About this season
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.
Episodes (24)
1. What a Dummy
Aired 30 September 1990 • 30 min
2. My Hero
Aired 7 October 1990 • 30 min
3. The Contractor From Hell
Aired 14 October 1990 • 30 min
4. Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Aired 21 October 1990 • 30 min
5. The Champ
Aired 28 October 1990 • 30 min
6. Good Neighbor Branigan
Aired 4 November 1990 • 30 min
7. Car Wars
Aired 11 November 1990 • 30 min
8. Grandpa Lou
Aired 18 November 1990 • 30 min
9. What I Did for Love
Aired 25 November 1990 • 30 min
10. The Substitute
Aired 2 December 1990 • 30 min
11. Unmarried... with Children
Aired 9 December 1990 • 30 min
12. Bringing Up Baby
Aired 27 January 1991 • 30 min
13. Buzz Is Loaded
Aired 3 February 1991 • 30 min
14. Fear Itself
Aired 10 February 1991 • 30 min
15. The Babysitter
Aired 17 February 1991 • 30 min
16. Tucker Is on the Air
Aired 24 February 1991 • 30 min
17. Mr. Grumbacher's Talent Show
Aired 3 March 1991 • 30 min
18. My Imaginary Friend
Aired 10 March 1991 • 30 min
19. The Vacation That Never Was
Aired 17 March 1991 • 30 min
20. Buzz for Sale
Aired 28 April 1991 • 30 min
21. The Nudge Who Came to Dinner
Aired 5 May 1991 • 30 min
22. Treasure of the Sierra Secaucus
Aired 12 May 1991 • 30 min
23. Knock on Wood
Aired 19 May 1991 • 30 min
24. Toys Aren't Us
Aired 26 May 1991 • 30 min