Stone Quackers

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Stone Quackers
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Genre Comedy[1]
Created by Ben Jones
Developed by Angela Petrella
Creative director(s) Ben Jones
Voices of
Theme music composer
Opening theme
  • "Care of Cell 44", performed by The Zombies
  • "Saint Jaques", performed by Lighting Bolt
Composer(s)
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 12 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Ben Jones
  • John C. Reilly
  • Rob Anderson
  • Nick Weidenfeld
  • Hend Baghdady
  • Angela Petrella
  • Dave Jeser & Matt Silverstein (first 6 episodes)
  • Clay Tatum and Whitmer Thomas (co-executive producers)
Producer(s)
  • Charley Damski (co-producer)
  • Eri Hawkins (associate producer)
  • Joseph Carnegie (associate producer)
Editor(s)
  • James Atkinson
  • Nick Reczynski
  • Nicholas Gallucci
Running time 11 minutes approx.
Production company(s)
Release
Original network FXX
Picture format 16:9 HDTV
Original release October 27, 2014 (2014-10-27) –
present

Stone Quackers is an American animated television series created by Ben Jones. The series premiered October 27, 2014 on FXX as part on their Animation Domination High-Def block

Despite the Animation Domination High-Def block originally airing on Fox, Stone Quackers itself is the first original show to premiere on FXX.

Plot

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Whit and Clay, as pictured in the series.

Set in the fictional island city of Cheeseburger Island, the series revolves around the surreal[2][3] misadventures of two ducks, Whit and Clay (respectively voiced by Whitmer Thomas and Clay Tatum), along with their friends Barf (voiced by Ben Jones) and Dottie (voiced by Heather Lawless), and the incompetent Officer Barry (voiced by John C. Reilly), and neighborhood kid Bug (voiced by Budd Diaz).[4]

Production

Stone Quackers was created by Ben Jones, who also created The Problem Solverz for Cartoon Network. After leaving Cartoon Network, Jones began working with Fox Broadcasting Company on their new animation block, Animation Domination High-Def. During this endeavor, Jones pitched Stone Quackers to Fox as a program for the block. In a July 2013 interview, Jones described this series a "more pure, raw, uncut expression of the same artistic impulse"[5]:84 that manifested Alfe, a character from Solverz. Jones was only allowed to describe that "there will be feathers" in the series.[5]:84

Characters

  • Whit (voiced by Whitmer Thomas) - Whit is a slacker who is prone to erratic behavior and severe lapses of judgement. He is a yellow duck who wears a red hat.
  • Clay (voiced by Clay Tatum) - Like his best friend Whit, Clay too is a slacker. He is a blue duck who wears a gray hat.
  • Barf (voiced by Ben Jones) - Whit and Clay's fat friend Barf is dim-witted and suffers from poor impulse control.
  • Dottie (voiced by Heather Lawless) - Whit and Clay's friend Dottie lusts after Officer Barry, but mental illness prevents her from fomenting a relationship with him. She owns a pet bicolor cat named Gothfield.
  • Officer Barry (voiced by John C. Reilly) - Barry is an inept police officer who faces abuse from his family at home. He delivers internal monologues whenever he appears. In "Hemispheres", Barry states that he is French-Canadian; his fellow officers think he is Italian. Officer Barry is based on the character Officer Jim Kurring from the 1999 movie Magnolia and he was played by John C. Reilly in the same film.
  • Bug (voiced by Budd Diaz) - Bug, a child from the neighborhood, is depicted as naive.

Episodes

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Note: The order and titles of episodes differ on streaming and VOD websites. The titles for the first five episodes are also references to Led Zeppelin albums.

No.
overall		 No. in
season		 Title Written by Original air date
1 1 "Stone Quackers V"
"Hurricane"		 Noah Garfinkel, Ben Jones, Heather Lawless,
Sean O'Connor, Clay Tatum, and Whitmer Thomas		 January 8, 2015 (2015-01-08)
The ducks try to survive a hurricane. Meanwhile, Officer Barry deals with his family as the storm brings out the worst in them.
2 2 "Stone Quackers II"
"Brown Bomber"		 Noah Garfinkel, Ben Jones, Heather Lawless,
Sean O'Connor, Clay Tatum, and Whitmer Thomas		 January 22, 2015 (2015-01-22)
Barf goes on a rope swing; calamity ensues. Clay is healed by the power of dance.
3 3 "Stone Quackers I" Noah Garfinkel, Ben Jones, Heather Lawless,
Sean O'Connor, Clay Tatum, and Whitmer Thomas		 January 29, 2015 (2015-01-29)
Barry checks in on the ducks. Barf drives a tractor into the canal. The ducks go to a party and almost get an old acquaintance murdered.
4 4 "Stone Quackers IV"
"The Runes"		 Joseph Carnegie, Noah Garfinkel, Ben Jones, Heather Lawless,
Sean O'Connor, Clay Tatum, and Whitmer Thomas		 February 5, 2015 (2015-02-05)
Whit and Clay discover a new sound to get them out of trouble. Barry stops disturbance between Dottie and her ex. Barf puts snake eggs in the house.
5 5 "Stone Quackers III" Ben Jones, Noah Garfinkel, Heather Lawless,
Sean O'Connor, Clay Tatum, and Whitmer Thomas		 February 19, 2015 (2015-02-19)
6 6 "One Last Bad Prank" Noah Garfinkel, Ben Jones, Heather Lawless,
Sean O'Connor, Clay Tatum, and Whitmer Thomas		 October 27, 2014 (2014-10-27) (sneak peek)
February 19, 2015 (2015-02-19) (official debut)
After being reprimanded by Dottie, the guys commit to one last prank before going straight. The situation quickly escalates out of control but no one knows why.
7 7 "Blue Feathers" Ben Jones March 6, 2015 (2015-03-06)
Clay decides that they're going to play "bad guys" for the day and Dottie discovers evidence of a brutal crime.
8 8 "TwentyOneTwelve" Ben Jones March 6, 2015 (2015-03-06)
Dottie tries to get together with Officer Barry while Clay and Whit attempt to deal with a mouse problem.
9 9 "Caress of Steel" Ben Jones and Corinne Marshall March 20, 2015 (2015-03-20)
10 10 "Power Windows" Ben Jones, Clay Tatum, and Whitmer Thomas March 27, 2015 (2015-03-27)
11 11 "Hemispheres" Toph Eggers, Ben Jones, Sean O'Connor, and Angela Petrella July 3, 2015 (2015-07-03)
12 12 "A Farewell to Kings"
"The Bug Show"		 Ben Jones, Corinne Marshall, and Angela Petrella July 3, 2015 (2015-07-03)
Bug falls in love with a mysterious skateboarding girl (voiced by Miley Cyrus)[6] and goes to extensive lengths to win her over.

Broadcast and reception

In December 2013, comedian Sean O'Connor revealed Stone Quackers as one of his additional projects for television.[7] Meanwhile, Fox announced in April 2014 that the Animation Domination High-Def block would cease broadcast on June 28, 2014, though its programs will continue on digital platforms.[8] As a result of this, development of the show became unknown.[9] Stone Quackers was ultimately moved to FXX, where a special preview aired at midnight on October 27, 2014. A short Vine video was also posted by the network.[10]

Dan Nadel—a former publisher of Jones[11]—of the Comics Journal called it Jones' best creation after Problem Solverz.[10]

Spin-off

On May 1, 2015, a spin-off of Stone Quackers, Gothball, was released as a 10-episode web-series that ran weekly on ADHD's YouTube channel.[12] The series stars the bicolor cat Gothball (voiced by John O'Hurley) who interacts with the other characters where he was originally called Gothfield. The series ran from May 1, 2015 to July 3, 2015.

References

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External links

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