Season 2 • Episode 15
LatestAt Mardi Gras, the gang is hanging out on a balcony trying to get beads. Queer Duck curses Dr. Laura using voodoo, ends up smashed by a "Hurricane" (cocktail) and wakes up to find himself "deflowered" by a sexy woman.
Queer Duck is an animated series produced by Mondo that originally appeared on Icebox.com and later moved to the American cable television channel Showtime in 2002, where it aired as a follow-up feature of the American version of Queer as Folk. Although far from being the first gay cartoon character, Queer Duck was the first animated TV series to have homosexuality as its predominant theme. Like several later television cartoons, Queer Duck was animated in Macromedia Flash. The show was created, written and executive produced by Mike Reiss, executive producer of network cartoons The Simpsons and The Critic. The animation was directed and designed by Xeth Feinberg. The theme song for the cartoon was performed by the drag-queen celebrity, RuPaul. Despite the suggestive content, there is no graphic language or any sexual content, but the latter is heavily implied throughout the series and the movie.
Writing
Mike Reiss's rapid-fire pun density rivals classic Simpsons
Production
Pioneering Flash animation that defined early 2000s web culture
Costume
RuPaul's theme song instantly iconic for millennial queers
Creator
Mike Reiss
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Predating even Adult Swim's queer content, this was literally the first animated series with homosexuality as its central theme—broadcast on Showtime after Queer as Folk episodes.
Mike Reiss created this during his Simpsons tenure; the voice cast includes The Critic alumna Doris Grau and future Family Guy voices, making it a stealth animation all-star project.
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