Duckman - Seasons 3 and 4 (part III of VII)

You know how it goes...

They Craved Duckman's Brain!: (w: Michael Markowitz; d: Donovan Cook) Duckman gets left in an MRI machine, which leads to a potential cure for cancer within his head. Very funny, especially the Trek conversation. Ron Perlman shines as a health care smoothie that doesn't want the cure to get out.

The Road to Dendron: (w: Bill Canterbury & Gene Laufenberg and Michael Markowitz and David Misch; d: Peter Shin) While chaperoning Ajax on a class trip to Dendron, Duckman and Cornfed get wrapped up in a scheme involving a princess and murder. Unabashed homage to Hope/Crosby road movies that's bound to entertain even if you're not familiar with the source material.

Exile in Guyville: (w: Ellen L. Fogle; d: Jeff McGrath) Duckman's new design for lingerie leads to a rift between men and women, literally separating the genders. Shifts from good points about the genders to over-the-top stereotypes, but is quite amusing.

The Longest Weekend: (w: David Misch; d: Raymie Muzquiz) The higher-brow residents of Duckman's neighborhood have all kinds of regulations made, leading to all-out war. Funny, though it's enough to make one wish that its points on the futility of war were dated.

The Amazing Colossal Duckman: (w: Bill Canterbury; d: John Eng) Thanks to an unusual cocktail (which includes battery acid!), Duckman gets a rare disease that causes him to grow whenever he gets upset. This leads to a lot of slapstick involving Duckman trying (and failing) to keep cool. The scenes at home are the best.

Cock Tales for Four: (w: Doug Chamberlin & Chris Webb; d: Donovan Cook and Bob Hathcock) Duckman and Bernice go to meet Ajax's girlfriend's parents...who happen to be King Chicken and his boozy wife, Honey. I think this episode plays better now than when I first saw it. It's more sedate than a regular viewer is used to, interspersing plentiful amounts of drama amongst the humor. It grows on you.

Disc four...later.