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- 1990
- CBS
- 1990
- CBS
Summary This series was a spin of the movie feature that was written and directed by John Hughes and starred John Candy. The series continues the story of a uncle who was chosen to look after his nieces and nephews.
- 1990
- CBS
- 1990
- CBS
Uncle Buck
Season 1 Premiere: Sep 8, 1990
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Summary This series was a spin of the movie feature that was written and directed by John Hughes and starred John Candy. The series continues the story of a uncle who was chosen to look after his nieces and nephews.
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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10% Mixed
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80% Negative
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
21
10% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
10% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
80% Negative
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
The fact that Meaney has a slightly Gleasonesque persona gives his exchanges with Meadows, so long ago Alice Kramden, a nostalgic oomph. Cheering memories of "The Honeymooners" hover over the proceedings -- the icing on a fast-frozen devil's-food cake. [10 Sept 1990, p.B1]
For the most part, Uncle Buck relies on Meaney inhaling mustard while exhaling cigar smoke and turning down the advances of a beautiful woman. As slob humor, Uncle Buck is as tame as it is lame. [10 Sept 1990, p.35]
Boredom, not outrage, will drive viewers away from Uncle Buck, which steals shamelessly from the movie starring John Candy, everything from the giant pancake to the backfiring Buckmobile. Everything, that is, except John Candy. [10 Sept 1990, p.C1]
Uncle Buck is sometimes funny like a poke in the eye. It's crude and vulgar. The jokes are obvious, the situations cliched, the characters obnoxious. Would you believe a lecherous insurance agent named Doreen Douche? [10 Sept 1990, p.9]
It is as distasteful and morally offensive as anything we've seen in the new season's roster of so-called comedy and entertainment. [10 Sept 1990]
One of the true, noteworthy duds of the 1990 fall schedule...A lamebrained enterprise, a witless, obvious, often self-contradictory attempt at comedy. [10 Sept 1990, p.C-1]
Uncle Buck is a tasteless, witless disaster. [10 Sept 1990, p.C1]
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Production Company:
- Universal Television
Initial Release Date: Sep 8, 1990
Number of seasons: 1 Season
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Awards
Young Artist Awards
• 4 Nominations
