DuckTales
Bubbeo & Juliet
TV Flash files “Bubbeo & Juliet” as hour 78 of 100 in the TV Flash guide — DuckTales (1987–1990) on Syndication, season 3, episode 3, aired 1989-09-20, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E03: listed hour 78 of 100 in the DuckTales guide, hour 3 of 18 in season 3. It aired 1989-09-20 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Allowance Day” (S03E02). Next is “The Good Muddahs” (S03E04).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Bubba falls in love with Julie, the new girl next door. But trouble brews when Bubba's parents win the lottery and begin feuding with Scrooge.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Bubbeo & Juliet sit in the DuckTales guide?
S03E03 is listed hour 78 of 100 — hour 3 of 18 in season 3, season 3 episode 3.
When did DuckTales S03E03 air?
Bubbeo & Juliet aired 1989-09-20 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…