Quacky Duck

🦆 Get ready for eight minutes of non-stop laughter with Quacky Duck!
Join Spike P. Duckling — a wannabe magician, questionable singer, and full-time troublemaker — as he teams up with the ever-patient Tessie for a wildly funny performance that can be done with puppets or live actors.

Whether using a puppet for Spike or a lively actor in a duck costume, the comedy flies as magic tricks go wrong, duck jokes "quack" everyone up, and songs get a little too enthusiastic! Spike will steal the show — even if he’s not exactly talented.

Perfect for children's programs, family services, puppet ministry, and anytime you need clean, silly fun that leaves audiences of all ages smiling.

Performance Options:
Quacky Duck can be performed as a classic puppet/ventriloquist act with Tessie and a bright, crazy duck puppet — or as a two-person comedy skit, with Tessie as the straight-faced human character and Spike as a costumed human "duck" full of wild energy, jokes, and failed magic tricks. A simple duck costume, a toy rabbit, and a magician’s hat bring the lively humor to life either way!

⭐ Theme: Good clean comedy, silliness, and lots of heart
⭐ Cast: 2 (puppeteer or ventriloquist and assistant) OR act out with two people
⭐ Run Time: Approximately 8 minutes
⭐ Props: Duck puppet, toy rabbit, magician’s hat

Whether you need a quick icebreaker or a hilarious centerpiece, Quacky Duck is a guaranteed hit!

Sample script:

Quacky Duck Puppet Script © 
(Excerpt — Opening Scene)

(Tessie and Spike walk in together. Spike is singing loudly.)

Spike:
🎵 Be kind to your web-footed friend
A duck might be somebody’s brother
Be kind to your friend in the swamp
He’s a dilly through and through
Oh you may think that this is the end
But it’s not ‘cause there’s still another chorus! 🎵

Tessie:
Spike, sorry, but you are being just a tad loud...

Spike:
You are saying that I, Spike P. Duckling, am loud?

Tessie:
Yes, Spike, actually I am. I don’t like to say it, but you are... loud.

Spike:
Wow, that’s amazing, ‘cause I can sing waaaaay louder than that when I try real hard...
(Spike takes several big, noisy deep breaths.)

Tessie:
Please don’t do that, Spike — you are likely going to scare some of these nice folks here...

Spike, looking around:
There’s some nice folks here?

Tessie:
Yes, all of the folks here are very nice, and I want you to be nice too.

Spike, peering into the audience:
No way that guy there is nice, I tell ya!

Tessie, embarrassed:
Spike Duckling! That is not nice! Now you stop saying those kinds of things!

Spike:
My name is Spike P. Duckling.

Tessie:
What does the “P” stand for?

Spike:
Nothing.
My mom thought I should have a middle initial — made it look like our family was wealthy.
We were from out of town, didn’t have much.
When we moved to Florida, we couldn’t afford to fly, so we had to walk all the way from Bald Eagle, Minnesota.

Tessie:
You are actually from somewhere called Bald Eagle, Minnesota?

Spike:
Yup, gorgeous place actually.
Nice folks up there at Bald Eagle, Minnesota...
(Spike scans the audience, spots a bald man.)
That guy there is from Bald Eagle, Minnesota, I think!

Tessie, looking around:
Which guy is from Bald Eagle, Minnesota? And how can you tell?

Spike:
That guy with the close-trimmed hair... and I can tell by his smile!
(Spike bursts into outrageous laughter.)
I quack myself up!

(Spike looks out into the audience.)

Spike:
Pretty lady... you in the beautiful (insert color of woman’s dress)...
Do you know what time a duck gets out of bed in the morning?

Tessie:
You’re asking this lady if she knows what time a duck gets out of bed in the morning?

Spike:
Yup.

Tessie:
Well, I don't think anyone here knows what time a duck gets out of bed in the morning...
(To the audience.)
Do you folks?

(Pause to allow for audience guesses.)

Spike:
Is everyone ready for this?
A duck gets out of bed... (giggles)... this is gonna slay you, I tell you...
A duck gets out of bed...
at the quack of dawn!

(Spike laughs uproariously. Tessie is not impressed.)

Tessie:
Spike Duckling...!

Spike:
That’s Spike P. Duckling...

Tessie:
Whatever!
The fact is that those duck jokes are sick!

Spike, horrified:
Oh please, don’t mention a sick duck!
Reminds me of my cousin Elvira...

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