Million Dollar Duck (1998 film)



Million Dollar Duck is a 1998 American animated satirical comedy film written and directed by Jacob S. Lee and produced by Lorne Michaels and Kath Soucie, who also stars as the lead character. The film is about a high school teacher who somehow inherits a large fortune and becomes a media mogul.

Aside from the film’s title, it is not a remake of the 1971 Walt Disney film The Million Dollar Duck. The film’s main plot is loosely based on the Clarence Budington Kelland short story Opera Hat, which was also adapted into the 1936 film Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, directed by Frank Capra.

Produced by SNL Studios and JLC Productions and released by Paramount Pictures on October 23rd, 1998, it received mildly positive reviews and was a commercial success at the box office.

Plot
Daisy Duck is a 28 year-old who works as a teacher at Walt Disney High School. Her other co-workers are Gadget Hackwrench, Nose Marie, and Peg Pete. During a lesson on the Great Depression, her boss, Principal Mazur, informs Daisy that her father, Daniel Duck, has died from cardiovascular complications. Daisy is disheartened, and she later watches a news report, learning that Daniel has left her with $67 million and is given the title of media mogul at CBN, a major television network in Hollywood, California.

Voice cast

 * Kath Soucie as Daisy Duck, Lola Bunny, Anita Dearly
 * David Duchovny as Montgomery Moose
 * Bill Murray as Roger Catswell
 * Tress MacNeille as Calico “Callie” Briggs, Dot Warner, Gadget Hackwrench, Kanga
 * Russi Taylor as Minnie Mouse
 * April Winchell as Peg Pete
 * Ruth Buzzi as Nose Marie
 * Kellie Martin as Roxanne
 * Nancy Cartwright as Fawn Deer
 * Jim Cummings as Bonkers D. Bobcat, Winnie the Pooh
 * Ken Sansom as Rabbit
 * Peter Cullen as Eeyore
 * Nikita Hopkins as Roo
 * Paul Winchell as Tigger
 * Rob Paulsen as Yakko Warner
 * Jess Harnell as Wakko Warner
 * Tony Anselmo as Donald Duck
 * Jeannie Elias as Huey
 * Pamela Adlon as Dewey
 * E.G. Daily as Louie
 * Mallory Lewis as Lamb Chop/Herself
 * Wallace Shawn as Principal Mazur
 * Pauly Shore as Bobby
 * Charlie Adler as Buster Bunny, Jason
 * Robert Englund as Freddy

Parodies
Some film and television series parodies include:


 * Matlock - Bratlock
 * Pound Puppies - Dungeon Puppies
 * Sister, Sister - Killer, Killer
 * In the Heat of the Night - In the Cheap of the Night
 * Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood/The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh - Mister Rabbit’s Neighborhood
 * 101 Dalmatians: The Series - How Many Dalmatians Do We Have?! (Kath Soucie reprises her role as Anita Dearly.)
 * Everybody Loves Raymond/Quack Pack - Everybody Loves Donald
 * Gunsmoke - Dogsmoke
 * Today - The Tomorrow Show
 * Good Morning America - Good Afternoon Duckburg