"America the Beautiful" is the fifth episode of Season 2, and the eighteenth episode of Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man overall. This episode aired on April 10, 1995.
Synopsis[]
A disclaimer announces that the episode is full "of heavy handed and over-obvious allegory." When a multicultural group of children task Duckman and Cornfed with finding their missing idol, the beautiful supermodel America, they interview her ex-boyfriends, representative of American life across four decades. Duckman becomes obsessed with locating her.
Plot[]
TBA
Character Appearances[]
First Appearances[]
- America
- Wilbur Nelson
- Mrs. Nelson
- Cinque
- Saul Monella
- Stone
- Valerie
Music Used[]
- "We Are There" performed by the episode's entire cast
- Series original song. Lyrics by Michael Markowitz; music by Scott Wilk and Todd Yvega
Trivia[]
- America is an allegory for the United States of America, and her boyfriends represent life in the US in the 1950s, '60s, '70s and '80s. Duckman himself starts representing the '90s after hearing of America's (supposed) death.
- The poster of a voluptuous duck lady appeared before in "Not So Easy Riders"
- The episode's closing song is a parody of We Are the World.
- During the We Are There musical number, Charles and Mambo's voices are swapped throughout the whole sequence.
- The shot of Duckman saying, "I'm ONE letter off! Crucify me!" was used in a USA Network promo (alongside a montage of other USA Network programming) for the underwriting credits to Charlie Rose on PBS from 1995 to 1996. A second version from 1996 to 1997 replaced it with a clip from "Gland of Opportunity". Coincidentally, in "The Mallardian Candidate", Duckman mentioned that he once had sex with Charlie Rose.
- Cornfed's line, "It appears they don't allow people of color in this community." once became a minor internet meme.