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 Season 4, Episode 7 | |
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February 15th, 1997 |
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Role With It is the seventh episode of season 4.
Plot
Duckman takes the family and the staff on a holiday to an Indian casino on a reservation. While there, a psychiatrist notices Duckman and the rest of the family's overall self-destructive behavior. She offers them treatment that involves a role-playing session that uncovers some of their real issues.
Notes
- The episode ends with the main characters singing a rendition of the song Pass That Peace Pipe, which appeared in the 1947 film Good News and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song. The show adds a few lines to the song that aren't present in the original, including "So if you wanna pow-wow with Duckman/Stop your seems from coming unstuck man", "Take a chill pill/down the hatchet" and "bet your foe'd be glad to match it."
- Episode Title Reference: The phrase "Roll With It."
- This episode starts with an FBI warning that states that your V-Chip is defective.
- Dr. Fox's name may be a reference to the FOX network, which at the time had several very popular shows about disfunctional families running, including the Simpsons and Married With Children
- Ajax imagines himself on the show Wings when asked about the perfect family, a sitcom about two brothers who are pilots.
- Last episode to feature Dana Hill as Charles.
Main Characters
First Appearences
Quotes
Duckman:What makes you think we're dysfuctional? Ajax: Look, Dad; I'm eating more fries than ever! Love me, Dad! Love me! Dr. Fox: Call it a hunch.
Duckman: It's shrinks that made this country touchy-feely! It's shrinks that blab and blab on Sally-Jesse so that teenage nymphomaniacs can't get a word in edgewise. It was shrinks that made me and Mom stop bathing together when I was 15--just when I needed her love the most!