DuckTales
Time is Money (5) - Ali Bubba's Cave
TV Flash files “Time is Money (5) - Ali Bubba's Cave” as hour 70 of 100 in the TV Flash guide — DuckTales (1987–1990) on Syndication, season 2, episode 5, aired 1988-11-24, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E05: listed hour 70 of 100 in the DuckTales guide, hour 5 of 10 in season 2. It aired 1988-11-24 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Time is Money (4) - Ducks on the Lam” (S02E04). Next is “Super Ducktales (1) - Liquid Assets” (S02E06).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Returning to Duckbill Island, Scooge and Co. attempt to get a diamond from the mine to pay Glomgold, but Glomgold is already there.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Time is Money (5) - Ali Bubba's Cave sit in the DuckTales guide?
S02E05 is listed hour 70 of 100 — hour 5 of 10 in season 2, season 2 episode 5.
When did DuckTales S02E05 air?
Time is Money (5) - Ali Bubba's Cave 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…