Ep. 53: DuckTales (Woo-oo!)

DuckTales
The new iteration of DuckTales tracks the globetrotting adventures of Scrooge McDuck and his nephews Huey, Dewey, Louie and granddaughter, Webby. Donald Duck, Launchpad McQuack, and Mrs Beakley also make their returns to round out this this star-studded and entertaining cast.  Also to return? Hijinks! But the plot is much more substantial.

Did they Sing It?
Kara has never been more excited to sing a theme song and the ladies sang over half of this one. If you’ve never seen this DuckTales theme animal mashup by Insane Cherry, please watch. 

The Positives
Talented voice acting cast and a witty, well-written show. The best-written and funniest show we’ve watched so far. 

 The female character Webby, voiced by Kate Micucci, becomes a much more substantial and contributing character this time around.  The hosts discuss Hollywood’s penchant for “Manic Pixie Dream Girl” tropes or token characters like Chip N’ Dale’s Gadget, and why Webby defies these stereotypes to become one of the most interesting characters on the show.

Scrooge’s character is much more lovable and adventurous, while still maintaining the grumpy, opulent traits that make him the iconic feathered friend he is today.  

The boys have very distinct personalities, as compared to the original where viewers could only distinguish them by their t-shirt colors. 

Nostalgia!  If you are a fan of the original DuckTales, you can rest assured that this version will not only entertain you with a combination of reminiscence and refreshment, but it’s also a show you can enjoy with your children.

Fluffy or Educational
Fluffy as a duck feather, but very fun for adults and kids. 

Potentially Problematic
Some cultural references are for adult audiences and could fly over your children’s heads, like the show’s reconceptualization of the headless horse/man. 

Our trio of adventurous youth are not what you would call role models.  Therefore, expect to see defiant behavior, lying, sneaking out, and pretty much unsupervised. Given what we know about a child’s inclination to mimic defiant behavior, the fact that it’s cartoon animals doing on pretty extravagant (beyond realistic belief) adventures, we think it’s unlikely to cause issues, and concerned parents could just have a conversation with kiddos about what is and isn’t appropriate behavior. Caillou on the other hand….

Will parents like it?
Kara: Yes

Laura: Yes

 Both ladies loved the nostalgia and laughed like crazy. The writers clearly targeted the parents when writing the show with some pop culture references and throwbacks to the original, which is appreciated. 

Should They Watch It?
Kara: Yes

Laura: Yes

Side Conversations
TV has changed significantly with binging becoming the norm. Block programming and delayed gratification that came with TGIF, after school shows, and Saturday morning cartoons is all but gone. 

Kara and Laura discuss workplace inequality after Kara experiences a blatant career opportunity oversight because of her gender. Kara, a 25-year voice acting veteran, points to examples of how gender inequality has impacted her industry. Laura and Kara discuss examples of misogyny in the entertainment industry and the ladies agree that Kara should make some phone calls to address the issue. 

 We are happy to see more female roles, more diverse roles, and truer to the part casting. We loved to see Nope star Keke Palmer

Transcript

Kara Edwards: 0:00

The views and opinions expressed by the should they watch it podcast are those of two moms who happen to be a registered play therapist and a voice actor for cartoons. So while they may feel their opinions come from a knowledgeable place, they are still in fact just opinions. Should they watch it? A podcast that takes the task of reviewing your kid's favorite shows up your to do list? Hello, and welcome to the should they watch it podcast. We are so excited this week because we have a huge giveaway that we are going to be doing over on our Instagram page. So make sure you go over like us on should they watch it on instead because I'm sure you've heard of this little movie. And by little I mean giant paws of theory, the legend of Hank, it is currently in theaters this movie stars Michael Cera Mel Brooks, Samuel L. Jackson, I could go on and on. We're talking a giant all star cast. Currently in theaters while it's going to be coming to streaming soon, you're going to be able to get it online. Until then, we have been given three digital downloads of positive theory, the legend of Hank that we are going to gift to you our listeners. This is a hilarious movie, it's an unlikely Samurai, lots of high jinks again, all star cast. This is when you definitely want to win and check out yourself. So go over to the should they watch it and stuff. We're going to be giving away three digital codes for positive theory. And we're gonna have all the details on our Insta page as to how you can win this movie so that you can enjoy it with your family. But until then, I'm ready. We're getting straight into the podcast. I'm Cara Edward. I'm Laura Orr just dive right in. Because for the first time ever, I'm actually excited about a song first time

Laura Orr: 1:54

ever okay, we can process that later. Maybe once

Kara Edwards: 1:57

or twice on the history of the podcast. We're 50 Plus episodes and but I'm just saying it's fair. It's fair. Now I'm in nostalgia land and and I am finally excited to sing. Doo doo doo doo doo. Life is like a hurricane here in Duck bird. Race cars, lasers, airplanes,

Laura Orr: 2:20

it's duck blur might solve a mystery, or rewrite history, dark tales. Every day, they're out there making DuckTales Berdoo.

Kara Edwards: 2:42

Eventually, we cannot sing the entire song.

Laura Orr: 2:45

If we must. Like okay, I

Kara Edwards: 2:48

was thinking the whole time watching this and we're gonna review the show. But I do need to say this. I was thinking the whole time every time that the intro song would come on, about how much we have failed our children today with the intro songs because they are not like okay, Shira had a great intro song. I can think of series that have come out recently that have had great intro songs. But I feel like that is something that has just been pushed away. And when I think of Rescue Rangers or duck tails or

Laura Orr: 3:15

bend, yeah, they've been they were so how do you yet and

Kara Edwards: 3:20

well produced and I mean, they it was a full on song.

Laura Orr: 3:24

Absolutely. And, and it was so good, in fact that they just redid it and used it in the new show because we're not reviewing the 1987 Oh,

Kara Edwards: 3:37

where are you gonna shoot for the new version of DuckTales and it's except for now it's a female singer and they sped it up a little bit. So it's like life is okay. Like she just evidence so much fun to hear it i i played the intro for every episode I watched. Oh, yeah. It said are you sure you can do skip intro? Yeah, I played it because I was and then I would sing it really loud. And my son's like, please.

Laura Orr: 4:03

Oh, really? Did he not get into it?

Kara Edwards: 4:05

He did. But he was just like, do you have to sing it?

Laura Orr: 4:09

You're like, yes, actually in

Kara Edwards: 4:12

Duck burger.

Laura Orr: 4:13

Did you that would have been a perfect opportunity for you to say pull a back in my day. We didn't get to skip the intros. Had to watch

Kara Edwards: 4:22

the entire thing. And we had to wait for it to come on TV. We could just watch it at will I tell him that all the time. And he's like, I cannot imagine a world where I don't get what I want when I want I know right? Oh, that what a horrible life you live. Yeah, he'll just think of something like Mom, Amazon.

Laura Orr: 4:40

Now. I know that instant gratification and like I had to wait to go to a mall. We had to prolong our dopamine fix. You guys just get it willy nilly get it all the time. Yeah, this show was a part of a series of shows that were played right after school. It was a Disney's After School block where it was this and what was it duck tails? It was Rescue Rangers. Gummy Bears, I think. And there was one more. Which one was it? tailspin? Tail tail spin. Yep. And I remember I just remember going to daycare I was this I was that young, I was probably like five. So kindergarten, no, no first grade six. Anyways, we would, they would take the bus, we would take the bus and go to daycare and they would have the TV out. And all of the kids would crowd around it. And I'm talking this TV was a tiny dB. And so we were literally pushing each other out of the way to watch these four shows. It was awesome. That time is yours. Yeah, good.

Kara Edwards: 5:56

This is what I allowed TV at daycare. I have a little bit older than you and I still watch them. You did? Yep. No question. Yeah,

Laura Orr: 6:02

it was so good. It was. It's definitely like, it's interesting, because this is another example. We've talked about this in other shows, of shows, like a cluster of shows being reserved for a certain amount of time. So we had this after school block. We had the TGIF, TGIF, with like full house and all that, that you would watch on Fridays. And then you would have snick that you would watch on Saturday night. And then you had also the Saturday morning cartoons which were offered and on several different programs. But it's that block of time that our kids probably also won't experience of, of this time this day is

Kara Edwards: 6:42

when you can experience that thing. I've got to wake up Saturday morning and watch these cartoons or I've got to rush home from schools so that I can watch that show

Laura Orr: 6:50

exactly that at this. And so that timeframe is like ingrained into your brain you have like so it brings back all these memories of that time of day. You know what I'm saying? So like, it's not just the show you're watching, it's what was going on around you that you start to remember that I don't think happens as often now either because of that, you know, the the options that are available now. So which

Kara Edwards: 7:14

I do think is the challenge for shows that are coming out today, too, you know, back then I don't know that. I don't want to say put in as much effort because the shows were great back then. But you had your time slot. And that wasn't going anywhere. Now when you're like I hope I get on to Netflix or whatever it is Disney plus, you have this month monstrous amount of shows that you're going up again, you really have to raise the level of each show to be the one that they choose, right when you have all the choices and we'll get to the review part. But I feel like oh man, did they ever?

Laura Orr: 7:50

Yeah, they really did. Yeah, yeah.

Kara Edwards: 7:53

DuckTales. So I think

Laura Orr: 7:55

you're right. You're right, though, I think I've heard I read something about her because of that competition that exists now that didn't exist as much back then you're seeing a lot of TV shows not last as long. Because the our attention span just isn't as long and so our loyalty doesn't bring the numbers because it's like, Oh, I could watch season six of the show. But there's also this brand new show that just came out. Yeah, brand new, you know, premise, and I'm gonna watch that. Instead, I'm going to spend my time doing that. So a lot of shows are getting cancelled after like three seasons.

Kara Edwards: 8:26

Make sense? Yes. Maybe it's sad, but it makes sense.

Laura Orr: 8:30

It's just the way of things. How are you Kara?

Kara Edwards: 8:35

Okay, so I was up last night. really late. Kind of raging, raging ranting, ranting and raging a 1am

Laura Orr: 8:45

rant session? I

Kara Edwards: 8:46

did. I was up really late. Um, so I Okay, backstory. And I'm going to be kind of vague with some of this, because there's things that it's not that I can't talk about, but I'm not going to talk about and you'll understand why a redacted version of a redacted version of event. Okay, so my husband works for a company. And this is where I'm redacted. I can say which one. It is simple search, you would find it out anyway. But and I'm telling this because this was a very humbling moment for me around 1am. So he works for a company. It's called Crunchyroll. Used to be called Funimation. They he actually is a producer he oversees he manages the directors of basically most of the anime that you find on television, whatever channels you're watching, it probably comes from this this thing, crunching part of his job is listening to directors and actors and their issues and things that they might be frustrated about. They come to him to air their grievances, just kind of like in any company when you're in a managerial position. Yeah. And so I'm not the Sir, and I'm one of those like old school, I've been doing this for 25 years. So I'm like, Oh, those young kids, and they don't need to complain and all their issues, and they just need to be happy to be working tough it out. Yeah, I tend to come from that perspective. So there is a project, and this is where the redacted part is going to come in. There is a project that I have been a part of, for a very long time. There's, there's a lot of history, there's also a lot of things with this project that I can be very proud of. And as a female actor, I do believe I'm the longest running female actor that has been a part of this project, meaning I have recorded more than any other female in this very large, whatever world that it's in,

Laura Orr: 10:52

for the show,

Kara Edwards: 10:52

whatever, I'm sorry, object it is, you're sorry, I don't know it. I think it's gonna be really obvious what I'm talking about. But anyways, and so don't know. But so. Anyways, um, so the females, oh, states that there's a history and this is all actually going to be very relevant to DuckTales. When we get to it, by the way, there is a purpose for me telling this story circle. There is a long history in the land of voice acting, and acting and animation and cartoons, where females never rank. I don't know how to say this, as in so many industries, females do not rank as high as the males, right in males there, there aren't as many meaty female parts are usually the sidekick shorter or the. And so I've been very fortunate to voice some very strong female characters throughout my career, some of which have kind of faltered in, in, they're just not as strong as they used to be. And it's kind of in this disappointing thing. In in very much like in animation, where the females often are not as important as the male characters. When you're one of the actors, it's very much the same. And oh, female actors can sometimes get a little overlooked in history of history. I'm just saying what's happened. So

Laura Orr: 12:20

as an actor, you're kind of only as important as your the role you're playing, just

Kara Edwards: 12:24

the males are probably going to get more recognition than the females. And so as time has gone on, that's become more frustrating, because I think it's something we're all more aware of. So anyways, this project, there's something coming up, which many of the male actors are going to be getting a lot of big accolades. And it's one of the female actors, I found out last night that I will not be joining that crew. Really, yeah. And I kind of ranged, I had one of my like, most feminist. Like, look at my resume, look at what I've contributed. Look at this, look at that. And so I had to rage and I was like, Yeah, I don't know, I was tired. And I was ranting, and I was saying all of these things. And it was probably around like midnight, that all of a sudden, and it's this started at like 1030, where I found out and I was just like, why? Like it really just hurt my feelings.

Laura Orr: 13:25

Yeah, you you've dedicated a lot of time and a large portion of your career to this project voice

Kara Edwards: 13:32

acting for 25 years. And yeah, it was like, at which point, but then I realized I was like, Oh, honey, this is literally what you do all day is listened to actors whine and cry about their lack of recognition. And now you're at home not getting any sleep, because you're listening to your actor wife. Cry, about not getting enough recognition. And this also goes against everything I have ever said about anybody else where I'm like, they just need to be happy that they're working. They just need to be okay with the fact that like, hey, at least you get to show up and do this. And so I was like, I'm gonna go to bed. And I'm gonna wake up tomorrow, and I'm gonna take a really deep breath. And I'm gonna be really grateful that I have had this long, beautiful, continuous career getting to be a part of amazing franchises and amazing shows and amazing projects, and I am going to just be okay. Yeah,

Laura Orr: 14:37

I mean, you can do that. And I don't know the circumstances of the other actors that you were speaking of who were complaining and they should just be happy that they should have a job but like, also at the same time. You can be upset that you're noticing any quality

Kara Edwards: 14:59

and I don't I finally am and it is very real. And actually, my husband was wonderful to stop and go. This is a situation where you're right. Yeah, like you'd like there is something going on here. And it's just one of those like age old complaints of females, we've you know, not making as much money or not getting as many opportunities are not in this is in any industry all over the place. And I will tell you that it does still happen in the land of acting and Hollywood,

Laura Orr: 15:28

I think Kara

Kara Edwards: 15:31

weren't aware

Laura Orr: 15:32

that Bechdel test was made for a reason. Harvey Weinstein has not been in jail, that long. Stuff is still just in

Kara Edwards: 15:43

case anyone was curious. It is still something that is taking place. And and you know, my husband had the best response. He's like, when you're ready, I think because, of course, I mean, around 1130. Last night, I was like, you know, maybe this is something that I need to just write a letter and send it to the press. You know, yeah, you go crazy. And then I was like, but he did. He was like, this might actually warrant some phone calls. Cuz it kind of is something that that should be acknowledged, and like, you know, girls contribute a lot to, but it got me thinking, and now I can actually don't jump straight into DuckTales in our view, because no, no, no, no,

Laura Orr: 16:35

oh, you're not gonna let me know. Because I'm I. Yes, I

Kara Edwards: 16:39

want to gloss over that story. Before I say something I shouldn't say. Well, I just have

Laura Orr: 16:43

to say, though, that, don't you think that if you do if the approach is just be glad you're working that that is oppressive against women, too, though, like, Just be glad that we let you play on the playground. In general, you know what I mean? Like, completely. And I'm not saying that you're doing that, I'm just saying that if that becomes the norm of thinking of just be glad that you're here. Because we could just make you stay home and not let you play at all, then that just becomes like this really oppressive environment for women to sit in. Because that, that doesn't allow them to like, want, like, want to hire to advance, you know, in a mean,

Kara Edwards: 17:27

which is why my husband was saying when you're ready, like, and he's like, do it now or wait until you have it all the way you want it. And I was like, No, I want to make sure that I present my case, very accurately. But I am going to be reaching out to the boss, saying, Hey, I don't think this is something you guys are doing necessarily intentionally. But you need to be aware that this is what you've done.

Laura Orr: 17:52

And I think coming from you, it will carry some weight as somebody who's as seasoned as you are, and somebody who's been as involved in the project project as you have been, you know, like, you're not somebody who just walked in yesterday, right? You know, you're a senior, you know, a senior member of this community, and like you said, You've been voice acting for 25 years. So if you're saying it, then that does carry some weight. Not to say that

Kara Edwards: 18:18

someone who doesn't complain, I always just sit back and go, the chakras are fine, fine, fine. Yeah. Oh, this is one where it became just real big and obvious. And it was like, Okay, I think it's gonna be time for me to say something,

Laura Orr: 18:32

I think that I, I encourage you to, and it happens a lot. And it's, there's so much any equality in the workplace still. And it's also obvious, it's so

Kara Edwards: 18:49

it's so blatant. And that was that was part of my process last night was opening up my IMDB page and going through every one of my credits, every one of my, like, going through my resume and saying, I have earned the right to play in.

Laura Orr: 19:07

Yes. The thing like that's the difference, I think, between a lot of men and women too, is like, you're like, it's almost like this, like, do I need like, let me go look back on my IMDb and Am I crazy here? Or do I have the Yes, I do. It's right there. It's right. That is such a that is something that we constantly have to do. Whereas men don't. They don't have to argue their importance and their value because it's just given to them.

Kara Edwards: 19:34

No, no question. No, it's not. It's and it's not it's and I think there are a lot of men out there that actually I know my husband is one of them that absolutely see it and was like no, I see the inequality and I see how I see it. I don't know what to do to change it, but I absolutely see it. Yeah. So I do think I now and I will say as I say this You've heard me talk about this with other shows. It's slow. It ain't moving fast enough. But there are little changes that have been happening where we are seeing more female roles. We are seeing more diversity in the cast, we are seeing more casting true to the part, which has been really exciting. Yes, there are things it's making me think of it Keke Palmer, and excuse me for not being like my my pop culture knowledge is nothing because I have a six year old and that's all I know. Yeah. But who is starring in the big hit? Nope.

Laura Orr: 20:38

And I want to see that. I want to see

Kara Edwards: 20:42

it. And she she had this great people were comparing her to us and dia. And she she definitely came out and was like, and I loved her posts that she made cuz she was like, hold up, why would you be comparing me to anybody? Like, I have won this award. I have done this. I have done that. And it was an example of colorism in Hollywood, and in the world. And so and I loved her post, because I was like, Yes, girl. Yeah. Tell the world what you have done. Yeah. And then I think there are a lot, you know, she is never flown under the radar, because look at all she has done. But I do think there are a lot of actors like, and I would put myself in this category as that fly under the radar. Because we're not in the biggest roles or whatever. But we are can contribute things so heavily throughout these projects. Yeah. That yeah, at some point, I hope to see a little bit more recognition.

Laura Orr: 21:42

Well, you've earned it. I have you will you keep us posted?

Kara Edwards: 21:46

I will. I will. I will. Can you see how uncomfortable I am even talking about it.

Laura Orr: 21:51

I know. And I made you go back. I was like, wait, no, I'm not done. I'm not done. I'm done.

Kara Edwards: 21:59

Now, can I say why they think this does compare to DuckTales? Yes, because I do. I think I know where you're at. It didn't go straight into something that I was so happy to see. Because you have a show that is very familiar. And you have characters that are so familiar Scrooge McDuck Donald Duck the three nephews Huey, Dewey Louie, and they added in a female character, and they made since webby so that now there's this strong, capable, yeah, awesome girl character because that is such a heavily male cast.

Laura Orr: 22:36

Yeah. And when he was in the old series, she was just very much.

Kara Edwards: 22:43

I don't even remember her. Really? Yeah, she

Laura Orr: 22:46

was she had this little pink boat. I mean, she looks Yeah, she was in it. She was the same. She was the the groundskeepers niece or granddaughter, granddaughter. But her role on the show was so small, she was kind of treated as like getting in people's way. Right as Yeah, as opposed to now where she is a huge part of the show. Part of the show. Yeah, they had they would have they had to do that they had to do that. Because especially you know, that block of, of shows that we were talking about, are very guilty of having female cat characters that are just, they are made to kind of just be a token like Standen and webby is no exception. You know, you think of gadget from Chippendales. She was just, you know, the object of the affection of the brothers. You think of April from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is just like, all she's doing is she's, she's reporting all the stuff that they did, the Turtles did. So it's more like these characters that are at the like, just, they're just there to add to the male characters.

Kara Edwards: 24:01

It'd been a way to think of the movie Galaxy Quest. Sigourney Weaver plays the female and they go back and revisit a show from like, the 80s 90s. Yeah. And in her role, like, at one point during the shoulder men are like, Why do you keep repeating everything that computer says, and she's like, I was given one job on this entire series, and it's to repeat the computer and as a female, that's what I am here to do. And I'm gonna do my job. Oh, yeah. I love that they pointed out like back then that would be the role of a female character is really not to have a role. Yeah,

Laura Orr: 24:35

I mean, and that's the main, the Manic pixie dream girl. That's where that phrase was coined from is just being this, you know, depthless character, really, who is not contributing much except for being in support of the male really. Yeah. And

Kara Edwards: 24:53

so yeah, and this is still a heavily male cast just by nature of who the different characters are. Again, I feel like they misspeak. Lee was the other one. I was trying to think of Miss Begley as this amazing character that comes in, and I feel like there was some conscious thought. As to we need stronger females. Oh, yeah, to balance this out. It just adds so much to. I'm gonna start by giving mad props to the female voice actors who came into the new duck tails and rocked all of their parts. Yeah. And there's several of them. And so and I mean, I'm literally looking through this list. There's so many, including some people I know personally. Oh, really? Yeah. And I mean, what a great Yeah, what a great job everybody did. I I just props to every single person and everybody who came in and, and participated.

Laura Orr: 25:53

Yeah, the cast list is really exciting. Yeah,

Kara Edwards: 25:55

I said that weird because I was looking through all the names. I know you're she's like scrolling through because this cast is incredible. This like you're funny. I am I and I made those little like voice actor heroes like this is. This is an amazing cast of people. Like as I was reading it out to my husband, he was yelling at Oh, that's the guy from community. Oh, that's they're from SNL. They're from? I mean, this is a heavy Star Power

Laura Orr: 26:21

cast. Oh, yeah. Not since dogs in space. Have I felt this excited about a cast? So do we want to say some of the do we want to just jump right in and say who? Some of the cast members? Yeah.

Kara Edwards: 26:32

I feel like that's where they're at. Let's just talk about it. And then we'll ask each other should they watch it? Because I think everyone's gonna be shocked by our answers. But yeah, go for it.

Laura Orr: 26:41

Yeah, so they so Ben Schwartz from Parks and Rec and Sonic, isn't it Danny Pudi from community, isn't it? And like you said, there are these legendary actors on the show. Susan Suzanne Blake Blakeslee. She's Mrs. Quack faster. So anytime you hear the voice on newer versions of like Cinderella, you'll hear her she's Lady Tremaine. She's Maleficent. She's Cruella De Vere. DeVille. That's her. Who's the who's the actor his name is? is escaping me that plays Scrooge McDuck because he even Tennant

Kara Edwards: 27:16

is so good. Because he and he's a doctor who he's doctor who he is. He's one of the former doctor who like he's and he's actually from I believe, Ireland or Scotland. Sorry, scored a girl. I know. I know better. There's no I knew that make everyone angry. But yeah, so he's originally so that I mean, he's so good.

Laura Orr: 27:37

I have a crush on good and I just say he was also in good omens. Okay, have you seen good? Oh, no, I haven't I do it. It is okay. Any parent out there who is looking for a show to watch that is funny, feel good and thought provoking needs to watch good omens. It is amazing. And he is one of the main characters and you will fall in love with them.

Kara Edwards: 28:04

I mean, all the way through. And like even Huey, Dewey and Louie, I mean, all of them. I'm so scared. I'm gonna mispronounce names, which is why I'm not calling out more names because webby who's spectacular. Oh, yeah, show. Yeah. And I'm gonna butcher her name. And I'm so sorry. Because I'm looking at her picture. And I'm like, Oh, my gosh, you're from here and here. And here. We actually you here. Kate? Kate Mutsuki I think, um, I don't I don't know how to say her last name. But she's so good. And same thing with Mrs. beekley. I'm scared. I'm gonna mispronounce her name, but I'm looking at the picture. And I'm like, I know you. I know you. Oh, my gosh. And cardi Walgren who I know, is actually a friend of mine. I was gonna say who's your friend and Carrie Walker. And she has been in some stuff that we use and everything because she's so good and chemical Glenn Kimiko. Who's Lena, she's another one who's been in a ton of stuff that we foist April when shell. I mean, literally you if you go to IMDb and just look through this cast. It's spectacular.

Laura Orr: 29:02

I have a feeling that they were able to get a lot of cast members for this show. Also just because of the nostalgia for it. It's in the script itself. Like if you if you read the script, or if you if you hear the script. Yeah, it's dilo well written that I'm not surprised at all that they were able to nab these people. But

Kara Edwards: 29:25

and they've changed it. And what's really fun is they've taken the original premise. Should we say what it is? Yeah. And they've changed it up and I'm gonna do this off the cuff because I didn't write anything down. But basically, you've got the three nephews of Donald Duck. They're very poor, and they're in a tough situation. They go to Uncle Scrooge, who the nephews find out for the first time is Uncle Scrooge because everybody knows Scrooge McDuck because He's the richest duck in the entire world. Yep. And but what I loved about it is right off the get go. They turned Scrooge from there like I I'm angry all the time. They turn him into like this kind of great character that's super lovable. And he ends up taking everybody in and decides that you know, that he and he and his nephews are going to go on great adventures from there for all of the remaining time. And so they the premise of the show is literally the adventures that the three nephews Donald Duck, who Donald Duck has a much more prominent role in this one than the original series, which thank goodness, because I'm, by the way, original voice actor of Donald Duck is back, which I was so excited to see, because nobody else should ever voice that character in the fact that they kept the original voice. I was like,

Laura Orr: 30:43

oh, it's such a distinguishable voice that so just would have been hard to. To to like,

Kara Edwards: 30:51

find anything else. Yeah, no question. And so even though they did bring in all of these celebrities, they made sure to stay true to that character, which works so well. So and it is it's it's comedic. The timing is hilarious. I literally laughed out loud many, many times. Yeah, for sure. And there's all these little side stories like this is I don't remember in the original DuckTales. So much the storyline of trying to figure out their history, the nephews history, and who is their mom and who? That's exciting that the nephews also have, they've grown in in the original series there. So their voice basically the same actor, they were meant to be this. They're meant to be the same the only their colors of their shirts distinguish them, and they decided in this series to give them very individual personalities.

Laura Orr: 31:47

Did you have a favorite?

Kara Edwards: 31:49

Oh, gosh,

Laura Orr: 31:51

wait, Kara. Should they watch? Oh,

Kara Edwards: 31:53

yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Yes, I am. Such a, Michael. So I did not get to watch as much of this series as I would have wanted to. To to do this podcast because Michael made a rule that I'm not allowed to watch the series without him because we love it that much. And

Laura Orr: 32:13

when Michael makes a rule, Mike, Michael rules everything.

Kara Edwards: 32:17

And so yeah, no question. I'm going to finish finish this one. Yes. It's some point because we love it. Laura. Should they watch it?

Laura Orr: 32:26

I'm gonna say yes. as well.

Kara Edwards: 32:28

It's Yes. So fun. Yeah.

Laura Orr: 32:30

There's some things to keep in mind when you watch it. That we can talk about in the problematic parts. But yeah, it is

Kara Edwards: 32:37

both talked about that. We took so few notes about the show, just because we were

Laura Orr: 32:42

entertained, are just sitting there watching it and laughing. Yeah, absolutely. So there's three seasons. Yep. Each episode is 22 minutes. And you can stream it on Disney plus YouTube. Google Play Apple TV, Amazon Prime Cara, who is your favorite duck?

Kara Edwards: 32:57

I think it is Louis. The green one is definitely the green one. Yeah,

Unknown: 33:01

Louie Louie is my favorite. Yeah,

Kara Edwards: 33:03

I like how I mean, right from the get go. He's like, you know, Huey Louie, the third one. Yeah, whoever you are.

Laura Orr: 33:10

So they even kind of laugh at themselves in the history of the show, that they really didn't try to distinguish the three and so they kind of they do a lot of really fun jokes in that way that call back to the old version, but also are translatable to now. And that's a good example of it. I found some ways to distinguish the three not just by their personalities, because at the very beginning, you're still trying to get to know them. Yeah. Like which ones which, so Huey has is the only one with a hat and he's wearing red so he hat. Okay, and on. Okay, so blue is Dewey do the water because of water. Okay, so do is the color is blue is blue is

Kara Edwards: 33:51

do? Yeah, that makes sense. Uh huh. And then

Laura Orr: 33:55

Louis, for leaves. That's the only way I could think of it LM green leaves. We'll look at leaves Louis, Louis leaves green oak. So for anyone who needs to distinguish the three and are having trouble take my little mnemonics I guess. I don't know if a mnemonic is it or the right word for it, but you know we don't know the word for it but I know the three

Kara Edwards: 34:24

we actually get to hear their full names in this series. In Hueys full name is Hubert Dewey's full name is do furred. Oh well, that's a shame. Louise's well in Llewellyn Yep,

Laura Orr: 34:38

we knew really well in Llewellyn. That's not like a it's an unusual name like you don't hear it very often.

Kara Edwards: 34:45

So that was I was fascinated to find that

Laura Orr: 34:48

does webby is that short for something? Oh, I

Kara Edwards: 34:51

don't know probably. Why the Gale. What happened? I made that. I have that idea.

Laura Orr: 34:55

We're calling her that. Who's the audience? Oh,

Kara Edwards: 34:58

I mean me a parent. Late. Then my love letter to DuckTales

Laura Orr: 35:04

your font you are gushing. Gosh very I truly loved

Kara Edwards: 35:07

the show. Michael adored this show. He's six he's about to turn seven.

Laura Orr: 35:13

Yeah. I would say six is a good eight.

Kara Edwards: 35:15

I think so younger than that. Because the humor is really this is a fast paced show. This is there's nothing calming about it. There's antics the nephews are, you know, they got to learn their lessons in life. Yeah. And there's so much everything is so high brow. I'm thinking of different episodes that you definitely are only going to play to the parents. Yes. Oh, yeah. Younger. Sure. No, I don't even know that older kids are going to understand. Yes. what so many of these things are based on because like they full on make fun of Silicon Valley. They make fun of

Laura Orr: 35:54

funny you say that? I'm pretty sure in that show the main character in that episode, where they make fun of Silicon Valley. Yeah, is an actor from Silicon Valley.

Kara Edwards: 36:04

Oh, that makes me so much haggard. Like I hope it is. Because that that episode made me laugh so hard.

Laura Orr: 36:10

Yeah, it's it's big head from Silicon Valley. It was so good. You're right, though. Like a lot of the stuff on here is going to just fly over their heads like the there's an episode where they encounter the Headless Horseman, and instead of a man without a head riding a horse, it is a horse man hybrid without a head. And so it's just these like quick things where if you don't know your pop cultural references that you're not getting, you're just gonna be like, Oh, it's a it's a you know, a horse man hybrid without a head. But you're and then the parents are gonna be thinking, Yeah, but that's not what it's supposed to be. Yeah. So

Kara Edwards: 36:52

clever. And the way that they did it, and Oh, yeah. And another thing they did that was so smart with Huey, Dewey Louie is not only did they distinguish their personalities, they made them older. They're now preteens. And so instead of being these young children that are just getting into trouble, they're now old enough to make decisions and suffer consequences for their decisions and have more thoughts about the things that are going on. So I loved the choice to make them older. And they're clearly voiced by adult males. Yeah. They don't even attempt to make them sound young at all, but it

Laura Orr: 37:31

works. It works. Yeah. I think that the, the writers and the people behind this show knew what this setup was going to look like. As far as the audience goes, they knew that it was going to be parents, who were fans of the old show sitting their kids down and saying we're watching this and so they decided to give so much to parents in this show. Watch that. I think was just so brilliant about it. And yeah,

Kara Edwards: 38:05

yeah, all of it was so fun. I feel like throughout like in the beginning I was like oh, this is interesting. This is fun. I like where we're going with this there was something about the Silicon Valley episode for me where we're you see the the main character of that episode he is not in it for the money because all the all the characters throughout this it's all about money. But there's even an episode where you learn the value of money and that sometimes sentimental value is so much more important than financial value, right? Yeah. And in in a really fun way. We learned about that. But the Silicon Valley episode was so highbrow for me that but yet still really funny and good for Michael Wright that I was like, I am in i You have hooked me. I am a DuckTales fanatic.

Laura Orr: 38:52

Yeah, you like I think we could say that. The setting that they put a lot of the these characters in are for the adults watching and then like the hygiene acts are for maybe the kids, right? Yeah, they have them in a casino, where they can't find the exit. That's a pretty that's like a joke where the adults are like, yep, been there. Anyone who's been to Vegas understands that joke. And that's like, in the night kind of becomes the story of like, you can't leave and we're sucking we're sucking the life out of you.

Kara Edwards: 39:27

I was gonna say the whole thing is about whether you're lucky or unlucky. determines

Laura Orr: 39:31

Yeah, everything. So it's it's very like adult in that way of like, kids aren't going to be like, hmm, yeah, you can't find your way out of a casino. Like they're not going to do that. Right. But the action and like the there's plenty of room for kids, as an audience to watch it as well, because of the way that they cleverly design the show itself and the jokes and the action sequences. I think that kids will really grab on to that and

Kara Edwards: 39:59

it's even fun Like in this storyline and I did not make it far enough to find out if they find out this stuff about their moms. So at some point I'm gonna be appears on the show. I know she is like she has to they've talked about her too much, but even the process of trying to find their mom or anything about their mom, they don't know anything and so you know where they get into this library based on their DNA, but when they get in there, there's all these puzzles and things they have to solve. Like, it isn't just, here's the information is like, and that's so accurate in so many ways. If, if you've ever tried to find a family member I have where you're like, what are the, you know, it's not just so easy, and I love again, I feel like there was just so much thought put

Laura Orr: 40:43

so much thought put into it. It was it was really great. fluffier educational, though,

Kara Edwards: 40:49

I mean, fluffy, like crazy. I tried so hard, because I knew the question was coming. And it was like Navy during that dime episode because Michael is so he really that really speaks to his brain like having money having okay, you know, he always I want gold, gold bars, mansions, I want things like he talks about it, cause I'm going to be rich. And so I loved. I am definitely read racing Scrooge McDuck. I was just thinking he would love to swim in the pool love to swim in a pool of gold. And so I liked the episode where it really was about sentimental value and keeping the things that means something to you very close. So I wanted to be like, maybe there is education. No, this is not educational in any way. They have

Laura Orr: 41:36

messages throughout it. But yeah, it's really not what their goal was.

Kara Edwards: 41:41

And I love how the the nephews encourage webby to be herself because she does as females do. She does try to conform, and I'm going to be more normal and they were like We don't want you normal. We want you as you are because that's where you're valuable.

Laura Orr: 41:57

Yeah. How many of us have tried that too, by the way of like, I'm not going to be me I'm going to be who I think I'm supposed to be and then it's just a disaster. Oh, well, I

Kara Edwards: 42:05

mean, the story I just told at the beginning of this podcast is literally me doing that where I'm like no, I'm not going to actually say anything my but my husband heard my rage but I'm just going to keep my mouth shut and do my job and you

Laura Orr: 42:17

gotta gotta seen it. You got to listen to that voice.

Kara Edwards: 42:20

I got to learn my lesson from DuckTales and webby be a Webby

Laura Orr: 42:24

Cara nev a Webby

Kara Edwards: 42:27

I'm gonna have a shirt Okay Miss shirt me just because because today I'm wearing my Stranger Things Munson junk I didn't notice. Metallic amazing shirt. So now I'm going to have a be a Webby.

Laura Orr: 42:37

Yeah, you do need to I think I'm going to be a Louis, especially in that episode where they go, they climb Mount Everest yo and love that episode. And he's like, again, another example of something that kids want to understand. But adults are watching it. And they're like, Yup, where he's like, You guys can go climb it, I'm gonna stay at the bottom of the mountain and drink hot drinks in the cafe. Yeah. And that is so relatable as somebody who does not ski and is married to somebody who does or it's like, go have fun. This is a warm cafe for me, and I'm gonna drink my hot toddies and have fun.

Kara Edwards: 43:11

I loved that episode. So much. So because of the I felt like there was so many subtle, I don't even know the word. You're that therapists you'll know. But like at the end when they're when they're trying to get to the top. And there's all those portals. Yeah, and it's like sometimes in life, you're doing all the right things, and you're trying to climb up there. And it feels like the world just sets you back in different ways that don't always make sense. I felt like there was do mini like, psychological like things going on with

Laura Orr: 43:40

that. It's a clever show written by very smart people. And so I'm not surprised that that those little things are peppered throughout that, that show it at all. There is the moral but yeah, the moral of the story are not the moral, but like, there was a quote, where they said, They that Scrooge McDuck goes on adventures to obtain treasure just so he can swim in it. And I just loved that so much. I don't know why I'm mentioning right now. But like, I don't know why I was

Kara Edwards: 44:13

just great. It's it's i because there are so many fun, and I love that, Oh, there's the part where they talk about him swimming in his in his riches and gold. And at 1.1 of the nephews was like I'm jumping in and he was like, Don't do it, because he explains that he has spent his entire life developing the proper muscles and proper technique to swim through gold. And so unless you have done as he has done, you cannot do these things. No, it does.

Laura Orr: 44:41

It's it's it's it's great. I feel like another thing I really appreciated about this is that they still stayed true. Like I think a lot of times we watch shows right now, where they're very careful about showing flaws in the code. characters for fear of the example that they might set for kids. Yes. And I feel like this show still honored. The the things about these characters that make them flawed, really so Scrooge is still opulent, like you go into his mansion. And there's on the table is a bowl of apples with diamonds just strewn about it. So this man is still money obsessed, but they just made his character more well, they fleshed his character out a lot more. The boys are very defiant. So rambunctious probably. And

Kara Edwards: 45:43

you know, they're not follow direction. They

Laura Orr: 45:45

do not. They are not role models. No. But they still honored those, those characteristics. And they didn't try to make them more than that, or not more than that. But like, I don't know, they didn't they didn't silence that part of them, which I appreciated. And then what's the name of the guy who's the pilot Launchpad Launchpad, he's still like a hot mess. And so I love that they just embraced those characteristics. And they didn't, they weren't afraid of it. Because I think a lot of times we talk in the show about role models. And those are the kinds of characters that we want our kids to watch. And I think it was fun to watch a show where that wasn't the case. And we could just laugh at how crazy these kids are without having to worry about like, oh, gosh, oh, my kid's gonna watch this and

Kara Edwards: 46:33

emulate what they're doing. Yeah. And I don't think that that's going to be the case because it's all such ridiculous silly antics, and the the monsters are ghosts and dragons. And yeah, it's clearly all very fantasyland.

Laura Orr: 46:47

Yeah, I think that that's why they were able to lean into it. Because you you know, they're ducks who live in a million a mil billion, you know, with their billionaire. Yeah. Uncle. So, you know, and

Kara Edwards: 46:59

you're the rival to Scrooge McDuck who is an another Scottish guy. And you can see the rivalry between who's going to get the diamonds and who's going to get the goal. Yeah, it's so much fun,

Laura Orr: 47:12

really cute. They have really good cliffhangers, too. It's, it is a chronological show it in a way, not so much in some of the other with not as much as some of the other shows that we've watched, where you really do need to start at the beginning. This is one of those shows where there is a story weaved throughout it that you might not understand if you hop in and season two. But the high jinks that they go on are things that kind of start from the beginning of the episode. And so you can go in and enjoy it, I think

Kara Edwards: 47:45

which I guess I guess we can jump straight into problematic. Yeah, it's problematic because I don't have anything. But I don't I don't ever write a say I love it. But I did. Like, the only complaint that I have. And this is literally just selfishly for me. Yeah, is I was so interested in the mom, and then figuring out the mom mystery, and it feels like it was introduced kind of early on like, wait a second, who is our mom? Why is she in this picture? And then they go into now we're in a casino. Now we're climbing a mountain. Yeah, no. And I was like, get back to the mom. And I know we're playing a long game here. Yeah, we are that I'll keep because if they tell me this, I might not be so inclined to keep watching. Uh huh. That way, so I understand it. But I was just because Michael was like, Well, what about the mom? And I'm like, Oh, they're not even mentioning it in this entire episode.

Laura Orr: 48:38

You want that instant gratification? You must know. I must know now I get it. Yeah, they're it's a different. It's a shift from what it used to be because they are adding these like really deep elements. And they are not dragging them out. But they're taking their time with it, I guess.

Kara Edwards: 48:54

Which I will find out about the mom, because this is a show we will continue watching. But yeah, but now you can talk about what's actually problematic because

Laura Orr: 49:01

I didn't honestly we've kind of already touched on it. It's just the behavior of the of Huey, Dewey and Louie. But again, like you you're going to probably I my guess is the people that are watching this are going to be watching it with their kids. And so it's one of those things where if you notice that they're doing something that you might worry about your child emulating, you can just mention it like, wow, those kids are at really acting up on this, you know, that's definitely not how we would behave or however you would want to say they

Kara Edwards: 49:30

work in the natural consequences. You know, like I feel like when sometimes Louis loses, or I don't remember who it is that loses the the first dime. There's a whole heck of a lot of consequence that went into that. Yeah, and he did learn a lesson so

Laura Orr: 49:47

yeah, they do. They do take moments to learn. I think it's just that is who they are. That the lying the mischief the oppositional behavior. It's it's just that's pretty much it feels like that's all they're doing.

Kara Edwards: 49:59

Yeah. questions while

Laura Orr: 50:00

the question I mean, I don't know I, again, like sometimes I was sitting there thinking like, Man, I am so biased on this show that I would I don't know if I'm just making excuses because I love this this series yeah franchise so much. I'm like, Am I making excuses? Because I love it so much, or is this really not that big of a deal? So then I started thinking about do you remember the movie? Problem? Child? Yes. Okay,

Kara Edwards: 50:26

you normally make these obscure references that I'm like, No, you're like,

Laura Orr: 50:29

I know, I know. Like, that kid, I would worry more about our kids watching something like that, for sure this because he looks you know, he's a kid. Remember, we talked about the research that said that if your kids are exposed to oppositional defiant behavior, but by character, it's, they're more likely to emulate it if it's a human, or

Kara Edwards: 50:56

right versus if it's a fancy duck. And and

Laura Orr: 50:59

if so, I started just thinking like, well, they were crazy back then. And we watched things like problem child with these crazy kid with that that sociopathic child, right? And like, you're We're fine. We're fine, aren't we? Are we okay? I

Kara Edwards: 51:14

don't know, actually, are we?

Laura Orr: 51:16

I don't think that my issues right now are because of shows like DuckTales? Or because of movies like problem child. So I don't know. It's hard to say

Kara Edwards: 51:29

that's actually very true. And I'm thinking of shows because we've complained about shows like kaiyo that teach problematic behavior, and show whining and whatever. And again, that is a human child, even though it's animated, right, versus a bunch of ducks. A bunch of ducks.

Laura Orr: 51:47

Yeah, exactly. We're up and yeah, causing issues. And yeah, I don't know. I think it's okay. I think like you said, the, the unbelievable ality of the situations that they're in, because they're just so outstanding. Yeah, I think, yeah, I had, I had a hard time finding problematic things, either. It's just so entertain, it's fun that I wouldn't, I would say that, at the end of the day, it's a really good show.

Kara Edwards: 52:13

I, again, wrote so few notes.

Laura Orr: 52:17

I did, too. I know. Like, you're just going to enjoy this show so much. This

Kara Edwards: 52:24

is definitely worth you sitting down with your kids. And again, if you're if they're young, if they're older, this is going to be entertaining, and you can sit down with your kids and just enjoy a piece of your childhood to share with with your family. Absolutely.

Laura Orr: 52:41

Absolutely. And it is just it's one of the funniest shows we reviewed.

Kara Edwards: 52:45

Absolutely. Some of the best writing I think I've seen on his show. Yeah, for getting animated. Like some of the best writing I've seen on a show. Yeah, and voice acting is out of this world. Yeah, it really so I'm giving them all accolades. Again.

Laura Orr: 53:03

We'll start with webby. Starting with why starting with wedding, she's getting the accolades. Good. So good. Yeah. Did we have we? I mean, like, Did I did I skip over? Did I make you skip over how great webby is? Or do you feel like we've kind of

Kara Edwards: 53:19

made I feel like actually, we might just do next week's podcast where I only talk about how great web he is. And I do a psycho analysis. And you can come in as the therapist, and we just feel labor to to the infinite degree how great this female character is. In fact, we should just do an episode where all we do is talk about female character, male characters we're working this and where we only talk about shows with strong female characters.

Laura Orr: 53:49

Wouldn't it be funny if we reviewed shows and just only like, Yes, we did a show that's all about female characters across the board. But then from now on, we reviewed TV shows and all we did was talk about the female character. We

Kara Edwards: 54:01

also talked about the female characters. And then we started instead of being a podcast where we're like, it's so important that we're informing parents whether a show is appropriate for their children to watch or not, we actually just become the strongest, most feminist female female podcast out there. But it would also be really funny like, could

Laura Orr: 54:21

you imagine like, tomorrow we're reviewing Sonic the Hedgehog and all we're going to do is talk about tails.

Kara Edwards: 54:27

Yes. Wait Is tails like girl? Tails is his tails, its tails. Okay, yeah, all we do is talk about tails. Clearly we're going to be great at it. Okay, we're so qualified.

Laura Orr: 54:41

We're gonna review Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers and all we do is talk about gadget it's a gadget or is a gadget gadget. Okay,

Kara Edwards: 54:49

see if already we're done.

Laura Orr: 54:53

Next up, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles April reports. And that's it. That's it. I cannot wait

Kara Edwards: 54:59

and Anything anybody else? Oh,

Laura Orr: 55:01

that would be such a good I would be so good. I can't wait for this. So tune in. We're really going to go on an upswing. This is coming out.

Kara Edwards: 55:14

Thank you guys for joining us on this journey.

Laura Orr: 55:19

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Kara Edwards: 55:29

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Unknown: 55:35

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Kara Edwards: 55:40

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Laura Orr: 55:41

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Kara Edwards: 55:45

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Laura Orr: 55:51

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