ME: What’s with American media and ducks?
KEEN: What?
ME: They all have speech impediments.
KEEN: Um…
ME: Donald has a speech impediment. Daffy has a speech impediment. Do you think there’s a reason our culture has a deep-seated hatred of fowl?
KEEN: I think you’re reading a little too much into cartoons again.
ME: Hey, you never know, maybe some early president was attacked by a bird or something. Maybe there’s an unconscious prejudice coloring the entertainment industry.
KEEN: So… what brought this up?
ME: Oh, there’s a new kid show on called Wonder Pets. You know, the one I had on the other day?
KEEN: Oh, yeah, yeah. With the celery.
ME: Um… O-Kay. Anyway, the little baby duck ALSO has a speech impediment. Ming Ming can’t say his Rs. At least, I think he’s a boy. Anyway, he always says, ‘This is sewious!’… [pause] …It’s really frickin’ cute, actually.
KEEN: Uh-huh.
ME: So, do we just automatically make all ducks sound funny?
KEEN: I don’t know, babe.
ME: Can you think of any other ducks with speech problems?
KEEN: Hmmm
ME: There’s Howard the Duck. You know that movie? He was just scary.
KEEN: There’s the Aflac duck.
ME: Oh, good one! Yeah, I think he definitely has Tourettes. Who else?
KEEN: There’s… Disco Duck!
ME: Who’s that?
KEEN: It’s not a who, it’s a song. A disco song. You know, Disco Duck.
ME: It is? I’ve… never heard of Disco Duck.
KEEN: You’ve never heard the song Disco Duck?!
ME: Um…
KEEN: How could you not have heard Disco Duck?
ME: Well, you know, because of my mom… disco was banned from our house.
KEEN: Really?! But you’re mom’s a musician…
ME: So? She still hates disco. Why do you think I didn’t know any of the songs when disco came back?
At this point the conversation went downhill until we started singing Macho Man. So help a girl out… any other speech impeded ducks out there?
– the weirdgirl
Howard the Duck didn’t have a speech impediment, although he was horny all the time.
“Disco Duck” was a song by Donald Duck…I’m still surprised you never heard it at school or anything.
You mentioned a duck attacking the president…Jimmy Carter was attacked by fowl actually. I was too young to actually remember the incident when it happened, but I’ve seen pictures.
As far as other ducks with speech isses, you’ve also go Donald’s uncle, Scrooge McDuck…and Donald’s nephews Huey, Louie, and Dewey. Strangely enough, Donald’s girlfriend, Daisy, speaks normally.
I can’t remember if he had a speech problem but Howard The Duck was sure stupid. I think we should start some kind of campaign because clearly, in this country, ducks are getting a bad rap and being discriminated against. It’s a hostile duck environment.
Actually, “Disco Duck” was recorded by L.A. disc jockey, and slicky-boy, Rick Dees. How it ever became a hit is beyond me…
I vaguely remember a little duck with a speech impediment on the old Tom and Jerry cartoons.
I used to own the Disco Duck album 🙂
Jimmy Carter was not attacked by a bird, that I recall. He was in a boat, in the middle of a pond, where he was attacked by a rabbit… a killer, swamp rabbit. Google it. There are pictures.
I think Howard just scared me; I really couldn’t remember if he had a speech impediment or not. I DO remember that little duck on Tom and Jerry. Maybe it’s only MALE ducks that are being discriminated against. What’s up with that?
(I gotta go google Carter and animal attacks.)
Um, because I’m a total ass, I googled cartoon ducks. Then I got to play a game in which I knew not one answer. Maybe you’ll do better:
http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz854689cb428.html
your mom was totally one of those hippies who would go to the discos and yell “DISCO SUCKS” at all the losers inside, huh?
OK, I played that quiz and got 8 out of 10! (Great find!) Obviously I’m watching WAY too many cartoons (but you all knew that, didn’t you?).
My mom just calls it a “disappointing era” and shakes her head.
Oh my lord, Carter really was attacked by a “killer rabbit”. Check it out http://www.narsil.org/politics/carter/killer_rabbit.html