Painful to endure. I like how they've got all the kid-show stereotypes covered, though -- annoying little sister, black best friend, hapless bully. I guess you can't expect any actual effort out of an animator when his assignment is "make up something we can stick the kid from Home Alone in."
USA Network was, by far, the worst Saturday morning line-up in the history of television. It's an indication you're doing something wrong when Sailor Moon is the best, most entertaining show on your schedule.
But this wasn't USA Network, I remember this being on ABC or CBS it was a big deal at the time since it starred the voice of Macaulay Culkin. I think it premiered the same year as "Where's Waldo" which was also a big deal because Waldo was a big deal at the time.
This is the first cartoon that I remember actively thinking "this is terrible". It would probably have an "E-I" tag today because every episode tried to teach a lesson. Like Kevin would wish that he had a million clones so he could goof off and one of his clones would do his homework, but none of them wanted to do homework either so he had to not only solve the wacky problem of having a million clones but also do his homework.
Or he'd wish that he was bigger than the bully so he'd become a big kid and would pick on the bully and become a bully and realize that he'd become what he hated.
Or he'd wish to meet aliens and "To Serve Man" was a cookbook!
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