They paid him what Mueller describes as “a whopping $1250”. Mueller, who worked in LA and had recently gotten his first hit writing the song “Nothin’ at All” for Heart, submitted the ditty to Disney in the autumn of 1986, completely unaware that this song was going to end up being possibly his most memorable legacy.ĭisney apparently wasn’t aware, either. And those “woo-hoos” are the result of songwriter Mark Mueller realising - rather late in the 45-minute game - that he’d left some gaps in the chorus. Tompkins (“Bajillion Dollar Propertie$”) as lucky duck Gladstone Gander, Kimiko Glenn (“Orange Is the New Black”) as well-traveled teen Lena, Jim Rash (“Community”) as mad scientist Gyro Gearloose, Josh Brener (“Silicon Valley”) as tech billionaire Mark Beaks, Keith Ferguson (“Gravity Falls”) as Scrooge’s archenemy Flintheart Glomgold, Eric Bauza (Marvel’s “Ultimate Spider-Man”) as Beagle Boys and Corey Burton (“Star Wars Rebels”) as scientist Ludwig Von Drake.Thanks to a dizzyingly in-depth piece on the life and times of the DuckTales theme song over at Vanity Fair, we now know that the whole shebang took about 45 minutes. Recurring guest voices include Lin-Manuel Miranda (Broadway’s “Hamilton,” Disney’s “Moana” and “Mary Poppins Returns”) as Duckburg’s favorite hero Gizmoduck (his alias is Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera), Allison Janney (“The West Wing”) as Scrooge’s old flame Goldie O’Gilt, Margo Martindale (“The Americans”) as the ruthless villain Ma Beagle, Paul F. Beakley and Tony Anselmo (“Mickey Mouse”) as Donald Duck.
The voice cast is David Tennant (“Doctor Who”) as Scrooge McDuck, Danny Pudi (“Community”) as Huey, Ben Schwartz (“Parks and Recreation”) as Dewey, Bobby Moynihan (“Saturday Night Live”) as Louie, Kate Micucci (“Garfunkel and Oates”) as Webby Vanderquack, Beck Bennett (“Saturday Night Live”) as Launchpad McQuack, Toks Olagundoye (“Castle”) as Mrs. Enthralled by their once-legendary great-uncle and the wonder of McDuck Manor, the triplets and Webby learn of long-kept family secrets and unleash totems from Scrooge’s epic past, sending the family on an adventure of a lifetime to the Lost City of Atlantis. The story unfolds as Donald Duck reluctantly takes Huey, Dewey and Louie to the home of their reclusive great-uncle Scrooge McDuck. Then, starting in January 2018, Disney Press will release a slate of titles including a doodle book, joke book and guide book written by the characters in the television series. The “DuckTales: All Ducked Out!” avatar creator is set to launch in July on the Disney XD app and on Disney LOL, with games rolling out thereafter the “original angry bird” – Donald Duck – will be featured in the popular digital game Angry Birds beginning Thursday, August 3 and new “DuckTales” print and e-book titles including comics from master licensee IDW will be available as a San Diego Comic-Con exclusive in July, followed by a mass roll-out. It will be released by Walt Disney Records on Friday, June 23.
Mueller, the song is performed by singer/songwriter Felicia Barton.
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Each will also be available on the Disney XD app and Disney XD VOD on these same dates.Ī paddling of ducks helped announce the television movie premiere date today on the official “DuckTales” Facebook page, which also debuted the series and new rendition of the iconic theme song. The new animated comedy adventure DUCKTALES will premiere in a one-hour television movie to be presented for 24 consecutive hours, SATURDAY, AUGUST 12 (beginning at midnight EDT/PDT), on Disney XD.