animator who's just started with a low-budget animation company that produces "The Dippy Duck Show." As new guy, Skip is often the brunt of office politics, and has to deal with his own lack of confidence.
- 1984-1984
- 1 season
- 20th Century Fox Television
- Comedy
- TV-14
Skip Tarkenton is a young animator who's just started with a low-budget animation company that produces "The Dippy Duck Show." As new guy, Skip is often the brunt of office politics, and has to deal with his own lack of confidence.
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 1984
Episode 1
Goodbye Buddy, Hello Skip
Thu, Apr 12, 1984 24 mins
Skip had a vague offer of maybe an animation job in California, but arrives just in time for the funeral of Buddy Winkler, the man who might possibly have given him the job.
Episode 2
Filling Buddy's Shoes
Thu, Apr 19, 1984 24 mins
Skip's waterbed springs a leak, flooding his room, and he needs to stay over somewhere. Sheree Winkler has that spacious mansion. But now his co-workers suspect he may have slept with Mrs. Winkler to get the producer job.
Episode 3
The Annies
Thu, Apr 26, 1984 24 mins
While hoping to score a cable TV deal for a new show, the crew finds out Dippy Duck has received 3 animation awards nominations.
Episode 4
No Good Deed
Thu, May 3, 1984 24 mins
Skip hires Roland's prostitute friend as the new receptionist.When it doesn't work out, he promotes her.
Episode 5
The Way We Weren't
Thu, May 10, 1984 24 mins
Aggie takes Skip to a Navy reunion in order to prove to her ex-fiancé, Captain Hubble, that she has moved on and ends up turning down his marriage proposal.
Episode 6
Can We Talk?
Thu, May 17, 1984 24 mins
Skip is afraid to give Marty some bad news because of Marty's bad mood and at the same time Sherry Winkler can't bring herself to tell her mother that she is a horrible singer and arranges for her mother to debut at a local club instead.
Episode 7
The Education of Mrs. Winkler
Thu, May 24, 1984 24 mins
Sheree Winkler asks Brooks to tutor her in math and what starts out as a tutor-tutee relationship turns into a romantic affair.
Episode 8
Ordinary People, Too
Wed, Jun 6, 1984 24 mins
Skip tries to help Andrea finish her personal film project that she's been working on for three years, but Andrea takes offense when Skip calls it "a downer."
Episode 9
It Didn't Happen One Night
Wed, Jun 13, 1984 23 mins
While the Duck Factory team speculate about a romantic connection between Skip and Andrea, Mrs. Winkler dates an actor friend of Buddy who turns out to be a creep.
Episode 10
The Duck Stops Here
Wed, Jun 20, 1984 30 mins
When he is unable to do the Dippy Duck voice, Wally decides to focus on theatre.
Episode 11
The Children's Half-Hour
Wed, Jun 27, 1984 23 mins
Brooks tries, unsuccessfully, to help his son, Bumps, to launch a stand-up comedy act, while Wally warns the crew against it when they decide to give his conniving daughter, Wendy, a job.
Episode 12
You Always Love the One You Hurt
Wed, Jul 4, 1984 23 mins
. For the last year Roland has let his dad believe that he is actually a dentist, but when his father comes to town he considers returning to dentistry rather than tell his father the truth. In the meantime, Skip tries to keep Dippy Duck off of a list of the 10 most violent children's programs.
Episode 13
Call Me Responsible
Wed, Jul 11, 1984 23 mins
When the network threatens to cancel Dippy Duck, Skip must figure out how to revamp the show.