Episode
Duckman: Dammit, Hollywood
Overview
Annoyed with the current state of the film industry, Duckman goes to Hollywood to demand his $7 back. Instead, he falls into the plot of a soon-to-be deposed studio executive, a man who's looking for a patsy to run the studio into the ground in hopes of saving his own job. Duckman becomes head of Paradox Pictures, where ""if it's a good movie its a Paradox"". He quickly begins running through the studio's money, signs a secretary to a 340 million dollar deal to star in a movie in her underpants. The deposed executive also arranges it so that Duckman manages to alienate the studio's three biggest action stars.
Details
- Series
- Duckman
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 1997-01-04
Episode context
Dammit, Hollywood is Episode 1 in Season 4 of Duckman. It aired on 1997-01-04.
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