DuckTales
Time is Money (4) - Ducks on the Lam
TV Flash files “Time is Money (4) - Ducks on the Lam” as hour 69 of 100 in the TV Flash guide — DuckTales (1987–1990) on Syndication, season 2, episode 4, aired 1988-11-24, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E04: listed hour 69 of 100 in the DuckTales guide, hour 4 of 10 in season 2. It aired 1988-11-24 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Time is Money (3) - Bubba Trubba” (S02E03). Next is “Time is Money (5) - Ali Bubba's Cave” (S02E05).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Scrooge blames his misfortunes on Bubba and treats him unfairly. Glomgold convinces the police that Scrooge is an impostor and they throw him in jail.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Time is Money (4) - Ducks on the Lam sit in the DuckTales guide?
S02E04 is listed hour 69 of 100 — hour 4 of 10 in season 2, season 2 episode 4.
When did DuckTales S02E04 air?
Time is Money (4) - Ducks on the Lam aired 1988-11-24 and is listed at 30 minutes.
1987 DuckTales or the reboot?
1987–1990 is Disney Afternoon gold — the renaissance look and the undefeated theme. The 2017 reboot proved IP power; it is not a substitute for Woo-oo as originally sung.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Woo-oo: Scrooge McDuck, Huey, Dewey, Louie, and globetrotting greed recast as adventure. Disney Afternoon gold that proved TV animation could look expensive again, with a theme song that remains undefeated in the earworm Olympics. Treasure-hunt serial comedy — capitalism as a family sport — and the launchpad for a whole after-school block.
Syndication, 1987–1990: Scrooge McDuck and grandnephews hunt treasure and foil the Beagle Boys worldwide — woo-oo, greed recast as adventure. That is the window, not a museum of ducks. DuckTales, from Jymn Magon, is Disney TV animation renaissance: Alan Young's Scrooge, Russi Taylor's Huey/Dewey/Louie, Terence McGovern's Launchpad McQuack, Webby expanding the mythos. Globetrotting serial comedy, capitalism as a family sport. The theme song remains undefeated in the earworm Olympics. Rex can keep the martini for…
Filed against
- Alan Young as Scrooge McDuck
Alan Young’s Wilbur Post spent Mister Ed talking to a horse on purpose — 1960s catalog high-concept silliness, vaudeville executed as a sitcom, then DuckTales asking the same warmth for Scrooge’s globetrotting greed. TV Flash files him as…
- Russi Taylor as Huey / Dewey / Louie
Russi Taylor's Huey, Dewey, and Louie turned DuckTales into globetrotting greed recast as adventure — Scrooge McDuck, Disney Afternoon gold, a theme song undefeated in the earworm Olympics. Treasure-hunt serial comedy, capitalism as a…
- Terence McGovern as Launchpad McQuack
Terence McGovern crashed DuckTales as Launchpad McQuack — woo-oo globetrotting greed recast as adventure, a pilot who makes the landing a gag, Disney Afternoon gold that proved TV animation could look expensive again. Theme song…