Stephen Dorff
Tucker Brannigan
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- 1. What a Dummy Sep 29, 1990
- A family discovers a ventriloquist's dummy is alive.
- 2. My Hero Oct 6, 1990
- Saved by Cory, Tucker becomes his slave.
- 3. Contractor From Hell Oct 13, 1990
- Ed's attempt at cut-rate plumbing repairs goes awry.
What a Dummy is a syndicated television sitcom that lasted for one season in 1990 until 1991. The premise of the show was that the Brannigan family of Secaucus, New Jersey was getting advice from a talking, thinking ventriloquist's dummy named Buzz (voiced by Loren Freeman), who had been locked in a trunk for fifty years before being discovered ...
What a Dummy: Created by Arthur L. Annecharico, Leslie Eberhard, Barbara Hobart, Craig Kellem. With Stephen Dorff, Joshua Rudoy, David Doty, Annabel Armour. Ed Brannigan's Great-Uncle dies and leaves a trunk full of props from his ventriloquist days.
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- 1990-09-29
- Comedy, Fantasy
- 30
Allegedly, KAYE BALLARD later regretted agreeing to do this bizarre/gimmicky sitcom late in her career. Pretty much, this is a Twilight Zone episode idea tr...
- 22 min
- 20.7K
- Gilmore Box
Jun 15, 2023 · The premise for this 1990 sitcom sounds like a 'Twilight Zone' episode: a decades-old ventriloquist's dummy comes to life.
- 2 min
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- David Gideon
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S1.E1 ∙ What a Dummy. Sat, Sep 29, 1990. In the first episode Cory Brannigan discovers that the ventriloquist dummy Buzz, which his father inherited, can speak. Rate.
What A Dummy. Shortly after the death of their great uncle, Jackie Brannigan, a 99-year-old vaudeville performer, Ed (David Doty) and Polly (Annabel Armour) Brannigan and their children – Tucker (Stephen Dorff), Cory (Joshua Rudoy) and Maggie (Janna Michaels) – inherit his possessions, including an old trunk.
