Mike, Tommy, and Kevin debate who would've done the best job as a child actor had these documentaries been made into feature-length films. They also take on the greatest #QuackQuestion to date: Were any players on the Mighty Ducks secretly gay? Show notes: The full list of actors and their characters can be found at the IMDb pages for each film: D1 D2 D3 Kenan Thompson started his career with D2 in 1994, then got All That the same year. His next two movies were Heavyweights and D3. Kenan didn't ...
Jun 17, 2015•33 min
In the conclusion of this two-part podcast, Mike, Tommy, and Kevin discuss the 'Ducks Fly Together' speech at the end of D2 and Coach Orion's 'It starts with a 'W'' speech in D3. They then pick the best speech and answer the #QuackQuestion, courtesy of @graceholl21. Show notes: You should really listen to Episode 43 before this one. Ducks fly together: It starts with a 'W': We talked about Coach Orion developing players instead of winning in Episode 37 and Episode 38. Here is a bonus speech:...
Jun 10, 2015•35 min
Show notes: Shoutout to @katshan23 for suggesting the topic. Speech No. 1: Bombay clearly standing in front of a Cardinals logo, proving he's giving his speech before the Cardinals game: Quack...quack..quack: Bombay's third speech, speaking to the team during detention:
Jun 03, 2015•28 min
Mike, Tommy, and Kevin break down Gordon Bombay's cheating tactics. They examine who was in, who was out, and they figure out the best way to rig a peewee hockey game. Plus, they take a #QuackQuestion relating to Gunnar Stahl. Show notes: We discussed Bombay's penchant for turning to cheating in Episode 1. This is Karp's face when he's storming out after Jessie's dad comes in to yell at Gordon about cheating: Goldberg pleading with the refs: Connie being forced to trip Guy: Kevin wasn't that far...
May 28, 2015•31 min
Mike, Tommy and Kevin look at the qualfying process for the hockey portion of the Junior Goodwill Games. They break down how non-traditional powers Trinidad and Tobago and Iceland qualified and introduce a new feature, the #QuackQuestion. Show notes: The full list of teams: The 2014 Olympics had the 9 top teams in the IIHF World Ranking automatically qualify and the rest of the teams played a tournament to determine the final three teams. Cool Runnings came out on October 3, 1993. We talked abou...
May 13, 2015•36 min
Mike, Tommy and Kevin take another deep dive, this time into the JV/Varsity dinner. How much did Banks know & when? Did Guy have a chance to stop the whole thing before it happened but was too dumb to realize it? The Ducks' retaliation is also discussed. Show notes: If you don't remember, this is Cole: The Ducks in D3, not including Banks who was on Varsity and Portman who didn't show up until the second period of the JV/Varsity showdown: Lester/Dave Averman Charlie Conway Julie "The Cat" Ga...
May 06, 2015•31 min
Mike, Tommy and Kevin dive deep into the pivotal moment of the first Mighty Ducks: Charlie's penalty shot. Did Bombay's speech to Charlie do more bad than good? Was Guy just as nervous as Charlie? Answers to those questions and more. Show Notes: Episode 1 if you haven't listened to it by now. The pivotal scenes: Mike was actually referencing Rule 406, not 416. Here is the full rule for your perusal. Karp holding Charlie's helmet USA Hockey Rule 610. USA Hockey rule 304 deals with helmets and saf...
Apr 29, 2015•31 min
In part two, Mike, Tommy, and Kevin break down the likability, tactics, of Ted Orion, Gordon Bombay, Jack Reilly, Wolf Stansson and Coach Wilson, of the varsity. At the end, they come up with their final coach rankings. Show notes: Our Facebook page is Facebook.com/quackattackpod We argued about Gordon Bombay's intentions in Episode 1. The scene Tommy was talking about where the team rushes to Bombay's aid: Gunnar turning on Stansson at the end: Likability rankings: 1. Orion (5 points) 2. Bombay...
Apr 23, 2015•31 min
In part 1 of 2, Mike, Tommy and Kevin introduce the criteria for figuring out who the best coach is and then rate Wolf Stansson, Gordon Bombay, Varsity Coach Wilson, Ted Orion and Jack Reilly on player development, roster selection and preparation. Show Notes: This is Iceland's hockey history. We also talked about this in Episode 2. We talked about the worst Ducks in Episode 6. Tommy picked Karp as the worst player. Kevin picked Dwayne. Mike is actually the one who picked Tommy Duncan. Results: ...
Apr 15, 2015•33 min
Gordon Bombay's teams start slow. Sometimes his players hate him. He runs a lot of gimmicks. Yet he wins. In this episode Mike, Tommy and Kevin discuss whether Bombay is a coaching genius or just extremely lucky, because it's one or the other. Show notes: We talked about the time frame from movie to movie when we examined what happened to the Ducks between D1 and D2 in Episode 20. Bombay's football drill. Notice that Mike was wrong. Goldberg was getting some warmup shots in in the background: Ch...
Apr 08, 2015•39 min
Mike, Tommy and Kevin discuss Russ Tyler's rapid rise from kid in South Central to International celebrity, then break down Russ's journey to Europe and his lucrative business running a knuckle puck academy. Show notes RUSS TYLER: Wayne Gretzky was traded in 1988. The Junior Goodwill Games took place in 1994, so it's conceivable that Russ Tyler picked up the game due to Gretzky's presence in Los Angeles. The White Men Can't Jump characters Kevin was referring to were in fact Duck and King. Russ ...
Apr 01, 2015•34 min
In the conclusion of their revisionist history trilogy, Mike, Tommy and Kevin wonder what would have happen had the Ducks not won the Varsity/Junior Varsity Showdown. Among the topic discussed: What happens to the Warriors nickname and which Ducks leave school. Show notes: The first two episode of the trilogy: What if the Mighty Ducks lost to the Ducks? What if the Mighty Ducks/Team USA lost to Iceland? The part where Coach Orion tells Charlie that if they hold them they have a tie: If you want ...
Mar 25, 2015•32 min
In part two of three, Mike, Tommy and Kevin present a world in which the Mighty Ducks lose to Iceland. They identifiy the Ducks' goat, how Iceland's win sets up a 20-year climb into a world power and the fallout of the loss for Bombay and Tibbles. Show notes: The jumping off point. Say Gunnar Stahl hits this shot: We talked shootout order in Episode 13 grab bag. Averman's movie theater work has been deconstructed here and here. In Episode 2, we talk about Iceland's loss to Russia and how that af...
Mar 19, 2015•29 min
It's time to enter a new world. Mike, Tommy, and Kevin break down what would've happend had Charlie missed his penalty shot and the Mighty Ducks lost in overtime. Does Gordon Bombay return? Are the Ducks back for another season? What happens to the Hawks? Show notes: The jumping off point: Charlie's penalty shot. Pay special attention to Bombay's speech and the team clamoring for Guy to take the shot: We discussed Bombay never relinquishing his win-at-all-costs attitude in Episode 1. Tibbles' in...
Mar 11, 2015•32 min
Mike, Tommy and Kevin profile Lester/Dave Averman. They attempt to get to the bottom of the mystery of his first name, the mystery of his relationship with the team, the mystery of his life as a student at Eden Hall and more. Show notes: Gordon meeting the team and calling Averman, "Dave": Averman's "Hey batter" routine, turned into "Hum goalie", with some bonus Scandinavian-like subtitles: Here's the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry rules on minors under the age of 14 working. So Aver...
Feb 25, 2015•29 min
In part one of our two part series on the Hawks, Mike, Tommy and Kevin talked about Jack Reilly. In the conclusion they talk about everything: what the parent's thoughts are about Reilly, why the team turned on Banks, why Larson quit hockey and more.
Feb 20, 2015•32 min
Mike, Tommy and Kevin tackle Jack Reilly's life. Topics span from his start as the Hawks coach, whether he actually might've helped Gordon Bombay, what his discipline would be for putting a hit on a kid, and how he fell into a happy ending.
Feb 11, 2015•32 min•Ep. 29
Mike, Tommy and Kevin take a deep dive into the Mighty Ducks cartoon. After watching the two trailer episodes, they attempt to rehash what they saw and describe a back story that involves enslavement, invisible dinosaurs and terrible Duck puns.
Jan 28, 2015•31 min•Ep. 28
Mike, Tommy and Kevin break down the Mighty Ducks' look from the time they were a rag tag group of D-5ers to Team USA to the Eden Hall Mighty Ducks. They also weigh on the Hawks, Iceland and Trinidad and Tobago's looks as well.
Jan 21, 2015•28 min•Ep. 27
Take out the Hawks, Iceland and the varsity. Mike, Tommy and Kevin break down every other team the Ducks played throughout the three document-- err films. There's even another crazy Hans theory.
Jan 14, 2015•31 min•Ep. 26
On a very special 25th episode, Mike, Tommy and Kevin give their 25 best quotes from the Mighty Ducks. The crew discusses and puts into context everything from "Cake Eater" to "Something about a shrinking sphincter" Show notes: The full list of quotes: "I'm sure Uncle Aaron will be very upset to hear we've been treated with such disrespect" -- Greg Goldberg "No! It was me!" -- Dean Portman "We either play...or play around" -- Greg Goldberg "Cake Eater" -- Jesse Hall "Yes sir, Mr. Ducksworth. Tha...
Jan 07, 2015•33 min
Mike, Tommy and Kevin break down Jesse Hall. Did his continual blowouts at Bombay endear himself to his teammates or turn him into a cancer? Really how good is he? In answering these questions the three Quack Attackers stumble upon Jesse's sad final fate. Show Notes: "Episode 5: Breaking down the media covering the Ducks" is the episode that's clarified at the beginning Jesse Hall stepping to Gordon on Day 1: Jesse was the second player to walk out on Bombay, after Peter Mark. In our pro potenti...
Dec 31, 2014•30 min
It's time for another grab bag episode? Mike, Tommy and Kevin cover a variety of topics from Tibbles' party and Gordon Bombay's loafer to Goldberg's Deli and why the Ducks have a conjoined locker room for boys and girls. Show Notes: The guy at the part was indeed Steven Brill, the writer of the movie and also Frankie Boy in D1. The main tickler was indeed Goldberg. Wu was on shaving cream duty. Aaron Spelling was an American film and television producer. He died in 2009. Goldberg is the only one...
Dec 24, 2014•30 min
It's the great debate of our time: Julie the Cat or Goldberg? OK, maybe it isn't. Julie was better. Still, Mike, Tommy and Kevin track the relationship and rivalry of Julie and Goldberg from the first time they meet in D2 through the end of D3 and beyond. Show notes: Julie the Cat dominating right away: It was either 5-0, or 5-1 when Julie the Cat came in the game and did her stunt. The announcer says after an Iceland goal that the score is 4-1, but in the next scene the cameras show the scorebo...
Dec 17, 2014•29 min
Mike, Tommy and Kevin approach D2 from Don Tibbles' perspective. In tracking Tibbles from his first meeting with Gordon Bombay to his approving head nod at the end of the film/documentary, they discover what can only be classified as a success story. Show notes: Don Tibbles! Our introduction to him: http://i.imgur.com/PJmUhgA.gif Mike Babcock was in college at McGill University in 1994, so he would've been too young for to coach Team USA. One other point that Mike failed to mention: Mike Babcock...
Dec 10, 2014•35 min
Using clues from the films, Mike, Tommy and Kevin determine just how long the time period was between the Mighty Ducks movies, and what events in that gray area paved the way for some to join Junior Goodwill Games team while others disappeared. Show Notes: It's time to get the crew back together! Charlie in D1 telling Bombay how he runs off his mom's boyfriends. Basil McRae: According to the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, a minor under 14 cannot be employed except as a newspaper car...
Dec 03, 2014•31 min
Mike, Tommy and Kevin look at the other side of Gordon Bombay's life: his work as a lawyer. The discussion covers Gordon's tactics, his exit, Mr. Ducksworth, and Ducksworth's relationship with the seemingly omnipresent Hans. Show notes: Frankie boy! The moment Ducksworth makes Gordon Bombay the highest paid youth coach in history: Seriously, you're going to need to listen to the Hans episode if you want to fully understand the second half of this episode. This is Jane: The words that killed the ...
Nov 26, 2014•31 min
Mike, Tommy and Kevin break down the New York Times' reviews of the three Mighty Ducks movies in an effort to get in a Twitter beef with the reviewers and the NYT. The reviewers seemed to hate the movies, but is there criticism founded? Show Notes The Rotten Tomatoes score for The Mighty Ducks: 15% for the critics. The Rotten Tomatoes score for D2: 21 percent from the critics. The Rotten Tomatoes score for D3: 20 percent from the critics. Janet Maslin's review of The Mighty Ducks in the New York...
Nov 19, 2014•36 min
Mike, Tommy and Kevin discuss the third Bash Brother, Mr. Kenny Wu. They discuss his upbringing as an elite figure skater, Don Tibbles' pitch to move him to hockey, his coming doom after fighting a goalie and much more. Show notes: WU WU WU KENNY WU! Kenny Wu introduced, where Don Tibbles explains how he convinced him to play hockey: D2 Stats The Ducks beat Italy 11-0. The Grab Bag episode where we talked about the shootout lineup was Episode 13. Tommy does bring up Wu in the episode and says he...
Nov 12, 2014•31 min
Mike, Tommy and Kevin peel back the curtain on the original Mighty Ducks team and take a look at the families behind the Ducks. From Karp's loving family to Banks' brother David, they uncover a lot that explains the real reasons behind the kids' actions. Show notes: Jesse telling Gordon that this is a drug-free zone: Where Casey Conway works: If you're unfamiliar with the backstory between Hans and Charlie's father, listen to Episode 11. For more on the Adam Banks/Phil Banks relationship head ov...
Nov 05, 2014•31 min
