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What a Dummy

1990–1991 · 1 season

A gentle, silly family sitcom where a wisecracking puppet offers dubious advice, easy to leave on in the background.

Overview
What a Dummy is a syndicated television sitcom that lasted for one season in 1990. 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, who had been locked in a trunk for fifty years before being discovered by the family. Kaye Ballard played the family’s next-door neighbor, Mrs. Treva Travalony.
How it feels
Brisk and fine in the background.
About
Family, friendship
Content
Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    family
    Form
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour6
    Realism4
    Romance1
    Tension1
    Darkness1
    Complexity1
    Emotional weight1

    Cast

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    Details

    Starring
    Stephen Dorff, Janna Michaels, Kaye Ballard, David Doty, Foster Brooks, Hilary Van Dyke, Paul Walker
    Length
    1 seasons, 24 episodes, 30 min each
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    English

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