 The night before filming was scheduled to start for the first three  episodes, executive producers Clark McCasland, Rob Pedini, Bobby  Timony and Peter Timony were informed that one of their primary  actors was not available for filming. So, they had no choice but to  postpone the filming of one of their three shooting scripts. With  three short film projects scheduled and budgeted, they could not  afford to waste the time or the money. They decided, on the fly, to  take up the risky proposition of writing an original comedy short  subject script the night before shooting started. "Ducks 15  Minutes" was conceptualized and written while they went food  shopping, ate dinner and watched Laurel & Hardy shorts the night  before principal photography began. The short became their (and a  fan) favorite.