Sunday, December 29, 2024

Shaun Berk's 10 Movie Recommendations- 943rd Edition


Welcome to the 943rd edition of my series and the last one of the year.  I hope everyone has had a good holiday however celebrated.  I feel like it's been a pretty good year for me and I look forward to what 2025 brings to me.  I know some have expressed this being a bad year for them and I hope it gets better.  I just try to live more of a day-to-day sort of thing as a year is always going to have ups and downs.  I will shut up now and get on with my selections.



Wicked (2024):  I start the week out with this year's musical blockbuster.  Jon M. Chu directed this musical which is based on the novel by Gregory Maguire and the musical based on Stephen Schwartz.  This is a backstory on the Wicked Witch of the West made famous in THE WIZARD OF OZ.  Cynthia Erivo stars as Elphaba who is mostly an outcast due mostly to her green skin.  When going to Shiz University, she meets Galinda, played by Ariana Grande, who renames herself Glinda.  They slowly form an unlikely friendship while Elphaba gets an invite to see the Wizard of Oz, played by Jeff Goldblum.  However, the more Elphaba sees, the more it does not sit well with her.  Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode, Peter Dinklage, Andy Nyman, Bowen Yang, Bronwyn James, and many others co-star in this musical.  This is actually just part one of the musical and the conclusion will come out sometime next year.  I got to see this a few years ago with my mother when we were in Chicago.  It was a phenomenal show, and this musical is also really good.  Erivo and Grande are perfectly cast in this film.  This was also a great movie to see in the theaters, so I suggest getting there before it is too late.


The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996):  This does have a scene that features CAROL FOR THE BELLS so there is a Christmas reference in it.  Barbra Streisand directed this love story which could maybe be referred to as a reverse love story.  Streisand also stars as insecure professor Rose Morgan who meets colleague Gregory Larkin, played by Jeff Bridges.  Gregory has his own views of love and relationships, and they form their own non-physical relationship while even getting married.  Gregory learns that is not quite what Rose wants in the long run.  Lauren Bacall, George Segal, Mimi Rogers, Pierce Brosnan, Brenda Vaccaro, Austin Pendleton, Elle Macpherson, Leslie Stefanson, and many others co-star in this film.  This is an interesting commentary on the complicated world of love.  Streisand also does a good job behind the camera in getting the story across.  This is a remake of a French film from 1958 of the same name so I might just seek that out.


Homeboy (1988):  This accommodates to Boxing Day which was the 26th of December where we got to celebrate the sport of boxing.  Michael Seresin directed this film which was written by Eddie Cook which is actually the name Mickey Rourke has gone by in the rare times he has written a script.  Rourke also stars as troubled and small-time boxer Johnny Walker who is dealing with brain injuries while still fighting.  He falls in love with carnival owner Ruby, played by Debra Feuer, but is befriended by the sleazy Wesley Pendergast, played by Christopher Walken, who seems to be interesting in helping Johnny with his boxing career while really trying to groom him into a life of crime.  Kevin Conway, Antony Alda, and Jon Polito co-star in this film.  Look for a young Stephen Baldwin in a cameo role.  This is the first movie that Rourke ever wrote.  This was a good enough story on the boxing and the love side.  This also had an effect on Bob Dylan who credited this film on his 1989 album OH MERCY on the last couple songs of the album.  This is available to watch on Prime, Peacock, Freevee, Plex, the Roku Channel, and Tubi.  


A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965):  Bill Melendez directed this classic tv special which was written by PEANUTS writer Charles M. Schulz.  Charlie Brown, voiced by Peter Robbins, struggles to find the real meaning of Christmas behind all the commercialism which is from everyone around him.  He hopes to find it when he is appointed for the school pageant but that becomes very frustrating as well.  Christopher Shea, Tracy Stratford, and many others provide their voices to this animated special.  This is a timeless classic which does not really need much explanation.  Something of note though is this is the first animated special where actual children did the voices instead of adults imitating children.  This has a lot of very iconic scenes and is great for any generation this time of year.  This is available to watch on Apple TV +.


A Christmas Carol (1938):  Edwin L. Marin directed this version of the Charles Dickens classic novel.  Reginald Owen stars as the miser Ebenezer Scrooge who is warned by the ghost of his business partner Marley, played by Leo G. Carroll.  He is visited by three ghosts of different time periods to give Scrooge glimpse of how things have come to be and is shown the error of his ways.  Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart, Terry Kilburn, Barry MacKay, Lynne Carver, Lionel Braham, Ann Rutherford, D'Arcy Corrigan, Ronald Sinclair, and many others co-star in this holiday classic.  Originally, Lionel Barrymore was going to play Scrooge, having played him on a radio special for a few years but got ill having to back out.  This is possibly the most iconic version of the timeless story.  This has a couple small twists from the novel that are a little different.  This is available to watch on Max and Fawesome.


The Mouse that Roared (1959):  This is part two of my Peter Sellers trilogy and no real holiday reason behind this one.  Jack Arnold directed this comedy which is based on the novel by Leonard Wibberley.  Peter Sellers stars in three different roles which are Grand Duchess Gloriana XII, Prime Minister Count Rupert of Mountjoy, and Tully Bascombe.  This centers around the smallest country in the world in the French Alps and concoct a plan to declare war on the United States where they plan to lose.  The plan backfires making things very complicated.  Jean Seberg, William Hartnell, David Kossoff, Leo McKern, Austin Willis, Timothy Bateson, Monte Landis, and many others co-star in this comedy.  Sellers is known for his multiple roles in DR. STRANGELOVE, but this is a few years before that movie.  This is a subtle satire on war and mostly a rather light-hearted comedy with a lot of laughs with good performances out of Sellers.  


Holiday Inn (1942):  Mark Sandrich and Robert Allen directed this holiday musical with the music written by Irving Berlin.  Bing Crosby stars as performer Jim Hardy who gets burned out from being on the road all the time.  He also can't handle farm life so he decides to start an inn which is only open on the holidays.  He brings in his old partner Ted Hanover, played by Fred Astaire, where they have a lot of ups and downs.  Marjorie Reynolds, Louise Beavers, Irving Bacon, James Bell, John Gallaudet, and many others co-star in this musical of many holidays.  This would introduce us to the Christmas carol WHITE CHRISTMAS.  Many people I know love the movie WHITE CHRISTMAS which has been done as a play quite a bit.  I prefer this one which features all the multiple holidays, even a music number for Abraham Lincoln's birthday with a blackfaced Bing Crosby so I guess that does not age well but I'm willing to play the "times were different" card.  This is available to watch on Prime.


12 Monkeys (1995):  This does have a brief playing of the SILENT NIGHT instrumental.  Terry Gilliam directed this Dystopian sci-fi film.  This starts out in the future where a man-made virus took out most of the planet.  Bruce Willis stars as convict James Cole from the year 2035 and is offered parole by agreeing to go to 1990 to thwart the virus before it starts.  He must kidnap Dr. Railly, played by Madeleine Stowe, to enlist her help and investigate the mysterious Jeffrey Goines, played by Brad Pitt, who may hold the key.  Jon Seda, Vernon Campbell, Bob Adrian, Simon Jones, Bill Raymond, Christopher Plummer, Frank Gorshin, David Morse, LisaGay Hamilton, Christopher Meloni, Joseph McKenna, and many others co-star in this film.  This is one that just needs to be watched and is hard to explain any further.  This might be the best performance from Willis in his career as Gilliam worked well with him.  A young Pitt also shines very well in this film.  This is some great Dystopian Sci-fi which deserves a look.


Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964):  Now I bring a classic Sci-Fi B-movie which was directed by Nicholas Webster.  I just want to let everyone know that Santa is not some action hero in this movie as the title might imply.  Martians discover a man named Santa Claus, played by John Call, on planet Earth who brings to the children every year.  The adults feel that Earth has had Santa for long enough and that it is time to bring him to Mars.  They kidnap Santa along with a couple of other kids to take to Mars but the war-monger Martian Voldar, played by Vincent Back, does not want to bring joy and cheer to the children making things a problem.  Bill McCutcheon, Pia Zadora, Ned Wertimer, Josip Elic, and many others co-star in this B-movie.  This is what it is, a B-movie but it is also a lot of fun.  I don't really have to explain much more than what I did.  I remember my local library showing this and the 1959 movie SANTA CLAUS as a double feature and was the ultimate double feature.  This is available on MGM +, Prime, Tubi, Pluto TV, Plex, Fawesome, and CONtv with a prime subscription. 


A Garfield Christmas Special (1987):  I end the week with another animated holiday special.  Phil Roman and George Singer directed this animated holiday special which was written by Garfield creator Jim Davis.  Garfield, voiced by Lorenzo Music, Jon, voiced by Thom Huge, and Odie, voiced by Gregg Berger, go to visit Jon's grandmother's home for Christmas.  We see Jon reliving his childhood while Garfield and Jon's mother form a connection.  Pat Harrington Jr., Pat Carroll, and David L. Lander co-star in this animated special.  David is actually from my own hometown of Muncie, Indiana so always good to include a local and has created one of the most iconic cats of all time in Garfield.  This does a good job in capturing that Christmas spirit in a half hour.  This is available to watch on Peacock and the Roku Channel.

Well, that is it for this week, but I have my installment of "The Holiday Corner" and the return of "Tube Time" so read on for that.  I'll be back next year in a couple of weeks which so far includes Eddie Murphy, Alicia Vikander, Meryl Streep, Mary Steenburgen, and many others.


THE HOLIDAY CORNER

I got a little carried away on this one possibly.  Most are Christmas oriented and I have some boxing selections.  I also learned that this month is Aids Awareness Month so I decided to delve into that one a little bit.


Holiday Switch (2007):  In looking for this type of holiday movie, I was sold when I saw my BAYWATCH babe Nicole Eggert starring in it.  Bert Kish directed this Lifetime movie of alternative reality.  Nicole Eggert stars as Paula Ferguson who is getting frustrated with all the bills and trying to make ends meet for Christmas.  When seeing her wealthy ex-boyfriend Nick, played by Brett Le Bourveau, she is shown an alternate world where she chose Nick over her current husband Gary, played by Bret Anthony.  Patricia Mayen-Salazar, Stefanie von Pfetten, Ernesto Griffith, Kristen Harris, Craig Haas, Maya Ritter, and many others co-star in this holiday tv movie.  This is a decent enough holiday tv movie which has its audience.  It has a good message in the end on being thankful for what you have in life.  This is available to watch on Prime, Freevee, Fawesome, and the Roku Channel.


Creed III (2023):  This is for Boxing Day and concludes this trilogy that I have been featuring this holiday season.  Michael B. Jordan actually directed this installment of the franchise.  Jordan also reprises his role of Adonis Creed who is now retired but still runs a boxing gym and works as a promoter.  Creed's childhood friend Damian Anderson, played by Jonathan Majors, comes back into his life having been released from prison.  After some incidents that happen, Adonis comes out of retirement to take on his bitter childhood friend.  Tessa Thompson, Wood Harris, Phylicia Rashad, Mila Davis-Kent, Jose Benavidez, Selenis Leyva, Florian Munteanu, Thaddeus J. Mixson, Spence Moore II, Tony Bellew, and many others co-star in this boxing movie.  This was the first one to not have Sylvester Stallone as Rocky so that was a hard element for me to fathom.  This still has its moments but does not capture the magic of the first two in my opinion.  I thought the best parts were Adonis and the interactions with his wife and daughter Bianca and Amara along with their differing parenting philosophies.  


Office Christmas Party (2016):  Now I target the raunchy crowd and raunchy might be an understatement for this one.  Josh Gordon and Will Speck directed this holiday comedy.  Jason Bateman and T.J. Miller star as Josh Parker and Clay Vanstone whose branch Clay's sister Carol, played by Jennifer Aniston, threatens to shut down.  Josh and Clay decide to throw a massive holiday party against the wishes of Carol in hopes of impressing an important client.  The party soon gets way out of hand.  Olivia Munn, Kate McKinnon, Courtney B. Vance, Jillian Bell, Rob Corddry, Vanessa Bayer, Randall Park, Sam Richardson, Karon Soni, Jamie Chung, Abbey Lee, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Andrew Leeds, Oliver Cooper, Chloe Wepper, Matt Walsh, Ben Falcone, and many others co-star in this raunchy holiday comedy.  This is not for the children or the easily offended.  I admit I laughed pretty hard at this movie.  I recently had a holiday party of my own that was fun but did not get nearly as out of hand as this one.  This is holiday night for the adults.


Grudge Match (2013):  This is a Boxing Day selection though it does appear to take place during the holidays with some carols and the presence of Christmas trees.  Peter Segal directed this boxing comedy.  Having played iconic boxers, Sylvester Stallone and Robert de Niro who are retired boxing rivals Henry "Razor" Sharp and Billy "The Kid" McDonnen.  They are coaxed out of retirement by promoter Dante Slate, played by Kevin Hart.  Both fighters not only need to train hard, but they also must come to terms with their past.  Kim Basinger, Alan Arkin, Ireland Baldwin, Mason Mackie, Barry Primus, Oscar Gale, Frederick Douglas Plunkett Jr., Jen Kober, Anthony Anderson, Carrie Lazar, Don Lake, Jon Bernthal, and many others co-star in this comedy.  This won't go down as some iconic boxing films but was a pretty fun watch to see De Niro and Stallone as boxing rivals.  This also has some fun ROCKY references to it.  There are also funny cameo roles from Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield playing themselves.  Another good way to spend Boxing Day which is all about the sport of boxing.


A Christmas Dream (1984):  This was a tv special on CBS which was directed by Sid Smith.  Mr. T stars as a street Santa Claus and meets a little boy named Billy, played by Emmanuelle Lewis, who doesn't share the spirit of Christmas.  Mr. T sets out to change his mind and, in the process, meet illusionist David Copperfield, ventriloquist Willie Tyler and his dummy Lester, and listens to Christmas songs by Maureen McGovern.  This is a very cheesy special by today's standards but it was probably pretty popular in this era as Mr. T and Lewis were both on the rise at this time.  Plus, where can we go wrong with a little Mr. T.  This is available to watch on Youtube.


Rent! Live (2019):  I chose this for the AIDS theme but there are some Christmas references like the song CHRISTMAS BELLS and a reference to the new year.  This was the live Fox special which was directed by Michael Greif and Alex Rudzinski and based on the popular musical by Jonathan Larson.  This revolves around a group of eight friends which include Maureen, played by Vanessa Hudgens, Mark, played by Jordan Fisher, Mimi, played by Tinashe, Joanne, played by Kiersey Clemons, Roger, played by Brennin Hunt, Benny, played by Mario, Angel, played by Valentina, and Collins, played by Brandon Victor Dixon.  Together, they live in NYC and deal with financial poverty, homophobia, and AIDS.  I know there are some mixed opinions on this one, but I thought it worked well.  I really enjoyed Hudgens as Maureen.  I also enjoyed the cameos at the end from some of the originals like Idina Menzel and Jesse L. Martin.  No day but today.  This is also available to watch on Youtube.


The Fighter (2010):  This selection is for boxing day and based on a true story.  David O. Russell directed this biopic on boxer Micky Ward, played by Mark Wahlberg.  Ward is trying to make it as a boxer while being trained by his brother Dicky Eklund, played by Christian Bale, who made his mark in the world of boxing but was held down by drugs and crime.  Amy Adams co-stars as Micky's girlfriend Charlene who feels Micky is being held down by his family in his quest to the light Welterweight title.  Melissa Leo, Jack McGee, Melissa McMeekin, Bianca Hunter, Erica McDermott, Dendrie Taylor, Jenna Lamia, Frank Renzulli, Caitlin Dwyer, Chanty Sok, Ted Arcidi, and many others co-star in this film.  This was a good tale of inspiration and redemption with both Micky and Dicky.  This was full of good performances and the boxing scenes looked very good as well.  This is another great movie to watch for Boxing Day.  This is available to watch on Paramount Plus and Pluto TV.


Jingle Jangle:  A Christmas Journey (2020):  David E. Talbert directed and co-wrote this holiday fantasy.  Forest Whitaker stars as toymaker and inventor Jeronicus Jangle whose trusted apprentice Gustafson, played by Keegan-Michael Key, steals his most prized possession and makes his own career under a lie.  Years later, Jeronicus's granddaughter Journey, played by Madalen Mills meets and visits her grandfather for the first time and tries to help him heal old wounds and believe again.  Hugh Bonneville, Anika Noni Rose, Phylicia Rashad, Ricky Martin, Justin Cornwell, Sharon Rose, Lisa Davina Phillip, Kieron L. Dyer, Diaana Babnicova, Kenyah Sandy, and many others co-star in this holiday fantasy.  This is also a musical with some good musical numbers including some with Forest Whitaker.  Ricky Martin was also a lot of fun as Don Juan Diego.  This is a pretty touching film on the value of family and should be a go to holiday film in the years to come.   This is available to watch on Netflix.


Rent (2005):  I decided to bring out the movie version of this musical.  This one has less Christmas references but still has some and goes along with AIDS Awareness Month.  Chris Columbus directed this version of the musical by Jonathan Larson.  This has mostly been spoken of in my other description of the liver version featured.  Taye Diggs, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Rosario Dawson, Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Jesse L. Martin, Idina Menzel, and Tracie Thoms star as a group of NYC Bohemian friends trying to survive poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic.  Much of the cast excluding Dawson and Thoms were in the original version.  I thought this was a very well-done movie of the musical.  I have always loved the music numbers and I'm usually singing throughout the movie.  The best one though is the live version in 2008 in my opinion in which Thoms would reprise Joanne.   


A Christmas Carol:  The Musical (2004):  Arthur Allan Seidelman directed this tv movie based on the classic novel by Charles Dickens and with the music numbers written by Alan Menkin.  Kelsey Grammar stars as the miser Ebenezer Scrooge who as always gets a visit from his late business partner Jacob Marley, played by Jason Alexander, telling Scrooge he must change his ways, or he will suffer Marley's fate of being in chains.  Jane Krakowski, Jesse L. Martin, and Geraldine Chaplin co-star in the movie as the ghosts who show Scrooge the error of his ways.  Jennifer Love Hewitt, Brian Bedford, Claire Moore, Ruthie Henshall, Steven Miller, Edward Gower, Jacob Collier, Linzi Hateley, Julien Ovenden, Julie Alannagh-Brighten, Sheila Reid, Ian McLarnon, Emily Deamer, and many others co-star in this tv musical.  This version of the play was the first play I had done in my adult life.  I remember this coming out a little before our version was done at Muncie Civic Theater.  One element I like about this is how the ghosts were foreshadowed when Scrooge was out and about.  It also has some catchy music numbers to keep attention, most notably a song sung by Alexander.  This is available to watch on Prime, Tubi, Freevee, Plex, Pluto TV, and the Roku Channel.


Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977):  Jim Henson directed this holiday special based on the book by Lillian and Russell Hoban.  Emmet Otter, voiced by Jerry Nelson, and his Ma, voiced by Marilyn Sokol, are poor but very happy.  They each see an opportunity for a talent contest and each make their own sacrifice in hopes of winning.  Ma gets a song for herself to sing and Emmet joins his friends to form a jug-band.  Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, Richard Hunt, Eren Ozker, and Jim Henson co-star in this holiday special.  I honestly didn't know about this until a few years ago.  It is an underrated Muppets special and a very heartwarming story.  This is available to watch on Prime, Peacock, Plex, Tubi and Shout Factory TV.


A Christmas Story (1983):  I watched this on Christmas Eve some during its marathon while I was getting things done so I thought I'd include this timeless classic even if I may not have necessarily watched it all in order.  Bob Clark directed this film based on the novel by Jean Shepherd.  Peter Billingsley stars as the young boy Ralphie Parker who longs to have a Red Ryder BB Gun but continues to be told that he will shoot his eye out.  Darren McGavin and Melinda Dillon co-star as Ralphie's parents.  Scott Schwartz, Ian Petrella, RD Robb, Zack Ward, and many others co-star in this holiday classic.  This is put on TBS for 24 hours every Christmas Eve so just about everyone has at least seen parts of at some point.  It has a lot of iconic scenes and lines and has become quite the cult film through the years.  Give this a shot, I triple-dog dare you and follow up with the 2022 movie A CHRISTMAS STORY CHRISTMAS where Billingsley plays an adult Ralph.  This would also provide the inspiration for the popular series THE WONDER YEARS.  This is available to watch on Max.


Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983):  I decided on another version of the Dickens classic courtesy of Disney.  Scrooge McDuck takes the helm of Ebenezer Scrooge in this Disney special with Mickey Mouse as his unappreciated employee Bob Cratchit.  Goofy plays the role of the bumbling Marley.  Donald Duck plays Scrooge's nephew Fred and is a lot friendlier than usual in this special.  This is about a half hour long and makes good use of out Disney friends.  This is available to watch on Disney Plus.


120 BPM (2017):  This selection goes along with AIDS Awareness Month so under my own judgment this can be a holiday movie.  Robin Campillo directed and co-wrote this French film along with Philippe Mangeot.  This takes place in Paris in the early '90s and takes a look at a coalition called ACT UP.  This is a group that fights indifference and for the rights of those who have AIDS.  Arnaud Valois stars as the newcomer Nathan who world is shaken up by Sean, played by Nahuel Perez Biscayart, who is more of a radical.  Adele Haenel, Antoine Reinartz, Felix Maritaud, Aloise Sauvage, Coralie Russier, and many others co-star in this film.  This was drawn upon experiences from the director and co-writer.  This was a pretty moving and interesting film.  This group went to some extreme measures to get their point across.  This is available to watch on Pluto TV, Plex, Fawesome, and Dekkoo with a Prime subscription.


Better Watch Out (2016):  This is a holiday horror comedy and one I might make into an annual watch.  Chris Peckover directed and co-wrote this horror comedy that takes place during the holidays.  Olivia DeJonge stars as Ashley who is hired to babysit the 12-year-old Luke, played by Levi Miller.  She finds that there are intruders outside and tries to protect Levi with everything she has only to discover nothing is as it seems.  Virginia Madsen, Patrick Warburton, Ed Oxenbould, Aleks Mikic, Dacre Montgomery, co-star in this film.  This movie has always intrigued me with the story and all the twists and turns along the way.  There is also a really good reference to HOME ALONE.  This is good for those looking for something not too sappy for the holidays.  It is a very cleverly written film that deserves a look.


TUBE TIME


Duckman:  Private Eye/Family Man (1994-1997):  I remember watching this adult animated series when I was in middle school and maybe early high school.  Everett Peck, Gabor Csupo, and Arlene Klasky created this animated series that was on the USA network.  Jason Alexander stars as the voice of Duckman who is a widowed father and private eye with his sister-in-law Bernice, voiced by Nancy Travis, mostly raising his sons.  He is also very crass, rude, and ignorant but kept in line by his more level-headed partner Cornfed Pig, voiced by Gregg Berger.  Duckman also has an older son named Ajax, voiced by Dweezil Zappa, who might be on the autistic side.  He also has sons Charles and Mambo, voiced by Dana Hill and Elizabeth Daily, who are Siamese ducks and are on a genius level.  I believe the Care Bear-esque teddy-bear office assistants Fluffy and Uranus, both of which voiced by Pat Musick, were the inspiration of Kenny on SOUTH PARK.  Tim Curry plays a recurring role in Duckman's rival King Chicken.  Ben Stein, Maurice LaMarche, John Astin, Robert Cait, Charles Shaughnessy, Gilbert Gottfried, Nancy Linari, Danny Mann, Jim Cummings, Judith Light, Eddie Deezen, Maureen McGovern, James Avery, Brian Doyle-Murray, Ice-T, Jason Marsden, Kathleen Freeman, Robert Klein, Kathy Ireland, Bobcat Goldthwait, Tom Kane, Conchatta Ferrell, Laurie Metcalf, Kathy Najimy, Eugene Levy, Joe Mantegna, Jess Harnell, Don Stark, Steven Weber, Joe Walsh, Dan Castellaneta, Burt Reynolds, Xander Berkeley, Tisha Campbell, Estelle Getty, Sandra Bernhard, Amanda Plummer, Sheena Easton, Lisa Kudrow, Kim Cattrall, Jeremy Sisto, Nicole Eggert, Dom Deluise, Michael Jeter, John de Lancie, Leila Kenzle, Judith Ivey, Ben Stiller, Ed Begley Jr., Jim Belushi, Edward Asner, Margaret Cho, John Rhys-Davies, David Duchovny, Thomas Gibson, Dana Delany, Amy Brenneman, Chris Elliott, Marina Sirtis, Vicki Lawrence, Theresa Randle, Flea, Paul Dooley, Coolio, James Brown, Chick Hearn, Michael McKean, George Kennedy, Bebe Neuwirth, John Corbett, Dennis Haysbert, Brendan Fraser, Cathy Moriarty, Jeffrey Tambor, Dorian Harewood, Jeaneane Garofalo, Carl Reiner, Kristen Johnson, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Jeremy Piven, Neal McDonough, Mitzi McCall, Heather Locklear, Henry Gibson, Leonard Nimoy, Jim Varney, Lee Meriwether, and many others made guest appearances on this animated series.  I feel this has gone down as a very underrated series.  Alexander is perfect as Duckman and this could rank up as some of his best work.  This lasted four seasons and is not a formulaic series.  There is also something quite different in dealing with social commentary.  I was able to check this out from my local library which holds the complete series DVD.  



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