"He’s bad. She’s worse."

1991

1h 30m

5.9(701 votes)

Comedy

Family

Overview

Junior and his father, Ben, move from Cold River to Mortville. Junior becomes threatened by Ben's desire to date again and find a new mother for Junior, and sabotages each of his dates.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

John Ritter

Ben Healy

Michael J. Oliver

Junior Healy

Jack Warden

Big Ben Healy

Laraine Newman

LaWanda Dumore

Amy Yasbeck

Annie Young

Ivyann Schwan

Trixie Young

Gilbert Gottfried

Mr. Peabody

Paul Willson

Smith

Alan Blumenfeld

Aron Burger

Charlene Tilton

Debbie Claukinski

Creative team

Directed by: Brian Levant
Written by: Scott Alexander
Larry Karaszewski
Produced by: Robert Simonds

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