This is not an apt comparison Of course show like Peppa Pig having a 5 minute musical number would drag and I'd rather hear Duckman rant for 2 minutes sure... But it depends on the show and the context, it isn't a one to one comparison.
@@1d10tcannotmakeusername for the shit steven universe gets i do enjoy rebecca sugars song writing. Some of the better songs on adventure time were done by her as well.
@@ashtraysonsundays4274 Jason Alexander played George in Seinfeld, altough, Jason Alexander made such a great performance as George Costanza, it's all he's known for. Edit: I wrote "playes" instead of "played".
女神キラ You didn’t miss anything. Just another school dance with shitty music, a hot suit/dress, and an expensive meal for some reason. Boring and completely pointless
@@PsylomeAlpha "Believe it or not, George isn't at home. Please leave a message at the beep. I must be out, or I'd pick up the phone. Where would I be? Believe it or not, I'm not home."
dude he didnt write this rant lmao come to think of it, he barely wrote anything for the show if you check the credits. his art was amazing though, i love it.
If you go back and watch the Duckman series now, even though it's from the mid-90s, it's amazing how witty and relevant it is to today's world. It's fucking brilliant and yet probably one of the most criminally under-watched cartoons of all time!
Mostly due to the fact that other than the new (post 2001) paranoia our culture hasnt changed in any meaningful way since the 90s. If anything its gotten more ridiculous.
@@Doperooni same reason people are always going "The simpsons predicted this!" when really they were just making jokes/situations based on things we haven't done a damn thing about in thirty years.
This is nothing but a pile of whining, defeatism and out-dated pop culture references. I pity anyone who honestly thinks there's any "wisdom" in this. It's a show about a self-absorbed cartoon duck making bad life choices and suffering sitcom-esque consequences for his indiscretions. You want wisdom, go read kant, there's none to be found here.
No one ever bothered to question WHY he was such a colossal jerk. XD He's just tired of it all. He suffers from severe clinical depression and a truly gifted intellect resulting in terminal cynicism and at times full blown nihilism.
Every character in the show's a jerk. It's just advertised so that they want you to think only Duckman is. And he's one of the only ones pointing out bullshit.
This came to mind while he was ranting: “Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life. It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.” - Genesis
As someone whos been recently committed to a mental hospital against my will its terrifying to think your whole life could just not belong to you anynore.
I had a friend in middle school, he was institutionalized for anger issues even though I'd seen nothing of the sort when talking to him and meeting up with him. I didn't seem him again in tell late high school.
This show was so far ahead of it's time, it's easy to see why it's virtually unknown. The writing and voice acting is amazing. This show often got a little too into the funk Duckman experienced trying to get through tough cases or just life in general- which was what made it fascinating to watch, but the cartoon style always seemed to work against the mature tone. It's actually rather difficult to compare it to anything, though some have mentioned Bojack Horseman. The level of exasperation, desperation and pain Duckman feels in almost every episode is quite a sight to behold. In my opinion, it's a one-of-a-kind experience.
I watched this show during high school and looking back years later I thought it wasn’t even a real show. Damn it was good. Miss this show. Watching it late at night
Adult cartoons or kid cartoons or those for the teens, the 90s were a great time for great characters. Back in those days where even the immature of jerks had some common sense.
indeed and the 90s was when adult animation boomed as before that there was Fritz the Cat, Wizards, Heavy Metal, Fantastic Planet, Watership Down, American Pop, Fire and Ice, The Wall, Hey Good Looking, Transformers the Movie, Akira, Wicked City, Golgo 13 Professional etc and in the 90s it boomed big with Simpsons, Futurama, South Park, Duckman, Spawn, Cowboy Bebop, Maxx, Head, Ninja Scroll, Princess Mononoke etc. before Bojack Horseman, Castlevania and more
I really thought duckman was underrated and underappreciated in it's time. Maybe because it was on late on a second tier,at The time, cable station, USA Network. It was really fresh funny and ahead of it's time. I don't understand why Jason Alexander didn't become a cult legend from this endeavor. They should dust off the show and put it on adult swim ASAP. I bet after smoking a few drinks the up all nughters would love it.
While Duckman didn't result in the wide popularity of Duckman, it *did* open a lot of doors for the animation studio Klasky Csupo, allowing them to make Rugrats, Aaaaaaah! Real Monsters, and The Wild Thornberrys.
+Jason Travor I don't even like Family Guy and I'm a particular fan of Duckman, and even I know how silly of a comparison this is. Apples and Oranges, if you go into Family Guy wanting Duckman you're gonna be disappointed, and if you go into Duckman wanting Family Guy you're gonna be disappointed.
Ranting and weird ass metaphors aside for any of you who missed what he’s saying, Duckman was explaining how the modern world is so crazy and inconvenient for people that it’s no wonder some people would be seemingly deranged. At least that’s what I got out of it, if anyone has a better idea I’d like to hear it!
Humans have always sort of been "deranged", we just traded being worried about what's gonna eat us while we slept in caves to being worried about whether we can pay our bills by the end of the month.
Lol they edited their comment without acknowledgement so the context is lost. I commend you for cleaning the internet of even 1 post. Its gotta start somewhere
Yeah, taht's it in a nutshell. To try and decode his suspsciously specifc metaphors: - "a schnutbusting gauntlet of inefficiency and misery that's one long parade of let-downs, put-downs, trickle downs, shutouts, freeze outs, sell-outs, numnuts, nincompoops and nimrods" Relatively obvious. Nothing about modern white collar work is really done to respect people's time, and the people you work with are insufferable, with bosses that won't hesitate to throw you out on the street for a better shareholder report - "where even if you do luck into the possibility of some fleeting pleasure...some vowel-lacking, feta-reeking cab-jockey slams his checker up your hatchback" Any moments to try and enjoy life can be ruined by the most random events. Some unlucky, some (in this case) malicious for those trying to squeeze some money - "and the cab is owned by some pinata spanker from a Santeria cult in Xoacalpa who starts shaking chicken bones at you and gives you a boil on your neck" I don't even know where to start here lol. More weird events just ruin what shoulda been a fun day? Now you gotta go to the hospital and bills rise further? - "I still drag my sorry butt off the Sealy every morning and stick my face in the reaping machine for one more day" dude still works even if it's soulless, even if it's pointless - " knowing when it's time to flash the cosmic card key at those Pearly Gates, I won't be in the coffin anyway 'cuz some underhanded undertaker sold my heart, pancreas and other assorted Good 'N' Plenty to that same Santeria cult" There's no peace even in death. Someone will find a way to profit off of you. And heck, funerals are expensive too, so probably no ceremony
@@justnoel4088 the sad part is, wild animals wanting to eat us was out of humanity's control. Rent existing, let alone being so high in some places that people can and do go homeless despite working much longer hours than deemed healthy is a problem manufactured entirely by humans.
It's good, but it isn't the best my man. If this if the best grievance laden rants you've seen then you need to look up some more or read the grapes of wrath.
KrackerJak .... Kudos to you for having the courage to attempt this !!! .... Thinking MAYBE you've taken this "failure" and incorporated it into whatever life-walk since .... [Grab 'em by the nuts (with humour) and don't let go !!!]
It's amazing how many decades the stuff he's ranted about has been the case, but every year, more and more people act like things haven't ever been this way before.
Yep, your parents and grandparents and great grandparents will always say oh i feel so sorry for this generation… it has never been this bad back in our days… like no stop… it’s always been like this! Duckman wasn’t ahead of its time, it’s relevant not because it “predicted” the future but because things never change and if people disagree with me, okay… just okay
Exactly the conclusion I’ve come to at one point. You either find a way to do something about handling the difficulties each time instead of always moaning and groaning (even if your concerns are valid and might have to find different solutions each time) or sit in your stew that won’t taste any different without changing the recipe.
Sue me, I'm colorful! Doesn't mean I belong in here making potholders with the wackos! Besides, what gives you the right to judge other people anyway? Driving,shopping, and eating, and working? Somewhere, somehow, they all got chewed up and spit back out. They don't taste like living anymore! Don't you see what it's like in this deranged whirring blender of a world? Every day is an agonizing ordeal, like balancing a pot of scalding water on your head while people whip your legs and butt! You think I'm "sick"?! Well the only disease I've got is "Modern Life," a schnutbusting gauntlet of inefficiency and misery that's one long parade of let-downs, put-downs, trickle downs, shutouts, freeze outs, sell-outs, numnuts, nincompoops and nimrods, all making every day as much fun as waxing a flaming Pontiac with your tongue, where even if you do luck into the possibility of some fleeting pleasure, like, say, if some nymphomaniac telephone operator with the muscle control of Romanian mat-slappers agree to a little strip air hockey, it'll be over before it starts, 'cuz some vowel-lacking, feta-reeking cab-jockey slams his checker up your hatchback and the cab is owned by some pinata spanker from a Santeria cult in Xoacalpa who starts shaking chicken bones at ya and gives you a boil on your neck so big, all it needs is Michael Jordan's autograph to make it complete! And even with all this, with ALL THIS, I still drag my sorry butt off the Sealy every morning and stick my face in the reaping machine for one more day, KNOWING when it's time to flash the cosmic card key at those pearly gates, I won't be in the coffin anyway 'cuz some underhanded undertaker sold my heart, pancreas and other assorted Good 'N' Plenty to that same Santeria cult! So does ANYBODY really wonder why ANYBODY is hanging onto sanity by the atoms on the tips of their fingernails while life dirty-dances on their digits, and is it really any wonder that I seem DERANGED??!!"
There are some points, but the people that seriously think this has much substance beyond cringey defeatist "woe is me because modern life doesn't let me do whatever I want" ranting are immature and need to grow up. Otherwise, life is going to get 1000x times more painful than you think. Life is all about doing what you gotta do to do what you wanna do. So much trendy references and superficial vocabulary just say "I'm mad cuz I hate having responsibilities." If you're relating, I hope you're not an adult with real responsibilities.
@@urphakeandgey6308 no, you could be an adult that takes care if his sh*t but one day finally goes off the rails and is pissed that a lot of other "adults" ain't handling thier sh*t, and now instead of it is fųcking with his life, he's gone off the chain mad.
+Brandon Poirier-Blair So you found it 100% not funny then? Guy wasn't funny at all, don;t know why he was classes as a comedian. Just ranted for 2 hours. Had some fair points I'll give him that, but not an ounce of humor.
You know, you don't actually have to be starving to have compassion for the hungry. You don't have to have cancer to speak up in support of cancer treatment or funding. Same thing with Carlin. You can point out inequalities and have means. Based on your comment, I wasn't sure if you were aware of that. PS Carlin was a genius and a brilliant social commentator. He's listed as the #1comedian of the 20th century in comedy hall of fame. Even ahead of Richard Pryor. FYI
And what is most definitely NOT ahead of its time are comments about how a particular piece of media was "ahead of its time". UA-cam is awash with this same original comment over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over again.
The only duck that can make a well structured argument about how meaningless, repetitive and dull the world of modern life is to drive people insane, but not remember the names of his conjoined sons.
@@kanyon8734 yea but duckman at least is genuinely funny but as soon as i watch bojack i wanna kill myself because i get so depressed by it...it hurts bad
Just because he's angry doesn't make him crazy and institutionalized unless he's a danger to himself. Ie. He has a gun and he's going to shoot himself because he's fed up with the living in the "reaping machine". And or he snaps while driving and tries to kill himself others. Basically if he hasn't committed an act of violence or self harmed they can't keep him in there. That is unless he asks for treatment (self admitted).
Everyone invovled in writing this rant must have had the time of their lives. Only to be relived twice: once in the recording booth, and once when it went on air for the first time. Wonderful job.
Yeah, just add in global terrorism, economic decimation, and environmental upheaval. Then consider that any wackjob, nimrod, and nincompoop can whip out a phone, type a few words, and the whole world knows about how fifteen years ago, you went out with that nimrod out on a date and she didn't get the caramel swirl on her dessert, so she accuses you of sexual bad stuff, and you get fired from the one job you're lucky enough to get, and every member of your ethnic group has to write op-ed pieces about how they're donating to the caramel manufacturer's fund to make sure it never happens again.
There are quite a few amazing rants in the show. One I found so profound I plagiarized it by recording it on vhs and writing it down, then passing it off in high school for a writing assignment. I didn’t know how else to expose anyone to the ideas within which resonated so strongly with my disillusionment of the world at that time. I think my teacher knew something was up because he made me recite the entirety of it in front of the class. I realized in reciting it how above me it was in how it was put together, but that it did follow my general writing style and sentiments. Either my teacher thought I was a burgeoning poet and writer or that the experience would force me to realize the risks I was taking in passing off another’s work as my own. I have never plagiarized since then (knowingly anyway). Great teacher, maybe the best, truly functioning 5 levels above others. The remember little except I think the setting was in his house and I know it included something about a mortgage. I think I was about 16-17 at the time.
0:36 “Everyday is an agonizing ordeal, like balancing a pot of scalding water on your head while people whip your legs and butt!” This is true to this day, life is a living Hell.
There's an old saying "the craziest people are the one's that think they're sane; because the are oblivious to the madness that is the world". After experiencing a part of life I regret to even step in I can guarentee i'm not sane. No self respecting person would; but as duckman said, I step out into that mad world every day just for a moment to know I didn't kick the bucket; that I can stand up proud and laugh at the world consciousness that it hasn't got me yet, despite all the things it throws at me. It not easy, it's never easy. Life isn't easy. But it's something we do so we can appreciate the small moment between, even though it fleeting and brief; they are worth more than anything in this world, despite us taking for granted. Whether friends, family, a cool summer breeze or just a moment to do a hobby (like drawing), its worth all that chaos and madness. Or at least I think so. If you disagree well I don't blame you. I might be insane; but at least i'm not crazy :)
The only sane people who exist are those who look at The Madness of the world and recoil in fear because they are scared. Are you scared because I'm scared, you'd have to be genuinely crazy not to be scared.
@@lornbaker1083 Pal. The only sane people are the ones who look into the ever spiraling mess of insanity and chaos that is life and laugh or survive it all through spite, and in my limited point of view, fed by a crazed and control-addicted Police-State that bites itself more than the actual criminals, Then, if you don't do much to not get noticed by them, self absorbed purse mongers that're the everyday hell for literally any poor self respecting worker that even Masochistic people avoid. Thirdly, if they didn't scream your head off, you then gotta work the rest of your soul sucking shift that only goes to pay off the CEOs 11 millionth Yacht, while you're stuck paying for Ramen Noodle Cups for the 38th week STRAIGHT. Thankfully, you walk away from that nightmare called retail into an ever increasingly costly liability that is the automobile, that I must admit LOOK nice, but are so much more trouble than what they're worth. Because you got to hope to god that some bumbling buffoon doesn't T-Bone you and NOT kill you, because your Insurance is going to rip out your scrote to make ends meet if and when it DOES. Then parking into the Apartment Complex where your one Bedroom/Bathroom home that your College Debt DOESN'T immediately make you want to kill yourself in is another challenge because Jane just HAS to have her spot. And when you lie in bed, you think back to everything that led you to this point in life.... And realize that you have only been able to consciously scratch the SURFACE of the everyday Tango that is our Distopian Society, that I must say have delicious cookies.
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Well, if your childhood was anything like mine then you probably only caught a few minutes of it _at best_ until your parents realized what was going on and forbade you from watching it. Just like they did with Ren & Stimpy and MTV while it was still cool.
I know im late to the post but it probably had something to do with it being on at like 11pm on the USA network that didnt have anything else worth watching really.
I just to watch this show as a kid and not get most of the humor. As a 36 year old now, I applaud how relevant this show has remained almost 30 years later.
Everyone goes nuts for Bojack and Rick and Morty because they’re so edgy and real and blah blah blah. But this was so far ahead of its time it was criminally underrated when it was released. If it were to be aired now it would knock all that other stuff into a cocked hat.
Or it could turn in another program like the Steven Universe, Simpsons, South Park, Family Guy, Rick and Morty or Bojack Horseman: a program which can be exploited just for Primetime entertainment, passes its prime and wants to still appear that it is smart, reflective about life and society, objective, critical, deep and/or intelligent humour. It was good that it appeared in the 90s and was undervaluated so the plots were freely done without any of today's restrictions, demandings nor political correctness.
If this series was given a wide and well-publicized re-release today, I bet people would be shocked that a cartoon which sounds so contemporary and in line with the likes of Rick & Morty, BoJack Horseman, and Family Guy, was actually created by the people behind Rugrats (Klasky Csupo Productions) back in the mid 1990s, over 20 years ago.
Ah the age old argument of who really crazy, A person Or Is it society itself. A topic on which no one I know will talk about with me, cause there to afraid to think for themselves.
Beyond even just the rant being super ahead of its time about modern existential anxiety, the wordplay is so damn good. "Some vowel-lacking, feta-reeking cab-jockey slams his checker up your hatchback and the cab is owned by some pinata spanker from a Santeria cult in Xoacalpa who starts shaking chicken bones at ya and gives you a boil on your neck so big, all it needs is Michael Jordan's autograph to make it complete!" And Jason Alexander absolutely sells it.
@@PaulvonOberstein Yeah, I don't think on its own this rant is super deep or anything but I think this scene and the show in terms of feeling 21st century Duckman in context is pretty ahead of its time. Still very 90s but I can see huge influence from this show on recent works of media
Before *BoJack Horseman* 🐴
There was *Duckman* 🦆
“What is this, a crossover episode?”
Dickman will be here after Bojack too.
please don't disrespect Duckman like that
Jimmy duckman?
@@ghostfacedude93
That be a neat crossover
A kids shows singing for five minutes: This is dragging out for too long.
Duckman ranting for two minutes: Wonderful.
Infrared Toa Depends on the show, the song, and the quality of the characters singing.
This is not an apt comparison
Of course show like Peppa Pig having a 5 minute musical number would drag and I'd rather hear Duckman rant for 2 minutes sure...
But it depends on the show and the context, it isn't a one to one comparison.
A one-nanosecond musical number from phineas and ferb would drag, are you kidding me?
@@1d10tcannotmakeusername I love Phineas and Ferb, they handle musicals very well.
@@1d10tcannotmakeusername for the shit steven universe gets i do enjoy rebecca sugars song writing. Some of the better songs on adventure time were done by her as well.
I give Jason Alexander points for being able to do that rant without losing his voice or even needing to take a breath. I mean dang is he talented!
He probably had to do takes.
The Spanish and the Cuban version are like that, too. Duckman is an unstoppable machine gun of words.
MWolfL yep
Ginger Roberts no he's talented
I remember a interview with him when he said if had expected this many episodes he would have read it quieter lmao
It is the man who can cheerfully accept the madness of this world that is truly insane.
+Jrod1rulz No he just gets it and doesn't let that stop him from having some fun...
+Xxazteckingx Its a quote from an episode. Moron
Kevin Johnstone ok? your point?
+Jay The Pharaoh that is called acceptance.
@@Xxazteckingx The point is to maintain your sanity and try to improve. Not accept the madness and use it as an excuse to add to it.
this is some kickass voice acting.
That's what you get when you hire George Costanza
@@ashtraysonsundays4274 Jason Alexander played George in Seinfeld, altough, Jason Alexander made such a great performance as George Costanza, it's all he's known for. Edit: I wrote "playes" instead of "played".
@@somegoodfella jason likes his duck spicy
@@user-bo5um4nv8l He prefers Chinese food as there's no room to haggle om pesto in restaurants.
He's acting without acting
At my age and at my job, this rant really hits fucking home.
It's never too late and if you hate your job bro fucking quit
Edge lord
@@GoldenMushroom64 You find a way to suck the fun out of everything, don't you?
@@GoldenMushroom64 Lord Edge
@@michaelbarbarich3965 Did ya'll get that from Rick and Morty?? Stfu
This show should totally be re-aired... I bet it would gain a lot of popularity.
+gamerfreak5665 adult swim at 2 or 3 am should do it
gamerfreak5665 This may be the show we all needed for this situation
ahead of its time
gamerfreak5665 I agree but take in cosideration that we are living on a pc era full of cunts.
gamerfreak5665 YES YES YES FUCKING YES PUT IT ON ADULT SWIM AND EVERYWHERE
This rant couldn't be more accurate in 2023.
This rant couldn't be more accurate in 2024.
@@c0mmenter1 This rant couldn't be more accurate in June 2024, well, any time it's June. Companies shoving gay shit up your ass.
This rant is accurate forever
Ah, you never forget your senior prom...
When u put it in that stall, the clappin
I could. It was miserably boring
I didn’t go to it
女神キラ You didn’t miss anything. Just another school dance with shitty music, a hot suit/dress, and an expensive meal for some reason. Boring and completely pointless
@@aaronlandry3934 Speak for yourself. Mine was incredible.
Duckman channeled the spirit of George Carlin here.
while channeling the voice of george castanza.
@@PsylomeAlpha "Believe it or not, George isn't at home. Please leave a message at the beep. I must be out, or I'd pick up the phone. Where would I be? Believe it or not, I'm not home."
And Bill Hicks.
Duckman needs grapes after that rant...lol
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who saw Carlin's influence in this rant.
"Balancing a pot of scolding water on your head while people whip your legs and butt."
Duckman must've had one wild senior prom.
Thank you Everett Peck, for visualizing what we go through for every American, and pretty much everyone. RIP.
Why did he die??
@@okjeffy6581 cancer. he was a professor at Long Beach and I was his last class he taught
@@playerhateroftheyear1084 you were blessed by a god amongst illustrators
@@CrispyTurtl3 I didn't even know brother! He never mentioned his show or character once
dude he didnt write this rant lmao
come to think of it, he barely wrote anything for the show if you check the credits. his art was amazing though, i love it.
i love how-although he might not live up to them-Duckman actually has principles and commendable opinions
He's an angry asshole... But at least he owns himself to those titles.
"Do as I say, not as I do." Some folks do genuinely give good advice and also aren't good about following their own advice.
DONT FUCK WITH THE DUCK
don't duck with the fuck
+Mark Palmer you said it
I was the 69th like.
....man?
this just makes me wish Jason Alexander did more voice acting
He plays Sy Borgman in the Harley Quinn show
same here, he’s an incredible VA and i’d love to see him in more animated movies/shows and games
@@ashtraysonsundays4274 yeah but that role gives me Chevy Chase In community vibes
@@matthewgallaway3675 I mean the guy is in his 60s, he's not going to be doing as much as he did in the 90s.
@@matthewgallaway3675 You mean he's completely out of touch with reality and hilariously offensive? Pass the popcorn! 😀
"Life's a joke and I'm the punchline"
Someone felt exactly like this. This was someone straight venting from reality.
We all feel this some day, friend.
If you go back and watch the Duckman series now, even though it's from the mid-90s, it's amazing how witty and relevant it is to today's world. It's fucking brilliant and yet probably one of the most criminally under-watched cartoons of all time!
This comment is fucking warping my mind, damn
It's because the problems of capitalism are the same now as they were then.
Mostly due to the fact that other than the new (post 2001) paranoia our culture hasnt changed in any meaningful way since the 90s. If anything its gotten more ridiculous.
@@Doperooni same reason people are always going "The simpsons predicted this!" when really they were just making jokes/situations based on things we haven't done a damn thing about in thirty years.
@@thatonewhiteguy991 this idea has always aged EXTREMELY well !!
Who knew that so much wisdom could come from such a colossal jerk?
people are jerks, it doesn't mean they're wrong about everything
This is nothing but a pile of whining, defeatism and out-dated pop culture references. I pity anyone who honestly thinks there's any "wisdom" in this. It's a show about a self-absorbed cartoon duck making bad life choices and suffering sitcom-esque consequences for his indiscretions. You want wisdom, go read kant, there's none to be found here.
ExplosionRadius Kant was a boring guy.
No one ever bothered to question WHY he was such a colossal jerk. XD
He's just tired of it all. He suffers from severe clinical depression and a truly gifted intellect resulting in terminal cynicism and at times full blown nihilism.
Every character in the show's a jerk. It's just advertised so that they want you to think only Duckman is. And he's one of the only ones pointing out bullshit.
This came to mind while he was ranting:
“Cursed is the ground because of you;
through painful toil you will eat food from it
all the days of your life.
It will produce thorns and thistles for you,
and you will eat the plants of the field.
By the sweat of your brow
you will eat your food
until you return to the ground,
since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
and to dust you will return.” - Genesis
As someone whos been recently committed to a mental hospital against my will its terrifying to think your whole life could just not belong to you anynore.
I hear you. I know it's satire, but It's amazing how unfunny this is when it hits close to home; whether it's with a client or loved ones of one.
Don't worry. Just tell them you don't have insurance and they'll throw you out.
I was institutionalized and all I wanted was a Pepsi
savages
I had a friend in middle school, he was institutionalized for anger issues even though I'd seen nothing of the sort when talking to him and meeting up with him. I didn't seem him again in tell late high school.
This show was so far ahead of it's time, it's easy to see why it's virtually unknown. The writing and voice acting is amazing. This show often got a little too into the funk Duckman experienced trying to get through tough cases or just life in general- which was what made it fascinating to watch, but the cartoon style always seemed to work against the mature tone. It's actually rather difficult to compare it to anything, though some have mentioned Bojack Horseman. The level of exasperation, desperation and pain Duckman feels in almost every episode is quite a sight to behold. In my opinion, it's a one-of-a-kind experience.
I watched this show during high school and looking back years later I thought it wasn’t even a real show. Damn it was good. Miss this show. Watching it late at night
it's not that the show was ahead of its time, its that society hasn't improved that much since it was first aired.
Adult cartoons or kid cartoons or those for the teens, the 90s were a great time for great characters. Back in those days where even the immature of jerks had some common sense.
indeed and the 90s was when adult animation boomed as before that there was Fritz the Cat, Wizards, Heavy Metal, Fantastic Planet, Watership Down, American Pop, Fire and Ice, The Wall, Hey Good Looking, Transformers the Movie, Akira, Wicked City, Golgo 13 Professional etc and in the 90s it boomed big with Simpsons, Futurama, South Park, Duckman, Spawn, Cowboy Bebop, Maxx, Head, Ninja Scroll, Princess Mononoke etc. before Bojack Horseman, Castlevania and more
Duckman, Daria, The Maxx, Batman, Gargoyles, Exo Squad, Spiderman, X-Men... those were the times!
@@Johnlindsey289 Some of the animated movies you mention are from the late 80's. But yeah, the 90's had some great moments.
@@josephcalabrese6337
Some from the 70s and 80s
@@Johnlindsey289 Fun fact: Akira and Rodger Rabbit premiered in 1988.
Can you imagine Rodger using Cartoon physics to fight Tetsuo's powers?
They're killing Independant George again!
+AstraVex a george divided against itself cannot stand
I love Seinfield!
Lmfao 😂😂😂
George is gettin' upset!
I really thought duckman was underrated and underappreciated in it's time. Maybe because it was on late on a second tier,at The time, cable station, USA Network. It was really fresh funny and ahead of it's time. I don't understand why Jason Alexander didn't become a cult legend from this endeavor. They should dust off the show and put it on adult swim ASAP. I bet after smoking a few drinks the up all nughters would love it.
or on amazon prime
Bates Vandenburgh
When he say all those things I been there couple times.
I love to smoke my drinks
This was when Seinfeld was already getting more exposure at the same time.
While Duckman didn't result in the wide popularity of Duckman, it *did* open a lot of doors for the animation studio Klasky Csupo, allowing them to make Rugrats, Aaaaaaah! Real Monsters, and The Wild Thornberrys.
I’ve seen cooked duck. But I’ve never seen a duck cook.
Family Guy took these kinds of jokes without knowing how it worked so well. Who am I kidding, Duckman does everything better than Family Guy.
+DragonSword227 They aren't even remotely similar shows..
It's like saying the NFL does everything better than National Geographic documentaries.
+Jason Travor not even close
+Jason Travor I don't even like Family Guy and I'm a particular fan of Duckman, and even I know how silly of a comparison this is. Apples and Oranges, if you go into Family Guy wanting Duckman you're gonna be disappointed, and if you go into Duckman wanting Family Guy you're gonna be disappointed.
+DragonSword227 Try Rick and Morty
Riyad Chokri
I've seen the first season, That show is pretty good. I still think that South Park and King of the Hill are better.
TL:DL "We live in a society"
Ranting and weird ass metaphors aside for any of you who missed what he’s saying, Duckman was explaining how the modern world is so crazy and inconvenient for people that it’s no wonder some people would be seemingly deranged. At least that’s what I got out of it, if anyone has a better idea I’d like to hear it!
Humans have always sort of been "deranged", we just traded being worried about what's gonna eat us while we slept in caves to being worried about whether we can pay our bills by the end of the month.
@@justnoel4088
And now to being offensive when you describe someone’s race just for the sake of being specific and in no way using malicious intent.
Lol they edited their comment without acknowledgement so the context is lost. I commend you for cleaning the internet of even 1 post. Its gotta start somewhere
Yeah, taht's it in a nutshell. To try and decode his suspsciously specifc metaphors:
- "a schnutbusting gauntlet of inefficiency and misery that's one long parade of let-downs, put-downs, trickle downs, shutouts, freeze outs, sell-outs, numnuts, nincompoops and nimrods" Relatively obvious. Nothing about modern white collar work is really done to respect people's time, and the people you work with are insufferable, with bosses that won't hesitate to throw you out on the street for a better shareholder report
- "where even if you do luck into the possibility of some fleeting pleasure...some vowel-lacking, feta-reeking cab-jockey slams his checker up your hatchback" Any moments to try and enjoy life can be ruined by the most random events. Some unlucky, some (in this case) malicious for those trying to squeeze some money
- "and the cab is owned by some pinata spanker from a Santeria cult in Xoacalpa who starts shaking chicken bones at you and gives you a boil on your neck" I don't even know where to start here lol. More weird events just ruin what shoulda been a fun day? Now you gotta go to the hospital and bills rise further?
- "I still drag my sorry butt off the Sealy every morning and stick my face in the reaping machine for one more day" dude still works even if it's soulless, even if it's pointless
- " knowing when it's time to flash the cosmic card key at those Pearly Gates, I won't be in the coffin anyway 'cuz some underhanded undertaker sold my heart, pancreas and other assorted Good 'N' Plenty to that same Santeria cult" There's no peace even in death. Someone will find a way to profit off of you. And heck, funerals are expensive too, so probably no ceremony
@@justnoel4088 the sad part is, wild animals wanting to eat us was out of humanity's control. Rent existing, let alone being so high in some places that people can and do go homeless despite working much longer hours than deemed healthy is a problem manufactured entirely by humans.
Duckmam knows we live in a society
Jason Alexander complaining is always a good listen
I'm not even joking when I say this is one of the greatest performed monologues and one of the greatest monologues ever
It is
That and dennis learies quote in demolition man
Prophetic
It's good, but it isn't the best my man. If this if the best grievance laden rants you've seen then you need to look up some more or read the grapes of wrath.
The show was WAY ahead of its time. It’s clear that it influenced a ton of modern cartoons. Hard to believe it’s been over 25 years since it aired.
I once used this monologue as an audition for an acting college.
I... was not successful...
KrackerJak ....
Kudos to you for having the courage to attempt this !!! ....
Thinking MAYBE you've taken this "failure" and incorporated it into whatever life-walk since ....
[Grab 'em by the nuts (with humour) and don't let go !!!]
well I'm certainly grabbing them by the nuts...
@@KrackerJak next time try the end rant from "How to get ahead in advertising" ;)
Unsuccessful? Sounds like you dodged a bullet.
Duckman deserves a reboot
In Current Year.... umm.... How bout, "NO!"
Just enjoy the ORIGINAL show and do not let it be desecrated by Vile Wokery... ;)
"Waxing a flaming Pontiac with my tongue". That one statyed with me all these years.
"Ah well it's probably nothing you haven't heard a hundred times before..."
What Duckman said in this video is actually sort of deep in a rambling sort of way
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and yet it's one of the most coherent things i've ever heard
@@austinmorrison6953 for that response, iShall put no other burden upon you.....
pjlu2 thank you.
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It's amazing how many decades the stuff he's ranted about has been the case, but every year, more and more people act like things haven't ever been this way before.
Yep, your parents and grandparents and great grandparents will always say oh i feel so sorry for this generation… it has never been this bad back in our days…
like no stop… it’s always been like this! Duckman wasn’t ahead of its time, it’s relevant not because it “predicted” the future but because things never change and if people disagree with me, okay… just okay
Exactly the conclusion I’ve come to at one point. You either find a way to do something about handling the difficulties each time instead of always moaning and groaning (even if your concerns are valid and might have to find different solutions each time) or sit in your stew that won’t taste any different without changing the recipe.
Life in a nutshell
Sue me, I'm colorful! Doesn't mean I belong in here making potholders with the wackos! Besides, what gives you the right to judge other people anyway? Driving,shopping, and eating, and working? Somewhere, somehow, they all got chewed up and spit back out. They don't taste like living anymore! Don't you see what it's like in this deranged whirring blender of a world? Every day is an agonizing ordeal, like balancing a pot of scalding water on your head while people whip your legs and butt! You think I'm "sick"?! Well the only disease I've got is "Modern Life," a schnutbusting gauntlet of inefficiency and misery that's one long parade of let-downs, put-downs, trickle downs, shutouts, freeze outs, sell-outs, numnuts, nincompoops and nimrods, all making every day as much fun as waxing a flaming Pontiac with your tongue, where even if you do luck into the possibility of some fleeting pleasure, like, say, if some nymphomaniac telephone operator with the muscle control of Romanian mat-slappers agree to a little strip air hockey, it'll be over before it starts, 'cuz some vowel-lacking, feta-reeking cab-jockey slams his checker up your hatchback and the cab is owned by some pinata spanker from a Santeria cult in Xoacalpa who starts shaking chicken bones at ya and gives you a boil on your neck so big, all it needs is Michael Jordan's autograph to make it complete! And even with all this, with ALL THIS, I still drag my sorry butt off the Sealy every morning and stick my face in the reaping machine for one more day, KNOWING when it's time to flash the cosmic card key at those pearly gates, I won't be in the coffin anyway 'cuz some underhanded undertaker sold my heart, pancreas and other assorted Good 'N' Plenty to that same Santeria cult! So does ANYBODY really wonder why ANYBODY is hanging onto sanity by the atoms on the tips of their fingernails while life dirty-dances on their digits, and is it really any wonder that I seem DERANGED??!!"
I need this entire rant on a stretched out poster.
There are some points, but the people that seriously think this has much substance beyond cringey defeatist "woe is me because modern life doesn't let me do whatever I want" ranting are immature and need to grow up. Otherwise, life is going to get 1000x times more painful than you think. Life is all about doing what you gotta do to do what you wanna do.
So much trendy references and superficial vocabulary just say "I'm mad cuz I hate having responsibilities." If you're relating, I hope you're not an adult with real responsibilities.
Damn. O_o
@@urphakeandgey6308 no, you could be an adult that takes care if his sh*t but one day finally goes off the rails and is pissed that a lot of other "adults" ain't handling thier sh*t, and now instead of it is fųcking with his life, he's gone off the chain mad.
. . . But, that’s probably nothing you haven’t heard a hundred times before.
I feel you Duckman, every truly sane person dose.
reminded me heavily of george carlin
+Brandon Poirier-Blair So you found it 100% not funny then? Guy wasn't funny at all, don;t know why he was classes as a comedian. Just ranted for 2 hours. Had some fair points I'll give him that, but not an ounce of humor.
+Watershed92 George Carlin had a 40+ year in comedy, sounds to me as if you're basing your opinion on a handful of five minute UA-cam clips.
+Watershed92 hey watershed, where's your hbo special?
Watershed92 troll harder
You know, you don't actually have to be starving to have compassion for the hungry. You don't have to have cancer to speak up in support of cancer treatment or funding. Same thing with Carlin. You can point out inequalities and have means. Based on your comment, I wasn't sure if you were aware of that. PS Carlin was a genius and a brilliant social commentator. He's listed as the #1comedian of the 20th century in comedy hall of fame. Even ahead of Richard Pryor. FYI
Duckman was years ahead of its time
And what is most definitely NOT ahead of its time are comments about how a particular piece of media was "ahead of its time". UA-cam is awash with this same original comment over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over again.
@@multismashify really?
There were very few shows on at the time like this, animated or otherwise.
@@frozenbinarystudio My problem isn't with the show. My problem was with how unoriginal your comment was.
@@multismashify well I don't care sorry I got here first
@@frozenbinarystudio If you don't care then why do you keep responding?
Duckman just said "we live in a society"
The only duck that can make a well structured argument about how meaningless, repetitive and dull the world of modern life is to drive people insane, but not remember the names of his conjoined sons.
This aged like fine wine.
A much under-rated television series. This should never have been canned.
I can't believe I've never heard of this show before. It looks so good, and I bet it will probably be better than Rick and Morty.
Definitely agree with you!
It was on in the '90s.
This was on back in the early 90’s.
it is
@Moody Fuck lol nah
I can’t believe this is only 2 minutes feels way longer
Why do I find this rant so relatable?
FUCKING YES!!! BOJACK HORSEMAN WISHES IT WAS THIS GOOD Its deep without losing the witty humor!!
I mean, they’re both awesome at pointing out the truth of what society is.
@@kanyon8734 yea but duckman at least is genuinely funny but as soon as i watch bojack i wanna kill myself because i get so depressed by it...it hurts bad
@@gojizard704 back In the 90s I was in a famous Teeevee show. Both are brilliant in my worthless ass opinion
I had forgotten about Duckman, even though I watched it a lot. Now I miss it.
This is TRULY the best Duckman rant.
Jerry: Chinese or italian?
George: Sigh... chinese.
Bdum dum dum tum tum tum tum
This is so relatable to so many of us, I hope this help some people in the world feel better or less alone.
Just because he's angry doesn't make him crazy and institutionalized unless he's a danger to himself. Ie. He has a gun and he's going to shoot himself because he's fed up with the living in the "reaping machine". And or he snaps while driving and tries to kill himself others. Basically if he hasn't committed an act of violence or self harmed they can't keep him in there. That is unless he asks for treatment (self admitted).
"Voluntary" commitment for a psychiatric facility is just a lie.
but he was there undercover for a murder case though.
@@misspinkpunkykat #100% #This! #EXPOSE!
Yep, I tried to self check myself in and they said only people murdering people could be admitted
*These Pretzels*... are making me thirsty!!
Everyone invovled in writing this rant must have had the time of their lives. Only to be relived twice: once in the recording booth, and once when it went on air for the first time.
Wonderful job.
Duckman and George Carlin should have monologue offs
before peter Griffin
before cartman
there
was
duckman
And don't forget before Bojack and Rick there was Duckman
2022 needs duck man back!
In the Covid 19 apocalypse, this hits so close to home even today
this is how ranting should be done
This is 2018 and life is pretty much still the same on this planet.
Yeah, just add in global terrorism, economic decimation, and environmental upheaval. Then consider that any wackjob, nimrod, and nincompoop can whip out a phone, type a few words, and the whole world knows about how fifteen years ago, you went out with that nimrod out on a date and she didn't get the caramel swirl on her dessert, so she accuses you of sexual bad stuff, and you get fired from the one job you're lucky enough to get, and every member of your ethnic group has to write op-ed pieces about how they're donating to the caramel manufacturer's fund to make sure it never happens again.
Of course, it's probably nothing you haven't heard a hundred times before.
@Moody Fuck IS IT ANY WONDER WHY I SEEM DERANGED?????!!!!!??????
2021 and it's just as same as ever.
Duckman>Horseman.
Coke>pepsi
?
Still hits like a ton of bricks.
There are quite a few amazing rants in the show. One I found so profound I plagiarized it by recording it on vhs and writing it down, then passing it off in high school for a writing assignment. I didn’t know how else to expose anyone to the ideas within which resonated so strongly with my disillusionment of the world at that time.
I think my teacher knew something was up because he made me recite the entirety of it in front of the class. I realized in reciting it how above me it was in how it was put together, but that it did follow my general writing style and sentiments. Either my teacher thought I was a burgeoning poet and writer or that the experience would force me to realize the risks I was taking in passing off another’s work as my own.
I have never plagiarized since then (knowingly anyway). Great teacher, maybe the best, truly functioning 5 levels above others.
The remember little except I think the setting was in his house and I know it included something about a mortgage. I think I was about 16-17 at the time.
You might be thinking about his rant when he starts meeting different duckmans through time
Thank you duckman for exposing the flaws of modern mental health treatment.
Sounds like you need a prescription.
0:36 “Everyday is an agonizing ordeal, like balancing a pot of scalding water on your head while people whip your legs and butt!”
This is true to this day, life is a living Hell.
sounds like a George Carlin rant
***** holy crap. I didn't know know that. duckman was a sweet show.
Well said. I miss Duckman, great series! Jason Alexander was perfect for this role.
Jason Alexander IS Duckman.
There's an old saying "the craziest people are the one's that think they're sane; because the are oblivious to the madness that is the world".
After experiencing a part of life I regret to even step in I can guarentee i'm not sane. No self respecting person would; but as duckman said, I step out into that mad world every day just for a moment to know I didn't kick the bucket; that I can stand up proud and laugh at the world consciousness that it hasn't got me yet, despite all the things it throws at me.
It not easy, it's never easy. Life isn't easy. But it's something we do so we can appreciate the small moment between, even though it fleeting and brief; they are worth more than anything in this world, despite us taking for granted. Whether friends, family, a cool summer breeze or just a moment to do a hobby (like drawing), its worth all that chaos and madness. Or at least I think so.
If you disagree well I don't blame you. I might be insane; but at least i'm not crazy :)
Well said
poorly aging Western(American?) millenials are cringe.
The only sane people who exist are those who look at The Madness of the world and recoil in fear because they are scared. Are you scared because I'm scared, you'd have to be genuinely crazy not to be scared.
@@lornbaker1083 cringe
@@lornbaker1083 Pal.
The only sane people are the ones who look into the ever spiraling mess of insanity and chaos that is life and laugh or survive it all through spite, and in my limited point of view, fed by a crazed and control-addicted Police-State that bites itself more than the actual criminals, Then, if you don't do much to not get noticed by them, self absorbed purse mongers that're the everyday hell for literally any poor self respecting worker that even Masochistic people avoid. Thirdly, if they didn't scream your head off, you then gotta work the rest of your soul sucking shift that only goes to pay off the CEOs 11 millionth Yacht, while you're stuck paying for Ramen Noodle Cups for the 38th week STRAIGHT.
Thankfully, you walk away from that nightmare called retail into an ever increasingly costly liability that is the automobile, that I must admit LOOK nice, but are so much more trouble than what they're worth. Because you got to hope to god that some bumbling buffoon doesn't T-Bone you and NOT kill you, because your Insurance is going to rip out your scrote to make ends meet if and when it DOES. Then parking into the Apartment Complex where your one Bedroom/Bathroom home that your College Debt DOESN'T immediately make you want to kill yourself in is another challenge because Jane just HAS to have her spot.
And when you lie in bed, you think back to everything that led you to this point in life.... And realize that you have only been able to consciously scratch the SURFACE of the everyday Tango that is our Distopian Society, that I must say have delicious cookies.
I've always thought life was always like this, its just that we can now think for 2 seconds without other people tuning us to a battle axe cozy.
Bro.......................
🤣🤡🗿🗿🗿🗿 L + ratio + commented 7 years ago + cry about it + you fell off + only 12 likes after 7 years + trash + I'm better than you + cope + marooned on the Isle of no bitches
Thanks, Duckman. My explanation of life, existence, and tolerating others.
How did I go through my childhood without knowing that this show exists???
Well, if your childhood was anything like mine then you probably only caught a few minutes of it _at best_ until your parents realized what was going on and forbade you from watching it. Just like they did with Ren & Stimpy and MTV while it was still cool.
@Shin Shaman I see.
I know im late to the post but it probably had something to do with it being on at like 11pm on the USA network that didnt have anything else worth watching really.
@@Doperooni Also I think I didn't know that this wasn't a kid's show when I posted this lol
I just to watch this show as a kid and not get most of the humor. As a 36 year old now, I applaud how relevant this show has remained almost 30 years later.
I'm still clapping after all these years.
2022 and Not much as changed.
This has aged so well it's almost Orwellian. 0_0
I don't know why this was recommended, nor have I ever heard of Duckman, but I love this.
Watch the series
Holy shit. What ever happened to good cartoons like this?
Check out Bojack Horseman
they still exist lol
I come back to this video a lot because it's weirdly inspirational
Everyone goes nuts for Bojack and Rick and Morty because they’re so edgy and real and blah blah blah. But this was so far ahead of its time it was criminally underrated when it was released. If it were to be aired now it would knock all that other stuff into a cocked hat.
I watched this back in the day. To me, Rick and Morty might as well be The Get-Along Gang.
@Moody Fuck
Family Guy? nah Rick and Morty is more like Futurama.
And do you think Castlevania is the Spawn of the 10s?
Or it could turn in another program like the Steven Universe, Simpsons, South Park, Family Guy, Rick and Morty or Bojack Horseman: a program which can be exploited just for Primetime entertainment, passes its prime and wants to still appear that it is smart, reflective about life and society, objective, critical, deep and/or intelligent humour.
It was good that it appeared in the 90s and was undervaluated so the plots were freely done without any of today's restrictions, demandings nor political correctness.
or people just like those shows. What do you mean edgy
@Moody Fuck It ain't family guy bud
Couldn't have said it better myself!
This is Duckman's rendition of Charlie Chaplin's final speech in "The Great Dictator"
+David Wehr they're not even fucking close and you should be ashamed to compare the two.
If this series was given a wide and well-publicized re-release today, I bet people would be shocked that a cartoon which sounds so contemporary and in line with the likes of Rick & Morty, BoJack Horseman, and Family Guy, was actually created by the people behind Rugrats (Klasky Csupo Productions) back in the mid 1990s, over 20 years ago.
I guess Duckman was a more sucessful series than Squirrel Boy
Duckman is like a sophisticated version of Oblongs. And it makes much more sense all these adult years later
He sounds drunk if you listen at 0.75 speed
Man I never realize how true this was until you finally join the workforce and hit 30.
I can imagine that speech had so many commas and so little periods.
That's the rub. If they're so fucking intelligent and well researched, they've heard this rant 100000 times, and never once has it been wrong.
Ah the age old argument of who really crazy, A person Or Is it society itself.
A topic on which no one I know will talk about with me, cause there to afraid to think for themselves.
Damn what the hell kind of senior prom did Duckman have?
I don't know, but it sound fun.
I hate that I relate to this quote more as I get older.
The 90s, back when being manic was cool.
This guy's eyes aren't attached to his face.
Beyond even just the rant being super ahead of its time about modern existential anxiety, the wordplay is so damn good. "Some vowel-lacking, feta-reeking cab-jockey slams his checker up your hatchback and the cab is owned by some pinata spanker from a Santeria cult in Xoacalpa who starts shaking chicken bones at ya and gives you a boil on your neck so big, all it needs is Michael Jordan's autograph to make it complete!" And Jason Alexander absolutely sells it.
"Modern existential anxiety" has been around since the 19th century.
@@PaulvonOberstein Yeah, I don't think on its own this rant is super deep or anything but I think this scene and the show in terms of feeling 21st century Duckman in context is pretty ahead of its time. Still very 90s but I can see huge influence from this show on recent works of media
“You never forget your senior prom.”
Whoever is reading this you're loved.