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Make Way for Ducklings

Robert McCloskey

Mrs. Mallard was sure that the pond in the Boston Public Gardens would be a perfect place for her and her eight ducklings to live.  The problem was how to get them there through the busy streets of Boston.  But with a little help from the Boston police, Mrs. Mallard and Jack, Kack, Lack, Nack, Ouack...

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Monday Morning Podcast

The title was repeatedly referenced by Bill Burr as a cherished childhood read that he also shared with his daughter, highlighting its classic status and simple illustrations of everyday life. He used it as an example of a simpler, pre‑consumerist era and even joked about a ‘bad dad’ moment in the story. Overall, the discussion conveyed a nostalgic appreciation for the book.

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Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 2-29-24

This is a children's book about a mother duck who is searching for a suitable place to nest and raise her ducklings. In the end, she chooses a park in Boston. It also has a somewhat bad father moment where the father duck leaves his wife with eight ducklings while he goes on a little trip up the river.

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I like the make way for ducklings and make way for ducklings is sort of like a bad dad moment in there. You know? First of all, she's flying around. No place is good enough for her, right? That's never changed. Woman or duck.

He gives her the business next thing you know. She has eight fucking ducklings and right as they're hatched, the fucking dude's like, I'm going to take a little trip up the river here. Check out what's going on upstream.

He just leaves his wife with fucking eight little kids. They always get run over by a car and then in the end, they fucking meet him on the island.

Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 8-5-24

It was mentioned as a book that was read numerous times to his children in the past and was referenced while clam digging on Martha's Vineyard.

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And we're pulling these things up and They're just going around. This is just like in Seattle when we took that little boat rider They were going like that's the guy I see that house. That's the guy that that started Zillow

Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 4-13-20

It was mentioned as a book Bill Burr has read to his daughter in the past.

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Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 3-9-20

Bill Burr mentioned using these children's books with illustrations as examples of a simpler time, before planned obsolescence became a common practice.

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My daughter has these these books, right? You know that make way for ducklings who robert, uh mccloskey or something

And you just see like There's one book called it's called one morning in maine And you just see when they get up they drew like the kitchen and shit and everything's just made out of wood

Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 1-19-17

It was one of two books Bill Burr enjoyed in his childhood, alongside 'Where the Wild Things Are'.

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When I was a kid, I liked Make Way for Ducklings. I liked Where the Wild Things Are.

Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 3-2-20

It was mentioned as a children's book that Bill Burr reads to his daughter. The book was mentioned as part of a discussion about children's books and how expensive they can be.

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all these stories by the way that robert mccloskey guy

no who's a make way for ducklings fucking uh one one morning and one day in maine what is it the books yeah

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Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 4-13-20

Bill Burr mentioned reading it to his daughter, and it's a book by Robert McCloskey featuring ducklings.

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one morning in Maine make way for ducklings

Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 3-9-20

Bill Burr mentioned that his daughter has these books, which feature simple illustrations of daily life in a time before plastic and excess consumerism, showing how simpler life once was.

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My daughter has these these books, right? You know that make way for ducklings who robert, uh mccloskey or something

And there's one book called it's called one morning in maine And you just see when they get up they drew like the kitchen and shit and everything's just made out of wood

Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 3-2-20

It was mentioned as one of the books that Bill Burr reads to his daughter. The books were described as classics.

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all these stories by the way that robert mccloskey guy

no who's a make way for ducklings fucking uh one one morning and one day in maine what is it the books yeah

Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 1-19-17

It was one of two books Bill Burr enjoyed reading as a child, alongside 'Where the Wild Things Are'.

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When I was a kid, I liked Make Way for Ducklings. I liked Where the Wild Things Are.

Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 1-19-17

It was mentioned as one of the two books Bill Burr enjoyed as a child, along with 'Where the Wild Things Are'.

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When I was a kid, I liked Make Way for Ducklings. I liked Where the Wild Things Are.

Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 1-19-17

It was fondly remembered by Bill Burr as one of the two books he enjoyed as a child, along with 'Where the Wild Things Are'.

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When I was a kid, I liked Make Way for Ducklings. I liked Where the Wild Things Are.

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