Sitting Ducks (TV series)
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| Created by | Michael Bedard (lithography) |
| Developed by | Sitting Ducks Productions |
| Directed by | Walt Kubiak |
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Ian James Corlett Dave "Squatch" Ward |
| Theme music composer | Kick Productions Limited |
| Composer(s) | Charlie Brissette |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 (52 segments) (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 22 minutes |
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| Distributor | NBCUniversal Television Distribution |
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| Original release | September 13, 2001 – July 5, 2003 |
Sitting Ducks is an American children's animated television series based on the 1970s "Sitting Ducks" lithograph and the 1998 children's book of the same name, created by the poster artist Michael Bedard. Sitting Ducks first appeared in 2001 in Europe, later debuting in United States on Cartoon Network, in Australia on ABC, in Canada on YTV, in the United Kingdom on Nickelodeon, CITV, Disney XD and in the Japanese version of Cartoon Network.
The show lasted for two seasons each comprising thirteen episodes, with the last episode shown on July 5, 2003. Reruns of the show were aired on Qubo in 2007 and was later aired as part of its Qubo Night Owl block until June 30, 2012.
The show takes place in a town called Ducktown and focuses on a duck named Bill and his best friend Aldo, an alligator from the neighboring town of Swampwood. As ducks are a favorite snack of the alligators, Bill and Aldo's friendship is rather unusual. The pair usually end up in varied situations and adventures, getting around on Bill's scooter.
Sitting Ducks proved to be a big hit with the European children's show market, and as a result toys, clothing and other merchandise were created. The entire series was on Hulu, a free video streaming service
The cartoon itself also spawned a couple of books. Quacking Up is a joke book written by Rick Walton featuring the characters from the television show, and Plucked Duck a children's picture book by Danielle Mentzer and Annmarie Harris based on the episode "Duck Naked". Both books were released in 2004, roughly a year after the show had ended.
In May 2003, LSP Games and Asobo Studios picked up the rights from Universal Studios to create games for Sitting Ducks. Then, during 2004, Sitting Ducks was released for Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Advance and PlayStation 2. An Xbox version was also planned to include a multiplayer racing option, but was quietly cancelled.
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