Sitting Ducks is a Universal Studios cartoon that premiered
in Europe in September 2001. The show was based on the
best selling books Sitting Ducks by Michael Bedard. It
proved to be a big hit with the European children's show
market, along with gaining the usual merchandising gig,
toys, clothing, etc. Sitting Ducks also proved to be popular
in Japan when it debuted there in the first quarter of
2002. It was not until 2 years later, in 2003, that Universal
Studios brought the show to America, debuting on Cartoon
Network in April of 2003. It lasted until February 2004
on the network, but is still shown in reruns overseas.
The show focuses in a town called Ducktown, on a duck
named Bill, and his best friend Aldo, a huge alligator
from the neighboring town of Swampwood. Seeing as how
ducks are favorite snacks of the alligators there, Bill
and Aldo's friendship is rather unusual. The pair usually
end up in varied situations and adventures.
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