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The Load Bearing Beams podcast covers the development and production of Howard the Duck (1986). This notorious flop of a Marvel Comics adaptation started when George Lucas stumbled upon the Steve Gerber comic creation and then handed it off to the team of Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz. Seemingly everything went wrong — the puppets, the effects, the production schedule, and the marketing. But is the movie really all that bad?

This is the history segment from Load Bearing Beams episode 113. You can catch the rest of the episode, including an in-depth discussion of the movie itself, here:    • Howard the Duck (1986): Movie Discussion P...  

Time stamps:
0:00 — History of Howard the Duck (the comic book character)
3:06 — George Lucas pitches a Howard the Duck movie to his friends Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz
5:53 — The studio has other plans
6:41 — Production troubles
13:12 — Universal's botched marketing campaign
15:45 — Reception of the movie and lasting legacy

Sources:
“‘Howard the Duck:’ The Oral History” by Caseen Gaines | Decider, 2016 - https://dcdr.me/3Wk8BBs
“‘Howard the Duck’ Turns 35: Stars Revisit Notorious Bomb Amid New Fervor for Marvel Character” by Ryan Parker | The Hollywood Reporter, 2021 - https://bit.ly/3xYxw3u
“The Disastrous History of Howard the Duck” by Yesterworld Entertainment | YouTube, 2023 -    • The Disastrous History of Howard the Duck  
“George Lucas: A Life” by Brian Jay Jones — https://amzn.to/47xTVk3
“Marvel Comics: The Untold Story” by Sean Howe — https://amzn.to/3w2aeJu