HottWwjdIam
There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.
Billie Morin
This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows
Raymond Sierra
The film may be flawed, but its message is not.
haildevilman
While he was playing Ricky Schroeder's wiseacre buddy in "Silver Spoons" he showed a knack for one-upping his cast mates. This gave him a chance to BE number 1.The show is dated beyond belief now. The sweaters and the early 80's new wave clothes might make even blind men cringe now. But the humor was dead on target.Bateman owned this show. He was not only the eye, but the whole hurricane. He may remind people of a teen version of Hawkeye from M*A*S*H. His feathers never ruffled despite the problems he got into.The puns and one-liners were non-stop as well. Made every episode full of those groaning laughs. I can't figure why it didn't succeed. But I'm glad Jason did.DVD release???
Scott Zeski
This show was too far ahead of its time to make it. Matthew Burton was a smart-ass14 year old with an IQ that seemed to rival Einstein's. He was constantly pulling off schemes that would make the CIA jealous. His clueless mother thought, as usual, that he was a saint, but his closely scheming sister knew better, though that didn't protect her from his antics.His arch-nemesis was a neighbor that his mother was dating named Norman. Norman, while geekly on the outside was the ultimate schemer. 'You can't kid the kidder. Everyone knows that the first rule of the underhanded is to always look behind you!' Matthew's schemes were, in fact, so perfect that the moronic censors saw fit to annihilate the show by turning it into a 'life lesson' sit-com <is that an oxy-moron?>. Remember the episode where Eli <Matt's best, stupid friend> saves the soccer game? Very shortly after the change from wicked cool smart-ass to 'teach me son' character happened, the show was canceled. Not surprising if you've seen the show. The dregs of humanity will go down in history as one of the all-time greatest scams in TV history. Too bad FOX Network wasn't around a bit sooner. This show could have put Married With Children to shame.Satori
hillari
My younger sister loved this show, but I couldn't stand Jason Bateman's character. What a sneaky, low down kid Matthew was! Every week he was grinning about something he had pulled on his mom's boyfriend. Of course, this was inbetween the stuff he was pulling on his friends and neighbors. Bateman was just doing another variation on the little rat he played on Silver Spoons.
Oilers85
David Garrison as Norman and Jason Bateman as Matthew are well cast in this short-run but brilliant comedy of a 14 year old schemer who meets his match. NBC cancelled the show apparently after complaints that kids were copying Matthew's schemes! This show was a forerunner to "Married With Children" by the same producers and the influence is obvious. 4/5 from me, losing a point for missing the plot in the final episodes.
