The Quack Attack: The DEFINITIVE Mighty Ducks Podcast

Jake Gyllenhaal recently revealed he was picked to play Charlie Conway in the Mighty Ducks before his parents made him turn it down. In light of that Mike, Tommy, and Kevin decide to re-cast the whole movie, starting with Gyllenhaal as Conway. Show Notes: Here's Jake Gyllenhaal talking about the Mighty Ducks: For the record: Here's the sports site Mike was reading the quote from. This story says t...

Casey Garven, the actor who played Hawks player Larson joined Mike, Tommy and Kevin for a podcast about how he was supposed to play Banks, which of the actors were pompous, Mighty Ducks groupies, and the one time he was recognized for being Larson. Show notes: Shoutout to Casey Garven for being an awesome dude. You can hear the jingle Casey's grandpa wrote in this Hamm's beer commercial: Here's La...

Mike, Tommy, and Kevin discuss whether Fulton Reed made a mistake in forgoing football and whether any other Mighty Ducks would be good at other sports. They also take a #QuackQuestion on the Ducks' former District 5 coach. Who was he? Show notes "Is it true what they say, about the scholarships and how they won't let you play hockey?" We talked about pro potential in Episode 7. The conversation o...

Mike, Tommy, and Kevin explore the five original Ducks who didn't make the Junior Goodwill Games team. Why weren't they included on the squad? Were Jesse and Terry secretly fighting over Tammy? Could they ever reconcile with the rest of the Ducks?   Show Notes The five original Mighty Ducks left of the Junior Goodwill Games: 1. Tommy Duncan 2. Tammy Duncan 3. Peter Mark 4. Dave Karp 5. Terry Hall...

From participating in the dog poop prank to his giveaway in the state finals, Mark plays a understated but critical role with the Mighty Ducks. Mike, Tommy, and Kevin explore all this and then figure out what happened when the Ducks moved on without him. Show Notes The speech that Peter Mark confused:   Karp looking to Peter Mark during Bombay's speech that forms the Ducks: Also, notice Peter auto...

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 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 Coac...

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:

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 ab...

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 to...

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...

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 perusa...

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 Bom...

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 a...

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 footba...

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...

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 Ic...

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 be...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.  

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.