Brandon reports that our fans at The Bake in Acworth are demanding their “Duck Dollas” return to YouTube. The good news: Episodes 1 & 2 were re-uploaded to YouTube a few days ago, this time in higher resolution! The bad news: 3 through 6 are coming, but not today. I have to split a couple of them into two parts, due to YouTube’s ten minute time limit. We’ll spread the word on MySpace and Facebook when the remaining shows are available.
Be sure to write to us so we know what you like and don’t like!
Special Features include audio commentary with Herb, Brandon, Lord Byron and Michael, plus Leadfoot Episode 8, This Is It! Podcast Episode 10, the 1st cut and original 2007 YouTube editions of “The Mystery Of The Crab Rangoon” plus the 2007 YouTube version of “It’s the Large Pumpkin, Duck Dollas!”
Looks like some special effects work is going on at Astounding Pictures Studios. This image shows some garbage mattes and motion tracking of actors’ faces during a Zebkar Alien scene…
Enraged Amish Rebels stormed the Astounding Pictures Studio early Thursday morning, sources say. The invasion was perceived as a social visit by station manager, Harold Whinestein, until Universe McCready, attorney for the People’s Republic of Amish, delivered a cease and desist order demanding cessation of actor Lord Byron’s use of the trademark Amish Beard in the series, Duck Dollas in the 21st Century.
Artist's rendition of Thursday's altercation at Astounding Pictures Studio.
“God f@#kin dammit,” exclaimed Lord Byron, in a predictably profane response to the affront to his trendy, twenty-something look. He subsequently punched approximately forty Amish into a soupy pulp. Charges were dropped when authorities noticed how strangely queer the situation was.
“I think this is just the Amish’s way of drawing attention to themselves,” said Sheriff Bertrand D. Freddy, II. ”When you wake up day after day in a world devoid of anything but milking cows and baking bread and dressing exactly the same as your neighbor and your neighbor’s neighbor, you kind of forget that the world is a wonderful place, despite some folks’ annoying notion that God hates everybody, while simultaneously loving everybody… I don’t understand it. Do you?”
Harold Whinestein reacted with outrage, screaming to the Amish offenders, “How dare you! So help me, if you don’t get out of this studio immediately, I’ll personally corrupt your sons and daughters with gifts of mobile phones and iPods!”
The terrified Amish made themselves unavailable for comment, as a group of Somali Pirates skidded alongside their carriage shouting, “Heave to and prepare to be boarded.”
As reported here earlier, Brandon Dawson had been assigned the writing duties for Series Two of Astounding Pictures’ Duck Dollas programme.
Recently, however, Brandon awoke to find the hard drive on his laptop had been erased. Fearing the worst, Brandon first contacted Executive Producer Herb Henderson, who feels Somali Pirates may be to blame.
We reached A2PN Station Manager Harold Whinestein, who issued a statement Saturday, saying, “I don’t know where that lazy son-of-a-bitch gets off calling himself Executive Producer. I run this station, now, not him!”
When pressed for a statement regarding Mr. Henderson’s Somali Pirate theory, Mr. Whinestein said, “Somali what? Is that a new band? Do they have a deal?Who do they sound like?”
No word on what will become of Duck Dollas Series Two. Cast members remark that this reminds them of what happened to the black and white episodes of the classic Duck Dollas series from the 1960’s, which were accidentally erased in the mid 1970’s by an ambitious intern with syndicated episodes of “All in the Family.”
Series 2 of “Duck Dollas” has been green-lighted by Herb Henderson, ominous overlord and driving force behind Astounding Pictures. “I’m too incredibly busy and important to be bothered to write this new series,” says Herb, in an extremely out-of-character quote from a recent interview never aired on the CW. “As the ruthless and cut-throat dictator behind the oppressive and evil Astounding Pictures Podcast Network’s agenda for world domination, I hereby charge Duck Dollas himself, Brandon Dawson, with writing the new series of six episodes. If I can find time in my hectic schedule, I may be persuaded to write and direct at least one.” As Mr. Henderson’s head swelled to epic proportions, Mr. Dawson had only this to say: “I’ll do it. Let’s hurry.” Lord Byron, having recently recovered from a life-threatening illness in his coccyx, was tracked down in the intensive care unit at Wellstar’s Kennestone Hospital, where he had this to say: “For f@$k’s sake, a$$holes, let’s just f@#$in’ FILM SOMETHING. And where’s my G@# D@#ned Christmas Special?!” In other cast news, Annabelle Frost, the sexy siren who portrayed the mysterious Lil’ Manhattan in Series 1, is rumored to have done a topless pictorial while lovingly cradling an Intel Core Duo processor in Computer Shopper magazine. Neither Computer Shopper nor Ms. Frost could be reached for comment. We could neither confirm nor deny if Ms. Frost will be returning for Series 2. Stay tuned for more exciting news, including the announcement of story titles and directors, who is coming, going and staying for Series 2 of the Astoundingly cheap and cheerful DUCK DOLLAS.
We’ve been hearing about it for over a year, now, yet so far there is no sign of the mysterious Duck Dollas Christmas Special.
Recently referred to on Facebook as, “The Duck Dollas After-Christmas Christmas Special,” this elusive program is generating quite a bit of frustration in the podcast community.
Exactly WHO is frustrated is also a mystery, as feedback on Astounding Pictures productions seems to be virtually non-existent in the world of the wide, yet suddenly shy, web.
Can it be that the entire world full of viewers, listeners, ranters and ravers have suddenly run out of humble opinions…? Are they all now content to laugh out loud to themselves?
The Duck Dollas Christmas Special is now in eleventh hour post production. The premiere date is currently set for this Friday, December 19th. If there is any trouble with the edit, we may take advantage of the last few days before Christmas to reschedule and finish up.
Stipchise is coming out tonight to do some last-minute Dr. Menard shots. The green backgrounds on the CSO shots were punched out, last night.
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