As is the incomparable Thanksgiving tradition, we gather around this table to celebrate the wonderful thankfulness that we have for the world of popular entertainment and serving on the platter today is a nice, well-roasted duck.

It's not brain science.

It's rocket surgery for Thanksgiving.

This is Howard the Duck.

This is a turduckin for sure, Jason.

The incomparable.

Number 691, November 2023.

Welcome back to The Incomparable, everybody.

We're doing a Thanksgiving special rocket surgery where we talk about the excellent legendary

1986 film from Lucas Film produced by George Lucas of Star Wars fame.

It's Howard the Duck, a famous flop from the 80s, a very 80s famous flop.

And the story here is that we were doing our Indiana Jones in the Temple of Doom episode.

And we talked about how Willard Huck and Gloria Kurtz, yuck, yuck, and Gloria Katz were the writers of that.

Well, they were also, I was like, well, but also the writers of Howard the Duck.

And suddenly, we all sort of said, hmm, Thanksgiving. Rocket

Surgery. Howard the Duck, be there. And we're here. Here we are. So let me introduce my panel,

including four co-conspirators who decided this was a good idea with me. Let me introduce them

first in Net Weirstra, unindicted co-conspirator number one, hello

Hello

I thought it was not bad for a duck from outer space

David J. Lour

Coen conspirator number two, hello

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