TaleSpin

Don Karnage

Baloo

Rebecca Cunningham

The SeaDuck is a Conwing L-16 Heavy Transport with Superflight 100 engines.

According to the series creators, TaleSpin was a rush project in order to fill a gap in Disney's afternoon schedule as well as keep people from being laid off in the television animation department. The concept for the series came in the summer of 1989 with the series being more or less fully developed by August 19, 1989. Voice acting for completed screenplays began in October 1989. The first episode aired, "I Only Have Ice For You," was shown in May 1990 as a sneak preview on the Disney Channel, with the series beginning regular airing in September 1990.

Originally, the role of Baloo was supposed to go to Phil Harris, who had voiced the character in the original 1967 film, The Jungle Book (1967). However, after one recording session, it was found that Harris, who was by then 85 years old, had aged to the point where he could no longer do the voice successfully and the role was performed by veteran voice actor Ed Gilbert instead.

The dock setup for Higher for Hire changes almost every episode to accommodate the direction from which the Seaduck is heading.

On some episodes, the navigator's seat in the Sea Duck has a Yoke in front of it and on some episodes it doesn't.

On some episodes, the front door to Hire for Higher opens the opposite way the front door normally opens.

Dumptruck: Why do you always get to be in charge?

Don Karnage: My door is always open most of the time!

Don Karnage: [responding to a foolish question from his men] THAT is why I am in charge and you are bit players! Oh, did I hurt your feelings? Good!