What a Dummy

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.

Seasons

1. What a Dummy

Air Date: 1990-09-30

2. My Hero

Air Date: 1990-10-07

3. The Contractor From Hell

Air Date: 1990-10-14

4. Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Air Date: 1990-10-21

5. The Champ

Air Date: 1990-10-28

6. Good Neighbor Branigan

Air Date: 1990-11-04

7. Car Wars

Air Date: 1990-11-11

8. Grandpa Lou

Air Date: 1990-11-18

9. What I Did for Love

Air Date: 1990-11-25

10. The Substitute

Air Date: 1990-12-02

11. Unmarried... with Children

Air Date: 1990-12-09

12. Bringing Up Baby

Air Date: 1991-01-27

13. Buzz Is Loaded

Air Date: 1991-02-03

14. Fear Itself

Air Date: 1991-02-10

15. The Babysitter

Air Date: 1991-02-17

16. Tucker Is on the Air

Air Date: 1991-02-24

17. Mr. Grumbacher's Talent Show

Air Date: 1991-03-03

18. My Imaginary Friend

Air Date: 1991-03-10

19. The Vacation That Never Was

Air Date: 1991-03-17

20. Buzz for Sale

Air Date: 1991-04-28

21. The Nudge Who Came to Dinner

Air Date: 1991-05-05

22. Treasure of the Sierra Secaucus

Air Date: 1991-05-12

23. Knock on Wood

Air Date: 1991-05-19

24. Toys Aren't Us

Air Date: 1991-05-26

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Rating

4.5/10

Release Date

1990-09-29

Episodes

24 (1 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

Stephen Dorff

Tucker Brannigan

Janna Michaels

Kaye Ballard

David Doty

Production Companies

The Arthur Company

MCA Television