Why A Duck?/Viaduck

Why A Duck? is a duckball and funny routine by the Dux’s in the movie “By The Pond”. p. It happens a scene where Ducko mentions the presence of a viaduck (a type of bridge) between the pond and a pen. p. Pondi, who is playing Ducko’s sista (Well, technically, she is Ducko (and the rest of the Dux’s)’s sista) who has moved in from Duckdonia and can’t speak English that well, hears the word “viaduck”, and replies, in a pun on the word “viaduck” and ducks, “Why a duck?” (“Why” pronounced “Vy”.). She then goes on to ask “Why no a chikin?”. Ducko explains that chikins can’t swim, but that leads to Pondi flipping out with more “Why a....?”s.

“Why A Duck?” is a classic scene for Dux’s fans, so much that the movie By The Pond was made into a play, and sometimes, after the person playing Ducko’s role says the words “and here’s that little pen, and here’s a viaduck there.”, someone onstage will encourage the audience to shout “Why a duck?!” along with the person playing Pondi’s role.

Even the “Why a Duck?” scene was recreated in the Dux’s movie “Duck Soup”.

Duckball Tendencies of The Dux’s, or Ducks As A Duckball Theme
The Dux’s are extremely duckball. p. A lot of their silliness, especially Ducko’s and Duckface’s, comes from ducks. p. Not only their duckball routine, “Why A Duck?”, and mentions of the computer prank of Duckrolling, but there is a list of notable duckball moments in the Dux’s duckball movie career.

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Their stage names are Ducko, Quacko, Pondi, and Duckface. How duckball is that, now? ( Also, they changed their last name to Dux, because it sounded like the plural word, “ducks”.

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The only Dux sista, Pondi, has the real name Londi, (and her signature ponytail), but her stage name is Pondi Dux because the rest of the Dux’s thought it was a funny duck pun. (Ducks live in a pond.)

Fittingly (no pun intended, maybe!), Duckface punnily wears a silly duckbill on his face. Pondi also sometimes, appears duck-like, does the duck-face, some of her roles make her a duckess (which she mishears as duck), and waddles like a duck.

The Dux’s signature walk is called “The Duck Walk”. p. It is like a waddle.

On Duckface’s (featuring all of the Dux’s, though) duckball television program/quiz show/panel-pin game “You Lucky Duck!” the main cartoon “mascot” is a cartoon duck, and when anyone says the secret word (“Anaheim”) the Anaheim Ducks randomly start skating onto the stage, and giving the person/contestant who said “Anaheim” in the first place a puck (with a picture of a duck on it), some coins, and a stuffed toy duck made up to look like one of the Dux’s (Each episode they made sure there were 4 stuffed toy ducks, one to look like Duckface in a suit, one to look like Pondi and have a ponytail and a pink dress, one to look like Ducko, and one to look like Quacko, and each duck would have the name of Dux that it was based on printed on it.).

Ducks are the only animals that perform the song “Everyone Likes Duvets” p in the Dux’s duckball movie (about down) Get Down From A Duck.

See Also:
By The Pond

Duck Soup

List of The Dux’s Duckball Movies

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