Jeri Jacquin
Coming to DVD from SHOUT! Factory is the amazing animated
series that will have you believing in friendship with P. KING DUCKLING Seize
the Day.
P. King is a duck who loves being with his friends Chumpkins
the pig and Wombat. Together they have wild adventures that begin with friendship,
loyalty and silliness that comes with being diverse friends.
It is Wombat’s birthday! P. King and Chumpkins are doing
everything possible to try and help her celebrate but want it to be a surprise.
It’s becoming a challenge keeping each errand a secret, especially when Wombat
begins to think that her two best friends want nothing to do with her.
On a special trip, P. King and Wombat head up a large hill
to see the awesome view of Fishy Falls, Cow
Canyon and the beautiful
sunset. P. King gets the idea what he wants to move his house on the very spot
they are standing. Calling on a crane, his house is moved but atop the hill all
alone, P. King misses his friends but comes up with an idea that will solve
everything.
Chumpkins shows P. King and Wombat how he can make the
Hilly-copter do doggie tricks. P. King is equally thrilled to share with his
friends a race car he built from cardboard. Greg the Goose shows off his flashy
car and suggests that P. King enter the town race and even offers to help fix
P. Kings car. That’s what P. King learns that sometimes someone who claims to
be a friend is anything but.
Hilly Hole has become a heat wave that has P. King, Wombat
and Chumpkins melting. Looking for a way to cool off, they get the idea to
create an ice castle that would help the entire town escape the heat. They
didn’t think it through as the ice castle begins to melt but what starts out as
a good idea turns into something much more fun!
P. King decides he needs a pet and wants Chumpkins to help
him find a Dog Fish. Wombat reminds P. King that a pet is a huge responsibility
but P. King is sure he can handle it. When Barky arrives, Chumpkins gives P.
King instructions on how to care for the new pet. When P. King forgets to read
the care instructions, Chumpkins and Wombat come to the rescue as good friends
do.
P. King loves to jog but is bored with his surroundings.
When he sees a picture in Wombats book of the Great Wall
of China, P. King decides that it is exactly where he needs to go
jogging from one end to the other.
When fashion designer Armadillo comes to Hilly Hole, the
gang wants to be more fashionable. P. King wants to expand his wardrobe and
when he realizes clothes are expensive, he decides to make his own. Using
recyclables, P. King catches the attention of Armadillo who wants to do a
fashion show with the gang as models.
When P. King decides he wants a new friend, he sees a video
of Lee the Panda. Sending an email asking to be friends, Lee the Panda responds
that he is coming to Hilly Hole for a visit. Lee shows everyone his culture
through kite flying, dancing and dumpling making. P. King is upset because Lee
is spending more time with everyone else but Wombat and Chumpkins shows him
true friendship.
P. King is also looking for a mentor but everyone is busy in
Hilly Hole. On his journey he finds a gorilla doing Tai Chi on a mountain top.
Looking to find his better self, P. King follows his training but questions how
it helps him. Then he meets a Dung Beetle who seems to put everything into
perspective.
Chumpkins is unhappy thinking about his life. P. King and
Wombat want to show their friend that Hilly Hole would not be the same place
without Chumpkins and all he has done. Programming one of his own inventions,
the Zeus goggles, gives Chumpkins insight as to how important he is to the town
of Hilly Hole.
Wombat gets tickets to Australia taking P. King and
Chumpkins with her. Starting in Darwin,
they journey to the End of the Road where other back packers are going to join
in. Angus the guide takes them to see Wombats in the wild but gets side
tracked. Wombat refuses to leave until she sees a wombat in the wild. Finding
family is the highlight of her life.
P. King creates his super hero alter go Inflato-Man.
Creating costumes for Wombat and Chumpkins, they all three go through Hilly
Hole looking for good deeds to go. Just as P. King is about to give up trying
to help, a town flood makes their services really important.
P. King is worried that he will never be good at a sport.
When the gang discovers that he excels in tetherball, they go to the tetherball
championship. P. King wins but Wombat and Chumpkins start to see a change in
their friend and it isn’t very nice. When Tim the tree frog challenges P. King,
Wombat sees it as a chance to bring the braggy duck down to Earth. Another
lesson P. King learns is that an apology to friends goes a long way.
Finally, a farmers market in Hilly Hole teaches P. King
about organic food. Inspired, P. King decides he wants to be an organic farmer
and create a crop that will wow people. Greg the goose is up to his old tricks
and tells P. King that he has a special seed. Convincing P. King that cookie
seeds would grow cookie bushes, Wombat and Chumpkins helps expose the joke.
Unhappy that he couldn’t be a good farmer, P. King learns that an unexpected
crop is now in his field making things alright again.
SHOUT! Factory
has grown into a tremendous multi-platform media company. Releasing new
animated features such as the exquisite Long Way North, and the epic fantasy Beauty And The Beast.
Also their own original horror film, Fender Bender gives fans a good scare. For more of
what SHOUT Factor has to offer please visit www.shoutfactory.com.
P. KING DUCKLING is created by the award-winning Josh Selig
(who is known for Sesame Street
and Wonder Pets!) in collaboration with James Chen Gu, General Manager of
UYoung Animation.
The DVD includes the episodes Wombat’s Big Surprise, A Hill With A View, Speed King Duckling, P.
King’s Cool Castle, The Dog Fish, P. King’s Great
Jog, Fowl Fashion, A Day with a Panda, Will You be my Mentor?, It’s a Wonderful
Chumpkins, Wombats in the Wild, Hi-Ho Inflato-Man!, The Tetherball King and P. King’s Cookie Farm.
This series is filled with bright and engaging animation
with storytelling about friendship, loyalty and understanding. It is quite easy
to forget that they are different animals because the stories are about working
together and being understanding of differences instead of pointing them out.
Each character gives us a look at our own silliness and
fears that may stop us from being the best human beings we can be. That is what
I enjoyed most about P. KING DUCKLING, the ability to see ourselves in these
characters.
I also have to say that my granddaughter who is two thought
these characters were hilarious, engaging and she couldn’t stop watching. That
means that P. KING DUCKLING gets the Jaycie-Lee seal of approval as well. This
is important in wanting her to enjoy her television viewing time while grandma
is happy she learns life lessons as well.
In the end – adventure takes flight with P. King and
friends!
