Lucky the Duck, along with Sparky the Pool Cleaner, is one of the stars of the Mario Nuts Show, a competing program with Muppets Tonight. His catchphrase is "Ow, my [...]! That's a vital organ!" after being blown up, dismembered, or blasted by Sparky the Pool Cleaner in every episode.

Clifford gets a glimpse of this show in episode 207 of Muppets Tonight. He dubs it as "the most disgusting, depraved, irresponsible, and immoral excuse for a television program I've ever seen."